Visual Design
Description
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards may be given in this category. One Grand Gold award will be chosen from among all of the entries in categories 15-20.
Categories
15. Multi-Page Print Design
16. Single-Page Print Design
17. Cover Design
18. Posters
19. Logo and Brand Identity Graphics
20. Design Improvement (Print or Identity)
Judging criteria
Judges consider: (for this category, not all criteria are weighted evenly)
- Overall quality of design
- Format
- Originality
- Quality of reproduction
- Consistent with brand/messaging
- Overall impact/effectiveness
- Use of color
- Typography
How to enter
Once you have submitted and paid for the entry using the online entry form, mail two copies of the entry to be judged along with a printout of your entry form to the Visual Design judging coordinator:
Steven Lont
Director, Marketing and Creative Services
Oregon State University Foundation
850 SW 35th St.
Corvallis, OR 97333-4046
541.737.3267
steven.lont@oregonstate.edu
For oversize items such as signage and banners you may submit photographs or reduced-scale prints.
For Cover Design (17), submit ONLY the front cover or the publication either mounted on a board or in a plastic sleeve.
For Design Improvement (20), you must submit BOTH the old and new designs, clearly labeled. The “old” design must be the previous iteration of the same publication or graphic that was still in use at the time of the redesign.