The UCDA Design Competition recognises the best of the exceptional design work done to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education). The 2008 Design Competition is now underway. UCDA is looking for your biggest and best ideas for our annual design competition - whether it be print, electronic, green, and even student work!

Criteria
Any work designed, published, or used by an educational institution is eligible. Work must have been published between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008.

Deadline for submissions EXTENDED
18 July 2008

Mail submissions to:
UCDA Design Competition
199 Enon Springs Road West, Suite 300,
Smyrna, TN 37167
United States

Winners
Winners will be notified by 15 August 2008, and will be on display at the UCDA Design Conference, 4-7 October 2008, in Savannah, Georgia (United States).

Awards
Awards will be given for Excellence, Silver and Gold.

Print Judges
Lee Lipscomb, Locomotion Creative (Nashville, TN)
Mark Schwartz, Nesnadny + Schwartz (Cleveland, OH)
Gil Shuler, Gil Shuler Graphic Design (Mt. Pleasant, SC)

Electronic media Judges
Jim Datz, Neither Fish Nor Fowl (Brooklyn, NY)
J. Seth Johnson, Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN)
Lou Kinarad, Interactive Knowledge (Charlotte, NC)

Green Judge
Phil Hamlett, Academy of Art University (San Francisco, CA); AIGA Center for Sustainability co-chair

Reproduction rights
Submission of entries to the UCDA Competition acknowledges the right of the University & College Designers Association to use them for exhibition, publication, and publicity. Entrants agree to hold UCDA harmless of any claims that may be made against it by reason of such reproductions. Securing releases is the sole responsibility of the entrant. Submission of entries is acknowledgment of these terms. Entries become the property of the University & College Designers Association, and cannot be returned. UCDA takes no responsibility for determining official authorship or ownership of Web sites. The judges will review all pieces submitted to the Competition, and the final number of pieces accepted into the show will be at their discretion. The judges may recategorise entries; if so, there will be no adjustment of entry fees. Decision of the judges on entries accepted and the level of awards are final.

For more details on the submission procedure and the competition itself, visit: http://ucda.com

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For more information, please contact:

UCDA (University & College Designers Association)
99 Enon Springs Road West, Suite 300
Smyrna, TN 37167
United States
T: +1 615 459 4559
F: +1 615 459 5229
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W: ucda.com