January 2006 Archives
AdAge.com's Rich Thomaselli reports that RJ Reynolds has a new take on "flavor country" that includes the opening of a new plush Chicago smoking lounge and the creation of a premium line of $8-a-pack cigarettes called Marshall McGearty, named after RJR blend specialist Jerry Marshall and Larry McGearty, creative director at RJR’s Philadelphia-based ad agency, Gyro Worldwide.
Here's a list of current contests and competitions running on the graphics.com network and Jupiterimages:
STEP Best of Web
Enter your Web designs in STEP’s Best of Web Design Competition sponsored by Jupiterimages Unlimited. As a winner you will be interviewed and prominently featured in the September/October 2006 issue. Grand Prize winner will receive a one-year subscription of multimedia resolution images to Jupiterimages Unlimited (a $2,500 value). Categories include Information, Advertising, Entertainment, Self-Promotion, Business, and Personal Portfolio sites. Entry deadline: April 3.
Design Makeovers Contest
Give your troubled logo, newsletter, website, or other design fresh appeal by entering Dynamic Graphics' annual Design Makeovers contest. Send in a design project needing improvement (we offer several options for design categories)—there is no entry fee. If the DG staff chooses your entry, our designers will work their magic and present a customized redesign of your project. Results will be published in the June/July Makeovers issue, the most sought-after issue of the year. Entry deadline: February 15.
Find This Image
Find the stock photo on Jupiterimages and you may win a brand new iMac G5. There will be 6 bi-monthly contests in 2006. First contest ends February 22.
On-Going Graphics.com Contests
Photos.com challenge - Incorporate selected Photos.com images into a design. Each month three winners receive a three-month subscription to Photos.com
Photography Contest - Monthly photography contest. One winner will receive a six-month AbleStock.com subscription.
Be A Design Group needs your help! Founding members of one of the most respected and active design blogs have been tasked with designing STEP inside design's March/April 2006 STEP 100 Design Annual cover.
And they can't do it without you. That's right. The four teams of BADG designers want your feedback, criticism, and encouragement every step of the way—from initial concept to final design.
To my knowledge nothing like this has been done before, so it's a great opportunity to become a small part of graphic design history, be personally involved with the cover design of a top design publication, and witness the unpredictable results of a completely democratized design process.
Have fun and we look forward to your final designs!
