Competition

Life is Better With Art In It: Poster Design Competition

For high school seniors with an interest in turning their love of art into a career, The Art Institutes is sponsoring the Poster Design Competition, a program which awards tuition scholarships of up to $25,000 to study Graphic Design at a participating Art Institute location.

In partnership with the not-for-profit organization Americans for the Arts, The Art Institutes annual Poster Design Competition is an opportunity for talented young artists at the high school level to earn a tuition scholarship to study graphic design.

After earning a degree, students may launch a professional career in the graphic design field.

Deadline for entries is February 6, 2009.

Know more: http://www.artinstitutes.edu/

Internet Advertising Competition 2009

The Web Marketing Association 7th annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards is currently excepting entries.

The IAC Awards are the first and only industry-based advertising award competition dedicated exclusively to online advertising.

The Internet Advertising Competition Awards are open to all organizations and individuals (advertising and interactive agencies, corporate marketing departments, etc.) involved in the process of developing Internet advertising.

Awards will be presented within each of the industry categories and advertising formats such as online ad (including banner, pop-up or interstitial), rich media online ad, email message, online newsletter campaign, Website and integrated ad campaign and ads the client did not choose.

Best of show award for each medium will be selected from among the industry winners.

Ads eligible for entry in the competition must have run during the period from January 1, 2008 through January 30, 2009.

Deadline for entry is January 30, 2009.

Know more: http://www.iacaward.org/iac/

Great Places Awards 2009: Call for Entries

Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm and EDRA, the Environmental Design Research Association, in cooperation with Metropolis Magazine announced the twelfth annual Great Places Awards for Place Design, Planning and Research.

The Great Places Awards seek entries of exemplary work, inviting participation from a range of design and research disciplines, recognizing projects whose significance extends beyond any one profession or field.

Projects should emphasize a link between research and practice, demonstrating how an understanding of human interaction with place can inspire design.

Know more: http://www.edra.org/

Enlightened: Swarovski Elements Jewellery Design Competition 2008/9

Enlightened - Swarovski Elements is conducting an online design competition in the field of jewellery including bejewelled eyewear.

This competition asks international jewellery- and design-lovers from all over the world to share their ideas, their design creativity and innovative jewellery designs incorporating the applied Enlightened - Swarovski Elements genuine Topaz assortment.

Participants will have the possibility to either upload their own jewellery design(s) or use a toolkit to virtually configure a pendant, based on existing models provided by the system, that allow you to incorporate the existing Enlightened - Swarovski Elements genuine Topaz assortment.

Know more: http://www.enlightened-jewellery-design-competition.com/

7th Francisco Mantecón International Poster Design Competition

Organized by the Spanish wine company TERRAS GAUDA, this competition is open to any natural or corporate person. Original copies of entries, which must be unpublished, are to be submitted or mailed. Any form of photographic, painting or computerised techniques, etc may be used. Each participant is allowed to present a maximum of two entries. Participant may base their entries on the theme of their choice, although ideally they will reflect corporate issues of the organising company, principally relating to its white wines of the Albariño variety Terras Gauda and Abadía de San Campio wines. If requested, Bodegas Terras Gauda will provide the designers with a vectored copy of the logo that may be apllied to the works, as well as images of their products.

Deadline: September 30, 2008 - first prize: 15,500 (USD)

http://www.franciscomantecon.com/2008/ing/index.html

The CAT-iq Design Competition, Multiple Disciplines
http://www.catiqdesigncompetition.org

The SCA Packaging Design Challenge 2008, Packaging Design
http://www.scapackaging.com/design-challenge

Furniture Design Award 2009 (Open Categories), Furniture Design
http://www.singaporefurniture.com/design/fda_2009.html

The Mohawk i-Tonie Awards, Communication Design
http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=20037&monthview=1&month=7&year=2008

Communication Arts Interactive Competition, Interactive Design
http://www.commarts.com/competitions/interactive

BraunPrize 2009, Product Design
http://www.braunprize.com/international/braunprize_2.html