Ballet brief

 

English National Ballet Design Contest

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  The globally renowned English National Ballet is inviting artists to get creative and design the visual identity for ‘My First Sleeping Beauty’, the first in a series of classic ballets for children. The selected artwork will be displayed at the world premiere of ‘My First Sleeping Beauty’ in April 2012 and on marketing and promotional materials in the United Kingdom.
  
  Participants may submit one design in JPEG or PNG format but must retain their original artwork should they be chosen as the winner. Designs submitted must incorporate the following:
  
  • title ‘My First Sleeping Beauty’
  • Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) with dark hair
  • A strong reference to ballet

Fakery brief

Protest placard brief

PROTEST PLACARD POSTER COMPETITION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DIESEL SCHOOL OF ISLAND LIFE

Competition closes: 13 Jun 2011
Voting period: 24 May 2011 - 13 Jun 2011

THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW FINISHED

Congratulations to JOESTER88 whose entry was chosen by our judges as the winning entry!
Thanks to everyone who participated. Click here to get involved in future poster competitions and other design briefs..
Here's the winner

COMPETITION HAS ENDED

Political sloganeering used to be the realm of overpaid 'creatives' who wear black rimmed glasses and play table football most of the time before doing lots of cocaine and churning out something like 'We're all in this together.'

Well times-they-are-a-changing because according to Radio 4 we are living in the Golden Age of the Placard, meaning everyone is coming up with their own political messages. This is probably due to the conjunction of two factors 1) there is loads to protest about at the moment as the living standards of the average person are going to hell in a handcart, while bankers wearing suits made of money look on and laugh 2) texting, instant messaging stuff like Whatsapp and Twitter have trained us to communicate in short form meaning we feel more able to say something which may cause one to LOL or LMMFWBAO.

See some examples of political word play and sloganeering here.

Come up with a political slogan using 140 characters or less. Imagine the slogan on a placard, so you should use bold type. If you do want to feature an image to support your slogan it is best to keep it simple. Remember an image may not be necessary.

 

The slogans should communicate a political message.

Some examples include: Yes We Can, Fight the Power, Nick Clegg We know You, You're a Fucking Tory Too and Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, Out, Out, Out.

CLIENT INFORMATION

Diesel School of Island Life is a series of free lessons, field trips, screenings and parties throughout May and early June featuring inspiring industry experts and pioneers including Howard Marks, Goldie, Metronomy, Mr Hudson, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, SBTRKT and many more. For more information visitwww.facebook.com/diesel

ENTRY GUIDELINES

- The brief is open to artists from all disciplines
- Be creative with your text if you like, and include images if you choose to
- Please work to A2 dimensions (594x420mm) - can be portrait or landscape
- For purposes of voting and pre-viewing in the web gallery, your entry needs to be formatted into a JPG or PNG format, RGB, resolution: 72dpi, max filesize: 1MB
- For optimal viewing in the gallery, please resize your image to 610 pixels width
- Please make sure your name, daytime phone number and email address are added to your profile on dontpaniconline.com - you can edit your profile at any time but please make sure this information is present before the competition ends
- If your entry is chosen as the winner, you will be contacted to send over the hi-res (300 dpi) version of it. So be prepared to have this quality version ready if you are chosen
- Remember to check out our inspiration page here! 

Laurence King brief

This year Laurence King is celebrating 20 years of independent publishing and we’re giving you the chance to design some celebratory artwork for the occasion.

The winning piece will become our official 20th anniversary poster that will be distributed in Don’t Panic packs right across the country as well as being shown on www.laurenceking.com andwww.grafikmag.com.

There will also be a special event showcasing the artwork at Woodbridge & Rees gallery in September.

In addition to this, there are prizes of LK books up for grabs for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!

To celebrate the anniversary, the theme of your work should be based on the number '20'. You can interpret it broadly, but please try to stay on brief!

Also, your design must incorporate the Laurence King 20 Years logo - downloadable here.

CLIENT INFORMATION

Established in London in 1991, Laurence King Publishing is now recognised as one of the world's leading publishers of books on the creative arts.

Their books are acclaimed for their beautiful design and authoritative text as well as the quality and care taken over their production.

They publish books for students, professionals and the general consumer in the following subject areas:advertising, architecture, art, the decorative arts, fashion, film & animation, graphic design, interior design,photography and product design.

ENTRY GUIDELINES

- Please incorporate the Laurence King logo in your design - it can either play a big part and form the basis of the design, or may feature on the periphery, but inclusion is essential! (download it here)
- Please also do not add the Don't Panic logo
- The brief is open to artists from all disciplines
- Please work to A2 dimensions (594x420mm) - can be portrait or landscape
- For purposes of voting and pre-viewing in the web gallery, your entry needs to be formatted into a JPG or PNG format, RGB, resolution: 72dpi, max filesize: 1MB
- For optimal viewing in the gallery, please resize your image to 610 pixels width
- Please make sure your name, daytime phone number and email address are added to your profile on dontpaniconline.com - you can edit your profile at any time but please make sure this information is present before the competition ends
- If your entry is chosen as the winner, you will be contacted to send over the hi-res (300 dpi) version of it. So be prepared to have this quality version ready if you are chosen

One Flag brief

The One Flag

A First Things First Project

Design is at war with itself. We are taught that design is about finding solutions. But the success of these solutions is judged so narrowly – Did it ooze desire? Did it shift units? – that we find ourselves implicated in problems far greater than the ones we solve. The time has come for a radical shift in priorities. We are now faced with some of the most daunting global challenges in human history.

These are real targets, worthy of our problem-solving skills, ripe for our intervention. Yet those who have the vision to rise above national and political boundaries still have no symbol to rally under. We invite you to create a flag – free from language and well-worn clichés – that embodies the idea of global citizenship. A symbol that triggers pride and cohesion, whether worn on a backpack, displayed on a door, or flown on a flagpole. A symbol for anyone to declare membership in a growing and vital human cooperative. We invite you to prove that design has a real role to play in the fate of our world.

Arigato brief

Tokyo Arigato Project Competition

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  We’ve been receiving warm support from all over the world since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. It wasn’t just people in Japan who were affected, people in many countries showed their warmth and support through various creative initiatives, making new connections and bonds across the world.
  
  We are proud to introduce ARIGATO project, founded in association with Tokyo Award, an art and design TV show in Japan and Design Association NPO.
  
  We are kindly asking professional creators, universities, and members of public to submit their art/design work under the theme of “LOVE”. Open to nine categories:
  
  • Architecture
  • Interior
  • Products
  • Fashion
  • Textiles
  • Fine Art
  • Media Art
  • Graphic
  • Photography
  
  We believe that design has the power to help rebuild Japan and do good around the world. During this difficult time, we were overwhelmed with messages of support from around the world - we are very grateful to be able to say ARIGATO!

Dragon brief

Year of the Dragon International Design Competition

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  While the West has a zodiac of twelve constellations, China’s zodiac is composed of twelve animals. Every person identifies with an animal based on their birth year. Next year is the Year of the Dragon which is the first year of the Chinese zodiac and an important year of the zodiac cycle. According to Chinese tradition, China is the dragon’s homeland and Chinese people consider themselves decedents of the dragon.
  
  In anticipation of the auspicious year, AIGA China has partnered with PoloArts to support the first annual China International Design Competition: 2012 Year of the Dragon. The competition aims to promote communication, exchange and interaction between China and the rest of the world by encouraging designers to create innovative work based around the theme of the Chinese dragon.
  
  Entries will be accepted in the areas of 
  
  • Graphic Design
  • Digital and Multi-Media Design
  • Installation Design
  • Product Design 
  
  Entries must be original, and cannot be previously published. There is no limit to the quantity of works that can be entered
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To death with a smile brief

 

To Death With A Smile 2011 Poster Contest

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  The Mexican Museum of Design, represented by the MUMEDI Foundation with support of Adobe Systems, call designers, students, teachers, professionals and anyone interested in the subject, to participate in the International Poster Contest 'To Death with a Smile', to promote the exercise of good design.
  
  Subject is about death, a personal consideration or approach, the meaning in your own culture, how we fear, celebrate or deal with it. It can be reflected in serious or playful way.
  
  Technique is freestyle but at the end it should go through any of the Adobe Software Family. In the end it should be put into the requested electronic file format. Dimensions 60 cm x 90 cm, vertical. Format JPG with 200 dpi’s in RGB colors.

Supremebeing brief

Supremebeing Alpine Soundtrack Competition

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  Supremebeing is a UK based clothing company, selling Mens and Womens Apparel, Footwear and Accessories worldwide. We regularly run a design competition with a different theme each time. This reflects our passion for the creative community and that each of us is a creative.
  
  The theme for this seasons collection is Alpine Soundtrack, which represents subject matter that is at the grassroots of the Supremebeing team’s extra-curricular activities. Music and mountain culture are intrinsic to the team and therefore fundamental to the brand. We wanted to reflect this in the latest Design Competition. 
  
  So we are asking you to illustrate the theme ’Alpine Sountrack’ to us, it can be in any format, from digital design to photography, from a sketch to a painting it’s completely up to you!
  
  Participants may submit up to 2 entries. The competition is free to enter.
  
  Good luck everyone!

Tapirulan brief

Tapirulan International Illustrators Contest

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  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 the contest for illustrators.
  
  Purpose of the competition is to select the forty authors to be included in the exhibition «Gli illustratori di Tapirulan» (The illustrators of Tapirulan), to be held in Cremona (Italy) from December 3 2011 to January 29 2012. After Tony Wolf, Milo Manara, Silver, Sergio Toppi and Guido Scarabottolo, the jury is now directed by another famous cartoonist: Roberto Innocenti. 
  
  Execution techniques are free. Any work must be square-shaped, not smaller than 25x25 centimetres and not bigger than 40x40 centimetres. If it is put in a frame this should not be thicker than 3 millimetres. In case of a digital image it should be 31x31 centimetres (300 dpi – JPG format – best quality).
  
  
  The theme is "privacy". Secret emotions and unconfessable thoughts. Private vices and public virtues. The right to the privacy collides with the irresistible curiosity.

No Nukes brief

No Nukes Posters Competition

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  Japan is currently facing an unprecedented crisis. Even now, one month after the earthquake, the situation at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains critical. Unsurprisingly there is pollution within a 30km radius, where orders have been issued to evacuate or take shelter indoors, but for a while radioactive substances were also detected in tap water in Tokyo, over 200km away, with the Tokyo government distributing mineral water for infants. Further, TEPCO has detected low-level radiation in seawater, arousing fears in neighbouring countries.
  
  We think now is the perfect opportunity to tell people that a society powered by natural energy is indeed possible. No Nukes Posters calls for submissions worldwide to broaden the dialogue of a post-nuclear movements.
  
  There are three themes:
  
  1. The depiction of the possibility of natural energy
  2. A system that enables a choice of electricity
  3. Any other appeal for a Post-Nukes society
  
  In Japan, protests calling for a stop to nuclear power have started to spread. They could potentially become the biggest groundswell since the student movement of the sixties. We hope to see posters inspired by these protests.
  
  There are basically no regulations on the contents of your work if you identify yourself with our aim.

ScrapLab brief

ScrapLab Design Contest

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  Make art. Not waste! That’s the motto of the ScrapLab Design Contest. Enthusiastic designers and hobby crafters worldwide are invited to submit their creative designs made of scrap on the contest platform. 
  
  The objective is to recycle waste materials in form of new products such as furniture, accessories or artwork and to bring them back into the economic circle.
  
  The contest is a non-profit project that aims at using the principles of crowd-sourcing and co-creation in order to promote social innovation for a better world and the protection of the environment. Therefore, take part and revive your scrap!
  
  Designs may be photos or other visualizations of existing prototypes. Furthermore designs can be either created by computer-generated programs or drawn freehand. The images must be converted to JPG, GIF or PNG format for uploading to the website with a minimum resolution of 500 by 500 px. The file size must not exceed 5 MB. It is possible for participants to submit any number of independent designs.

  
  

  
  

Positive posters brief

Positive Posters 2011 Competition

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  Positive Posters provides a shared platform that encourages designers to be proactive in shaping important issues. We believe in the ability of design to inspire minds, change attitudes and spark revolutions.
  
  The 2011 Positive Posters brief asks you to design a poster that highlights or exposes an issue specific to your own country, someone else’s or one that is international. It could be social, environmental or political; anything that you believe deserves a global audience and could be better seen or understood.
  
  This is an opportunity for you to make a positive contribution towards an issue by presenting it to a global audience. We don’t want to tell you what’s important; we’d like you to tell us what’s important to you.