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15 June 2010
New type contest
MENLO PARK, CA—Communication Arts, a professional trade journal for visual communications, is debuting its typography competition with an aim to “celebrate the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.”

The contest also endeavours to bring typography creators together with potential clients - designers and art directors.

The contest’s categories include:

  •        Collateral
  •        Packaging
  •        Media
  •        Motion
  •        Environmental typeface design
  •        Calligraphy/Handlettering
  •        Unpublished/Experimental       

The deadline for submissions is September 10, 2010. A jury of industry professionals – including Stephen Coles, Allan Haley and Ellen Lupton – will judge entries, with selections showcased online and reproduced in the January/February 2011 issue of Communication Arts. Contact: www.commarts.com/competitions/typography

— Holly West
   
Comments:
1. Print this says:
15 June 2010 at 7:44 PM
you forgot to mention the $35 single entry/$70 series FEE ...yet another money-maker for old-timer magazine Communication Arts... who still seem to be operating pre-internet.

fyi, CA, we could post our "best" typography online at a few hundred websites/blogs that will get seen by thousands ... for FREE! Print that.
2. Anonymous says:
15 June 2010 at 7:47 PM
oh, how wonderful--another competition designed to make money off the backs of poor designers
3. Bernard says:
16 June 2010 at 11:08 AM
why are designers so naive and hungry for recognition that they fall for these competitions every time?

...everyone is supposed to be against "spec work", yet these are ok?

hundreds of people pay the $35 U.S. fee and then only a few actually get something in return

CA wins the best one ... the "financial award" with your hard-earned entry fees
4. Anonymous says:
16 June 2010 at 3:56 PM
New type contest = new way to take your money and make you popular among other designers.

clients don't give a crap about typography or awards

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