Design a cover for DG magazine with the theme:
Images of the Decade

The theme of the competition is ‘Images of the Decade’. The decade you choose can be in the past or the future, but not the present. The intention is to encourage entrants to look beyond their own experience, creating a snapshot of a past or future time.

Download the Call for Entries here
Download the InDesign/Photoshop templates here

The DG Student Design Competition is open to Tertiary and Secondary School students in Australia. Entries are judged in the following divisions: Tertiary Division, Secondary Division.

The prizes will be announced here and via newsletters. You can sign up for newsletters here for notification.

THE BRIEF
Design a cover for an imaginary issue of DG magazine with the theme: ‘Images of the Decade’. Trimmed page size: 297mm x 210mm, portrait (A4).

The imaginary issue will have a series of articles on images that are representative of a particular decade. That period may be in the past or future. Not the present.

The cover should therefore include one or more images that typify a particular period. The subject allows for a variety of editorial angles; historical or futuristic.

All entries must use the templates supplied by DGi Media (Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop). Which can be downloaded from here.

The graphics may be illustrative or photographic. In the case of photographs, some third party photographs may be used (as magazines and newspapers do), but in such cases it must be clearly marked on the entry form. If third party images are used, marks will be awarded for an individual’s creative and original use of such images.

It is important that the design is the entrant’s own work. Images may be sourced from third parties but they must not be used “as found”. Entrants should use photo-imaging techniques to create unique cover images.

The results will be published online here at the DG Design Network. www.dgdesignnetwork.com.au/dgdn

Closing date for entries – 30 April 2012
Competition is open to Australian Tertiary and Secondary School students only
There is no entry fee for the competition 

Please see the Call for Entries for Terms & Conditions

See the 2011 DG Student Design Competition Gallery here

Here are the results from the DG Student Design Competition 2011. From a high calibre field of entries, it was hard to choose, but the worthy winners display great conceptual and technical skills. They also provide appropriate concepts that satisfied the brief: Images of the Decade.

The winners for 2011 are…click here

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DG STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION 2011   -   CALL FOR ENTRIES

This year’s challenge is to design a cover for an imaginary issue of DG magazine with the theme “Images of the Decade”, where it is up to you to choose the decade.

Once again we supply the Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop templates to get you into the task quickly.

As before, there are two divisions: one for tertiary institutions, the other for secondary schools.

It is intended that students attempt to capture the cultural flavour and essence of their chosen decade through one or more images. It is permissible to incorporate third party images into the cover design, but the final image must be largely the student’s own work. Thus they can research images and then use photo-imaging techniques to create something totally original. Third party images must be substantially reworked so that they are not simply used “as found”. Students can, of course, use their own illustrations. This is then a “real world” experience because designers of magazines, books and movies use other people’s images but need to create something distinctive and original. That’s the challenge.

The CALL FOR ENTRIES can be downloaded here

The TEMPLATES can be downloaded here

DEADLINE is 30 April 2011

We look forward to it being difficult to judge all of the wonderful cover designs.
Good luck.

DGi Media Team

See the gallery from DG Student Design Competition 2010

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For several years we invited students to design a cover for an imaginary issue of Design Graphics and, more recently, DG magazine. Here are the results and a selection of entries from the 2007 competition. This competition was open to all students studying an appropriate course at an Australian tertiary institution. Congratulations to the winners!

Student Design Competition 2008
For 2008 we have made some important changes to the competition. The competition is now called the ‘DG Student Design Competition’ and has expanded to offer a choice of designing a magazine cover or website home page and there is a new division for secondary school students. Visit the Call for Entries page for more information.

To read more about the competition, click here.

To view the gallery of winners, commendations, and notable entries, click here.

Winning Entries for 2007:

First Place: James Bryant
Bachelor of Arts (Design & Communication)
University of the Sunshine Coast

Runner Up: Brad Scott
Graphic Design / Bachelor of Design
Sydney Graphics College

Runner Up: Samantha Stevens
Graphic Arts, 2nd Year
Gordon Institute of TAFE

Commendations:

Commendation: Louise Brough
Advanced Diploma Arts/Graphic Design
Holmesglen TAFE

Commendation: Jesse Hodgson
Diploma of Graphic Design, 2nd Year
Sunshine Coast TAFE

Commendation: Amberly Kramhoft
Graphic Design Diploma
Western Sydney Institute

Commendation: Faye Pannell
Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design
Central TAFE, Perth

Commendation: Kitidej Rattanasuvansri
Diploma of Graphic Design, 2nd Year
Southbank Institute of Technology

Commendation: Hans Christian Surzawan
Sydney Graphics College

Commendation: Christina Wardle
Graphic Design Diploma, 2nd Year
Hornsby TAFE

Commendation: Laura Wong
Bachelor of Design, 2nd Year
Sydney Graphics College.

This year, the DG Student Design Competition has been expanded to include website design and, in response to many requests, a separate secondary school section.
The 2008 edition contains two divisions: print and online. You can enter one or both divisions.
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