Graphex 2008 - Call for Entries

+ Call for Entries has been announced for Graphex 08; a national event open to all Canadian Graphic designers, typographers, photographers, illustrators, art directors, ad agencies, printers, writers or clients. Graphex 08 is an Icograda-endorsed National design competition celebrating The Best of Visual Communication in Canada since 1977. The primary goal of Graphex is to promote the value of design to the Canadian public and business community Good Design Is Good Business as well as creating an archive of Canadian design for future generations to study and reflect upon.

Every Two years Graphex invites passionate communication designers, web designers, typographers, photographers, illustrators, art directors, ad agencies, printers, writers and clients from across Canada to submit their very best published cultural, social and business communications in all mediums. The competition is broken into categories, with awards given for the best in each. Categories include: Advertising, Annual Reports, Editorial/Magazine, Books, Brochures, Calendars, Catalogues, Logos, Corporate Identity, Stationery, Invitations, Manuals, Multimedia, Websites, Packaging, Posters, Self Promotion, Signage, Environmental, Type Design, and Other. Designers are asked to submit their best work published in or for use in Canada between October 2005 and October 2007. The deadline for sending in your Entries is November 23, 2007.

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ADI Design Award: Graphic Design Annual 2007

+ Art Design Institute of China Academy of Art has recently issued 'Call for Entries' for 2007 ADI Design Award. ADI Design Award is opened to all countries and no qualifications are needed to enter the competition. Entries must be produced from January 2007 to the deadline 30 November 2007. As entries made from foreign countries are exempt from entry fee, no more than five entries are accepted . Graphics Designers are asked to submit their best work under following categories;

Catalogue design / Book design

Type design

Mark & Logotype / Corporate stationery

Package design

Poster design

Newspaper / Magazine advertisement

Advertising Campaign

Experimental work

All Entries must be shipped along with any documentation in electronic form recorded on CD-ROM. File Technical Parameters: A4 size, 350dpi (CMYK images), TIFF format. Award winning and excellent works will appear in the ADI Annual and presumably in other various media.
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2008 D&AD Awards

"BUT IS IT A PENCIL?"
This is the question creative people all
over the world ask themselves every time they finish a piece of work. Is it good
enough to reach that pinnacle? Is it a Pencil?

+ Call for Entries for 2008 D&AD Global Awards has been announced, in 30 different categories encompassing all aspects of creative communications from writing and art direction to architecture, Graphic design and photography. The D&AD Awards, which is also popularly known as the "Yellow Pencils", are one of the most prestigious creative awards for the design and advertising industry. D&AD Awards has been rewarding creative excellence since 1962.
The D&AD Global Awards offer the creative community the opportunity to be judged by its harshest critics - its peers. Over 270 eminent creative practitioners selected for their expertise in their field, looking for great ideas that are well executed and appropriate to their mediums. So, now its your chance to hold well respected and popular "Yellow Pencil," and do remember to submit your entry before 14 November 2007, to avail a discount of 10% on entry fee. The regular online Entry Deadline is Wednesday 16 January 2008 and all postal entries must arrive at D&AD by Monday 4 February 2008.

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