Design Your Own Cover of GDUSA
Fifth Imaging Unit Solution
Digital Print Competition
deadline: august 3, 2011
DIGITAL PRINTING IS THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF THE PRINT WORLD. TO GIVE DESIGNERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR DESIGN FOR DIGITAL PRINTING, AND TO BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, THE EDITORS ARE INTRODUCING THE 2ND ANNUAL DIGITAL PRINT COVER CONTEST. IT IS PRESENTED BY GDUSA, AND SPONSORED BY KODAK AND THE Kodak NexPress FIFTH IMAGING UNIT SOLUTIONS.
To learn more about Kodak NexPress Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions visit www.kodak.com/go/nexpressfifth
entry guidelines
WHAT IS THE GOAL?
The goal is to design a printed insert that will double as
GDUSA's September 2011 magazine cover. The judges, selected by
GDUSA, will choose a winner based on overall visual appearance,
effective use and integration of one of the Kodak
NexPress Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions: Dimensional,
Red Fluorescing, Gloss, Watermark, Clear Coat, or Spot Gloss.
For more on the NexPress Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions and
capabilities go to www.kodak.com/go/nexpressfifth.
WHAT DO I WIN?
The winning design will be printed by Kodak and appear as a cover
tip with the September 2011 edition of GDUSA Magazine.
Additionally, the winning piece will be featured in various
promotional and publicity materials in print and online. The
winner will also be offered an expense paid trip (hotel and
airfare) to Chicago as a guest of Kodak to visit this fall's
Graph Expo trade show and participate in the Kodak exhibition
as a featured guest in the K-Zone. The top ten winners will be
featured on the Kodak website and samples of their work will
be shared as global samples at Kodak international tradeshows.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
All graphic designers, art directors, and other creative
professionals at graphic design firms, ad agencies, corporate
and institutional design departments, publishers and printers,
and other creative businesses. Groups and teams are welcome,
as are currently enrolled graphic design students.
Kodak and GDUSA employees and immediate family members are not
eligible for participation in the contest.
HOW DO I ENTER?
First, you must provide us with basic personal information by
filling out the entry form. Be sure to write your name,
company and contact information clearly and legibly.
Second, download a PDF template of the GDUSA cover to give you
the parameters within which you may design. You must take
into account placement of the logo and date.
Third, after you have completed your design, either mail or
email the completed PDF or file, or a printout of the
cover, back to GDUSA. This should be a reduced sized file,
1 MB, for judging. The winner(s) will later be asked to submit
a high res file for actual printing. The entry form must
accompany the design entry.
YOU MAY SUBMIT UP TO THREE COVER DESIGNS
WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT FIFTH IMAGING UNIT SOLUTIONS
enter online
- download an entry form >
- download the
cover template > - place the completed
form and your cover
design in a zipped folder - upload your files here >
RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS
Winning entrants grant Graphic Design USA and
Kodak the right to reproduce and include the
winning piece(s) in the September 2011 edition
of the magazine. In addition, Graphic Design USA
and Kodak are granted the right to reproduce the
winning piece for, or have it appear in,
promotional and publicity purposes in any and
all materials and media including, but not
limited to, press releases and stories,
advertisements and advertorials, trade shows and
exhibitions, reprints and overprints, sales materials
and brochures, websites and enewsletters.
questions
tel: 212.696.4380
fax: 212.696.4564
email: awards@gdusa.com
email entries to:
the GDUSA Awards Department at
awards@gdusa.com
mail entries to:
Graphic Design USA
89 Fifth Avenue, Suite 901
New York NY 10003
Attention: Awards Department