SURTEX Student Design Competition 2008 CALL FOR ENTRIES

Registration Deadline: October 31, 2007


SURTEX
International Student Design Competition
SURTEX: May 18-20, 2008


Visit the website: http://www.surtex.com/showinfo/isdc.html


Since 1986, SURTEX has hosted an annual International Student Design Competition honoring outstanding art & design students for their exceptional surface design work. Students and their work get exposed to thousands of worldwide industry professionals – a terrific path for beginning your career. We invite you to participate in our 2008 Student Design Competition.

2008 THEME – MOVEMENT
This year we challenge students to create a minimum of 6, maximum of 9, original and coordinating surface designs inspired by the interpretation of movement. These designs are to be applied to the surface of products from one of the following 4 categories:

Apparel/Personal Accessories
Commercial Interior
Home Elements
Stationery/Paper Products/Craft

We encourage you to be creative, inventive and dramatic as you develop your concept. A successful entry will be comprised of a coordinated design collection rendered on products that relate to each other within your chosen category. Visit a retail outlet selling items in your chosen category for product ideas. When creating your designs for your products consider how patterns, colors, shapes and textures will work together harmoniously.

Following are examples of products for which surface designs can be created:

Apparel/Personal Accessories :
Apparel
Personal Accessories (scarves, hats, shoes, belts, i-pod covers, handbags & wallets)

Commercial Interior :
Retail/Office (furniture, upholstery, floor and wall coverings, & decorative accessories)
Restaurant/Hotel/Spa (furniture, upholstery, floor and wall coverings, tabletop & linens)

Home Elements :
Elements for any interior room:
Bedroom (sheets, comforters, curtains & floor and wall coverings)
Dining (table cloths, dinnerware & wall coverings
Home Office (desk accessories, upholstery, floor and wall coverings & curtains)
Elements for any exterior room (patio furniture, seat cushions, awnings, table umbrellas & floor coverings)

Stationary/Paper Products/Craft:
Celebration (invitations, gift bags, wrapping paper, paper plates & napkins)
Personal (journals, note cards, writing paper, boxes & photo albums)
Craft (scrapbooking paper, stickers, rubberstamps, quilting fabrics)


ELIGIBILITY
There is no cost to participate in this competition. All participants must be students in their 3rd or 4th year (Junior or Senior level) in college/university and enrolled in a surface design-related program. Submissions must adhere to the competition requirements in order to be considered.

REGISTRATION

Please click here to enter yourself or your school and student(s) by October 31, 2007.

PARTICIPATING IS EASY
1. Have your instructor/professor register you and your school by October 31, 2007.
2. Get creative, have fun and complete your project – keeping the jury/criteria in mind.
3. Fill out the Official Entry Form.
4. Double check that you have met all the competition requirements.
5. Ship entries in sturdy packaging to: (We cannot be responsible for boards damaged during shipping)

SURTEX, Design Competition
Alessia Adler
George Little Management, LLC
Ten Bank Street
White Plains, NY 10606-1954 USA

Deadline to receive entries: January 31, 2008

Note: If you would like entries returned, please provide a FedEx, DHL or credit card information including name, account number and expiration date when registering on-line.

Please click here to download a copy of the Official Entry Form.

REQUIREMENTS
The following requirements must be met to qualify the entry for judging. Each student must:
-Professional present original artwork, demonstrating an understanding of surface design
-Be in his/her 3rd or 4th year (Junior or Senior level) in college/university
-Submit 2 rigid presentation boards, each sized 18”x24”
-Create one board to present the 6 to 9 surface designs. Create a second board to present renderings that show the application of the designs on products for the category chosen
-Label each design with its intended product application
- Submit a completed “Official Entry Form” placed in an envelope adhered to the back of 1 board (Please do not write the college/university name anywhere on the boards)

JURY/CRITERIA
The jury consists of professionals involved in the design industry including trade press. The judges will review entries based on the following criteria:
- Surface design development (ie. hand drawn and/or computer generated)
- Creativity, style and use of color and pattern
- Potential for viability in the marketplace
- Presentation of overall entry and surface designs