Communication Design News
BICeBé 2019 International Poster Call
The Biennial of the Poster Bolivia BICeBé, an international event of design and visual arts in Bolivia and the Southern Cone, is calling for posters for its 2019 edition. The BICeBé takes place every two years in the month of November in the city of La Paz, Bolivia.
me&dave Rebrands Homeless Charity Robes
me&dave recently rebranded Southwark-based homeless charity robes, to help it attract the investment it needs to continue its life-saving work on the streets of London.
Carter Wong Unveils New Visual Identity for Kin + Carta
Carter Wong has created a new visual identity for international marketing services group St Ives - now rebranded as Kin + Carta.
2019 New York Festivals AME Awards Open for Entries
The 2019 New York Festivals AME Awards is now open for submissions. Founded in 1994, the AME Awards honors international work that demonstrates ground-breaking solutions to challenging marketing problems.
New York Festivals 2019 Advertising Awards Now Open for Entries
New York Festivals International Advertising Awards is now accepting entries for the 2019 competition. This year the competition has announced a world-class advisory board, reduced categories by 35% and unveiled strategic new category groups and categories.
me&dave Gives the Build-to-rent Sector 'Attitude'
me&dave recently designed an innovative campaign for a major new built-to-rent scheme called Anco&co. The agency created an edgy urban fly-poster campaign for the Manchester development on behalf of DTZ Investors.
Type Directors Club 2019 Type Competitions Open for Entries
Type Directors Club has announced its call for entries for the 65th Annual Communications Design and the 22nd Typeface Design Competitions, a celebration of the world's best typography.
Fontsmith Launches The Library Book
Fontsmith has released 'The Library Book,' a definitive guide to the foundry's library of over 500 fonts, detailing each character set and bringing each font's personality to life.
Call for Public Access Design 2019 Fellows
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is calling for applications from talented designers and visual artists to become 2019 Public Access Design Fellows.
McCann London and D&AD New Blood Shift Launch the Ultimate Unbiased Recruitment Tool
McCann London has teamed up with D&AD New Blood Shift to launch Kkaptionn: the comic book with no words. The comic was created to smash all bias and advocate true Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace.
Civilization Wins Cooper Hewitt National Design Award
Civilization is a recent winner of one of the nation's highest accolades - the prestigious National Design Award in the category of Communication Design from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The studio was recognized for the powerful work coming out of their new agency model.
Letterform Archive Launches Morla : Design on Kickstarter
Award-winning contemporary designer Jennifer Morla teamed up with Letterform Archive to create Morla : Design, a monograph dedicated to her prestigious 40 year career.
SEGD Xlab 2018: The Future of Storytelling
The Society for Experiential Graphic Design's eighth-annual digital experiential design gathering, Xlab, will be held in Brooklyn for the first time-at the BRIC arts and media center.
1:1 Drawing, Design, and Communication at NYSID Gallery
1:1 Drawing, Design, and Communication exhibition will be on view September 13 - November 10, at NYSID Gallery. Curated by Darling Green with curatorial consultant Judith Gura, the exhibition includes drawings, instructions, objects and interiors from over 20 designers, both historic and contemporary, including Piranese, Gerrit Rietveld, Enzo Mari, Max Lamb, Josef Hoffmann, Nathalie Du Pasquier, Josef Frank, and Katie Stout.
OFFF TLV 2018
OFFF TLV, the second annual international visual design festival, will take place October 14-15 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Faculty Creative Designs New Identity for emerchantpay
Faculty Creative has designed a new identity for emerchantpay, a leading online, mobile and POS payment service provider.
WE DISSENT... Design of the Women's Movement in New York
"WE DISSENT... Design of the Women's Movement in New York," on view at the Cooper Union from October 2, looks at more than 150 years of feminist artifacts and printed matter from a variety of feminist and radical artists and collectives such as the Heterodoxy Club, Redstockings, the Guerrilla Girls, and more. The exhibition features more than 200 artifacts by women artists rarely seen and shown in order to reconsider the contributions of women to social unity and justice.
Winners of Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2018 Announced
Red Dot has announced the winners of its 2018 Communication Design Award. This year, designers, agencies and companies from 45 countries entered the competition and handed in a total of 8,610 works.
me&dave Breathes New Life Into Royal Mint Court
me&dave has designed a refreshing and unique branding strategy for London institution Royal Mint Court.
Designers Raising Awareness for Invisible Disabilities by Reimagining International Symbol of Access
Visability 93 has released an icon font to inspire the design community to invent a universal symbol that represents all people with disabilities, visible or invisible - not just wheelchair users.
Making Policy Public 2018: Call for Applications
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is looking for talented designers to partner on the 2018 issues of Making Policy Public.
Our Design Agency Sets Definitive Global Costa Coffee Red
Our Design Agency (ODA) has created the first brand color toolkit for Costa Coffee to assist with embedding consistency across international markets as it enters its next phase of growth.
iF Design Award 2019
Submissions are now open for the 2019 iF Design Award. First awarded in 1953, the iF Design Award is the oldest independent design seal in the world. It is a symbol of outstanding design achievements that focuses on the innovative power of design.
DesignThinkers Toronto 2018
DesignThinkers Toronto 2018, a must-attend event for forward-thinking communications design professionals, will be held October 24-25 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts & St. Lawrence Centre.
Torino Graphic Days 3
The third international Torino Graphic Days, an international festival dedicated to visual communication, will be held October 11-14 in Turin. Four days of workshops, talks, performances, exhibitions and a market fair will bring to Turin the best of the visual design field.
Make Art Great Again: International Project Uses Trump's Messages to Fight Climate Change
The Swiss-based art collective "insertname" is releasing an illustration book called #MakeArtGreatAgain, featuring a selection of tweets by Donald Trump seen through the eyes of different artists.
Sagmeister and Walsh: A Retrospective
'Sagmeister and Walsh: A Retrospective' will explore past and new works by Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh. The exhibition will be on view at the Design Museum Holon from June 6 through October 27, 2018.
2018 DFA Design for Asia Awards
The 2018 DFA Design for Asia Awards is now open for submissions. Organized by Hong Kong Design Centre, this competition has been an influential platform in underpinning designers' contribution and acknowledging the positive impact of user-centric designs in Asia.
2018 Clio Awards
Entries are now open for the 2018 Clio Awards, the esteemed international awards competition for the creative business. Founded in 1959 to celebrate high achievement in advertising, the Clios annually and throughout the year recognize the work, the agencies and the talent that push boundaries and establish new precedent.
Communication Arts' 59th Design & Advertising Competitions: Call for Entries
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 59th annual Design and Advertising Competitions. With an acceptance rate of less than 5%, this competitions are among the most exclusive major creative competitions in the world and inclusion is one of the most-coveted awards in the industry.
Design Week Awards Deadline Extended
The deadline for the 2018 Design Week Awards has been extended to March 27. Now in its 27th year, the Awards are the leading accolade in the design industry, catering for every area of commercial design.
Winners of 2018 iF Design Award
iF has unveiled the winners of its 2018 Design Award at the BMW Welt in Munich. The competition received 6,402 entries from 2,955 participants from 54 countries.
Golden Pin Design Award 2018: Call for Entries
The call for entries for the 38th Golden Pin Design Award is now open. For the first time, the annual competition is open to companies from anywhere in the world. The Award specializes in huaren design - design for and within the Chinese-speaking community.
me&dave Uncovers London's Romantic Soul with Barts Square Branding
me&dave has created the new identity for Barts Square, a low-rise mixed-use quarter in the heart of London.
me&dave Designs Branding for One Crown Place
me&dave recently created a fresh brand and identity for one of London's most impressive mixed-use developments, One Crown Place in EC2, with apartments, communal living and work spaces, destination restaurant, hotel and private members' club.
Best Brand Awards 2018
Submissions are open for the 5th Best Brand Awards. The Awards recognizes the high quality brands and rewards the excellence in visual communication internationally.
Joseph Binder Award 2018
The Joseph Binder Award, an international competition with a focus on graphic design and illustration, is now open for submissions. The Award is named after one of the most outstanding graphic designers and illustrators active in Austria between the two World Wars, who subsequently also revolutionized visual communication in the United States.
Poster For Tomorrow 2018
Submissions are now open for the 10th and final edition of the Poster For Tomorrow contest. The theme for 2018 is 'A Planet for Tomorrow.'
Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2018
The 2018 Red Dot Award: Communication Design will open for entries on March 5. Agencies, designers and companies from around the world are invited to submit their design and creative projects to this international design competition.
2018 SoGood Awards
Designers, design students and related communications professionals are invited to submit work to this international design competition that celebrates the power of design to do good.
2018 Good Design Awards
Celebrating its 60th year, Australia's prestigious Good Design Awards is now open for submissions. The annual Good Design Awards program is one of the oldest and most prestigious international design awards in the world, promoting excellence in design and innovation since 1958.
2018 European Design Awards
The 2018 European Design Awards is now open for entries. The European Design Awards is an annual event, bringing together the best examples of communication design in Europe.
Milton Glaser's New Works In NYC Subway Stations
Milton Glaser debuted three new works in 276 New York City subway stations. The three posters - a direct counterpoint to President Trump's attack on humanity - reflect Milton's agency and commitment to justice using art & design to inspire social engagement.
International Reggae Poster Contest 2017
The 6th edition of the International Reggae Poster Contest is now open for submissions. The 100 best posters will be selected by a jury of design professionals and will be exhibited in the Art of Reggae exhibitions around the world.
DesignThinkers Vancouver 2018
DesignThinkers, Canada's premier conference for visual communicators, returns to Vancouver in 2018. The event will provide insights into design thinking, process and strategy, strengthening creative professionals' ability to deliver effective and innovative design communications.
2018 SEGD Global Design Awards
The 2018 SEGD Global Design Awards, the only international design awards program focused on user experiences in the built environment, is open for entries. The competition is open to experiential graphic designers, environmental graphic designers, fabricators, architects, exhibition designers, interaction designers, digital media designers, experience designers, students and others who have a hand in shaping communication in the built environment.
See/Hear: Type Directors Club Presents Swissted Poster Exhibition
Type Directors Club is hosting "See/Hear", a collection of all-type posters from New York City designer Mike Joyce's Swissted project, which merges his obsessions with punk rock and modern Swiss type. The exhibition is currently on display at Type Directors Club through February 2, 2018.
D&AD Launches Call for Entries for 56th Annual Awards
D&AD has today launched a call for entries for its 56th annual Awards. The 2018 Awards continue to support D&AD's 56 year long purpose of stimulating, celebrating and enabling creative excellence in design and advertising, in the firm belief that great work always creates better outcomes.
25th San Diego Latino Film Festival International Poster Competition
Media Arts Center San Diego, producer of the San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), invites visionary designers from all over the world to be a part of the silver anniversary of SDLFF by submitting a poster design to consideration. Artists and designers are encouraged to produce a commemorative poster design that will represent the history and legacy of the SDLFF.
Type Directors Club Type Competitions Open for Entries
Type Directors Club has announced its call for entries for its 64th Annual Communications Design and 2018 Typeface Design Competitions, a celebration of the world's best typography.
Audi is Red Dot: Brand of the Year 2017
Audi has been named as the 'Red Dot: Brand of the Year 2017' for its consistent decisiveness in brand management and its effective collaboration with creative partners.
Interaction Awards 2018
The 2018 Interaction Awards is now open for submissions. Professionals and students are invited to submit concepts and/or production projects of any kind that exemplify outstanding interaction design in one or more of the six categories.
2017 Victorian Premier's Design Awards
The 2017 Victorian Premier's Design Awards is now open for submissions. The annual awards program celebrates Victorian designers and businesses that use design to create better products, services, businesses and ultimately a better state of Victoria.
SND London '17
The Society for News Design (SND) will hold its first-ever conference in London. The conference will bring together the most creative minds in the industry to talk about what's going on in their professional life, what are the challenges of designers and how they succeed.
2017 Midas Awards Are Now Open for Entries
The 2017 Midas Award for the World's Best Financial Advertising is now open for entries. Founded in 2001, the Midas Awards is the only awards show to recognize excellence in financial advertising and marketing on a global scale.
Kerning for a Cause 2017
The Chicago Chapter of The Architecture Lobby is calling for submissions for its second annual design competition, Kerning for a Cause. The competition is open to all architects, designers, and those who self-identify as laborers, to redesign the Federal Labor Laws poster that is legally mandated to hang in any business with employees.
DesignThinkers 2017 Toronto
DesignThinkers 2017 Toronto conference will be held November 7 & 8 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.
typotherapy Redesigns University of Toronto's English Magazine
typotherapy recently redesigned the University of Toronto's 'English' magazine. The purpose of the magazine is to act as a voice, communicate opinions, and to inform students and faculty about what's happening in the Department of English.
Making Policy Public 2017: Call for Proposals
The call for proposals for the 10th anniversary year of Making Policy Public is now open. CUP seeks organizations who are working to address a policy issue that would benefit from a visual explanation, and where the lack of understanding of this issue is leading to social injustice.
New York Times Magazine Typography: New Exhibit at Type Directors Club
Type Directors Club has recently opened its new summer exhibition "New York Times Magazine Type: 2015 - Present," highlighting brand-new typography and innovative design used by an energetic team to bring a fresh graphic approach to this weekly's must-read journalism and commentary.
Winners of 2017 European Design Awards
The winners of the 2017 European Design Awards have been unveiled at a ceremony in Porto's Rivoli Theatre.
AIGA Eye on Design Unveils New Branding
Leta Sobierajski and Wade Jeffree have unveiled the new visual identity for the inaugural AIGA Eye on Design Conference.
2017 Taiwan International Graphic Design Award
The 2017 Taiwan International Graphic Design Award (TiGDA) is now open for submissions. Organized by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs of China in collaboration with International Council of Design (ico-D) and Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA), the competition is open to designers from all over the world.
Type With Pride Contest
Ogilvy & Mather NYC, in partnership with Fontself, recently launched Type With Pride, a milestone color font project to honor Gilbert Baker, the designer of the iconic Rainbow Flag.
Cooper Hewitt Announces 2017 National Design Award Winners
Cooper Hewitt has announced the winners of the 18th National Design Awards. The accolade recognizes design excellence & innovation in 11 categories, and aims to promote design as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world.
iF Design Award 2018
The 2018 iF Design Award is now open for submissions. Agencies, architects, designers and companies from all over the world are invited to put their products and services to the test.
Communication Arts' 58th Design & Advertising Competitions: Call for Entries
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 58th annual Design and Advertising Competitions.
Global Digital Signage Conference 2017
The first ever Global Digital Signage Conference is set to take place May 11, 2017 as a major part of London Digital Signage Week. James Abdool, Head of Digital Experience at Arcadis will keynote the conference and explain how he 'discovered' the digital signage industry whilst building a very successful business streaming music into the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.
Visual Thinking: Empowering People & Organizations through Visual Collaboration
These days, companies are embracing new models such as the Agile Scrum, lean start-up and design thinking as a way of keeping pace with their ever-changing business environments.
Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2017
Entries are now open for the 25th Red Dot Award: Communication Design. The competition offers agencies, designers and companies from all over the world a platform for evaluating their design and creative achievements.
Lead, Innovate, Serve by Communication Design SAL
Communication Design SAL has designed Lead, Innovate, Serve - a cohesive visual record of the American University of Beirut's 150-year history from its modest missionary beginnings to its place as the foremost liberal arts institution and medical center in the Middle East.
Design Bridge Creates Powerful Campaign for National Archives of the Netherlands
Design Bridge has created a nation-wide campaign for the Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands) that repositions the government-run resource as a public-facing heritage centre, accessible to all.
1974 CBC Graphic Manual Revival on Kickstarter
In 1974 Canada's public broadcaster, the CBC, adopted a new logo designed by Burton Kramer. That logo, affectionately referred to as "the gem," would become one of Canada's most recognized corporate images, leaving an indelible mark both on Canadian culture and on our national identity.
Brexit Passport Design Competition
Dezeen has launched an unofficial competition to redesign the document that all UK citizens carry when travelling abroad. The competition seeks designs that present a positive vision of the post-Brexit UK to the world, and that represent all its citizens.
FormNation Creates New Visual Identity for Syntonics
FormNation has just completed a visual design rebrand for hair care brand Syntonics. Syntonics is a holistic hair care system that was founded on the blending of science and nature and combines the very best from both nature and developments in science to treat hair from the inside out.
Sheridan&Co Shakes Up Nutritional Supplements Category with New Premium Brand Identity for KIN
Sheridan&Co created the new brand identity for KIN - a range of premium nutritional supplements developed by renowned fitness gurus Kyle and Kelly Maslen, otherwise known collectively as KMPT.
2017 European Design Awards
The 2017 European Design Awards is now open for entries. The annual competition aims to celebrate best examples of communication design in Europe.
Graphis Design Annual 2018: Call for Entries
Graphis is currently accepting entries for its 2018 Design Annual. From Logos and Packaging to Branding and Illustration, this competition offers an all encompassing look at the world of graphic design.
2017 Best in Design Competition
The 2017 Best in Design competition is now open for submissions. The international design award, formerly known as Design Talent, is one of the biggest contests in Central Europe.
The Drum Design Awards 2017
The 2017 Drum Design Awards is now open for entries. Now in its fourth year, the Drum Design Awards recognize the industry's best design feats of the year.
2017 Good Design Awards
The 2017 Good Design Awards are now open for entries. Managed by Good Design Australia, the Good Design Awards program is recognised by the World Design Organization (WDO) as Australia's peak design endorsement program and rewards excellence in design, innovation and creativity at a national and international level.
Bulletproof Creates New Corporate Identity for Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
The London office of Bulletproof has created a contemporary new corporate identity for Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts.
DesignThinkers Vancouver 2017
The 18th DesignThinkers, Canada's premier conference for visual communicators, will be held May 30 & 31 at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre.
2017 SEGD Global Design Awards
The 2017 SEGD Global Design Awards is now open for submissions. Since 1987, the SEGD Global Design Awards have set the standard of excellence for environmental graphic design and experiential graphic design, honoring design work that connects people to place by providing direction, content and compelling experiences in public spaces.
Ragged Edge Creates Brand Identity for Hipchips
Ragged Edge has developed a bold brand and visual identity for Hipchips, London's first gourmet crisps restaurant, which launched in Soho this month.
3rd Annual Typography & Lettering Awards
The final deadline for PRINT's 3rd Annual Typography & Lettering Awards is December 2, 2017. The awards focus on three categories: Typographic Designs, Typeface Designs, and Handlettered Works.
HOW Design Live 2017
The 2017 HOW Design Live will be held May 2-6 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, IL. For more than 25 years, HOW Design Live has been the premier event and one of the largest gatherings of creative professionals in the world.
TDC63 Communication and Typeface Design Competitions
The Type Directors Club is calling for submissions for its 63rd Communication Design Competition and the 20th Typeface Design Competition. The competitions highlight the world's best typographic work in both communication and typeface design.
Off Grid 17: An Experiential Journey
Off Grid 17: An Experiential Journey is an international event from the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) that will offer a unique design driven way to experience New Zealand.
2016 Premier's Design Awards Finalists Announced
Finalists in the 2016 Victorian Premier's Design Awards have been announced with a record number of entries progressing to the next stage of the Awards program.
Serviceplan is Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2016
Serviceplan has been named as the 2016 Red Dot: Agency of the Year. With its innovative campaigns, this partner-led agency proved to be the strongest service provider as demonstrated by its 11 Red Dot and five Red Dot: Best of the Best awards in this year's Communication Design competition.
Warc 2017 Innovation Awards
The 2017 Warc Innovation Awards, a global search for effective innovation in marketing with a $10,000 cash prize fund for the winning papers, is now open for submissions.
PWW Communicates Sainsbury's Heritage and Sustainable Story in New Distribution Centre
PWW has created impactful interior graphics for Sainsbury's new Online Fulfillment Centre in Bromley-by-Bow, East London.
Ragged Edge Creates Disruptive Brand for Foley's
Ragged Edge created a disruptive brand for Foley's, a new restaurant in Fitzrovia, London. The design includes four different hand drawn typefaces to reflect the restaurant's diverse offer.
jäger & jäger Creates 10K Unique Bookmarks for Arjowiggins Creative Papers
Arjowiggins Creative Papers commissioned the agency jäger & jäger to design a bookmark as an insert in the 2016 exhibition catalogue for FIAC, the most influential French art exhibition in Paris.
SEGD Xlab 2016: The Intersection of Physical + Digital
SEGD's Xlab 2016 will bring together the diverse spectrum of practitioners and visionaries who make digital experiences possible, and the next generation of designers who are innovating our cities, workplaces, and leisure spaces. Xlab is SEGD's signature conference with a focus on the future of experience design and technology for public spaces, interfaces, and interaction.
2016 Premier's Design Awards
Entries are open for the 2016 Premier's Design Awards. The Awards recognize and reward the very best in design from the state of Victoria and provide a unique platform for designers and architects to be recognized at the highest level for their work.
Jury Selects Winners of the Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2016
The winners of the 2016 Red Dot Award: Communication Design has been chosen. From Corporate Design and Apps to Retail Design, the competition aims to showcase the excellent communication solutions in the design industry.
krow Creates New Campaign for Natural History Museum's Summer Exhibition
krow has created a striking new outdoor, press and digital marketing campaign for the Natural History Museum's brand new major summer exhibition, 'Colour and Vision.' This highly visual campaign represents the 'big bang' of color and vision that evolved thousands of years ago.
AGDA Design Awards 2016
The 2016 AGDA Design Awards are now open for submissions. The Awards recognize and document the best work in Australia across a wide range of disciplines.