Two Design Competitions

I was just browsing when I found a couple of design competitions that I thought I'd share with you all:



Egency want artists/illustrators/designers to transform "ho-hum" flyers, brochures and posters into unique, well-crafted applied-artwork.

They are challenging you to enter original, creative designs for flyers, appointment cards, posters, etc. that fit one of these professions:

* Party or Event Planning
* Medical
* Professional Services (such as florist, cafe, shop, attorney, accountant)

Applicants may submit as .jpg, .gif, .png, .pdf, .psd, or InDesign and the deadline for set-one entries is January 31st 2011.

Three top winners will receive their choice of either Wacom Intuos 4 XL, Wacom CintiQ12 WX, a Macbook or $1,000 cash.

Seven additional winners will receive a Booq laptop bag.

All 10 winners will be featured in a press release announcing the results of Egency's Design Challenge.

More info here.



The next competition from the New Zealand Book Council is to design a conceptual book cover for "Parade", by Māori author Patricia Grace.

There is a lot more background information about the competition and the book including the full text on the website here:

The deadline is January 15th 2011 and the prize is $1500NZ/$1150US/£725 plus having your design published.

Kristian Hammerstad - Illustrator

Kristian Hammerstad's work is really cool. He comes from Oslo in Norway, which seems to be full of talented and creative people. His horror style pop-culture themed pieces have real impact without loosing any of the impressive detail. They sort of make me smile too, I love the kitsch morbidity of them all.

Dogma Graphic Design & Typography

More graphic design and typography here from Dogma in Guadalajara, Mexico. Here are some fonts they developed for promotion of The Tape Festival Release Party. They really are very talented people so make sure you take a look at their portfolio.