Tuwi design – all forms of design

Task: Design this year’s Tacoma Film Festival poster.

Deadline: 20th July 2009

Prizes: $350

Here’s your chance to shine as an artist and have your work displayed all over Tacoma.  The non-profit Grand Cinema is once again turning to the artistic community to design this year’s Tacoma Film Festival poster.  Last year’s contest was so successful that we are so excited to see what you artists come up with this year!  The Grand will accept entries for the poster through July 20, 2009.  All entries will be displayed at the Grand Cinema and a winner will be chosen for this year’s festival.

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Task: Customize Sennheiser HD 418 headphones with a eye catching surface design prints.

Deadline: 28th August 2009

Prizes: 45 winners will each take home a customized, limited edition HD 418 headphones with their own winning design!

Headphones are a means to listen to music… but it could be so much more! Here is your chance to customize your very own Sennheiser headphone to not only become an extension of who you are but allow you to enjoy the music inextricably intertwined into your life and share your passion with others!

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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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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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Date: 26 – 27 June 2009

Place: Palacio de Congresos. Madrid – Spain

On 26-27 of June, MAD 009 design festival will starts in Madrid. Presentations this year include a special 2-hour, which we call Masterclass, about Typography and Interaction Design.
At the MAD 009 entrance hall you’ll receive a free course of Apple’s creative applications, together with Compolaser. Sign up and reserve your seat. Learn how to handle basic tools for your work as: Digital Photography with Aperture, Video Editing with FinalCut Pro and Editing in 3D with Motion. Sign up soon because places are very limited (lessons in spanish). Infos at compolaser.com

MAD 009 DESIGN CONTEST
DESIGN THE MAD 009 T-SHIRT
VDomestika and Vodafone invite you to participate in this competition to design the MAD 009 t-shirt.
What prizes can YOU win???

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Task: Design a card using only black, white and maaaaybee one more colour.

Deadline: 11th June 2009

Prizes: First Prize,  1000 $

This time around, Foldees, the organizer of the competition, is challenging designers to an exercise in simplicity. Foldees wants you to design a card around the theme, “Monochrome”. Arguments aside, Foldees defines Monochrome as only one colour (and black and white are not colours). What kinds of designs are they are looking for? Any kind! Although if you’re unsure, we’d probably prefer that you stick to staples like Birthdays, Flirty, Get Well, or Friendship cards.

Please keep in mind that Foldees will be keeping an extra sharp eye on not just design, but card themes that make use of the “Monochrome” theme. The official rule for now is that the cover must only be of one colour (not including black and white), but the inside of the card has no limitations, except the usual Foldees rule of strictly vector art only.

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Date: PART 1 (9 – 12 July 2009) PART 2 (16 – 19 July 2009)

Place: Business Design Centre, London N1, UK

For 24 years, New Designers has been bringing together the very best in UK graduate design, showcasing the work, energy and talent of the next generation of designers. It’s the freshest and most vibrant show of its kind.
Its long-standing reputation continually attracts a prestigious design-conscious audience of over 18,000 professionals, public, media and education, all eager to see what’s new.
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Task: Submit any kind of artwork. Twelve categories in three media areas.

Deadline: 5th of June 2009

First Prizes for each category: US$3,000 cash + Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Master Collection + a round-trip to Beijing and more…

The 2009 Adobe® Design Achievement Awards gives higher education students from around the world the shortcut to brilliance to propel their careers in the future. Enter in 12 categories in 3 media areas endorsed by the industry, cash prizes will be awarded in Beijing during the Icograda World Design Congress.
Contest is open to all individuals age 18 years or older who are full-time matriculated students in an accredited institution of higher education.
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Task: Submit any kind of artwork. If you designed it, we want to see it!

Deadline: 31th of May 2009

First Prizes: over $11,000 in prizes including:

• $ 2,009 Cash
• Exhibition at Modern Art Museum (New York)
• International Publicity
• A Vintage Vespa by Red Bull
• A Trip to London
• A Mac Book Pro

The goal of this open call is to discover great new talent in Art & Design. Everyone who enters the contest will be exposed to a huge, international audience of people interested in art and design. You will also get a special “Thank You” package with discounts and products to help further your career. The top selected artists and designers will win a grand prize package.
The fee is $25 per submission. The submission fee supports the running of this contest, the prizes and a portion of the proceeds will benefit non-profit FreeArtsNYC, an organization helping at risk youths with Art & Mentoring programs.
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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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