Dear members,
We are pleased to announce that Distorted Designers is going to arrange a competition for the designers or creative journalists who are really waiting to see their dream comes true. As we know it’s hard, kind of impossible to print one book from any press. So it will be a great opportunity for designers/artists/creative journalist to publish their own creative journal or portfolio as a book through this competition.
It will be basically a Graphic Design contest. So we will be allowing you to design the journal/portfolio for others. But it should have minimum level of design activities. For an example- you can design the portfolio book for a photographer with his photos. A little bit of design and description about the photo can add taste.
Details for the competition:
Book Content: Portfolio or Creative Journal.
Categories: Advertising, Architecture, Art/Paintings, Comics/Humor, Crafts and Hobbies, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Illustrations, Interior Design, Music, Photography, Sketches, Travel and Wedding.
Rules:
1. Participant should be the member of Distorted Designers (If you are designing for someone else then s/he should not be the member of DD)
2. The book can be designed jointly
3. A member can submit more than 1 design
4. Book can not contain any irrelevant offensive contents
5. Language should be either in English or Bengali
6. If you plan for any journal then proper referencing and footnotes are appreciable.
Specification for the Design:
1. Book size will be- 10X8 inch
2. Your raw files must be in EPS format
3. Images must be in 300dpi and embedded
4. Texts must be “Create Outlined”.
5. Pages should not contain any hidden or unexpected contents
6. For page sizes and bleed areas please download the zip file which contains all necessary page templates and instructions. [Please note, this is the most important part of your design. So please read carefully. If it is not clear to you please ask.]
Upload: Please submit your design in PDF version for judging. PDF file should contain all the pages and the contents should be clear. Remember, initial selection will be made based on your PDF copy. Your DD details (DD username/email etc.) will be required while you will submit.
After initial selection, you will be asked to submit your raw files. And if you failed to maintain the format as we mentioned above, your submission will be cancelled. However we are happy to fix minimum level of fixing.
Prizes: We will select Winner, Ruuner-Up and Second Runner-Up for this competition. All of three participants will get their book printed. Winner will get the book as soon as possible. Runner-Up and 2nd Runner-Up will get their book few months later.
Delivery Method:
1. Book will be delivered only in Bangladesh and Australia
2. Winners’ postal address will be asked later
3. We will not be responsible if the book is missing while delivering to your address. But we will ensure the best ways to deliver the book.
4. You will get only 1 copy of the book. For further copies you will have to pay for each copy. Printing and delivery cost will be included in the price.
Copyright:
1. DD will have all the full copyrights of the selected and submitted books
2. DD may add or use 1 page for itself containing its information/advertisement or just place the logo.
3. Blurb will add 1 page at the back to place their logo.
Deadline: Final Deadline for the submission (.pdf) – August 15, 2010
After August 15, 2010 no submission will be accepted unless we extend the deadline. Selected books’ raw files will be asked for print within 1 week after first submission.
If you have any confusion with the topic that you are planning then you can email us the topic name with a small description (80-100 words) by July 25, 2010. We may guide you to proceed.
Inspiration: Please find the link given below to for inspiration and ideas on what you are planning.
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/category
Please keep your eyes on this thread regularly. Rules can be changed if necessary.
Any kind of confusion and suggestion, please reply here.
Good Luck!
Distorted Designers
anyway few suggestions could help you to reduce the file size-
Nurul Amin Russel
Dhaka, BD
