The Mohawk Show 10 celebrates both the beauty and brains of design.
The judging for Mohawk Show 9 was held in Lake Placid, New York, in June of 2008. Four judges were chosen based on factors including region, type of practice, experience and point of view. For two days, judges Sam Shelton, Michael Hodgson, Debbie Millman and Bart Crosby reviewed over twelve hundred entries. Five winners and twenty finalists were chosen based on the following criteria: aesthetic value, content, paper usage, appropriateness, production quality and excellence of craft. They are also profiled in the Mohawk Show 9 Catalogue.

Submit your entry to Mohawk Show 10 and the designer of the piece will have a chance to win $5,000. Finalists will be awarded $500 each. This year’s show offers the “Specialty Finishes Award” for work featuring special embellishments such as embossing, engraving, foil stamping, thermography and more. Entries are being accepted from now until 29 May 2009. You can enter as many pieces as you like, and there are no entry fees. Please contact your local Mohawk rep, merchant specification representative or download entry forms at the site.

ammado, the global community of people who care, connects nonprofits, socially responsible companies and engaged individuals dedicated to positive change at a global and local level. The platform enables individuals and organizations to connect, communicate and mobilize around shared values.

ammado has recently launched a fun and flexible donations feature that allows people around the globe for the first time to donate to their favorite nonprofits (charities, sports clubs, schools and universities) around the world from one central space.

ammado is looking for Video/Animation to generate a buzz around the ammado Giving Circle and inspire people to make a difference

3 prizes for the 3 best video/animation:

• 1st : 2500 USD
• 2nd : 1500 USD
• 3rd : 1000 USD

Deadline is 14 January, 2009. Visit the site for more information, including logo, brief and rules.

The Creative Review Annual brings together the year’s best work in visual communication: Will you be in it? The Annual will showcase the finest creative work produced worldwide during 2008. The Annual aims to be the definitive guide to the year in visual communication, including Advertising, Graphic Design, Digital Media, Illustration and Music Video. As the only title to cover all these areas and with more than 25 years’ experience, Creative Review has allied its skills and knowledge with that of leading industry figures to select the most significant work of 2008.

This chosen work will be published with the May 2009 issue of Creative Review. The entry deadline by which all entries must be received is Thursday 11th December 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

MyToons.com, the world’s first and only online animation community to deliver HD animation, today announced the launch of its latest artwork and animation challenge, Toons for Tots. In the celebratory spirit of the upcoming holidays, the Toons for Tots challenge calls for artists to submit their holiday-inspired creations for the chance to have a donation made in their name to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. Both new and old works are welcome, and artists are invited to share every holiday inspiration, from Hanukkah cartoons to New Year’s e-cards.

“We want to help spread joy not only through great art, but also by contributing to the greater community and supporting children in need during these trying economic times,” says Stacey Ford, co-founder and CCO of MyToons.com. “The holiday season is about sharing and giving, and we hope to spread this spirit by supporting the Marine Toys for Tots.”

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They like to do things a little differently at Micro Focus. Conference T-shirts form a basic component in many a delegate pack, but what they aim to do for MFW’09 (Micro Focus World) is to tap into the enormous creative potential of their customer community through the ExpressIT competition, to design the graphic image that will be printed on the back of the conference T-shirt.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a graphic that reflects one of the core themes of the conference. Your creative can either be an image or maybe a catchy slogan, and should be suitable for t-shirt print (the colour of which is pre-determined as dark blue). Fun, exciting and dynamic ideas will of course triumph!

The creative genius who is triumphant will be showered with gifts and praise! This will take the form of a 20” Apple LED Cinema Display, with the winning submission printed on the back of every t-shirt, and your name and picture included in the conference website and delegate packs.

Participants can enter individually or as a team (maximum of three people). For further details, including a submission policy and competition rules, download the ExpressIT competition guidelines [PDF]. Deadline is 15 January 2009.

Don’t wait for Santa to get that new iPod Touch this Christmas! JuJups invites you to enter their Christmas mug design contest, where you stand a chance to win an Apple iPod Touch (1st winner)! Total prizes of worth more than $1,000 USD will be given to all 21 winners. Your mug design submissions must be created by using JuJups online design studio. Winning designs will be judged by users’ votes.

This contest ends December 20, 2008 and is open to everyone, anywhere. Visit the site to learn more.

Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., announces the launch of its new website, designed to be a resource to the graphic arts printing and packaging communities, as well as to OEMs and printers/converters. The new website is replete with educational resources in design, printing and finishing, and also features information about all Monadnock products, including papers for Printing and Packaging, Technical/Specialty Papers and Non-Wovens.

“We now offer brand owners, designers and printers information that can help them make their work more inspirational, sustainable and efficient,” said Jim Clemente, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “The new mpm.com is also a good place for OEMs and printers/converters to explore Monadnock’s Technical/Specialty Papers and Non-Woven Media.”

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This competition was designed to create elements of a consumer call-to-action campaign to buy FSC-certified (Forest Stewardship Council) products as a means of protecting forests around the world. Founded in 1993, FSC is an international NGO certification and labeling system that promotes the responsible management of the world’s working forests. It is supported by social-welfare and workers’ rights groups, timber industry representatives, and the environmental and conservation community. Conservationists promote FSC certification as a means of safeguarding working forests – those that are managed to supply wood – which often surround and buffer national parks and other protected areas.

The problem is that consumer awareness about FSC is uneven globally. Consumer awareness translates directly into increased demand for FSC-certified forest products (e.g., building materials, paper, furniture, flooring), which, in turn, drives demand for more forests to meet FSC’s standards. But in the Netherlands, prompted consumer recognition of FSC is 67%, while in the United States – the largest consuming market of wood products in the world – public awareness of and, therefore, demand for FSC is negligible. Moving more forestland into FSC status will require consumers and corporations in the United States and other high-value markets, such as the EU, Australia and Japan, to be aware of and ask for FSC-certified products.

This competition is part of the DESIGN 21 series, which challenges designers of all disciplines to find solutions to social and global issues. It’s guided by UNESCO’s premise that education, science, technology, culture and communication are tools to spread knowledge and information, build awareness and foster dialogue. Total prize money of $10,000 will be allocated for this competition. Application closes on 13 January 2009 at 6:00 pm UTC. For the brief, design competition rules, objects that must be included and other information, visit the site.

Design a cover to .psd Magazine and get published - a great addition to any graphic design or photography portfolio! The upcoming issue is about retouching, and you can enter as many times as you wish. Even second and third place winners will have their tutorials published in this issue.

This contest ends on 15 January 2009, and entries are judged on whatever criteria the judges decide to use. Overall, YOU judge the quality of your piece and how well you think it resembles a magazine cover. Visit the site to learn more about qualifications for this competition.

Welcome to the launch of the 1st Annual InflateYourFun International Design Competition, sponsored by Bestway Inflatables, a leading developer of inflatable products. With the aim of facilitating fun and recreation. Bestway produces a wide variety of products for people from all walks of life. Their extensive product offerings range from above ground swimming pools to inflatable airbeds ,from professional boats to summer toys and leisure products. If it’s fun and inflatable, Bestway makes it!

Your job, should you decide to try to win some money, is to develop product concepts for three target demographics. Product concepts can consist of any inflatable form with any play value acceptable to that market. Cash prizes of $1,000 USD for each 1st place entry and $400 USD for each 2nd place entry will be awarded for all three contest categories.

Registration will be open until 12:00pm 1 February 2009 (Pacific Time). Winners will be announced 28 February 2009. Visit the site to learn more.