About AGDA Poster Annual

Call for entries

The AGDA Poster Annual Call for Entries has now closed. Visit the website soon to view the shortlisted entries.

Eligibility

The AGDA Poster Annual 2009 is open to both professional and students from any field of design as well as those practicing design-related fields. Entries may be submitted on an individual, collective (i.e. studio/agency) or collaborative basis, providing a clear description of authorship is supplied with each submission.

The Objective

The key objective for the AGDA Poster Annual is to promote graphic design to the Australian public.

The focal point of this year’s event will be an exhibition in and around the Melbourne CBD. This will be done by creating a unique, engaging platform in the AGDA Poster Annual which celebrates the age-old art of poster design. Our aim is to give the annual a life outside of the exhibition space and allow it to exist online and throughout the city of Melbourne using out of home media and public gallery spaces.

We aim to work within the 2009 State of Design theme, Sampling the Future.

In summary, the key objectives for the AGDA Poster Annual are:
1. To promote graphic design to the Australian public, and;
2. To promote AGDA to the industry and the Australian public.

The Brief

Sampling The Future – Society is in a continual state of flux. We are now dominated by five major global conditions:

• Climate change
• Diminishing fossil fuels
• Globalised economic crisis
• Generational change, and
• New technologies

Using the poster format, demonstrate how design holds the potential to lead the parallel trajectories of business, science and society towards a common future. Judges will look for entries that best demonstrate creative thinking in regards to the points above, a progressive use of graphic design and an insight into the theme.

Entry Specifications

All entries must be received by AGDA Victoria by 5pm Monday the 15th of June AEST. To be eligible, entrants must complete all stages of the online entry process including the following:

• Design a poster responding to the theme and brief of Sampling The Future.
• Register at: www.posterannual.agda.com.au
• Upload a digital 72dpi version of an A1 poster in JPEG format by 5pm Monday the 15th of June 2009.
• Submit a rationale describing the creation process and how your solution meets the brief with a maximum of 200 words along with your design.
• Pay applicable fees for each entry. Fee per entry $25 AGDA members, $50 non members. Non refundable.

Following the jury review, shortlisted entries will be notified by email by 26th of June, at which time high res artwork will be requested for inclusion in the exhibition. Individuals/studios may enter as many times as they like.

Judging Process

Once entries close, all submissions will be viewable online at posterannual.agda.com.au and will be eligible to be voted the People’s choice award.

All entries will be reviewed by a 3 person Jury who will shortlist 30 posters for inclusion in the exhibition. The Jury will consist of Marcus Westbury (broadcaster, writer, media maker), Dianna Wells (Dianna Wells Design) and Associate Professor John Bassani (Swinburne University). An independent observer will assist in this process. The Jury and judges will be looking for creative, original works that respond to the theme with particular attention paid to the process of creation. The Jury decision is final, the jury and or the organising comittee (AGDA Victoria) Will not be drawn into discussion in relation tot he process. From the short list, an additional panel consisting of a wide range of local, national and international designers and design-related personalities will each select a personal choice, including a brief rationale for their choice.

Principal partners and sponsors will also be called upon to judge their choice.