365: AIGA Year in Design – Competition

A famed competition, redefined for today’s designer. 365: AIGA Year in Design celebrates your passion, hard work, and dedication. For agencies big and small as well as those going it alone, we’re recognizing excellence and representing innovation across all categories of communication design, from print to web to service to spaces—both physical and virtual.

365: AIGA Year in Design is a 360-degree view of design over 365 days. This competition publicly celebrates designers, design teams, and their clients for effectively working together to design creative solutions for challenges presented by businesses and organizations.

Categories

The 365: AIGA Year in Design competition encompasses the following categories:

Brand and Identity Systems
Civic Design
Corporate Communications
Editorial Design
Entertainment Design
Environmental / Experiential Design
Experience / Product / Service / Systems Design
Illustration / Photography
Immersive Design
Information Design / Data Visualization
Motion Graphics / Animation
Package Design
Promotional Design and Advertising
Social Design
Typographic Design

Deadlines

Early discount deadline: February 26, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Regular deadline: March 12, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Final deadline: April 22, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET (late fees apply)

Eligibility

Work in all media is eligible if it has been first designed, produced, or launched publicly and available for sale or use in the general marketplace between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023. Generally, © 2023 will be indicative of the eligibility date. New work created after December 31, 2023 will not be considered.

International entries are eligible. In order for the jury to understand the content and context, entries that are published in languages other than English must be sent with an English-language counterpart

One-off student school projects/assignments don’t qualify and won’t be considered.

Type of Entry

Single Entry: An individual entry with a minimum of three (3) and up to five (5) supporting images, including multiple views of the same piece for the same client may be uploaded.
Series / Campaign Entry: Up to five (5) different pieces for the same client that are conceptually related and should be judged as a group. Collectively they comprise one single entry and may cover multiple categories. A minimum of three (3) and up to five (5) images may be uploaded.

365: AIGA Year in Design – Entry Fees

Entry Fees (per entry)	Early Discount Deadline: February 26, 2024	Regular Deadline: March 12, 2024	Final Deadline: April 22, 2024
AIGA Members	$140	$165	$215
Nonmembers	$200	$225	$275