2019 International Poster Competition
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Graphic Design Festival Sotland
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Graphic Design Festival Scotland is an international organisation promoting creativity, innovation, collaboration and challenging ways of thinking through a programme of workshops, talks, panel discussions, exhibitions, competitions, music and urban murals.
The festival promotes the best of international graphic design and visual communication and aims to inspire and educate through active engagement. Networking and socialising play a key role in the festival and we aim to build relationships and networks across the world.
Our aims include:
— Encourage creative thinking
— Provide an opportunity for people to learn, develop skills and grow
— Promote Scotland as a hub for creativity and design
— Bring international creatives from across the world to Scotland
— Create links between students & industry
— Provide a platform for up-and-coming creatives
— Empower graphic and visual designers
— Build and strengthen a creative community
— Bring graphic design into the public domain
The festival promotes the best of international graphic design and visual communication and aims to inspire and educate through active engagement. Networking and socialising play a key role in the festival and we aim to build relationships and networks across the world.
Our aims include:
— Encourage creative thinking
— Provide an opportunity for people to learn, develop skills and grow
— Promote Scotland as a hub for creativity and design
— Bring international creatives from across the world to Scotland
— Create links between students & industry
— Provide a platform for up-and-coming creatives
— Empower graphic and visual designers
— Build and strengthen a creative community
— Bring graphic design into the public domain
Description
The 2019 International Poster Competition is now open for entry.
This competition aims to showcase and celebrate contemporary poster design from around the world.
How the competition works
- The highly-rated entries will be chosen for the International Poster Exhibition and included in the International Poster Book.
- From the highly-rated entries, 1st, 2nd, and 3d place will be awarded by the international jury.
- The highly-rated entries will be promoted during GDFS, via social media and online to over 100,000 active followers and viewers.
Guidelines
Please read the guidelines below before submitting an entry.
– The brief is open. Submissions may be created specifically for the competition, for a client or as self-promotion.
– A maximum of 6 posters may be entered per participant.
– The competition is open to both students and professionals.
– Content submitted on the poster entry form must be accurate and include all designers involved. The content submitted in the entry form will be used for the International Poster Exhibition and International Poster Book. This content may not be possible to change.
– Moving and animated posters are accepted and celebrated.
– The entry must have been created in 2018-2019.
– The posters will be judged on their content, concept, and delivery, and value will be placed on design work which:
- Alters perceptions or ways of thinking
- Offers creative solutions to problems
- Contributes to discussion on current affairs
- Opens dialogue and provokes discussion for debate
- Makes innovative use of media or medium
Key Dates
01.10.19
Competition Closes – all digital submissions must be received by midnight.
16.10.19
Successful participants who will be included in the International Poster Exhibition and International Poster Book will be contacted.
20.10.19
All names of successful participants who will be included in the International Poster Exhibition and International Poster Book will be publicised here.
TBC Date
Competition winners will be announced at the opening of the International Poster Exhibition.
Background
The International Poster competition launched in 2014 and has received 22,000+ poster entries from 100+ Countries (x5 competitions 2014-2018).
Over 37,000 people have attended International Poster Exhibitions (x5 exhibitions 2014-2018).
5x International Poster Catalogues and Book have been published as a result of the competition and exhibition and these can be found in the GDFS shop.
Prizes
1st Place: £500
2nd Place: £300
3rd Place: £100
Additionally:
The highly rated entries will be chosen for the International Poster Exhibition, included in the International Poster Book and will be promoted during GDFS, via social media and online to over 100,000 active followers and viewers.
Rewards
1st place
$6662nd place
$3993rd place
$133Timeline
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