Illustration News
NYCxDESIGN Launches Uplifting Citywide Poster Campaign: An Ode To NYC
NYCxDESIGN has launched 'An Ode to NYC,' a poster campaign featuring a bold collection of graphic expressions dedicated to New York City's enduring creative energy.
& SMITH Designs Branding and Packaging for Kib Herbal Tea Range
& SMITH designed branding and packaging for Kib, a new herbal tea range launched by East African specialty food company The Perennial Foods Group.
New York Festivals Launches Bowery Awards
New York Festivals has launched 'Bowery Awards,' a new competition celebrating independent creatives in the commercial landscape. Proceeds of the 2020 Bowery Awards will be donated to Feed the Frontlines NYC.
PRINT Awards 2020: Call for Entries
PRINT has announced its call for entries for the PRINT Awards 2020. Formerly known as the Regional Design Awards, the PRINT Awards has a fresh focus on global inclusion, new exclusive categories spotlighting design activism and the latest creative technology, and it continues to highlight talented student work.
Clairvoyants 2020: Illustrated Children's Book Competition
Dwie Siostry Publishing House is calling for submissions for the 2020 Clairvoyants international competition for an illustrated children's book. The competition is open to authors, illustrators, graphic designers, and aims to discover talented artists & children's books authors and give them a chance to become known both on the Polish and on the international book market.
Winners of 2020 V&A Illustration Awards Announced
The V&A has announced the winners of the 2020 Illustration Awards. Established in 1972, the Awards celebrate excellence in student illustration and three categories of contemporary practice: book cover design, book illustration and illustrated journalism.
17 Global Artists 'Design the Future' for Future London Academy
Future London Academy asked 17 artists and designers from over 13 countries to 'Design the Future' - speculate what it will be like in 100 years, aiming to inspire designers everywhere to be part of it.
HP, Intel and Movidiam Team Up to Offer Free Creative Classes
HP has partnered with Intel and Movidiam to launch a brand-new free initiative designed to inspire the next generation of creatives and digital artists.
Fake Graphics for Real Movies: Graphic Design in Animated Film
In animated movies, hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pieces of illustrative and typographic design are generated to create a believable and rich world. The graphic designers' main role is to support and advance the storytelling while adding beauty, humor, texture, and a sense of time and place.
Posterheroes Unveils Selected Posters for 9th Edition
Posterheroes has revealed the selected posters for its ninth edition, 'Humans at Work.' This year's competition asked entrants to design a poster about future work scenarios and the role of dignified employment in the lives of individuals and in the sustainable development of society.
ADC 99th Annual Awards Week Kicks Off With 36 Cube Winners in Fashion Design and Illustration
Winners in Fashion Design and Illustration were revealed on this first day of the week-long online ADC 99th Annual Awards.
Brightness Illustration Award 2020
The second Brightness Illustration Award is now open for entries. The Brightness competition is a non-profit event open to both amateur and professional artists internationally.
HP Brings Over 30 Artists Together for #windowsofhope
HP recently partnered with artists from all over the world like Shepard Fairey, Aaron Draplin, Laura Callaghan, Noma Bar, Jessica Hische and Kanae Sato to create a gallery of printable posters to help everyone fill their windows with hope.
B&B Studio Designs Delivery Boxes for Dalston's Soda
B&B studio recently worked with Dalston's Soda to design flavor-generic outer boxes for shipping that brilliantly reinforce its 'soda with soul' brand positioning.
The Creative Pixel Project
Anna Goodson has launched 'The Creative Pixel Project' to bring people together and connect them through an inclusive digital art mural.
Communication Arts Publishes Illustration Annual 61
Communication Arts has published Illustration Annual 61, which features the winners of its 61st annual illustration competition.
Adobe + Shepard Fairey Kick Off 'Honor Heroes'
Iconic artist Shepard Fairey posted 'Guts not Glory' to kick-off 'Honor Heroes' -- a new digital art collaboration in partnership with Adobe that honors the workers and volunteers who are making a difference during the COVID-19 crisis.
JIA Illustration Award 2020
Japan Illustrators' Association is now calling for submissions for its 2020 international illustration competition.
UCDA Design Awards 2020
The 2020 UCDA Design Awards are now open for submissions. The Awards program recognizes the best of the exceptional design and creative work done by communication professionals to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education) and supports the exchange of ideas and information relating to the unique role of these creatives.
Joseph Binder Award 2020
The Joseph Binder Award is an international competition with a focus on graphic design and illustration. The award is held every two years by designaustria.
Penguin Random House and Anyways Creative Promote the Joy of Reading with New Holiday Campaign
Penguin Random House has collaborated with Anyways Creative for 'Books Make Us Better,' a fresh and engaging campaign to promote the joy of reading by gifting books during the holidays.
World Illustration Awards 2020 Call for Entries Now Open
The Association of Illustrators (AOI) is now calling for entries for the 2020 World Illustration Awards. The Awards are open to professional and new talent illustrators living and working in any country.
V&A Illustration Awards 2020
Submissions are now open for the 2020 V&A Illustration Awards. The Awards celebrate excellence in student illustration and three categories of contemporary practice: book cover design, book illustration and illustrated journalism.
Communication Arts 2020 Illustration Competition
Submissions are now open for the Communication Arts' 2020 Illustration Competition. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and illustrators, the winning entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Illustration Annual, in print and digital editions.
The Book Illustration Competition 2020
The House of Illustration and the Folio Society have announced their 10th Book Illustration Competition. The competition aims to identify and promote new talent in illustration.
D&AD Launches 2020 New Blood Awards
D&AD has launched the briefs for the 2020 D&AD New Blood Awards. As one of the largest competitions for emerging creatives to exercise and showcase their talents on briefs set in partnership with some of the world's leading brands, the design-led briefs have been set by brands including BBC, Google, Penguin, and XBox.
Baron Fig and Kyle Webster Launch New Notebook
Baron Fig has today launched Trace, a limited-edition notebook created in collaboration with Adobe Design Evangelist Kyle Webster.
ADC 99th Annual Awards
The 99th ADC Annual Awards, one of the world's longest-running and most prestigious global competitions celebrating excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of design and advertising, is now open for submissions.
Vault49 Creates Murals for Burger & Lobster in New York's Flatiron District
Vault49 has created a series of murals for Burger & Lobster in the Flatiron District, New York.
Adobe Releases Fresco Drawing and Painting App for iPad
Adobe has today released Fresco, a next-generation painting and drawing app for the iPad. Designed for professional-quality work but easy enough for anyone to use, Fresco offers sharp, clean, infinitely scalable vector brushes, versatile and adaptable Photoshop brushes.