Design industry events and competitions 2008
January //
Art
Directors Club 87th Annual
Awards call for submissions. Don't miss your chance to win Gold!
PRO deadline: January 18
Student deadline: January 31
Web
Directions North brings together inspiring, high achieving presenters
from the world of web design and development, and beyond. Many of them
will be well known to you for their work on the web, and all of them
bring years of experience building innovative, successful web applications,
sites and services.
Upcoming: January 28 - Feb 2
VizThink conference
is for the visual thinker. Do you use images, graphics, or visualization
for learning and communication? Do you want to learn how
to apply visualization techniques to your business?
Upcoming: January 27-29
Zeixs enters
the second round of call for submissions: in 2008 the project, that has
so far published four internationally acclaimed design books (which are
pretty much design-objects for themselves), will launch the new titles:
Letterheads & Businesscards
Characters
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Deadline: January 25
Communication
Arts call for entries for the Interactive Media
Any interactive project created for digital distribution on the World
Wide Web, CD-ROM, interactive kiosk or handheld device is eligible.
Deadline: January 11
Artec
Snowboards are looking for artistic souls to take on our creative
challenge and design a snowboard topsheet graphic that ties in with
our progressive design philosophy and technology.
Deadline: January 7
Beyond
Ultraman: Seven Artists Explore the Vinyl Frontier is a
toy exhibition featuring the work of seven California artists who are
pioneers in the vinyl art toy movement. The show includes the toy
work of Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, David Gonzales, David Horvath,
Sun-Min Kim, Brian McCarty and Mark Nagata.
On-going: October 10 - January 6
Grant
Barnhart Exact Change exhibit
OKOK Gallery
5107 Ballard Ave. N.W.
Seattle, WA 98107
On-going: November 10 - January 3
February 08//
21
INTERNATIONAL POSTER BIENNALE WARSAW 2008 call for entries. Categories
are:
A - Ideological posters - works concerning universal themes, conditions
and existence of man, civilisation problems, social and political action
B - Culture posters - promoting culture, art, education and sport ventures
C - Advertising posters - promoting commodities and business
D – The Henryk Tomaszewski Golden Debut - works submitted by students
or graduates of art academies within two years from graduation.
Deadline: February 2
Zeixs enters
the second round of call for submissions: in 2008 the project, that has
so far published four internationally acclaimed design books (which are
pretty much design-objects for themselves), will launch the new titles:
T-Shirt and Shorts
Deadline: February 3
4th
STEREOHYPE Button Badge Design Competition launched! Submit lovely,
humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases.
Deadline: February 5
ED-Awards call
for submissions.
The European Design Awards is the comprehensive annual awards organization
acknowledging the best of graphic design, illustration and multimedia
design in Europe.
Deadline: February 15
Season
5 of Design Matters with Debbie
Millman 
launched
with a landmark show with the fabulous Chip Kidd on January 18. Read
through the complete listing and short bios to mark your calendar so
you don't miss the interviews.
_ _ _ _ _ _
Jonah Lehrer / Editor-at-large
for Seed Magazine / Feb 15
Petrula Vrontikis /
Graphic designer / Feb 22
Stefan G. Bucher / Graphic designer
/ Feb 29
Jeffrey Zeldman / Web entrepreneur
/ March 14
Robynne Raye /
Co-founder of Modern Dog / April 11
Upcoming
new TOCA ME design conference
08 // with Erik Natzke, Insert Silence, Dvein, Nanika/Hi-Res! and Mario
Kingemann. which includes an exhibition and lounge.
Upcoming: February 23 in Munich (DE)
March //
365:
AIGA Annual Design represents the best work across all disciplines
of communication design and strategy.
Work in all media that has been designed, produced and used in the marketplace
between January 1 and December 31, 2007 is eligible. School projects
are not eligible.
Deadline: March 7
The SXSW
Interactive Festival features five days of exciting panel content
and amazing parties. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary
technology entrepreneurs.
Don't miss the industry annual Spring break!
Upcoming: March 7-11
YCN
Awards 0708, Professional Development, Exhibition, Book, Certificates
and more... download the .pdf for the brief. Opened to 30 years or
under.
Deadline: March 28
April //
WIF (Webdesign
International Festival) stood out as the main event for Webdesign enthusiasts.
This international festival is an occasion for revealing talents. Not
less than 40 teams made up of the best webdesigners in the world brought
together in the heart of Limousin to have a 24hours of non-stop competition.
Upcoming: April 17-19
see
conference is dedicated to new approaches that are being developed
in the fields of design, art, architecture, multimedia and economy
to confront this complexity and to transform the immense flood of information
into useable knowledge.
Upcoming: April 19
World
Graphics Day is an opportunity to recognize communication design,
its role in the world and to celebrate Icograda's anniversary. It has
been celebrated internationally since 1995.
Upcoming: April 27
May //
MAY
1ST REBOOT 2008 is on!
Sign-up for the international relaunch of web sites by authors and creatives
working in the field of web design.
Upcoming: May 1
The 2008
Adobe Design Achievement Awards gives higher education students
from around the world the creative license to propel their careers
in the future. Enter in 12 categories in 3 media areas endorsed by
the industry, over 60$K US in cash prizes will be awarded in New York
City, touring prestigious studios and more.
Deadline: May 2
OFFF
2008 will be held in Lisbon. Portugal because the geography of
post-digital art is based on continuous motion.
Upcoming: May 8-10
WOLDA is
the worldwide logo design annual that is extending its foundation to
become a global awards scheme.
Deadline: May 28
MOGO
Media presents Getting started with Dreamweaver and CSS a one day
publishing workshop is coming to a city near you!
Upcoming: Los Angeles - May 29
Muvid
3 is the most important event design in the region, which connects
you to the most talented and creative the scene of contemporary design
and communication.
Upcoming: Sante Fe, Argentina, May 30-31
10TH
International Mexico Poster Biennal
Design students, graphic designers, plastic artists, photographers and
graphic producers in general, of any age and nationality, are invited
to submit posters that were printed between May 2006 and May 2008.
Deadline: May 31
June //
Sappi
Ideas that Matters call for entries
We believe that the creative ideas of designers can have an impact far
beyond the design world. If you have an idea that can mobilise the world
for the better, and believe in the power of print, this is a special
call to you. A call for action. A call for involvement. A call for change.
Calling
all young creative professionals across the map: ADC
Young Guns 6 is out to uncover the best professional talent, aged
30 or under, working in today's multi-disciplinary creative industry.
50 winners will be awarded in September 2008.
Deadline: June 2
Internet
Week New York is a week-long festival of events saluting New York's
thriving Internet industry and the many talented companies, organizations
and innovators creating the future of online media!
In the spirit of the Web, Internet Week is open to any and all companies
and organizations working online, big or small. Whether you'd like to
have a seminar, party or meet-up, we encourage you to participate!
Upcoming: June 3-10
INK
01: INTERNATIONAL illustration rally competition for artists, graphic
designers, illustrators and creators. Get more information on the exhibit that
will follow in Bilbao, Spain.
Exhibit: May 15 - June 7
Drawing
Day 08 is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop
everything and draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas.
Help us create 1 million drawings online this day and boost online
art communities.
Upcoming: June 7
Fashion,
comestics, design, love, etc. can be found on The
Playground a
small visual communication collective based in Sydney.
Flashbelt
08 will be rocking the Minneapolis scene this Spring. They keep
it small to keep it cool, only 450 passes available!
Upcoming: June 9-12
Fuel is
a one-day conference for entrepreneurs and marketers who want to make
their companies, services and products truly remarkable.
Upcoming: London, June 13
MOGO
Media presents Getting started with Dreamweaver and CSS a one day
publishing workshop is coming to a city near you!
Projektil is
an international series of lecture at the Bauhaus University. As it is
a project from students for students all lectures and workshops are free.
First
ever, Singapore Toy & Comic
Convention will feature a host of toys (general and designer), comics,
animation, gaming, design, licensing and Cosplay from creative minds
from all over the world, serving up an eye-popping visual feast and unprecedented
variety and innovation in all the closely-related industries
July //
ICON5 will
be held in NYC and this year's theme, The Big Picture, is more than a
slogan, it is the perspective through which we see our future – a
future of limitless possibilities for illustrators as thinkers, story
tellers and providers of creative content and the conference will examine
and discuss the current creative and economic forces that our industry
faces today.
Upcoming: July 2-5
New
Designers 2008 is the right place to discover bright new talent
from architecture to animation, furniture to fashion, graphics to glass.
Location: London, UK.
Upcoming from: July 6-13
This
year’s final year students of the Media Design degree course at
the BA Ravensburg are exhibiting their graduation work under the motto Creative
Sweat. The exhibition will be shownat the Columbus Art Foundation
Ravensburg.
Upcoming: July 12 from 10 am - 5 pm
Third
Annual Pixel Awards call for entries now open! Submit
your site today!
Deadline: July 13
Fox
Sports On-Air Competition call for entries. Create and design a
:05 second ID and chance to win bundles of professional software, exposure
and even a job as a motion graphic artist.
Deadline: July 20
Young
Blood: Designers Market and designboom mart will team up for SD08
to present the very best local and international design. The combined
market will host over 70 designers from Australia and abroad; this
is your chance to showcase and launch your creative talent onto the
local and international scene.
Deadline: July 21
Print & Pattern is
an extraordinary resource for fabric, wallpaper, cards, gift wrap, stationery
and ceramics. There is an upcoming book that will be published by Laurence
King and she is looking for submissions for possible inclusion.
Format and how and what to submit available.
Deadline: July 30
zeixs had
4 upcoming titles that you can participate in, graphic design 2, label
design, logo 2, best package design. Check each title brief for more
details.
Deadline: July 31
August //
Art
Trek 5 unites young and international graphic talent in Anwerp
- Belgium. The Fifth Generation offers a venue for fourteen young graphic
and illustrative artists from all over the world.
Upcoming: August 2 - September 13
Letterpool is
calling for entries from the people of Liverpool to send in photographs
of your favourite examples of type, ranging from funky and artistic to
commercial and industrial. Many of the photos will be shown on the Letterpool
web site and 100 of the best will make it into a hardback book to be
published at the end of this year.
Deadline: asap
VAIO® My
Graphic Splash Design contest
Design your VAIO notebook cover, enter up to 3 different designs for
an opportunity to win 5,000$, a trip to NYC and have your VAIO FW notebook
cover design sold on sonystyle.com.
Opened to US residents only.
Deadline: August 10
If
You Could Diary 2009 call for submissions
On the same theme as their two previous sold out publications and limited
edition print series, 2009 will see a third publication printed, in the
shape of a year long diary. Drawing responses from the same question ‘If
you could do anything tomorrow, what would it be?’
Deadline: August 11
Images
2009. The best of British illustration competition 2009 call for
submissions. Selected work promoted to 4000 commissioners through the
Images annual. New categories - New Media and Children’s. Prizes
worth £900 for the student section.
Deadline: August 15
Flashforward is
the longest-running, largest gathering of Adobe® Flash users on the
planet. It’s a known quantity, a well-established conference featuring
the best minds in the industry.
Upcoming: August 20-22
Rencontres
Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid call for entries is open to
any individual or organisation, for films, video and multimedia cycles,
without limit of origin neither genre nor duration. Proposals are free
of charge, without any limitation of geographic origin.
Deadline: August 25
Following
the success of last year's 'love
your earth' competition, Designboom and the DA design association
Japan have joined together, along with TOBU DEPARTMENT STORE to organize
the 'green earth'
international design competition.
Deadline: August 26
Young
Illustrators Awards 2008 call for submissions. The aim of the competition
is to award innovative tendencies and individual artistic approach
of the young talents.
Single pictures as well as series can be handed in.
Deadline: August 31
September //
FL@33
book Made and Sold call for entries.
This book will present the most exciting self-initiated projects created
by a new generation of multi-disciplinary practitioners. Eligible for
possible inclusion are products that are produced as part of a one-off
series or in editions of three or more AND are self-initiated, commercial
and entrepreneurial AND produced/manufactured by the interdisciplinary
practitioners (and their direct suppliers) AND by designers who sell
their products either directly (i.e. online) and/or work with selected
stockists of their choice.
Deadline: September 1
ADC
YOUNG GUNS 6: THE FINAL FIFTY
Find out who will claim the newly minted ADC Young Guns Cube! ADC reveals
Young Guns 6 sign up now for the opening party and exhibition.
Food, Drinks, DJ (Mr. Randy Watson of WSDIA)
Upcoming: September 4
Wanna
win an all expenses paid trip to New York City to see YOUR animation
in Times Square? Check MyToons call
for submissions.
Deadline: September 4
LPM
MEX 2008 - Live performers meeting is an international meeting
of live video performers, visual artists and vjs is ready to launch
its first edition in America Latina!
Upcoming: September 4-6
Who's
Next 08 is an international fashion show that will take place in
Paris. A nouvelle fashion community blog
has launched and you can create a profile and garner some exposure
for your designs.
Upcoming: September 4-7
dConstruct is
the affordable one day conference for people designing and building the
latest generation of social web applications.
Upcoming: September 5
Pictoplasma
(NYC) is bringing together a growing international community of
designers, artists, critics, producers and fans at their annual conferences.
Don't miss Tim Biskup!
Upcoming: September 5-6
Contrabute is
a magazine about the extracurricular activities of people in the creative
industries. You all know the art director who also wants to be an artist,
the copywriter that dreams of a novel and the designer that tries to
be an architect. The magazine is a podium to show others what you're
working on besides your professional occupation.
Deadline: September 8
SHIFT
2009 calendar competition
Shift has been trying to offer artists many platforms to showcase their
works online. The Shift calendar competition pushes the boundaries between
online and off line using a calendar as its medium. Entries
are invited from all over the world and selected works will be distributed
throughout the world in the format of a physical calendar.
Deadline: September 10
MadInSpain
08 will take place in sunny Madrid. During two days enjoy a conference,
roundtables and an exclusive art expo from professionals in design
and interactive communications and artists.
I've got 5 tickets to give away! Contact
me for info.
Upcoming: September 12-13
Online
magazine SHIFT presents DOTMOV
Festival 2008, a digital film festival aiming to discover talented
creators and provide them with an opportunity to show their works. Works
submitted from all over the world will be screened throughout the world
venues from November 2008.
This year's tour will be Sapporo, Sendai, Shizuoka, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto,
Fukuoka and Sao Paulo.
Deadline: September 21
UT
Grand Prix calls for T-shirt designs from young and upcoming creators
from all over the world. Read the regulation
(brief) to familiarize with the competition. All submitted entries
must be own by entrant and unpublished.
30,000$ for the winning grand prix entry!
Deadline: September 21
LE:60 call
for 1-minute film submissions. Seeking filmmakers who adore seconds,
flourish in miniature, and consider a standard minute to be an infinite
amount of space.
Upcoming: September 27
Flash
on the Beach conference is the premier Flash conference in Europe!
It has grown quickly and gained fantastic status as one of the 'must
go to' conferences around.
Upcoming: September 28 - Oct 1
October //
TMDG
2008 (TRImarchiDG) is the largest Latin America design event now
into its 7th edition and they have invited outstanding speakers such
as Marian Bantjes, Psyop, Joshua Davis, Eboy, Mopa..
Upcoming: October 3-5
APPLIED
ARTS INTERACTIVE AWARDS 2008
Interactive media has truly grown up. In today’s highly competitive
market, the challenge is how to get noticed. One of the best ways is
to promote your talent to Canada’s creative community and potential
clients by entering your work in one of the country's most popular awards
competition.
Deadline: October 10
Earth
Alert call for entries by RevistaCollectiva.
You are invited to send your graphic proposals, they want them to make
an impact, to be firm! It is time to understand that every drop wasted
and every paper misused, multiplied by thousands of millions of us, leaves
an inerasable scar on our environment.
Deadline: October 10
FITC
Seoul 2008 is an exploration of the concepts and theories behind
some of the top designers in the world. Come to be inspired, educated
and challenged in the way that we approach and execute design in the
digital world.
Don't miss Euna Seol from PostVisual,
she's one of the top woman in the industry.
Upcoming: October 14
Multiverso
Torino 2008 international conference, exhibitions and workshops.
Icograda Design Week is a world-class cultural and business
event. It is your best method of gaining specific industry knowledge
while networking with top design professionals, educators, students and
executives from companies operating in the design field from Europe,
Canada, US, and Asia.
Upcoming: October 13-19
Under
constant deadlines, you don’t have time to experiment with your
designs or new technologies. The
Web Design and Developer Conference offers the perfect medium for
you to learn new creative techniques and to better understand emerging
technologies. More importantly, learn how to inject more fun into what
you love to do!
Upcoming in Orlando: October 15-16
Dutch
Design Week - Eindhoven. Numerous lectures, workshops, shows, seminars
and exhibitions, designrestaurants, unique bars or swinging disco’s.
All events are now online!
Upcoming: October 18-26
23rd
International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2008
The 23rd year is dedicated to graphic design, illustration and typography
in books, magazines, newspapers and digital media. In two years, the
Biennial will focus on poster design, corporate identity, information
and advertising graphics.
On-going: October 19
DesignThinkers is
an annual journey into the creative process and a celebration of strategic
design thinking.
Upcoming: October 28-29
November //
Are
you the next great British designer?
BBC Two and Philippe Starck are teaming up for a brand new TV series
to find the next great British designer.
On-going: for several months
Designspotter
invites you to the Let´s
rock the imm cologne together. From January 19th to 25th they offer
you the opportunity to present your product in the heart of the imm 2009
to a wide audience of experts and visitors.
Deadline: November 2
The Future
of Web Design back to NYC in November. The lineup of speakers is
packed with designers you respect, love and trust.
Upcoming: November 3-4
Fabrica
announces Bruce Sterling workshop. The Benetton communication research
center, continues its international workshop and lecture program. Bruce
Sterling, writer and futurologist, will be at the Institute to lead
an intensive trans-disciplinary workshop.
In addition, Sterling will give a public lecture on 25 November illustrating
his philosophy and recent projects.
Upcoming: November 25-28
Blue
Beanie Day!!! November 28, 2008 is the day thousands of Standardistas
(people who support web standards) will wear a Blue Beanie to show
their support for accessible, semantic web content. JF and I are duly
capped!
Please join us! Upload your pix on Flickr.
Upcoming: November 28
December //
Submit
your site or blog to be published in CMYK
Magazine in the Best of Web contest open to all aspiring art directors,
copywriters, designers, illustrators, photographers and Web designers.
Deadline: December 3
Proyecto
Ensamble is a collaborative project from Chile which is about a paper
toy that can be ensemble with each other, like a Lego. Get the blank
template to create your artwork, add to growing countries that will
be included in the big final installation.
Deadline: December 14
Enter
the most prestigious design competition for interactive media, the 15th
annual Communication Arts Interactive
Design Competition.
Deadline: December 15
SXSW
interactive awards call for submissions.
The 12th Annual SXSW Web Awards honor the most innovative new projects and destinations on the Internet. If you have helped to create one of
these hot spots, then you should definitely enter your creative masterpiece in this competition.
Deadline: December 19
If
You Could Print series auction. Beautiful posters using Red, black
and white! Roger Black's favorites!
From: Dec 19 - 22
VISITORS
An Extraterrestrial Design Contest
Senses Group is going to organize a series of events which offer opportunities
for designers from all parts of the world to demonstrate their new ideas,
boost their initiation to innovate the design community and underscore
the importance of creative design.
Deadline: December 20
Uniqlo
Cannes Lions T-shirt Grand Prix competition
After winning the Cannes Lions Grand Prix in 2008, UNIQLO is to produce
an official T-shirt for the same Grand Prix this year. They have decided
to invite people from all over the world to design a memorable T-shirt.
As long as the basic material involves the lion theme, the applicant
is free to design the T-shirt however he/she wishes.
Deadline: December 21
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