I.D.’s Annual Design Review is actively seeking entries. From Julie Lasky, Editor, I.D magazine:

One of the oldest and broadest design competitions in America, I.D.’s Annual Design Review showcases the material, culture and evolution of design. Each year, entries are judged by leaders in the industry, who, along with I.D.’s editorial team, narrow down the abundance of submissions into today’s most cutting-edge design.

Enter the Annual Design Review today.

Why should you? Because if you have confidence in your work and just know that it’s the best … then you stand a reasonable chance of having it featured in I.D.’s August 2008 issue, along with the other winners of the Annual Design Review. It’s the best way to make a move to the center—of attention— and gain worldwide exposure for your finest work.

You can enter your best in the categories of: Consumer Products, Graphics, Packaging, Furniture, Environments, Concepts, and Interactive Media

The deadline of December 1, 2007, is fast approaching, so get your entry forms and get going.

DESIGN 21: Social Design Network has announced a new competition in partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and Media Communications Association International’s New York Chapter (MCA-I NY). The design competition, which is open to all who register for free on the DESIGN 21 website, challenges designers to create an official logo for “Stories from the Field: The United Nations Documentary Film Festival,” presented by MCA-I NY, UNDPI and The New School.

All designs must be submitted online at www.design21sdn.com by November 26, 2007 at 11:59pm UTC. All logos must include an original icon that represents the film festival’s mission as well as the name of the festival. The winning logo is worth $5,000.

More information about the competition can be found here.

Layer Tennis is a series of live design events hosted by Coudal Partners and presented by Adobe Creative Suite 3.

Two artists (or two small teams of artists) swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist or team gets fifteen minutes to complete a “volley.” Each volley is posted to the Layer Tennis site. A third participant provides play-by-play commentary on the action, as it happens. Observers can follow it all on the web. There are ten volleys, and when the match is complete, everyone with an opinion sounds off in the forums and a winner is declared.

Matches take place on Fridays at 2PM CST. You can learn more or watch a match here.

The Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament is a live design competition, and it’s coming to your neighborhood. Contestants will have 15 minutes to create a design in front of a live audience. As they design, their in-progress works will be projected in real time throughout the venue.

The contestant search is going on now. Buy tickets and learn more about Cut&Paste here.

The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) has organized a contest. Contestants are asked to submit logos and branding designs that both inspire interest and represent the mission of the museum. The winning design will be used on stationery, the website, and in brochures and PowerPoint presentations. The winner will be recognized in NWHM’s publications and on the museum’s website.

Contestants may submit multiple entries.

The deadline is October 26, 2007.

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LicensArt.com needs a new logo, and they want you to design it! They’re looking for a graphic symbol or icon that elegantly captures and communicates the essence of their unique business model, connecting creativity with commerce. The contest is open to all artists and designers (both professional and non-professional), as well as art students from anywhere in the world. The logo should be vector graphics, not a bitmap image, should be usable in monochrome and color media, including limited colors (say 2 or 3 colors). The logo must be the original work of the submitter. $1,000 (USD) will be awarded to the submitter of the winning design.

Deadline: November 30, 2007
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Spreadshirt is looking for a new logo and is inviting you all to design their logo which will be seen by millions of people every year. The overall prize bounty is worth over $19k (€15k), some of the prizes include cash, new laptops, adobe design software, and more.

Submit your logo designs every week to the entries blog.
From there they pick their winners and allocate all the other prizes.

Deadline: October 14, 2007
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Collab will hold its Fifteenth Annual Student Design Competition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Monday, November 12, 2007. This year’s competition is being held in conjunction with the celebration of Collab’s new gallery in the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building–the first gallery in the Museum’s history to be dedicated permanently to modern and contemporary design. The opening exhibition, Designing Modern: 1920 to the Present, takes a chronological look at the Museum’s collections of modern and contemporary decorative art.

As always, the theme of the Student Design Competition is linked to Collab’s largest annual event. This year, students are asked to consider the scope of the Modern Design dialogue. The challenge is for students to design a “map” that links associations between people, things, or events within the context of revolutionary ideas and trends in art, architecture, and design. The map should communicate the the interpretation of the forces which flowed into, through and around modern design.

First Prize - $1000
Second Prize - $750
Third Prize - $500

Deadline: November 12, 2007
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EXHIBITOR Magazine’s 22nd Annual Exhibit Design Awards, honoring the world’s best trade show exhibit designs, is accepting entries. The 2008 competition highlights include world-renowned judges, two new categories, and a prestigious awards ceremony.

Trade show exhibit designs launched between December 1, 2005, and December 1, 2007, can be entered.

The 2008 competition will offer one EDGE Award (for Exhibit Design and Graphic Excellence) and multiple Gold, Silver, and Special Merit Awards. Winners will be featured in the May issue of EXHIBITOR magazine, read by 30,000 marketing professionals in the trade show, corporate event, and meetings industries.

Finally, winners will be honored during an awards ceremony at GRAVITY FREE, the third annual design conference offered by Exhibitor Magazine Group.

Deadline: Early-bird - November 30, 2007
Regular - Dec 14, 2007
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Helvetica™ typeface, Linotype™ invites designers worldwide to take part in the Helvetica NOW poster contest. Designers are called to submit their poster design work that has been published between 2000 and 2007 and that uses Helvetica as a primary or secondary typeface.

This contest also invites participants to submit posters (published, unpublished, or new designs) that revolve around the role of type in modern day life, and the way that typography – and Helvetica – affects our perception of the environment. The winners will be selected by popular vote. The format is open but the overall dimensions should be contained within a maximum of 1600×1600 pixels. Only digital files in JPEG format will be accepted. You are free to submit more than 1 entry.

- Linotype will offer prizes to the first three winners, together the prizes will be worth more than €15,000.
- There are no application fees.
- Deadline: October 24, 2007
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