Poster Design Competition

The International Poster Design Competition at Bengaluru Design Festival is now open for entry. This competition aims to showcase and celebrate contemporary poster design from around the world.
The highly-rated entries will be chosen for the Poster Exhibition at BDF and will be included in the Festival Book.
Highly-rated entries, 1st, 2nd, and 3d place will be awarded by the jury and will be promoted during BDF, via social media and online.

Guidelines

Please read the guidelines below before submitting an entry.

  • All submissions should be done on or before 30th September 2022.
  • Submissions have to be created specifically for the competition or Bengaluru Design Festival.
  • A maximum of 3 posters may be entered per participant.
  • The competition is open to both students and professionals.
  • Content submitted on the poster entry form must be accurate and include all designers involved.
  • The content submitted in the entry form will be used for the Poster Exhibition at Bengaluru Design Festival and the Festival Booklet. This content may not be possible to change.
  • Moving and animated posters are accepted however if selected a print format also needs to be submitted.
  • The posters will be judged on their content, concept, and delivery, and value will be placed on design work which alters perceptions or ways of thinking, offers creative solutions to problems, contributes to discussion on current affairs, opens dialogue and provokes discussion for debate and makes innovative use of media or medium.

Prizes

1st Prize : 25,000/-
2nd Prize: 15,000/-
3rd Prize: 10,000/-

Additionally: The highly rated entries will be chosen for the Poster Exhibition at BDF, included in the Festival Booklet and will be promoted during BDF, via social media and online to over 100,000 active followers and viewers.

Submission Format

Digital Entry
File type: .jpg / .pdf
Dimensions: Native size of poster A1.
File size: Under 10mb
Physical Entry
The preferred format is A1, however, we accept any shape or size of poster.

Last date to submit the design : 30th September 2022. Selected design has to be executed by 10th November 2022.

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