UCDA DESIGN COMPETITION ENDORSED BY ICOGRADA

Smyrna, TN (United States) - The UCDA Design Competition recognizes the best of the exceptional design work done to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education). The 2008 Design Competition is now underway.
Smyrna, TN (United States) - The UCDA Design Competition recognizes the best of the exceptional design work done to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education). The 2008 Design Competition is now underway.

27.05.2008 News

Smyrna, TN (United States) - The recognizes the best of the exceptional design work done to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education). The 2008 Design Competition is now underway. UCDA is looking for your biggest and best ideas for our annual design competition — whether it be print, electronic, green, and even student work! Enter today!

Enter Your Best Work
  • Publications
  • Going Green (Sustainable Design)
  • Illustration
  • Photography
  • Electronic Media
  • Student Work
  • Classroom Work or Assignments

Deadline
Entries must be received by Friday, 11 July 2008. Enter early and avoid the last minute rush to gather, prepare and package your entries. But why wait? Now accepting entries.

Eligibility
Any work designed, published, or used by an educational institution is eligible. Work must have been published between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008.

Judging Criteria
Print entries will be judged for excellence in concept, design, illustration, typography, and printing, as well as effectiveness, quality, and creativity in solving the problems inherent in institutional design.

Electronic Media entries will be judged for appearance, flexibility, interactivity and suitability for their intended audiences. Creativity in solving the problems of designing for electronic media is primary. Work accepted for the show will receive Awards of Excellence or Silver Certificates. A select number of entries will be honored with the UCDA Gold Cube. Presentation of awards will be at the 38th Annual UCDA Design Conference in Savannah, Georgia in October.

Going Green
The competition has three green categories:
47. Message (Message on sustainability as part of overall communications)
48. Production (Statement of recycled paper, soy ink, etc., printed on piece)
49. Reduction (Alternate sources used instead of printing. e.g., online newsletter, electronic information, etc.)

In addition to being judged for excellence in concept, design, illustration, typography, and printing, as well as effectiveness, quality, and creativity in solving the problems inherent in institutional design, the judges are looking for entrants who take initiative in the creation of communications that reduce environmental impact and/or make strong statements of leadership in this area. Please complete the second half of Entry Form B for categories 47 through 49.

More information is available in the event description.



For more information, please contact:

UCDA Home Office
199 W. Enon Springs Road, Suite 300
Smyrna, TN 37167
United States
T: +1 615 459 4559
F: +1 615 459 5229
W: http://ucda.com

The 2008 UCDA Design Competition is an Icograda endorsed event.
Smyrna, TN (United States) - The UCDA Design Competition recognizes the best of the exceptional design work done to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education). The 2008 Design Competition is now underway.
Smyrna, TN (United States) - The UCDA Design Competition recognizes the best of the exceptional design work done to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education). The 2008 Design Competition is now underway.

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