AMADEUS Festival Vienna commences its third International Design Competition 2024/2025, with a mission to promote and uplift fresh emerging talents in the fields of visual arts and graphic design.
This initiative, framed within the communication strategy of the Festival itself, aims to serve as a platform that recognizes and rewards the works of artists interested in the world of classical music, who help us project and promote the image of the Festival internationally.
RULES & REGULATIONS 2024-2025
FIRST. AIM
- AMADEUS Festival Vienna’s third International Design Contest, AMADEUS Festival International Design Competition 2024/2025 will award the best design of a poster promoting AMADEUS Festival Vienna for the year 2025. We welcome and value a variety of creative approaches and artistic points of view. The theme of this year’s competition is Women & Culture.
- Submitted work must be original and unpublished. Work that has already been awarded or is pending resolution in other competitions, contests or calls will not be accepted. Participants also guarantee the authorship and originality of the submitted designs presented, as well as the absence of third party rights over them, and are responsible for any claims that may be made in this regard.
SECOND. ELIGIBILITY
- Participants of any nationality between the ages of 16 and 30 are eligible to enter.
- Participants with any level of experience, whether it is amateur or professional, are eligible as long as their work abides by the stipulated regulations.
- Submissions must be individual. Collaborative or collective works are not permitted. Each participant may present a maximum of one (1) design, with their own name connected to their work. Pseudonyms will not be accepted.
- Fully AI-generated works will not be accepted to the competition.
THIRD. REQUIREMENTS
- To avoid shipping costs, the participants must submit their designs and all other requested information electronically through the following Google form:
https://forms.gle/p9AMZ6BvNdf2U86e8
FOURTH. DESIGN CRITERIA
The application period will officially open on Monday, July 1st, 2024, at 00:00 Austrian Time. The deadline is Tuesday, October 1st, 2024, until 23:59 Austrian Time.
- Posters must adhere to the following guidelines:
- The posters must be submitted in pdf format with a Google Drive link to the open file in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, or Canva.
- The poster design must be adjusted to A1 size.
- Size resolution: 84.1 x 59.4 cm (7016×9963 pixels) 300 dpi
- Color space: (CMYK and RGB)
- Orientation: Vertical (portrait) only
- The design must include:
- The date of the 2025 Festival: 26-29.06.2025
- The Festival logo: The Festival logo in the version that best suits will be included in the application form
- The design must include:
- PDF files must be titled with the author’s last name, first name and the title of the poster, following the format given below:
LAST NAME_FIRST NAME_POSTERTITLE
** Participants who do not adhere to the guidelines above may be excluded from the competition.
The organization will protect the authorship of the works, guaranteeing the transparency of the deliberation process. If there are any questions about or incidents during the participation process, please reach out to the email address below:
Website link: https://www.amadeusfestival.com/international-design-competition-2024