The Good Design Book

Type:	Call for Entries
Category:	Design Contests > All Design Forms
Entry Fee:	Free
Location:	Online
Prizes:	Published in design book

Entry Deadline

Aug 1 2009

Call for Entries Details

We’re looking for the best examples of design work that engages and addresses critical causes. This can include paid or pro bono work for non-profits, political causes, social justice, the arts, education as well as self-initiated projects that support the greater good.

Work can be in any medium — posters, logos, websites, brochures, campaigns, naming/branding, etc. We’re especially interested in systemic and/or programmatic solutions, as well as beautiful artifacts. This is how we’ll be categorizing the projects:

Teaching: School-based projects that focus on examining a critical issue or aiding a non-profit. How are critical causes being addressed in design education?

Seeking: Non-commissioned/self-initiated work created without a specific client request. How can design thinking identify and address social, cultural and political issues?

Organizing: Work that unites, organizes, draws or rallies individuals or groups around a cause. How does design help spread the word, make people care, and motivate them toward action?

Supporting: Work that supports an existing cause/non-profit . This all the great stuff that designers make for organizations working toward the greater good.

Reacting: Work created in reaction (either affirmative or in protest) to a specific incident, situation or experience. What is the designer’s creative response to the human condition?

Celebrating: Work that celebrates the arts or achievement, contribution or service to a cause. Sometimes good design is, itself, good design.

There’s no cost to submit work, and you can submit as many pieces as you want.