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 Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Out Of Hand
The Out of Hand International Festival just announced the winners of its inaugural competition. The School of Visual Arts (SVA), in partnership with Giraldi Media, sponsored the festival which is intended to be a showcase for innovative digital content created by students worldwide for playback specifically on mobile or other handheld devices.
My favorite entry is called Blackrainbow.Entries for the 2010 competition are already being accepted. Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | Design School
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:46:20 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Packaging Awards
If you're a packaging designer, you're probably aware of the great packaging site The Dieline. What you might not know is that the deadline for the first ever Dieline Awards is fast approaching (December 21). The awards will be judged by a highly esteemed panel of 10 industry experts, and awarded based on quality of design. Debbie Millman, President of the AIGA and President of Design at Sterling Brands, will be the chairman of the judges.
 Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:44:18 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Looking For Great Wedding Invites
Attention all designers, I'm looking for great wedding invitations to feature in an upcoming issue of HOW. If you have an invite you'd like to share, please mail a sample (that you can live without) to Megan Patrick, HOW, 4700 E. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45236. Please indicate what papers were used in the design.
If your piece is chosen, I'll follow up with more questions about the design.
The deadline is November 25.
Thanks!Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 1:51:25 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Call For Entries
Chen Design is still accepting entries for their follow up to Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design. Entries are free and the deadline is November 5, 2009. Download complete rules and entry form.
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Friday, October 16, 2009 1:39:07 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Call for Entries: Fingerprint
Chen Design is still accepting entries for their follow up to Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design. Entries are free and the deadline is October 15, 2009. Download complete rules and entry form.
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:50:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Mail Me Art 2
Mail Me Art is a British-based project, run by Darren Di Lieto, the
founder and co-editor of the illustration news portal the Little Chimp
Society. Over the course of a year, the first Mail Me Art project
brought together a vast collection of artistic work sent in the form of
mail by both professional and amateur artists of all ages from across
the world.
Mail Me Art culminated in the publication of the book Mail Me Art: Going Postal with the World’s Best Illustrators and Designers and the exhibition, held in London during April 2009.
Mail Me Art 2 is now up and running.
Mail Me Art 2 will run for around 6-8 months, with a signed copy of
the book plus an art-related prize given away each month to the artist
of our favourite submission. We are planning to propose a follow up
book, possibly called Mail Me More Art, and if we have half as many
submissions as the first Mail Me Art project did we will run another
exhibition. As with the first project, the artists will receive 70% of
the sale value, less any gallery fees incurred. Click here to see
photos from the Mail Me Art exhibition held in April 2009 in London. If you would like to take part in Mail Me Art 2, please click here for full details of how to submit your work.
 Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books | Illustration
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:36:31 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Thursday, August 27, 2009
Fingerprint 2
Chen Design is also busy working on a follow up to Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design. Entries are free and the deadline is October 15, 2009. Download complete rules and entry form.
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:17:20 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Best Of Brochures
Chen Design Associates will be curating and designing the Best of Brochures 11 book. They are currently accepting submissions for consideration. The deadline is September 1. Download an entry form here.
 Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:09:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Swatch Young Illustrators Award
Swatch is sponsoring an interesting illustration award with cash prizes and the chance for one creative to design a watch.
The Swatch Young Illustrators Award is a unique competition
awarding creativity and innovation in personal contemporary
illustration and graphics. The award encourages and supports
designers in their artistic practice and offers an
international and worldwide recognized platform to them.
Illustrative art works, art projects with graphic influences,
animations and book art objects qualify for submission.
via Drawn!
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:14:23 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, August 17, 2009 Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Deadline Extended for "Good Design" Book
Christopher Simmons has extended the deadline for the call-for-entries for his book, tentatively titled "Good Design."
The deadline has been extended until Friday, Aug. 14, if you're interested. He's looking for examples of design work to include in the book that address nonprofits, political causes, social justices, the arts, education, or anything self-initiated that supports the greater good.
Click Here for more details.
Posted by Jessie
Call for Entries
Wednesday, August 05, 2009 9:04:32 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
HOW News This Week!
Lots of goings-on here at HOW HQ that you absolutely must know about!
• There's just two more days for you to submit your best interactive design work to this year's HOW Interactive Design Awards: B2B, consumer & self-promo websites, banners, motion design, games and more. Entry deadline is July 31, so get to it.
• Jessie posted yesterday about the early registration date for our In-HOWse Designer Conference, also July 31. Save $200 by signing up this week! Corporate creative managers, you can't miss this event -- you'll hear from in-house veterans Michael Lejeune, Stanley Hainesworth, Andy Epstein, Chris Pullman, riCardo Crespo and Jennifer Miller. (Together, they've worked for top-notch organizations: Mattel, Starbucks, LA County Metro, WGBH, CVS, Target, etc., etc.)
• Freelance designers, dig this: You can attend this year's Creative Freelance Conference in San Diego (August 26-28) for less than a grand. There's never been a better time to work on developing your freelance biz. Plus, we've added a payment plan and extended the Early-Bird discount to make it even easier for you to attend. Got a friend who freelances? Sweet! Refer a friend, and his/her registration is half off. (Then agree to split the discount.) Freelancers who attended last year raved about the conference--hear what they have to say.
• Design-firm principals/owners/leaders: This is THE year you should consider attending HOW's Mind Your Own Business Conference. As the economy picks up, you must be ideally positioned to take advantage of new clients and markets. Rethink how and why you run your business, working alongside other principals and speakers including Tim Williams, Emily Cohen, David Berman and Donna Karlin. Check out our MYOB group on LinkedIn.
• While you have your calendar open, be sure to put a star on September 1 -- that's the deadline to enter HOW's biggest competition, the International Design Awards. Find out more here.
Call for Entries | Events | HOW Magazine
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 3:37:03 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Four Design Challenges
David Sherwin is working on a book for HOW and is looking for a few more contributors to feature:
I'm almost done with the first draft of the 80 Works book—which includes design solutions for almost 80 challenges. I say almost
because there are four challenges that have been attacked by a number
of designers... but it has fought the majority of them to a dead
standstill.Can you help me solve these challenges? It would be a great help, as
I'd really like to promote more of the amazing talents that are out
there in the design community. And thank you, in advance, if you'd like to participate. Contact me at dksherwin at msn dot com
if you want to take one of the following design problems on and
potentially get your solution into my upcoming book from HOW Design.
The deadline for completing the challenge is July 26, so don't wait!Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:51:37 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Project Backpack
Here's a great way to keep an artistic kid busy this summer: Office Depot just launched a competition to design a backpack using Sharpie Markers. The winning entry will be produced and sold and there will be $10,000 in prizes.
Customers can enter the contest by creating a design on one of four Office Depot canvas backpacks that can be purchased ($14.99 each; available in blue, pink, olive and green khaki, that will include two free individual Sharpie markers of your choice) from a participating Office Depot store, or by downloading an official contest template from www.myprojectbackpack.com. After designing the backpack using Sharpie markers, participants can upload a photo or scanned image of their backpack to www.myprojectbackpack.com along with their official entry form.
The contest launches June 28th and all entries must be received by September 19, 2009.
 Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | Just for Fun
Monday, June 29, 2009 3:57:51 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Neenah iPhone Contest
Neenah Paper is giving away three iPhone upgrades to people who submit color palettes using Neenah's Think Ink: Color Unleashed iPhone app. Once created, designers can send their best palettes to fine.paper@neenahpaper.com and Neenah Paper judges will pick the top three winners, who will each receive a $199 Apple iPhone gift card good toward upgrading their iPhone to the new iPhone 3G S 16GB. The contest ends at midnight on Friday, June 26.
For more information, click here.
Posted by Sarah
Call for Entries
Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:12:35 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Call For Entries: Good Design
Designer and writer Christopher Simmons is working on a new book for HOW and he's looking for projects to feature:
We’re looking for the best examples of design work that engages and
addresses critical causes. This can include paid or pro bono work for
non-profits, political causes, social justice, the arts, education as
well as self-initiated projects that support the greater good. Work can be in any medium — posters, logos, brochures, campaigns, naming/branding, etc. For more information on the range of work we’re looking for, download the Questionnaire/Permission Form above, or check out the Book section. There’s no cost to submit work, and you can submit as many pieces as you want. Just fill out this simple form and send them in. Deadline for consideration is August 1, 2009.
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:58:01 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Web Design Ideas
The Web Designer's Idea Book includes more than 700 websites
arranged thematically, so you can find inspiration for layout, color,
style and more. Author Patrick McNeil has cataloged more than 20,000
sites on his website, and showcased in this book are the very best
examples. McNeil is now working on a second volume of this popular book and he's looking for websites to feature. Visit TheWebDesignersIdeaBook.com, to submit your work for consideration.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Friday, April 24, 2009 1:38:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Creative Challenges
Designer David Sherwin is working on a book for HOW and is looking for contributors. The book consists of 80 creative challenges that are designed to
stretch your talent into disciplines that you are interested in
exploring, but have never had the opportunity to try. Until now. Learn more here.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Monday, April 20, 2009 4:18:07 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, April 17, 2009
In-HOWse Awards Deadline Extended
Calling all in-house designers doing great work for corporations, associations and organizations: We've extended the deadline for the In-HOWse Design Awards to May 1.
Call for Entries
Friday, April 17, 2009 6:26:40 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Share a Trend, Win a Trip
Longtime HOW contributor Julie Sims tells us this week of a promotion her firm, The Creative Group, is running right now. TCG is gathering real-world info on trends influencing design; share your insight and you might win a trip. Describe an online trend you think will most significantly affect marketing and creative departments via a short online questionnaire. A panel will review the submissions and select a winner, who'll receive a trip to The Webby Awards in June. Enter here.
Call for Entries
Friday, March 20, 2009 3:51:42 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Call For Entries: Packaging
TheDieline.com invites professionals and students to submit their best packaging work for inclusion in a new book called "Box. Bottle. Bag." (to be published by HOW). Please email all entries to BookEntries@TheDieline.com All
work is accepted for consideration. There
are no entry fees, and no limit to the number of entries. All entries are due by Friday March 27th.
To enter, simply email low resolution JPGS of any work to be considered
to the email address above. If selected, hi-res print quality images
will be requested.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:24:02 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
ADC 88 Call For Entries
The Art Director Club is accepting entries into its 88th annual competition.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Thursday, October 30, 2008 5:33:29 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
A Call For Great Packaging Design
Andrew Gibbs, editor-in-chief of The Dieline packaging blog, is looking for the best in packaging design to feature in his forthcoming HOW book " Box. Bottle. Bag." Get all the details here.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:52:30 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Project Never
If you're feeling bad because an awesome design got rejected by the client, maybe you should enter this design competition for the best of the rejects. Project Never is a free awards competition created by graphic designers
for graphic designers. Thousands of effective designs die each day –
often for good reason. At the same time, successful designers and
agencies generate many worthy ideas for each project or campaign, only
one of which gets chosen for wider audiences. Project Never honors the
most creative design concept that never reached production.
 Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:23:57 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
New HOW Design Competition!
I have ... let's see ... six posters in my tiny little office (including four from past HOW Design Conferences). I collect vintage posters at home ( see Wednesday, March 12 post). I [heart] posters. In fact, the winner of this year's International Design Awards was, you guessed it: a poster campaign.  So we've decided to launch a design competition that spotlights my favorite kind of design project. (drumroll please ...) Here's the brand-new HOW Poster Design Awards. It's pretty slick: You can enter and upload your work entirely online. Judging panel is to be announced; the entry deadline is December 1. We'll profile the top 10 winners on HOWdesign.com. |
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Threadless Loves Drawing
Community T-shirt site Threadless recently announced a call for entries for hand-drawn shirt designs. Some of the best designs begin as a simple hand-drawn sketch. It's incredible how random drawings in sketchbooks, on coffee table napkins, or doodled across sticky notes become sweet pieces of art once fleshed out onscreen. Your challenge is to create an amazing tee based on your original drawing.
The prize list is extensive: * Wacom Cintiq 12WX tablet! * $750 Gift Certificate for the House Industries store! * $500 gift certificate for Utrecht! * A full set of Front Forty Books and CD's! Includes titles such ask Graffitecture, Matt Volla's Unruly Drawings, and Short Stories Illustrated By Artists. * Winning design (and designer!) to be featured in Print Magazine's February 2009 issue * An oversize poster from the Print Magazine 2008 New Visual Artists issue! * The 11-year retrospective Regional Design Annual DVD! * One year subscription to Print Magazine * $500 Threadless Gift Certificate (can be redeemed for $200 cash) * $2,000 in cash  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:47:31 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Call For Entries
"Recharge Your Design Batteries: Creative Challenges to Stretch Your Imagination" is a new book for graphic designers and visual creatives who have the desire to broaden horizons and inject innovation back into their practice. We are looking for inspirational examples of awareness-raising tactics and the stunning work that results, as well as interviews and anecdotes from a range of designers and visual creatives. The book will be published in 2009 by RotoVision and F&W Publications. To download a copy of the call for entries, click here.
Call for Entries
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:25:32 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, July 18, 2008
True T-Shirts
Community-centric tee shirt company Threadless.com is asking designers to turn the true stories of their lives into works of art in its latest " Loves" campaign. To help lead the way, Threadless has partnered up with original, personal storytelling site Fray.com, self-publishing site Blurb.com, and the film Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party, written by and starring famous character actor Tobolowsky (Groundhog Day, Deadwood, Heroes) as he tells fascinating stories from his life on-screen and off. Threadless, Fray, Blurb.com and Stephen Tobolowsky are giving submitters the chance to prove that extraordinary things happen to ordinary people, and run wild with this challenge; tell their stories through design. The chosen design could become the cover of Fray's third volume of tales titled "Sex and Death," so the design must incorporate these two topics into its art.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Friday, July 18, 2008 2:11:29 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Looking For Advice
Here's a request from designer/author Peg Faimon: Design Community: I’m working on a book, Designer’s Guide to Business and Careers, to be published in 2009 by HOW Design Books. I’d like to gather diverse perspectives and advice for new college grads and young design professionals on the following topics: Job interviewing Job search strategies Job negotiations Professional development Staying fresh, creative and energized General tips for freelancing Working effectively with clients Working effectively with writers, photographers, and illustrators Working effectively with programmers and interactive designers Working effectively with printers and paper companies If you have any great war stories and/or advice on how to succeed in the field of design, in any or all of the above categories, I’d love to hear from you. Please email me directly at faimonma@muohio.edu. You will, of course, be credited as a contributor to the book. Posted by Megan
Call for Entries | HOW Books
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:10:23 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Young Guns
Are you a designer who's under 30? You have until June 2 to enter the ADC Young Guns competition. ADC Young Guns exists to identify the vanguard of creative
professionals who let loose their imaginations, shattering conventions
and breaking boundaries with a dash of brilliance and personal flair.
Those of you who’ve set your minds to making a name for yourself,
raising new standards from within cubicles, conference rooms, cramped
apartments, and studios across the world—this is your chance to put
those battle cries in action. If you’re under the age of thirty and
have two years of the working life under your belt, we’d like you to
show us what it’s all about. 
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:08:06 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Creative Challenge + Free T-Shirt
SnapVillage, a microstock site from Corbis, just announced a design contest. Here’s how it works: create a cool (fake) ad using a SnapVillage image, email it to contactus@snapvillage.com and they’ll send you a free SnapVillage T-shirt (be sure to include mailing address and shirt size, S-XL).  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:28:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Design For Kids
If you design for the children's market, check out this call for entries from Spanish publisher Index Books. They're looking for logos and characters, corporate identity, packaging, labels, catalogs, brochures, posters, invitation cards, books, educational material, web and multimedia design, exhibitions, signage, etc. to include in a forethcoming book called Growing Graphics.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:03:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Looking For A Summer Internship?
Independent branding and design consultancy CBX is inviting all design students to enter CBXtra Credit, a competition for a summer internship in its New York City office. The deadline for entries is April 24. Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Friday, March 28, 2008 12:11:42 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Are You A Recent Grad?
If you are, you should definitely check out Chronicle Books Design Fellowship program. The program offers five *paid* six-month fellowships in Chronicle's different in-house design departments: publishing, children's, marketing and products. The deadline for applications is April 25. The Chronicle Books Design Fellowship program offers five recent
graduates a
six-month, paid, hands-on education. There is a Design
Fellow for each of our publishing groups, and they become an active
member of the in-house design team, working on a range of
projects while gaining professional skills and a portfolio of printed
work. In addition, the Fellows collectively compose the Chronicle Books
Design Lab: a think-tank charged with brainstorming the future of
Chronicle's products.
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:26:33 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Upcoming Events: Now through early April
Prepare yourself: The next couple of weeks are jam-packed with design-related events and deadlines. Here's a list of what to mark on your calendar soon: March 27: School of Visual Arts is presenting a design criticism reading night, where speakers will “look at design through the murky lens of evil” March 27–29: AIGA San Diego Y Conference will be taking place and explore sustainable design March 27–29: UCDA Design Summit (in Denver) looks at issues facing creatives, both in and out of educational institutions March 28: Early Bird deadline to save $80 and register for the HOW Design Conference this year in Boston. (The Conference runs from May 18 to 21.) March 28: Graphex Awards Gala takes place in Vancouver to recognize outstanding Canadian design, hosted by Ze Frank Through March 31: MoMA’s “50 Years of Helvetica” exhibition presents posters, signage and other graphic materials that showcase the use of Helvetica March 31: Deadline to enter the Strathmore Letterhead ContestApril 1: Deadline for STEP magazine’s call for entries for Best of Web designs April 1: X-Rite’s “Color Control Freak” seminar will travel to Chicago and Atlanta April 3: The Art Directors Club has invited past Young Guns winners to participate in “The Undiscovered Letter,” where they will create the 27th letter of the Latin alphabet. Come see the finalists at the “Disclosure” show’s kick off. April 3–5: AIGA Jacksonville re:CHARGE 08 is dedicated to getting attendees inspired and recharged about design. Speakers include Debbie Millman, Ann Willoughby, Christopher Simmons and Stefan Bucher. April 3–5: DSVC Student Show & Conference takes place in Dallas, specifically for students and includes a job fair, so students can show their stuff to hiring studios. April 5-6: The 4th Annual Modern Phoenix Expo and Home Tour, through the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, features lectures on mid-century modern home design as well as self-guided walking tours through the area’s modernist tract homes and churches
Call for Entries | Events
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:24:25 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Nominate A Website
Seen any great websites lately? Every month we highlight 10 top websites of interest to designers. You can nominate a website you created or one that you think is cool. Just fill out the brief form here. Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:33:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Good Ideas
If you've been considering how to give back to your community or the world through design, check out the Sappi Ideas That Matter grant. The paper company awards more than a million dollars every year to designers with great ideas and they're accepting entries for the North American awards now through May 31.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:22:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Calling All Freelancers
“Freelance Design in Practice, ” to be published in Spring 2009, will be a book for freelance designers who are in it for the long run. Author Cathy Fishel invites experienced freelance designers from
anywhere in the world to contact her directly for possible interviews.
Please contact her at cathy@fishel.com if you have advice to share with
peers. Design work will also be shown in the book. Chapters will include succinct advice and real-life case studies on subjects including: -Evaluating your personal vision and making yourself stand out -Establishing a business plan, workspace, accounting system, legal back-up, advertising and even your business name -Setting fees, bidding, billing, dealing with non-payment, tax concerns, how to know if you’re making money, and trade-outs and pro-bono work -Legal responsibilities, including contracts, insurance and liability -Self-promotion of all types -Finding the best clients and the best mix of clients, and turning them into repeat customers -Managing workflow and maintaining your sanity -Achieving a healthy life/work balance -Periodic self-evaluations and other touchstones -An entire chapter on solving common freelance frustrations Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:11:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Upcoming Events in March
Some of the can't-miss events that are taking place all over the country in the next couple weeks that you should know about: March 11: Deadline for entering Communication Art’s annual photography and illustration competitions March 11th, 13th, 18th: X-Rite’s “Color Control Freak” seminar will travel to Indianapolis, Houston, Nashville, Kansas City, Minneapolis and Miami March 13: AIGA Minnesota’s Design Show of Excellence highlights the region’s top works March 14: Deadline to enter any projects integrating experimental typography for a new book coming out from publisher PageOne this fall, “TYPOMOFO” March 21: Deadline to enter HOW’s Promotion Design Awards, where you can submit your best promotional efforts for a chance to win a trip to the 2009 HOW Design Conference.
Call for Entries | Events
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:51:48 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Art for the Earth
Call for Entries
Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:46:54 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Get Political
With 2008 being the big Presidential election year, The Art of Politics "is a dynamic and innovative way to engage Americans this election year
by fusing the political issues that people are passionate about with
stylized artistic posters in a nationwide contest. The result is a
visual expression of issues reflecting the diversity of our country," according to its website. They are inviting creatives from around the country to enter poster designs that reflect their political thoughts and feelings. 
Call for Entries
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:04:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Letterhead Design Contest
Strathmore's Quarterly Letterhead Contest is now accepting entries. The first deadline for 2008 is March 31. Each quarter, the first 25 designers who enter the letterhead contest receive a special gift. The gift for Q1 2008 entries is an iPod nano. Three quarterly winners will recieve $150 (bronze), $300 (silver) or $500 (gold) and the four gold winners will be eligible for the $1,000 annual grand prize.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:06:30 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Sigg Design Contest
Last year, SIGG asked Japanese artists to design water bottles that captured
the essence of their culture. The result was a wonderful collection that is
going to be offered worldwide in SIGG's 2008 water bottle line.
For 2009, SIGG is looking to create a similar line of bottles
inspired by and representative of the United States. Contestants are
encouraged to work creatively, to show the U.S. as they see it and
experience it. SIGG is looking for unique, out-of-the-box designs that go
beyond stars and stripes.
The top 10
designs will be sent on to Switzerland and 6 top designs will be chosen for
the new collection. The Grand Prize winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and 100 SIGG bottles (of their design) to give out to friends and family. The other 5 winners will receive 10 bottles of their design. 
(Above is my Sigg bottle, which I love!) Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:47:33 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Button Competition
Call for Entries
Monday, December 10, 2007 1:47:34 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Win A Trip To The 2008 HOW Conference
If you recently had a project printed on Neenah paper, pull it out and send it in. You could win a free trip to the 2008 HOW Conference in Boston, which includes airfare, meals, lodging and registration for two. To learn more, visit www.neenahpaper/how.  Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 1:30:24 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
How (Not) to Enter a Design Competition
Sheesh! I'm post-happy today, no? On the heels of last week's judging, here are some sure-fire ways to be sure your entry to (any) design show gets a fair shake—or not: • DO fill out the entry form neatly and completely. If there's a typo in the show annual, it's probably the result of the entrant's sloppy handwriting. Make sure that doesn't happen. • DO include a paragraph that tells the judges about the project: its particular challenges, why it succeeded, how you developed the concept. • DO consider how you assemble or package your entry. If the judges need a box cutter or jackhammer to extract your project from its wrapping, they'll give up. • DO use design competitions as an occasion to assemble your body of work from the past year in a sort of self-critique. Look at everything you've done, note what worked and didn't, and learn from it. • DON'T let your competition wins go unnoticed. When your work appears in any design show, book, publication, whatever, by all means send a letter or press release to your clients telling them about it. • DO make design awards part of your regular marketing efforts. Going into 2008, consider all the places you'll want to enter your work, make note of entry deadlines, budget for the fees and plan for the follow-up. And good luck!
Call for Entries | HOW Magazine
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:44:30 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Using Design For Good
I just wrapped up a weekend in the woods of Minnesota at Minneapolis/AIGA’s annual Design Camp (a detailed recap to come soon!), but first wanted to pass along word of a cool project that they’re organizing: “ Collapse and Recovery—the 35W Bridge Poster Project.” Many AIGA members remember being on the road at the very time that the 35W Bridge over the Mississippi River fell in Minneapolis. So, in response, the local chapter is asking designers across the country to put their skills to use and raise awareness of the tragedy by designing a poster that speaks to the bridge’s collapse. Poster designs are due October 29 and will be exhibited and auctioned off, with proceeds benefiting the Minnesota Helps—Bridge Disaster Fund. For more information and details about submitting, download an entry form. 
Call for Entries | Events | Industry News
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:22:31 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, September 07, 2007
Design A Cool Notebook PC
HP and MTV have teamed up for a global design competition that challenges young people to express their interests in a design for a new limited edition notebook computer. What's really cool is that the winner will be invited to attend the MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich, Germany, and travel to several HP sites, including Tokyo and Houston, to witness his or her design as it makes its way through the notebook development process. 
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Friday, September 07, 2007 1:23:18 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, September 06, 2007
HOW International Competition Deadline Extended
The deadline for HOW's biggest and most prestigious competition has been extended to Sept. 17. Enter now and see your work in the International Design Annual. 
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:53:20 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Deadline Alert
The deadline for HOW's International Design Competition is less than three weeks away! Eek! That means it won't be long before we're hauling entries to a huge rented space and carefully laying them all out on long tables for the judges to peruse. 
Posted by Megan
Call for Entries
Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:13:02 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
Send Us your Best Stuff!
Posted by Bryn
We've extended the deadline for HOW's annual Interactive Design Awards, so there's still time to send us your best stuff: websites, displays, banners, motion designs and anything else created for screens of all sorts. If you need inspiration, check out the gallery of last year's winners, then grab an entry form and submit your own work! Just do it by August 1, OK?
Call for Entries
Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:25:15 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Your Best Letterhead
Posted by Megan
Mohawk Fine Papers once again celebrates the work of designers and printers with its quarterly Strathmore Letterhead Contest. This design competition is for letterhead and identity systems produced on Strathmore’s premium writing grades: Strathmore Pure Cotton, Strathmore Writing and Strathmore Script. Third quarter entries are being accepted now through September 30, 2007. Designers who enter are eligible to receive one of three quarterly cash prizes: $150 Bronze, $300 Silver and $500 Gold. An annual Grand Prize of $1,000 will also be awarded.
Call for Entries
Friday, July 13, 2007 3:48:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, July 09, 2007
International Animation
Call for Entries
Monday, July 09, 2007 2:51:13 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Looking For Cool Postcard Designs
Posted by Megan Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek from London-based design studio
FL@33 are currently compiling and designing a new book of postcards
to be published later this year by Laurence King Publishing. The book
will showcase the best international postcards and postcard-related projects
created and produced in the year 2000 or more recently.
Submissions are
now welcome and details can found here.
Call for Entries
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:45:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
life drawing + burlesque + anarchy = Dr. Sketchy
Posted by TriciaIn case you didn't see the write up about the book in HOW's April issue, Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book introduces a whole new way of life drawing. As founder Molly Crabapple says, "Why can't drawing naked people be sexy?" And the answer:
We combed New York to find the most beautiful burlesque dancers, the most bizarre circus freaks, and the most rippling hunks of man. Then, every other Saturday, we let you draw them for three hours. Interspersed with posing are ridiculous drawing contests (best left handed drawing? Best incorporation of a woodland animal?) where you can win booze or prizes.
The events have been ever so popular and are branching into other cities. Notably, there is an upcoming event in Atlanta, home to this year's HOW Design Conference.
Next up, Dr. Sketchy is doing an " Anti-Art Show" and calling for submissions. Have you got the skills to be one of the top 13? 
Call for Entries | Events
Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:24:58 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Fun With Tupperware
Posted by Megan
The third annual Translations in Tupperware Global Design Contest
invites consumers and designers from around the world to create a piece
of art or unique functional product inspired by Tupperware. The deadline is August 31.
Call for Entries
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 4:24:31 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, April 02, 2007
Deadlines, Schmeadlines.
Posted by Bryn
Lots 'n' lots of deadlines in the fair month of April, at least for HOW-related things. Of note: Promotion Design Awards: Deadline is April 2. That's today, folks. Get your work together and stamp it with a postmark before midnight. In case you didn't hear, we've changed the competition to make it a bit easier to enter, with broader categories to show off even more design work. Judging starts in two weeks; we'll be sure to blog about it! You'll be bombarded with messages about the upcoming HOW Conference early-bird registration deadline (don't say I didn't warn ya). That's April 13, so pay attention. Hotel rooms and conference slots are goin' fast. Then there's the brand-spankin'-new In-HOWse Design Awards (how clever are we with the HOW reference, eh?). If you're a corporate creative, here's your chance to show off to a jury of your peers. Send us your stuff by April 19.
Call for Entries
Monday, April 02, 2007 4:47:34 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The Art's In The Mail
Posted by MeganI just got an email from Darren Di Lieto, the founder and editor of LCSV4, a cool illustration portal, about his latest project: MAiLmeART. The concept is fun but simple, just create a piece of art on an envelope, box or other mailable surface and send it to Darren. He'll post the results on the site. Even better, guest judges will be awarding monthly prizes and there will be gallery show in London and maybe even a book of the work. 
Call for Entries
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 5:08:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Champagne Wishes
Posted by Megan
If you've recovered from your New Year's celebrations, gather up all those spent champagne bottles and get to work. It's time again for the annual Design Within Reach Champagne Chair Challenge. Get inspired by last year's winner below. 
Call for Entries
Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:48:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, December 18, 2006
Call For Entries
Posted by Megan
The deadlines for American Illustration and American Photography are fast approaching. Online entry form and rules are available here.
Call for Entries
Monday, December 18, 2006 3:45:28 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Call for Entries
Posted by MeganThe year-end deadline for entries into Fox River Paper Company’s annual Outstanding Design Awards competition is December 31, 2006. The Outstanding Design Awards competition is comprised of three categories in both the Fox River and Gilbert brands: Corporate Brochure, Letterhead, and Miscellaneous.
Both the Fox River and Gilbert brands award first, second and third place winners for each category. First place winners from all the categories are then entered into the overall Best of Show award judging.
The annual judging takes place in January. All winning entries receive a distinctive award and become part of the Outstanding Design Awards traveling show that is showcased around the world for a one year period. In addition, the Best of Show winner is featured in the following year’s call for entries and receives 2000# of any Fox River or Gilbert paper.
Call for Entries
Monday, November 13, 2006 4:22:59 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
86th Annual ADC Awards
Posted by MeganThe deadlines for the 86th Annual Art Directors Club Awards are: January 10, 2007 for professionals January 31, 2007 for students The ADC offers awards for Advertising, Interactive Design, Graphic Design, Illustration and Photography, as well as two unusual categories: Hybrid and Playground.
Hybrid is for communications solutions that continue to exceed the
definition and expectation of our categories. These categories are
designed for work that operates across a number of different media or
represents an innovative use of a medium. Hybrid includes
media-specific categories such as multi-channel, but also makes room
for more content-specific categories such as viral advertising, branded
content and those yet to be conceived. Playground is all about discovery. This category is for professional
advertising creative that was never published or aired; a place where
experimentation with bold ideas and raw techniques is celebrated. This
category is for professionals only. 
Call for Entries
Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:59:55 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
New Rules For Effie Awards
Posted by MeganThe Effie Awards have revamped their program for 2007 to be open to all forms of consumer engagement in every single category—as long as results are proven. One of the most significant changes in the 2007 Effie program is the inclusion of new entrants from outside the traditional categories of TV, print, radio, out of home and the Internet. Eligible entries now include digital, media (as a driver), design, viral, guerrilla, direct, PR, promotions, branded entertainment and just about any other imaginable form of marketing communication. The entry deadline is October 20. 
Call for Entries
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:16:03 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Deadline Extended to October 3
The Fossil Tinspiration contest invites designers from around the United States to develop artwork for the brand’s famous watch tin packaging. Along with the chance to win bragging rights and the pride of having their work put into actual production, Fossil will also be offering contestants the chance to win a $1,000 gift certificate to Fossil.com and the opportunity to tour the Fossil design studio.
—Megan
Call for Entries
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:00:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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