AIGA design competitions
AIGA’s design competitions celebrate exemplary design
and demonstrate the power of effective design.
Juried design competitions
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Justified: AIGA Design Competition
AIGA’s annual design competition, “Justified,” collects and showcases the stories behind the best design to demonstrate the collective success of our profession. Results of the 2013 competition will be announced in the fall. |
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Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships
Each year, Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships allow college students from disadvantaged backgrounds to realize their artistic dreams. Recipients of 2013–2014 scholarships will be notified in June 2013. |
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Design Ignites Change | AIGA Fellowship
The Design Ignites Change | AIGA Fellowship program is geared towards creative professionals with a concept that has potential to ignite positive change. Fellowship recipients receive seed funding to get their project started along with professional guidance and mentoring to help turn their concept into reality. |
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50 Books/50 Covers Competition
This time-honored competition celebrates the year’s 50 best-designed books and book covers, as judged by a distinguished jury. The 2013 call for nominations is now closed. |
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365 | Design Effectiveness Competition
AIGA awarded design work that’s both aesthetically pleasing and effective at solving client challenges. The selections in this juried competition represented the most effective work across all disciplines of communication design. |
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AIGA (Re)design Awards
This biennial design competition is open to design professionals, students, educators, businesses and organizations whose design solutions have a positive impact on our society and environment. Enter by June 22, 2013. |
Live competitions
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Command X: Season 4
Held at the AIGA Design Conference, this live design reality show allows up-and-coming designers to step into the spotlight—giving them the chance to break into the industry in front of 1,500 peers, heroes and potential employers. |
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Pixels of Fury
Shutterstock and AIGA take creative inspiration to a new level in “Pixels of Fury: A Live Creative Inspiration Tournament.” Designers compete under pressure in front of a live audience to answer the challenge: “What will you inspire us to do?” |