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Designaustria

Eligibility

Participation is open to both professional graphic designers and illustrators and design students, either as individuals or as teams. They may enter projects in the fields of graphic design and illustration (print) realized in 2012 and after. The number of entries is not limited.

Categories

A Graphic Design

  1. Corporate Design: Corporate identity programmes, logotypes, office stationary, etc.
  2. Communication Design: Advertisements, leaflets, brochures, annual reports, small-sized printed matter, etc.
  3. Information Design: User instructions, signage systems, forms, diagrams, etc.
  4. Type Design: Fonts, typefaces, lettering, etc.
  5. Poster Design: Indoor and outdoor posters of all formats and genres
  6. Editiorial Design: Books, catalogues, magazines, newspapers, etc.
  7. Packaging Design: Packaging graphics, labels, CD covers, etc.

B Illustration

  1. Book Illustration: Illustrations for children’s books, fiction, poetry, non-fiction, graphic novels, etc.
  2. Media Illustration: Illustrations for magazines, newspapers, etc.
  3. Commercial Illustration: Illustrations for advertising, displays, etc.
  4. Storyboards
  5. Illustration in Miscellaneous Applications: Illustrations for diverse communication media

C Design Fiction (special category)

Unpublished works, independent projects, unrealized concepts, school projects, etc. in all graphic design and illustration disciplines

Works to be entered in several categories must be registered separately for each category.

Online-Registration

You must register online before you enter your work(s). Print out the completed online registration form and attach it to the entry to be sent by post.
Online-Registration

Entry

After registering online, please send the following materials per entry by post:

  • a copy of the printed online registration form
  • a printed example / printed examples of the work
  • a short description of the work (one page maximum)
  • students: confirmation of studies

Books, posters, annual reports, etc. should be sent unmounted.
Projects consisting of multiple small-sized parts should be mounted on panels (cardboard or foamboard) no larger than A2 (420 x 594 mm). Do not send more than five panels per project.
For oversized works (such as billboard advertising), print-outs or photographs will be accepted.
Original designs will only be accepted in the Design Fiction category.

You may also send a courier to deliver your entries or deliver them personally during office hours (Mon–Fri 10:00 am to 6:00 pm).

Entry Deadlines

Early bird phase: online registration and sending of entries by 31 March 2014 (postmark date).
Regular participation: online registration and sending of entries by 31 May 2014 (postmark date).

Please note: the submission deadline got extended to 13 June 2014!

Fees and Payment

Fees

  Early Bird regular
First entry 80 euros 90 euros
Each further entry 50 euros 60 euros

Discounts

  Discounts
Members of DA, AGD, BDG, Design Luxembourg, IO, and SGD 30%
Students 50%

Discounts cannot be accumulated.

Fees for returning entries

15 euros (Austria) / 25 euros (abroad) per entry
The fees for returning entries will be charged together with the entry fee. Entries will only be returned upon the entrants’ explicit request and at their risk and expense (option to be chosen on the online registration form).

All fees plus 20% VAT.

Payment

Fees become due upon registration and have to be paid after receipt of our invoice, which will be sent to you by e-mail after the deadlines for entries have expired (early April or June). You may pay by bank transfer or credit card (payment method to be chosen during registration). Please do not send any payment in advance.

Printing fee

For entries selected by the international jury to be published in the bilingual catalogue (German/English), entrants will be charged a fee to cover parts of the production costs in the amount of 290 euros + 20% VAT per entry (for a double-page spread). Entrants whose works have been selected will receive two free copies of the catalogue for each work published. In the Design Fiction category, no printing fee will be charged.