UNIQLO’s T-shirt design competition, held every year since 2004, is open to people of all ages from any country in the world. Last year, they received 14,023 design entries from 20 different countries.

Now into its fourth year, they have invited top creative talent to judge the 2008 competition — art director Kashiwa Sato, architect Tadao Ando, and the avant-garde novelist Yayoi Kusama. They are hoping to encourage entrants from countries all over the world to express their artistic views freely in a two- dimensional artwork using a T-shirt for a canvas. The competition runs from 15 August through 20 September 2007. There will be a range of prizes, with a cash prize of 3 million yen going to the winning entrant.

They are also planning to set up a special page on their website from 1 October to enable 1000 entrants who will get through the preliminary screenings to display their artwork to the world. By hosting the UT GRAND PRIX 08, UNIQLO is looking to make designs and the design process more fun and interesting, enabling designers from all over the world to communicate with consumers. Visit the site to learn more.

Contact: Kayo Honma The UT GRAND PRIX office Tel: +81-3-3289-5034 (weekdays 10:00-18:00 Japan Time) E-mail: utgp AT uniglo.com. 6th Floor, Shimbashi Marine Building, 2-19-10 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004

(Inquiries: All inquiries must be made by email in English or Japanese to utgp AT uniglo.com. Please refrain from bringing entries directly to the GRAND PRIX office or sending your design data to the office email address.)

Via: Digital50