Call for competitors for the Cut&Paste 2010 Digital Design Tournament. Competitions in 2D, 3D and Motion design in 10 cities worldwide. Entries will be reviewed based on quality of portfolios and select candidates will be invited to an in-person “test round” to determine final selections for the live city tournaments.
Online entry deadline USA: September 10
Online entry deadline EU – Asia – Latin America: October 25

The Anti-Design Festival
As a response to 25 years of cultural deep freeze, the Anti Design Festival will attempt to unlock creative fires and ideas, exploring spaces hitherto deemed out-of-bounds by a purely commercial criteria.
Read the Manifesto:
We are living in an age where millions of colours became 256. Difference is the enemy.
Read the It’s Nice That interview with Neville Brody.
Upcoming: September 18-26

USA by Designers online exhibition organized by Hug United.
Upcoming: September 1

Call for entries! 6th annual Button Badge Design Competition (2010) by Stereohype.
Deadline: September 14

The Motion Graphics Festival (MGFest 2010) is the premier creative conference for motion design, visual effects, sound design and interface technology, presenting a wide array of events including: art showcases, workshops, panel discussions, studio tours, theater screenings, industry mixers and audio visual showcases.
MGFest is touring delivering workshops and screenings focused in motion and sound design.
Upcoming: Atlanta – July 9-11
Upcoming: Philadelphia – July 24-25
Upcoming: San Francisco- July 30 August 1

Letterpool London is looking for your photos — names, signage, signals and street art of London for a new book. Letterpool London is a mass public art project, a celebration of the city’s urban art and architecture, looked at through its typography – the brands, graffiti, instructions and ideology around us every day and is open to amateurs and professionals, Londoners and visitors.
Deadline: August 20

ICON6 delivers a compelling and provocative program with over 50 speakers who bring their unique take on the industry and professional practice, specifically for illustrators and the graphic arts community providing an unprecedented forum for the creativity, inspiration and drive that captivates the profession.
Upcoming: July 14-17

Swatch Young Illustrators Award is a unique competition awarding creativity and innovation in personal contemporary illustration and graphics. The award encourages and supports designers in their artistic practice and offers an international and worldwide recognized platform to them. Illustrative art works, art projects with graphic influences, animations and book art objects qualify for submission.
Deadline: September 30

The London Design Festival is a nine-day celebration of design in the world’s creative capital. The Festival is a platform for the widest spectrum of design disciplines, brought together as a unique and accessible programme.
Over 200 events (most free!)
Upcoming: September 18-26

SWAP – Montreal. Swapping is the new Shopping! Clean out your closet and get ready to SWAP and PARTY ’til you drop!
Upcoming: May 29

ADC Young Guns 8 is an international, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies today’s vanguard of young creatives (30 and under).
Deadline: May 12
