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The AIGA Houston Design Awards recognizes the most noteworthy creative work produced in the greater Houston area during the previous calendar year. Inspired in part by AIGA’s 365 competition, this exhibition highlights design that is aesthetically appealing, culturally relevant, and effectively communicates the client’s message. This annual competition is juried by an independent panel of respected industry professionals from across the country.
Judges
MATTEO BOLOGNA
PARTNER, MUCCA DESIGN
New York City
Matteo Bologna is the founder and principal of Mucca Design. His multidisciplinary background in architecture, graphic design, illustration and typography facilitated his early business successes and inspired his decision to create a New York branding and design agency. Matteo is also president of the Type Directors Club, and former board member of AIGA/NY.
ELLEN LUPTON
AUTHOR, EDUCATOR
Baltimore
Ellen Lupton is curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City and director of the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. An author of numerous books and articles on design, she is a public-minded critic, frequent lecturer, and AIGA Gold Medalist.
CLAUDIA DE ALMEIDA
DESIGNER, LECTURER
San Francisco
Claudia de Almeida is an award winning Art Director, graphic design instructor and self-proclaimed type nerd. A native Brazilian and graduate from the School of Visual Arts, Claudia has worked for several notable publications, including WIRED Magazine as Design Director. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Typography at the California College of the Arts and co-owner of design studio o Banquinho (the Tiny Bank).
GUIDELINES
PRICING
AIGA members pay $20 per entry
Non-members pay $40 per entry
Students pay $15 per entry
DEADLINES
Online submission closes at midnight CST on Tuesday, 2/17/15
NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
WINNING ENTRIES
Winning entries will receive exposure through the AIGA Houston Design Annual and will be honored at the AIGA Houston Design Awards Ceremony and Exhibition in March of 2015. Winners may be asked to provide additional copies or high-resolution digital files of their winning entry for use in the exhibition.
CATEGORIES
-Book and Publication Design
-Commercial Illustration/Photography
-Comprehensive Brand Strategies
-Corporate Communications Design
-Editorial Design
-Environmental Design
-Information Design
-Logo and Identity Systems Design
-Motion Design
-Package Design
-Poster Design
-Promotional Design
-Web/Interactive Design
-Student
It is recommended that each entry be entered into the one category that you believe best fits the piece in terms of its purpose. You may choose to enter the same piece in more than one category. Please be aware that you'll be required to pay a separate fee for submitting to each category, even if the entry is the same. Ultimately, the entry is eligible to win an award in only one category. Judges retain the right to reclassify entries from one category to another or to select only components of the submission for honors.
ELIGIBILITY
Designers in the Houston Metro area are invited to enter. Vendors may submit work only with the written permission of the designer/client.
All entries must have been created between January 1 – December 31, 2014. The same project cannot be entered into the awards two years in a row, unless it has undergone significant content and design changes.
All participants with selected winning entries will be contacted with instructions on mailing physical pieces or high-resolution images for the gallery and printed catalog.
REPRODUCTION PERMISSION
By submitting work to the AIGA Houston Design Competition and Exhibition, the entrant grants AIGA/AIGA Houston the right to use accepted work for reproduction in competitions-related publications; on its website; in the ensuing exhibition of the competitions’ selections; and for educational and AIGA-related noncommercial promotional purposes.
Ready to dust off that mantle?
Submission has now closed. No more entries are being accepted.
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