Posts Tagged ‘contest’

Design for Women’s History Month

Monday, March 8th, 2010

RosieMarch is Women’s History Month in the US, and the Design a Poster About Women’s Issues contest from GOOD and The Daily Beast is a great way for designers to get involved.

The goal of the contest is to bring awareness to three critical issues facing women across the globe — human trafficking, childhood marriage, and childhood obesity — through public-awareness campaign posters that use design, photography, illustration, collage, or typography.

All entries must be emailed by midnight (PST) Friday, March 12. Winners will be announced on Monday, March 15 and featured on Good.is and The Daily Beast. For more information, visit GOOD’s contest website.

Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

AIGA has announced its call for entries for the 5th Annual Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism. A program of AIGA, the Winterhouse Writing Awards provide an opportunity for both professional and student designers. The Awards were founded to recognize excellence in writing about design and to encourage the development of young voices in design writing, commentary, and criticism.

Winterhouse Writing Awards

There will be two awards granted, the writing award and the education award. The writing award is open to writers, critics, scholars, historians, journalists and designers and is given for a body of work (three separate works of writing). The education award is open to high school, undergraduate or graduate students and is for a single work of writing about design.

Writing entries can be about any design discipline or form, including architectural, environmental, fashion, graphic, industrial, information, interactive, product, and strategic.

You must be a US citizen and under the age of 40 to submit entries. The submission deadline is June 1. For more information, check out the criteria, submission guidelines, and FAQs.

Vote for your favorite “Let’s Save Michigan” poster

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Voting is now open to the public for the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and Let’s Save Michigan poster contest. The 60 finalists were selected by the DIA and Let’s Save Michigan for best representing the spirit of the contest.

Let's Save Michigan poster contest

You can vote for multiple posters, but only one vote per poster per day. Voting closes at 11:59pm (EST) on March 15, so vote for your favorites today.

Winners will be announced in March, with a grand prize of $1,000 and a runner-up prize of $250. All finalists’ designs will be on display at a special reception in the spring.

DIA poster contest: Let’s Save Michigan

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) and Let’s Save Michigan have announced a poster contest to inspire Michiganders to revive their state. This is a great opportunity for artists, illustrators, and graphic designers to show off their talent and Michigan pride.

DIAcontest

The posters should be a call to action to rally citizens to help revive the state and must include the phrase “Let’s Save Michigan” in the design.

The hope is to highlight the actions and assets that are critical to moving the cities forward, whether that is renovating historic homes, planting community gardens, extensive public transportation and bike lines, public art, or whatever the artist believes will carry Michigan through the 21st century—and beyond.

Ideally, the new posters will be in the fashion of Works Progress Administration artwork of the 1930s, which is the subject of DIA exhibition, and depict regional, recognizable subjects—ranging from portraits to cityscapes and images of city life that remind the public of quintessential American values such as hard work, community and optimism.

The deadline to submit poster designs is February 15 via the Let’s Save Michigan website. Judges will choose 25 finalists and then voting will open to the public. Winners will be announced in March, with a grand prize of $1,000 and a runner-up prize of $250. All finalists’ designs will be on display at a special reception in the spring.

Need inspiration? Check out the DIA “Government Support for the Arts” exhibit, and find out more about the Let’s Save Michigan campaign at letssavemichigan.com and on Facebook.