Big news for this year’s competition is a tiered pricing structure designed to make it easier for smaller agencies, studios and freelancers to participate.  Companies with 21 or more employees pay the standard entry fee; smaller shops with from 2 to 20 employees get a discount on entries (amount varies by discipline) and freelance creatives and one-person shops are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.

Other noteworthy changes to the ADC 97th Annual Awards include:

• Creation of the ADC Design for Good award for excellence in work that fosters societal or political change.  This new reduced-fee subcategory exists within each of the categories, with the winner selected from among the top vote getting Design for Good entries in each category.
• Once each jury has selected its ADC Gold, Silver and Bronze Cube winners, they will choose which Gold Cube winner stands out to receive an ADC Best in Discipline award.
• The ADC Black Cube, formerly a Best in Discipline award, is now elevated to represent the Best in Show overall.
• Freelancers can now enter for their contribution to a campaign or project created by an agency.  For example, a self-employed illustrator can now enter their work in the Design-Illustration category for illustrations they here hired to do by an agency for a brand’s print ad campaign.
• The Design discipline now consists of categories for Illustration, Photography, Typography, Brand Communications Design, Publication Design, Experiential Design, Product Design, Packaging Design, Motion and Film Craft, Innovation and Design for Good.  Entries in each category are judged by a jury that includes members who are professionals in that particular category.

The ADC and AIGA Detroit are happy to announce a special 10% Entry Discount for all AIGA Detroit Members!  Simply use the following code when submitting your entries: AIGADET97

Deadline for Entry: January 31, 2018. ENTER HERE
ADC 97^th Annual Awards Ceremony: May 7^th, 2018

Visit http://www.signalreturnpress.org/ink-up for ticket info.

Thursday, October 5, 2017
Alternative Facts
6:30pm Reception / 7pm Dialogue
The Jam Handy
2900 E. Grand Blvd, Detroit

Friday, October 6, 2017
The Lie That Tells the Truth
6:30pm Reception / 7pm Dialogue
Woods Cathedral
1945 Webb Street, Detroit

Visit www.culturelabdetroit.org to RSVP!

CALL TO ARTISTS:

Open to students, working and professional graphic designers are welcome to submit. Please send an email to info@dmjstudio.com with the following information.

• Name
• 150 (max) word description of poster
• Title of poster
• Size
• Please attach a sample of your work in a PNG format (size 792 px X 1224 px) to the email.

OTHER INFORMATION

• You can submit up to three (3) posters
• No submission fee for this exhibition
• DEADLINE: All submissions are due Saturday, September 30, 2017
•  If your submission is chosen, the following sizes are acceptable for final artwork. You will be responsible for the printing of your poster. Print suggestions will be provided to accepted artists.
  • 12 x 18
  • 16 x 20
  • 24 x 36
  • 27 x 40
  • 40 x 60

SUGGESTED THEMES

• Power and Equality
• Change
• Freedom of Speech
• Protest and Protesting
• Wake Up America
• Stay Woke
• We the People
• Peace is Possible
• War
• Education in America
• Immigration
• Women Liberation
• LGBT Rights
• Power of Local Government

SAVE THE DATE

Posters on Politics | Saturday, November 4, 2017 | The Baltimore Gallery Detroit | 314 E. Baltimore, Detroit, MI 48202

Jennifer Daniel is an illustrator, graphic designer, author, and regular contributor to the New York Times and the New Yorker. As a Creative Director at Google and former graphics editor at the New York Times she explores both verbal and written language as a means of personal expression and regularly questions how she justifies contributing to capitalism. Acclaimed for her conceptual, clever, and content-driven approach to illustration and writing, her work has also been widely published. Her latest book, The Origin of Almost Everything, explores the universe through charts and diagrams, data, and facts. Fast Company calls her “a genius at information design” and her latest book, “the best-looking science book ever created.” Her work has been recognized by the Art Directors Club, D&AD (Design & Art Direction), Malofiej (infographic awards), American Illustration, the Society of Publication Designers, Society of Illustrators, and AIGA. Mother of twin toddlers, Daniel describes the intersection of career and parenthood: “Still working towards a nomination for Mom of the Year.”

Supported by AIGA Detroit and the Detroit Creative Corridor Center, stewards of the UNESCO City of Design designation.

Unless otherwise noted, all programs take place on Thursdays at 5:10 pm at the historic Michigan Theater, located at 603 E. Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor, and are free of charge and open to the public.

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Wednesday, May 17 at 3 PM – 6 PM
Detroit Center for Design + Technology
Tickets available here

FILM SYNOPSIS
The Happy Film is a feature-length documentary in which graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister undergoes a series of self-experiments outlined by popular psychology to test once and for all if it’s possible for a person to have a meaningful impact on their own happiness.

This international event brings together motion design educators from different areas of expertise to present work and discuss motion and how it enhances, effects, changes messages, meaning, and communication. The conference takes place at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, 07–09 June 2017. Conference presentations will take place at the Wexner Center for the Arts and Hayes Hall.

MODE is a gathering of design educators who specialize, research and teach in the area of motion design. We see this event of particular interest and relevance to graphic design, visual communication design, typography, cinema, theatre, fashion design, animation and storytelling. Together we will help shape the professional, theoretical and educational aspects of motion design. We encourage all interested parties to submit, as our definition of motion is quite diverse.

Important Dates

• July 15, 2016 – Open Call for Proposals
• November 1, 2016 – Extended Abstract Deadline
• December 7, 2016 – Notification of Accepted Abstract
• March 1, 2017 – Notification of Paper Accepted with Reviewer Feedback
• April 15, 2017 – Revised Paper, Ready for Publication Due
• June 7, 8, 9, 2017 – Conference at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• June 30, 2017 – Conference Proceedings will be ready to download

This collaborative and interactive festival of the printing, visual and literary arts will take place Thursday April 6- Sunday April 9, 2017 in Detroit’s Eastern Market and will celebrate the art of letterpress and the growing number of practitioners and aficionados in Detroit. The festival will kick off Thursday night at College for Creative Studies’ Woodward Lecture series with artist Lesley Dill. Friday night will see the opening of exhibitions in various venues around the city of Detroit, all celebrating our festival theme of Power of the Press. Saturday will be made up of opportunities for workshops at partner art studios and special visits to local arts institutions. On Sunday, Shed 5 of Detroit’s Eastern Market will be the site of a free, family friendly festival, with vendors, artist demonstrations and literary events.

Power of the Press Fest is proudly sponsored in part by AIGA Detroit.

Thu, Apr 6, 2017 6:00pm
Sun, Apr 9, 2017 5:00pm

http://www.powerofthepressfest.org/