Applied Arts Design Awards 2020 - Design competition

by Irena Sibila on Jan 04, 2020

◷ 28/02/2020 (deadline)

Applied Arts Design Awards 2020 is now open for entries!

CALL FOR ENTRY: Applied Arts 2020 Design Awards has been recently opened for entries, open worldwide to all forms of commissioned, published, unpublished and personal work from professionals and enthusiasts.

About ⇣

Applied Arts Magazine recently has announced the call for entry for Applied Arts Design Awards 2020, the largest and most respected show of its kind in Canada, that celebrates the very best work produced throughout North America and abroad.

The contest is open to all forms of commissioned published, unpublished and personal work from professionals and enthusiasts created between March 2019 and February 2020 (but not entries that have been submitted into last year’s competition).

Entries can be submitted in twelve main categories:

• Design
• Packaging Design
• Promotional Design
• Editorial Design
• Typography Design
• Typeface Design
• Craft Design
• Digital Design – Content
• Digital Design – Website
• Motion Design
• Young Blood (open to entrants who have been out of school for five years or less)
• Community Design (to help artists working on smaller projects and local clients get the recognition they deserve)

Submission requirements:

• Single: One piece | Series: Up to 3 pieces from the same project, unless indicated otherwise
• Complete Single: Up to 9 images from 1 book/publication, etc., preferably in 1 multi-page PDF.
• Complete Series: Up to 3 books/publications, etc.
• Campaign: Up to 9 pieces from an entire campaign.

Entries must be submitted in digital, hi-res format only.

Applied Arts Contests are judged by panels of highly regarded industry professionals and experts in a rigorous process. Every entry is scored independently on creative merit, technical excellence and suitability for end use.

Entries are given one total score, based on three criteria only:

• Creative merit
• Technical excellence
• Suitability for end use in the category into which it is entered

All entrants will be notified in April 2020 via email. At that time, those selected as winning entrants will be required to submit high-res digital files for reproduction in the Design annual. Winners’ certificates will be mailed separately after the Design annual is published.

Entry fees start at $60 CAD and very depends of the submission category.

Eligibility ⇣

Open worldwide to all forms of commissioned, published, unpublished and personal work from professionals and enthusiasts created between March 2019 and February 2020. Only digital entries are accepted for this competition.

Prize ⇣

Winners receive:

• Their work published in print in the Summer 2020 issue
• A complimentary copy of the Summer 2020 issue
• Their work published online in the Winners’ Gallery and Awards Archive
• Digital tear sheets of their work
• Their work displayed at related Applied Arts events
• A personalized, embossed awards certificate for every winning entry signed by noted designers Georges Haroutiun, the founder of Applied Arts