InHowse Design Awards & Competition

Get national exposure with the best competition for in-house designers.

 

Enter and your design could win you a feature story in HOW magazine, as well as acknowledgement where it really counts: your own company.

Deadline: May 1, 2013

 

 

 
Corporate identity. Sales collateral. Point-of-purchase displays. Employee communication. Membership materials. The InHOWse Design Awards recognize the best creative work produced by designers working in corporations, associations and organizations. This premiere awards program shines a spotlight on an under-represented segment of the design industry, giving in-house designers the kudos they deserve. Submissions are evaluated by business category to ensure that a broad range of design work is represented.

Browse previous winners in our Design Awards Gallery

 

 

WHY YOU SHOULD ENTER

• National exposure of your name and corporate work
• See how your work compares to the work of your peers
• Clients like working with “award-winning” designers
• A chance to have your work featured in HOW’s January 2013 issue
• Great Prizes

 

 

 

THE PRIZES
Best Of Show winner will receive:

• Two-page spread in HOW’s January 2014 issue
• Representation in our online gallery and archive
• Press release to the design community promoting your win
• Trip to the 2014 HOW Design Live Conference

Merit winners will receive:

• Publication in HOW magazine
• $100 gift certificate toward the 2014 HOW Design Live Conference

THE CATEGORIES
Enter all print work in the category that best describes your company’s industry.

• Business-to-Business
• Consumer
• Education (schools, universities, daycare)
• Entertainment (music, movies, media, sports)
• Financial/Legal (banks, mortgage companies, investment firms)
• Government (local, state, federal)
• Food & Beverage
• Fashion
• Kids
• Pets
• Sports
• Travel
• Health Care (pharmaceuticals, doctors’ offices, hospitals, insurance providers)
• Nonprofit Institutions, Organizations & Associations (museums, zoos, churches, charities)
• Technology & Science
• Architecture/Interior Design

HOW TO ENTER

1. Enter your work online. You may submit up to 5 images per entry.
2. Credit all persons involved in the creation of the piece. HOW isn’t responsible for incorrect, illegible or incomplete credit information.
3. Describe the objective and results of your entry in 100 words or less and include the description with the Entry Form. (Optional but strongly suggested.)
4. If you choose to enter offline, type or print the HOW InHOWse Design Awards offline Entry Form completely. This information will be reproduced in the magazine exactly as submitted if you are selected as a winner. Send 2 well-protected unmounted samples. No slides or digital images please. Securely attach a copy of the Entry Form to the back of each sample of your entry. Include 2 copies of the Payment Form with your payment.

WHAT’S ELIGIBLE?
Work must have been created between May 1, 2012, and June 3, 2013.

EARLY BIRD ENTRY FEES

Single entry………………………………….$100 (stationery systems are counted as single entries)

Campaign/Series…………………………..$125 (three or more pieces that function as a system)

THE DEADLINE
All early bird entries must be submitted no later than May 1, 2013 (11:59 pm EST). Entries submitted after May 1 must add a fee of $40 per entry to the early bird pricing. Entries submitted after June 3, 2013, will not be accepted.

Other Important Stuff

• Winning entrants grant HOW the right to reproduce images of their work in the January 2014 issue of HOW and to display the projects at HOW events. Some winning entries may also appear on HOW’s website and in other digital and printed materials.
• HOW assumes all entries are original and are the works and property of the entrant, with all rights granted therein.
• HOW is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the entrant and will not become involved in copyright disputes.
• If you wish to be notified of the receipt of your entry, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard.
• HOW will notify winners by January 2013, after judging is complete. No entries will be returned.

Privacy Promise
Occasionally we make portions of our customer list available to other companies so they may contact you about products and services that may be of interest to you. If you prefer we withhold your name, simply send a note with your name, address and the competition name to:

List Manager, F+W Media, Inc.
10151 Carver Road, Suite 200
Blue Ash, OH 45242

The Details
If you have additional questions, e-mail us at HOW-competition@fwmedia.com or call (715) 445-4612 ext. 13430.

 

 

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