Tuwi design – all forms of design

Task: The theme for this competition is open so that any design or style can win.

Deadline: 10th July 2009

Prizes: First Prize, 1100 £

The SwishSwosh community will choose the winner, based on how original and cutting edge the T-shirt looks. Let’s be clear, we are looking for the best T-shirt design ever! We’re not talking about submitting a design for your favourite football team or movie. We want the most eye catching, jaw dropping design that you can create, so take some time to come up with it.
We recommend using a program such as Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator to produce your entry.

Download the submission kit and follow the instructions on how to upload your designs. The kit will help you to maximise creativity and fit the size specification. Once that’s complete you’re ready to submit. It’s as simple as that!

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Here’s the best flash sites made by the best web designers.
This week we’ve been very impressed by the Lands’ end website. This site is very well done and the graphics very well kept. The interesting thing is the concept, namely the desire to create a relaxed approach to shopping for swimwear for women, as if you were on a private island.
As always our main source of research is the FWA that we invite you to visit for more inspiration for your creative works.

Enjoy the gallery!
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Task: Submit logos designed, printed, published or visible online between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009.

Deadline: 30th June 2009

Built on the success of Eulda, the European Logo Design Annual (which has replaced), Wolda is the high-profile graphic design award scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world. Wolda ’09 is now open for entries! Designers, agencies, studios and students from all over the world are invited to enter with logos designed, printed, published or visible online between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009. Entry fee includes a copy of the ’09 printed annual, delivery costs inclusive for each participant; hard-bound volume of exceptional quality printed by FONTEGRAFICA on SAPPI acclaimed papers. Winners will be selected by our innovative three-tier jury consisting of 10 top designers, 10 top marketing managers and finally 10 people judges, nominated respectively by ICOGRADA, AQUENT and CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL. This judging mechanism reflects the actual process that turns any logo idea into a successful logo: – the designers decide what to present to the clients – the clients decide what to present to the public – but in the end it is always the public that decides if a brand is successful.

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Task: Create a design for the MINI T-Shirt Contest by reimagining the ideas behind LIFE BALL: AIDS awareness and the celebration of life.

Deadline: 30th of June 2009

Prizes:

• First Prize: Apple aluminum 13-inch Mac Book 2.0Ghz +
  Your design on 2000 limited edition T-Shirts, to be sold on the MINI online store.
• Popular Vote: A Wacom Design Tablet

Create a T-Shirt design that promotes the LIFE BALL in an artistic, clever, and creative way. MINI Space is looking for an image that is eye-catching and illuminating, one that will get people’s attention and convey the ideas and values that are central to the LIFE BALL.
The LIFE BALL is an annual event that takes place in Vienna, Austria. It aims to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS while celebrating life. The 17th Annual LIFE BALL will take place on the 16th of May. It will be the start of a four-year cycle called the Elements of LIFE BALL, in which each of the four elements will stand for the central symbols of life: earth, water, wind, and fire. This year the theme is water and the motto is “Let Love Flow.”

Read more about LIFE BALL 2009 and get inspired for the competition.

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