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Winners Announcement Expected: 27 April 2012

The Kharkov Association of Graphic Designers - The 4th Block, is accepting entries for its 8th International Triennial of Eco-Poster for a few more days. The Triennial is calling for poster designs on three different topics, all of which relate to ecology.

The competition accepts works from individual authors as well as from teams of artists and designers and participation is free of charge.

The VIII International Triennial of Eco-Poster - The 4th Block, is conducted under the aegis of the International Council of Graphic Design Association (ICOGRADA) and the International Biennales Coordinating Committee (IBCC).

The 4th Block is Accepting Ecology Related Poster Designs

The 4th Block is inviting you to submit posters - created between 2009-2012 - in any technique with a minimum size is 60x90 cm, on the following subjects/categories:

1. «26» — The world since Chernobyl and Fukushima
2. «Eco Poster»
   • global warming
   • Earth — our common body (man and Nature)
   • water pollution
   • air pollution
   • «living» planet
3. «Eco-Culture»
   • conscience, freedom and creativity
   • ethics and spirituality
   • preservation of the cultural environment
     (exhibition, museum, festival, theater posters)

The competition accepts works from the individual authors as well as from teams of artists and designers and participation is free of charge.

The Triennial will award the following prizes on the award ceremony - planned for 27 April 2012 - and will publish an illustrated catalog, after the exhibition.

• Grand Prix
• Diplomas and special awards in each nomination

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Open until 21 March 2012. Approximately 45 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): The Royal Photographic Society.

Winners Announcement Expected: 30 April 2012

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The world’s oldest photographic competition, organized by The Royal Photographic Society, has put out a call for entries for 2012.

The 155th International Print competition is open to entrants until 21 March 2012 and has £6500 (approx $10,000) in cash prizes, Olympus Pen equipment and it will award medals to the winners.

First held in 1854 the Royal Photographic Society’s International Print competition and exhibition is the world’s most prestigious. Submissions reflect all aspects of photography from documentary and contemporary work through to natural history, landscape and portraiture.

Submit Unmounted Prints to the 155th International Print Exhibition

The Royal Photographic Society is inviting you to submit up to five 40cm x 50cm prints on any type or make of paper.

During its long history of over 150 years, it has gained a reputation for showcasing a wide range of genres and styles of photography, with cutting edge prints being shown alongside traditional work.

Get Included in An Exhibition Touring the UK and Win Cash Prizes!

An acceptance in the International Print Exhibition has always been coveted by professionals and amateurs alike and has helped many aspiring photographers to launch their career and achieve recognition.

The 155th International Print Exhibition will tour the UK and elsewhere for up to a year and photographers will have the opportunity to sell copies of their prints. All accepted prints will be shown in a full-colour catalogue which all entrants receive.

The following prizes will also be awarded:

• 1 Gold Society Medal and a prize of £2,000
• 2 Silver Society Medals and prizes of £1,000 each
• 3 Bronze Society Medals and prizes of £500 each
• Allen & Overy Award of £1,000 on the theme of 'Change'
• Under 25 - Gold Society Medal and a prize of an Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3 with zoom lens kit.

A Competition for Professionals and Amateurs

• This competition is open to everyone of any photographic ability. You don't need to be a member of The Royal Photographic Society to enter.
• A maximum of five unmounted prints can be submitted. These may be colour, monochrome or a mixture of both.
• The maximum image size including a border is 40cm x 50cm. If you do not want your prints returned, the maximum size including a border can be increased to 45cm x 55cm.
• All selected images will be reproduced in a full colour catalogue which all entrants receive.
• Up to 125 prints will be selected for the Exhibition.

Send Your Entries to The Royal Photographic Society

To enter, fill out the competition entry form and send it, together with your entries, on the following address:

Entry Fee

• £15 RPS member
• £18 Non-member
• £10 Under 25

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Open until 14 February 2012. Approximately 9 days remaining to attend. Read on to find out more details about how you can enter.

Organizer(s): Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD).

Winners Announcement Expected: June 2012

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The 2012 SEGD Global Design Awards are now open for entries from environmental designers, architects, students and clients. Exceptional environmental graphic design is recognized in the annual SEGD Global Design Awards Program, illustrating the pandisciplinary nature of visual communications in the built environment.

Winning projects have included complex wayfinding systems, branding and identity work, retail and interior projects, exhibition design, and public art installations.

Winners will be announced at the 2012 SEGD Conference, 8-9 June 2012 in Manhattan and Brooklyn and winning projects will be featured in the award-winning segdDESIGN magazine!

Submit Your Best Environmental Graphic Design Works

The Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) invites you to submit your best work in:

• Dynamic Environments: media facades, interactive architecture, media-based exhibitions, digital billboards, electronic public art
• Office/Workplace Environments: office buildings, business parks, mixed-use centers, industrial and manufacturing buildings, convention and conference centers
• Leisure/Entertainment Environments: walking and hiking trails, recreation centers, theme parks, arenas, stadiums, theaters, concert halls, cinemas, hotels, resorts, restaurants, spas, fitness centers, parks, gardens, cruise ships, marinas, golf courses
• Educational/Institutional Environments: healthcare facilities, libraries, schools, campuses, government facilities
• Transportation Environments: airports, ports, bus, rail, roadways, parking facilities
• Retail/Commercial Environments: service businesses, malls, storefronts, interiors, food courts, showrooms, outdoor advertising
• Residential Environments: apartments, condominiums, developments, retirement centers, dormitories
• Urban Projects: cities, mixed-use complexes, downtowns, neighborhoods, wayfinding systems, streetscapes
• Exhibitions: museums, zoos, interpretive exhibits
• Trade Shows/Temporary Events: expositions, pavilions, athletic events, festivals
• Master Plans/Planning/Research: conceptual ideas, research, recommendation studies, sign/identity/branding standards, programs
• Miscellaneous: signage, architectural graphics, placemaking, identity programs, public art, donor recognition programs, maps, symbol/pictogram systems, sign codes, gateways, landmarks

The SEGD Global Design Awards Program is open to:

• Environmental graphic designers
• Graphic designers
• Exhibit designers
• Landscape designers
• Interior designers
• Industrial designers
• Graphic artists
• Public artists
• Architects
• Fabricators
• Students
• Clients

Get Featured in the Award-Winning SegdDESIGN Magazine!

Winners will be announced at at the 2012 SEGD Conference, 8-9 June 2012 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Winning projects will be featured in the award-winning segdDESIGN magazine and on www.segd.org.

The SEGD Design Awards are Open Globally

• Projects entered must demonstrate the use of graphic design elements (including but not limited to typography, symbols, pictograms, diagrams, color-coding, etc.) in the design solution and must focus on the communication of information, identity, or image in the built environment.
• Projects entered must have been completed between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2011.
• This program is open to both members and non-members of SEGD, but members pay reduced entry fees.
• Projects entered in previous years may be entered again if they did not win an award.
• There is no limit on the number of projects that can be entered by an individual or firm.
• Student work is defined as work done in 2010 or 2011 by full-time students enrolled in a recognized design program.
• Jurors and their firms are not eligible to enter.

Entries are Accepted Online

Entries are accepted online via omniCONTESTS. Of course, a registration is required to submit.

Entry Fees Start from $50 for Student Entries

• 1-3 projects:
  • SEGD Members: $120/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $240/project
• 4+ projects:
  • SEGD Members: $100/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $200/project
• Student work:
  • SEGD Members: $35/project
  • SEGD Non-members: $50/project
• Late Entry Fee: $50/project

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Winners Announcement Expected: 10-20 December, 2011

Yota Space, an international technology and digital art festival, invites young graphic design talents to enter a promotional T-shirt and poster print contest. The winners’ artwork will be used as the visual symbols of the major cultural event produced by Yota. Along with kudos, the winners will receive a free pass to all events of Yota Space festival, which will take place in Spring 2012 in St Petersburg.

For those of you who don't already know, Yota Space is an international festival in Saint Petersburg dedicated to digital culture and digital art. From the very first year Yota Space attracted the international new media community.

"Hello, future!" on a T-shirt and Poster

The festival’s strapline is «Hello, future!». Your job is to create a design for t-shirt and poster.

Selection criteria will include consistency with the strapline, artistic value, singularity, and quality.

Designs must be built in:

• Adobe Illustrator (CS4 or earlier versions) - AI, EPS, or PDF format,
• Adobe Photoshop (CS4 or earlier versions) - TIFF or PSD format.

What's in for You?

Yota Space will not be awarding any material prizes in this contest. Instead, the winners’ artwork will be used as the visual symbols of the major cultural event produced by Yota, in 2012.

Your artwork carrying your name will be seen by thousands!

Along with kudos, the winners will receive a free pass to all events of Yota Space festival, which will take place in Spring 2012 in St Petersburg.

General Requirements

• The contest is open for senior college students.
• Color mode for all designs: CMYK
• Resolution for raster graphics: 300 dpi
• All effects must be rasterized in CMYK 300 dpi
• Fonts must be converted to curves

How to Enter?

Create a unique image, send it to print [at] space.yota.ru (please replace [at] with @).

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When was the last time you designed a consumer product you would like to 3D print and use? Jakajima is organizing the 3D Printing at Home Design Competition, to challenge you and offer you a chance to do just that.

So, the challenge is quite simple. You need to design a thing, call it a product, that a consumer would use in real life, and prepare it for printing as a real 3D object.

Participation is open to anyone, from any country, who can design 3D objects.

Design a Product for 3D Printing

The briefing for this competition is simple and straightforward: Suppose you had a 3D printer at home. Design the first consumer product you would like to 3D print and use.

Realize that you can go far beyond the traditional mass manufactured products.

Criteria used by the jury are:

• Degree of innovation
• Functionality and Usefulness
• 3D printablity
• Aesthetic quality
• Ergonomics
• Marketability
• Feasibility
• Quality and clarity of presentation materials

This is a Unique Chance to Win a 3D Printer

The first prize is an Ultimaker 3D printer and a 3D print of the design, 2nd Prize is a 3D scanner and a 3D print of the design and 3rd prize is a 3D print of the design.

Price winners will be announced during the 3D Printing Event, 25 October 2011, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Brief Competition Regulations (Complete Rules)

• The 3D Printing at Home Design Competition is open to anyone who can design 3D objects.
• This is an individual competition, meaning that group entries will not be accepted.
• You may submit only one design.
• All communication is in English.

How to Submit your 3D Designs?

Entries can be submitted online. A free registration on the official website is required. Once registered you can fill out the competition entry form and submit your design.

If you have any questions regarding this competition please forward them to Jakajima (the Netherlands) on: design [at] jakajima.eu (please replace [at] with @).

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The Cultural Association “Tapirulan”, with the sponsorship of “Centro Fumetto Andrea Pazienza”, “Associazione Illustratori” and “Sarmede – Paese della fiaba”, is proud to announce the seventh edition of its contest for illustrators.

The purpose of the competition is to select forty authors to be included in the exhibition "Gli illustratori di Tapirulan" (The illustrators of Tapirulan), to be held in Cremona from 3 December 2011 to 29 January 2012. All forty illustrations selected by the jury will be published in a catalog and 12 of them also on Tapirulan's Calendar for 2012.

This time Tapirulan is calling for artworks on the theme of "Privacy".

Calling for Illustrations on the Theme: "Privacy"

The theme of the 7th Tapirulan Illustration Contest is:

"Privacy" – Secret emotions and inconfessable thoughts. Private vices and public virtues. The right to the privacy collides with the irresistible curiosity...

The execution techniques are free, so you get to choose the technique for your artwork.

Any submitted work must be square-shaped, not smaller than 25x25 centimeters and not bigger than 40x40 cm. If it is put in a frame this should not be thicker than 3 mm. In case of a digital image it should be 31x31 cm (300 dpi – JPG format – best quality).

Exhibition in Italy + Catalog + Calendar + Cash

The exhibition “Tapirulan Illustrators” which will include the 40 selected works and all the works of the former winners, will be set up from 3 December 2011 to 29 January 2012 at Santa Maria della Pietà - Cremona (Italy). During the inauguration of the exhibition the winners will be awarded their prizes.

• 1.000 euros – First prize awarded by the jury
• 300 euros – Prize awarded by the registered subscribers.

The 40 artists whose works will be published in the catalog will receive a copy of the catalog and a copy of the calendar.

All the candidates will be given a free copy of the calendar during the prize-giving ceremony.

"Calendario Duemila" Regulations

• Any Italian or foreign artist can enroll. There is no age limit however underage candidates need parents’ authorization.
• Every candidate is allowed to submit only one brand-new work.
• Neither prize-winning works nor works previously mentioned for merit will be accepted.

How to Enter "Calendario Duemila"?

You can either enter online or enter by traditional mail. Either way you need to submit a completely filled out and signed entry form together with your artwork. See Contest regulations for further guidelines.

Entry Fee

The subscription fee is 10 euros.

If you are a member of “Tapirulan” for the current year you can take part in the contest freely. If you are a member of the “Illustrator Association” you are entitled to 50% discount.

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Nokia is launching a global crowdsourcing campaign to find the next version of the Nokia Tune. This is the first time Nokia is inviting people to work with the iconic tune with the winning tune to be placed next to the standard Nokia Tune in a selection of the company’s 2012 product portfolio.

In this unique crowdsourcing competition Nokia challenges you to create your own Nokia Tune using elements of the popular original.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of audio branding history, so don't miss it! The winner will be awarded 10,000 US dollars and will be featured in Nokia's Brand Book.

Refresh the Famous Nokia Tune

Nokia Tune is one of world's most recognized audio brand assets and is estimated to be heard over one billion times a day. This competition is about refreshing the famous Nokia Tune in a creative way.

The challenge is to create your own Nokia Tune using elements of the popular original.

Nokia is looking for a tune that is fresh, expressive, original, and creative yet distinctively a Nokia Tune. In the spirit of “Connecting People” - all collaborations are encouraged.

$10,000 + Feature in Nokia's Brand Book + Five Times $1,000

The five runner-ups will be awarded a prize of $1,000 US dollars with their work available for download in Ovi Store.

The winner will be awarded a prize of $10,000 US dollars and will be featured in Nokia's Brand Book. The winner’s work will be included in over 100 million Nokia devices and also be available as a free download in Ovi Store.

Nokia Tune Remake Competition Requirements

• The Nokia Tune Remake Crowdsourcing Challenge is a global competition, so anyone (according to the competition rules) can enter.
• Tunes entered must be a maximum of 30 seconds.

Enter via the AudioDraft Contest Platform

The contest is held on the AudioDraft contest platform. You must register yourself as a user and submit your entry on AudioDraft.

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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a Juried Competition with an "All Photography" theme for the Month of September 2011. All photographers from around the world are called upon to make online submissions.

Light Space & Time encourages entries from all photographers regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field. All digital, film, manipulated and alternative photographic and printing processes are welcome to submit.

A group exhibition of the top five finalists will be held online at the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery during the month of October 2011.

2D Artworks on the Theme: "All Photography"

You probably already know that Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery conducts monthly art competitions and monthly art exhibitions for new and emerging artists. The theme for the September art competition is "All Photography".

Submit up to five 2D works on the this theme. Experimental and mixed techniques are also welcome.

Worldwide Exposure + A Group Online Exhibition

Winners of the "All Photography" Art Exhibition will receive extensive worldwide publicity in the form of email marketing, 70+ press release announcements, 65+ event announcements, social media marketing and website traffic in order to make the art world aware of the artist's accomplishments. There will also be links back to the artist's website as part of this achievement.

What's Required?

• The "All Photography" juried competition is open to all amateur and professional 2D artists worldwide.
• Only 2D work is eligible and each file may not exceed 1MB and must be in a jpeg format.
• No images from previous Light Space & Time competitions are allowed to be entered again.

Online Entries Accepted

Submit your works online through Light Space & Time Art Gallery's official website.

Entry fee

The entry fee is $10 for two (2) entries or $15 three or more, up to five (5) entries.

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Winners Announcement Expected: November 2011

Communication Arts is still accepting entries for its second Typography Competition. This juried competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.

Any project printed, published or aired for the first time from September 2009 through September 2011 is eligible.

The winners in Communication Arts Typography Competition 2 are featured in one of Communication Arts' annuals distributed worldwide, assuring important exposure to the creators of the best entries.

Celebrating the Best Use of Typography

Submit entries in the following competition categories:

• Advertising
• Brochures
• Posters
• Ephemera
• Packaging
• Books
• Periodicals
• Digital Media
• Environmental
• Identity
• Motion
• Typeface Design
• Calligraphy/Handlettering
• Miscellaneous
• Unpublished

Please consider that entries must be registered no later than Midnight (Pacific Time Zone), 9 September 2011. Entries registered after that date require a late fee of $10 per entry. No entries will be accepted after 23 September 2011.

Worldwide Exposure via Communication Arts' Annuals

The winners are featured in one of Communication Arts' annuals distributed worldwide and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

Competition Requirements

• Any project printed, published or aired for the first time from September 2009 through September 2011 is eligible.
• Entries may originate from any country, but we need an English translation for the jurors.
• Submission of entries acknowledges the right of Communication Arts to use them for publication and exhibition.

How Can You Submit?

All competition entries are processed through Communication Arts' online entry system.

Entry fee

• $35 single entry ($80 for Motion category)
• $70 series ($160 for Motion category)

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It's time for another challenging contest on jovoto. This time the main task is to design restaurant interior.

Marriott International wants designers to re-imagine what a hotel restaurant concept could look like. They want to break through traditional approaches and introduce a highly dynamic design that can physically transform within a single restaurant space.

Unlike most stand alone restaurants, hotel restaurants need to be flexible enough to offer a variety of dining experiences including breakfast, lunch, dinner, private dining, cocktail happy hours, and even accommodate non-dining occasions such as private/small business meetings.

Objective

Design a restaurant interior that has the ability to physically transition and transform into forms that take on a whole new mood, shape, function, staging, lighting, attitude, and size. This means going beyond the typical transition cues that are commonly used like uniforms, light dimming, and table settings.

You can come up with concepts that either transform the whole space or create distinctive areas that house micro concepts or distinct zones within the bigger space. However, no matter how the concept is expressed, there must be a strong sense of coherence and harmony to the total design.

Prizes

The total prize money for this challenge is $15,000 and will be broken down in the following way:

Community Prize (as voted by the Jovoto community): $7,500

• 1st: $3,500
• 2nd:$1,500
• 3rd: $1000
• 4th-6th: $500

Jury Prize (as voted by the Jury): $7,500

• Winner: $4,000
• 1st Runner Up: $2,500
• 2nd Runner Up: $ 1,000

Rules

• The Restaurant Transformer interior design contest is a public contest on jovoto, that is, everybody can join.

How to enter?

If you don’t already have an account on jovoto, you’ll need to register. The registration is free. Once you are registered and logged in you can submit your entries via the contest’s page on jovoto.

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