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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
4/15/2008 3:08:06 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) 
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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
4/9/2008 8:28:04 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
4/8/2008 12:03:10 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
3/28/2008 8:11:42 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
3/25/2008 12:26:33 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
3/19/2008 2:24:25 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
3/19/2008 8:33:27 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
3/18/2008 1:22:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
3/18/2008 1:11:04 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
3/5/2008 11:51:48 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Art for the Earth
Call for Entries
1/17/2008 8:46:54 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
1/16/2008 12:04:01 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
1/15/2008 3:06:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
12/20/2007 10:47:33 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Button Competition
Call for Entries
12/10/2007 8:47:34 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
12/5/2007 8:30:24 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
10/30/2007 10:44:30 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
10/9/2007 9:22:31 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
9/7/2007 8:23:18 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
9/6/2007 8:53:20 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
8/16/2007 3:13:02 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
7/26/2007 9:25:15 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
7/13/2007 10:48:16 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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Monday, July 09, 2007
International Animation
Call for Entries
7/9/2007 9:51:13 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
6/19/2007 8:45:50 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
5/8/2007 10:24:58 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
4/4/2007 11:24:31 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
4/2/2007 11:47:34 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
3/14/2007 1:08:37 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
1/2/2007 10:48:37 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
12/18/2006 10:45:28 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
11/13/2006 11:22:59 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
11/7/2006 10:59:55 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
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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
9/26/2006 10:16:03 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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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
9/19/2006 4:00:27 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
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