Competition Brief ( 22 days left to enter )

Great competition brief ( spotted by David McG ) - to produce a piece of social communication graphics as a poster - easy to enter and a great range of briefs - main page here, briefs here

Seven charities each provide a brief on a global issue. Anyone who wishes can enter one or more posters on any topic that inspires them. The best 30 responses to each brief – as selected by our jury – are collected in a catalogue and exhibited around the world. All the posters entered are supplied to the charities for them to use as potential communication tools through our free database. There is no ‘winner’, unless you count the charities and their message.
In our first edition we received over 1600 entries, the second 2700 the third 4210 entries from 163 countries around the world.

To enter the contest as easy as possible from all over the world, we host the competition completely on our website. All you have to do to participate is to upload your poster following the instructions on the “SUBMIT POSTER” page. That’s it.

Jerwood Prize Presentation

Last week we were delighted to be able to present the winning ( and participating ) students of the Jerwood Gallery project to John Denham, Secretary of State for Communities - at a ceremony at Station Plaza.

Not only was this a really good thing for the college, it was excellent press for the department. All the students involved produced exceptional work at short notice and we had l over Sussex for the next few months.fantastic feedback from Marketing, Parker Harris ( PR for the Jerwood Foundation ) and everyone involved. You can look forward to seeing this image and the accompanying material all over Sussex for the next few months. I'm really keen on projects like this - it gives you a taste of what 'real' design is all about - and it shows everyone else what we are capable of.

Again, really good effort to all involved - so congratulations to Leah, Emma and Steph - and very well done indeed to Tom, David, Julia and Emily.

Penguin Design Awards 2010

The Penguin Design Award is an opportunity for students on a Degree or HND Art or Design course to engage in design for publishing during their studies and to experience real jacket-design briefs first-hand.

Students may enter one design in either or both categories. To make the process even closer to the way a jacket designer works, once the judges have selected the shortlist, the Penguin / Puffin Art Directors will give the shortlisted entrants feedback and further art direction on their cover submissions.

Shortlisted entrants will then be invited to resubmit their work, taking all the comments on board, before the final round of judging. The closing date for entries is Friday 23 April 2010.


There is a link to the awards website here