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Every month, a new competition. Browse open, judging, and past open calls below.
July 2026
Open01 Jul 2026 — 31 Jul 2026 · 35 days remaining · 0 entries
June 2026
Judging01 Jun 2026 — 30 Jun 2026 · 0 entries
Grid & Structure
Explore the tension between rigid systems and organic form. Submissions should demonstrate a strong underlying grid — whether obeyed, broken, or subverted — as the central design decision. Think modular layouts, mathematical divisions of space, or architectural rhythm applied to any visual medium.
Negative Space
Explore the power of absence. This theme challenges you to treat empty space not as a void, but as an active compositional force. We're looking for work where what is left out speaks as loudly as what is included — where silence, restraint, and the unseen carry the emotional weight of the piece. Any medium accepted: illustration, photography, typography, product design, architecture, motion, or spatial design.
Typographic Portraits
The human face rendered entirely through type. This theme asks you to construct a portrait — real, imagined, or abstract — using letterforms, glyphs, or typographic elements as the sole visual building blocks. Show us expression without illustration.
May 2026
Closed01 May 2026 — 31 May 2026 · 7 entries
Complementary Contrast
Opposites attract — and collide. Use complementary colour pairings to create work that vibrates, surprises, or unnerves. Push the tension further than comfortable.
Monochrome
One hue. Infinite expression. Explore the full tonal range of a single colour — from the lightest tint to the deepest shade. Any discipline, any output. The constraint is the creative.
April 2026
Closed01 Apr 2026 — 30 Apr 2026 · 8 entries
Metal & Glass
Hard surfaces. Reflections. Industrial elegance. Explore the aesthetic and conceptual territory of metal and glass — their weight, transparency, and capacity to distort or reveal.
Paper & Print
The physicality of print — letterpress, risograph, screen print, or the simulated aesthetic of analogue reproduction. Work that celebrates paper as a medium, not a substrate.
March 2026
Closed01 Mar 2026 — 31 Mar 2026 · 8 entries
Frozen Movement
The decisive moment — or its invention. Capture or construct a single frame that holds motion in suspension. Photography, 3D, illustration, or graphic composition all welcome.
Kinetic Typography
Type that moves — or implies it. Whether actual motion design or the graphic suggestion of kinetics in a static frame, we want to feel momentum, rhythm, and temporal flow.
February 2026
Closed01 Feb 2026 — 28 Feb 2026 · 7 entries
Anatomy of Design
The body as system. The design system as body. Explore the parallels between biological structure and constructed form — grids as skeletons, colour as circulation, type as musculature.
Silhouette
The body reduced to outline. Explore silhouette as a design device — its capacity for anonymity, universality, and graphic power. Identity through the absence of detail.