NewStar is officially over for another year, a big thanks to all those who entered and an even bigger thanks to The Loop for making the process so easy!

It’s now up to the Judges to finalise the lucky shortlist. These people will have their work displayed the the Melbourne Museum and they’ll also be published in the 2012 agIdeas event book not to mention be even closer to winning the amazing prize!

We will contact those lucky people early next week who will have 24 hours to get high res versions of their work or stills of their films if they entered in the Multimedia category!

Again, Good Luck to everyone!

With only 4 days left to enter NewStar, many, many, many questions are being asked regarding entries and other specifics regarding the competition. Please have a read and of course if something hasn’t been addressed, do not hesitate to contact us.

1. Am I allowed to enter a photograph, a 3D piece and a film all in one entry?

No. Each category is judged separately e.g. Industrial Designers will judge 3D and film makers/digital artists will judge multimedia. We do not ask all judges to view every entry as there are so many, they would be sitting there for a month getting through everything! You are however able to enter each category separately.

2. Am I able to enter multiple images for each 3 piece I want to enter?

No, you are only able to upload 3 files/1 image for each piece to The Loop that is to include a description of the project. However, you are able to upload one file that includes multiple images of the project all on the same page.

3. Do you have any tips on the content I can submit and how to best represent my work?

Unfortunately we are unable to give specific tips on what to enter as it would not be fair for the other entrants. 

4. I only want to submit one film but I can only upload 1 mins clips but my film goes for 2:45?

You can submit 3, 1 min long clips of the same film OR 1 min clips of 3 different films.

5. Can I submit works that have been entered into other competitions?

Yes

GOOD LUCK and don’t forget, entries will close at 5pm THIS FRIDAY!

Please visit The Loop to enter now!

Ahn Sang-soo is a major figure in Korean graphic design. As one of the most influential designers in East Asia, Sang-soo has created

typographical work in Korea that has made him a household name. He supervised the transition of the traditional Hangul Korean alphabet, into a functional design medium, incorporating all the digital demands and interpretations needed for design today. His exploration and research on the functionality of the Korean alphabet has revolutionized the way in which Korean people design, and he is continually improving typography in textbooks and newspapers.

Ahn Sang-soo is not only a designer, but also a poet, philosopher, linguist, and teacher. His company, Ahn Graphics, is a design, multimedia and advertising firm, and a publishing house.

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Browns is an independent design studio with a forward-thinking approach. Browns have purposely sidestepped the trends of stylized design, to create work with weight and cultural significance.

The studio’s publishing house, Browns Editions, has designed and published collectable printed matter, including Browns Papers.

With work ranging from a pop-up tavern in a museum to a special edition conceptual book, Browns have crafted a contemporary design studio producing work that has a shared relation to the world around it.

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Fabrica, Benetton’s communication research centre, was set up in 1994. The fruit of the Group’s cultural legacy, is based in Treviso, Italy in a complex restored and enlarged by Tadao Ando.

Fabrica is not a school, advertising agency or university. It is an applied creativity laboratory, a talent incubator, a studio of sorts in which young, modern artists come from all over the world to develop innovative projects and explore new directions in myriad avenues of communication, from design, music and film to photography, publishing and the Internet. These artist-experimenters are accompanied along their research path by leading figures in art and communication, blurring the boundaries of culture and language and transgressing the traditional borders between a diverse range of communication mediums.

Communication research at Fabrica services a wide variety of social causes and disciplines such as economics, social or environmental sciences. Fabrica’s aim is to grasp the future by giving innovative exposure to cultural or scientific projects which open a window onto tomorrow’s world.

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Ken miki believes that graphic design is a language that can be universally understood, and his office, ken miki & associates, have created a wide range of design works that incorporate this methodology. From working with IBM Japan to working on school signs, Miki continually breaks new ground, assembling parts of the design process using an approach much the same as they way one strings words together when they speak.

Ken miki & associates have won various awards, in Japan and internationally, and Miki’s work can be seen in permanent collections at museums around the world.

http://www.ken-miki.net/

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