Award Winning Designs from C2A Design Contest | Entries by 31 July 2020
The C2A is a noteworthy and remarkable promotional platform for graphic designers, communication designers, digital media designers, agencies, freelancers and the creative community globally. The best ideas, creative solutions and campaigns are selected and awarded by the renowned international C2A jury.
Eligibility
The C2A contest is open to anyone above 18 years of age and residing anywhere in the world.
Key Dates and Deadlines
Early Bird deadline (20% off submission fees): March 15, 2020
Extended Early Bird deadline (10% off submission fees): May 31, 2020
Regular deadline: July 31, 2020
Final deadline: September 30, 2020
Prizes and Promotions
Extensive global publicity throughout the following year,
The winning work will be showcased on the main page of the website, and in the online gallery exhibition,
Certificate of achievement,
Press release and newsletter announcements reaching a large number of creative thought leaders, potential clients,
Huge media exposure throughout our media partners,
C2A Winner’s logo to be used online and on printed materials.
Entry Fee
Professional : $300* per entry, $200 per additional category, if same entry is submitted to multiple categories
Emerging & Students : $80* per entry, $50 per additional category, if same entry is submitted to multiple categories.
*Fees for the Photography category are $50 for Professionals and $20 for Students.
Categories for Submission
- Annual Reports: Corporate annual reports, Printed annual reports, digital annual reports,
- Advertising: Digital Marketing, Direct marketing, Print Campaigns, Outdoor advertising, Social Media Campaigns, Integrated campaigns, Innovative Technologies (VR, and new technologies), Other
- Magazines & Newspapers : Consumer and popular magazines, Professional Journals, Acedemic journals,..
- Branding: Corporate identity, logo design, promotional items, brand design, brand identity.
- Exhibition Design: Museum exhibitions, traveling exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, chamber exhibition, tradeshow, etc.
- Functional Typography: Signs, Signage, Way finding & Environmental Graphics
- UI & UX Design: User Interface design, User experience design,…
- Online Media: Websites, Online Experiences, Social Media Experiences, Infographics, …
- Other Graphic Design: All other graphic design
- Packaging: Beverage, Food, Beauty & health, Luxury products, Children products, Sustainable Packaging, Fashion packaging, Sports packaging,...
- Posters: Advertising posters, Informative, Musical, Movies, Motivational, Political, Cause focused, Educational,…
- Retail: In-Store communication, Pop-up stores, retail branding design, retail interior design, …
- Social Responsibility
- TV / Film / Animation Design: TV, Movie, Animations, 3d characters
- Typography: Typefaces
Criteria for Judging
Depending on the category the juries will look for excellence and outstanding achievement in one or more of the following areas:
- Creativity & Originality: Is the idea original? Does the design stand out, provide something new to the market or supplement/improve an existing product or service?
- Design Excellence: The artistic, aesthetic and visual value of the overall design.
- Content: Is the narrative, writing, script of high quality?
- Technological Innovation: Is the design incorporating suitable and innovative technologies?
- Impact & Emotional Significance: the benefit delivered to the user and/or society by the design.
- Utility: Does the design satisfy the intended purpose and needs of the user?
- Emotional quotient: In supplement to fulfilling its practical purpose, will the design create a sense of enjoyment, satisfaction?
Guidelines for Submission
All work should not be older than 5 years. Only digital submissions are allowed. Image files must be minimum 1000 pixels on the longest side, 72 pixel/inch and saved as .jpg, in RGB format and not exceed 4MB per file.
The same entry can be submitted into as many categories as you see fit. You can also submit as many entries, in as many categories, as you like.
Click on the following link to submit your entries : Website
Vector woman editorial illustration by simon khalil
Food packaging design by diana molyte
