Morisawa Type Design Competition 2024 and a Chance to Win JPY 1 million
By: Morisawa IncLast update:
Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
Age
- No specific age required
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldMusic, Art and Graphic Design
Job locationJapan
Needed documentsSample of your work
Opportunity description
Morisawa is pleased to announce the competition edition of this year; Morisawa Type Design Competition 2024, which awards works that pursue originality and aesthetic excellence.
Competition Categories:
- Japanese category
- Latin category
- Simplified Chinese category
- Traditional Chinese category
- Hangeul category
Benefits
If you win this competition, you will have a lot of amazing prizes for each category:
- For Morisawa Award
- A certificate
- A trophy
- An additional cash prize:
- Gold Prize; JPY 1 million (1 work)
- Silver Prize; JPY 500,000 (1 work)
- Bronze Prize; JPY 300,000 (1 work)
- Honorable Mention; JPY 50,000 (5 works)
- For Fan Favorite
- 1st and 2nd highest number of votes (1 work each) will be honored with a certificate and a trophy.
Eligibility criteria
You should follow the following criteria:
- Open to individuals or groups.
- There are no specific restrictions regarding nationality or other criteria.
- Employees of Morisawa Inc. and its group companies are not eligible to enter.
- There is no limit to the number of submissions per entrant. No entry fee is charged.
- All entries are considered to comply with these conditions upon submission, and it is assumed that they meet these criteria. Disqualification may occur even after the results have been announced if it is discovered that an entry does not comply with the conditions.
- Only unpublished original works are accepted.
- The following are not considered as published:
- Designs announced on university or educational institution websites.
- Designs shared on personal blogs or social media.
- Designs mentioned in third-party interviews.
- Not permit modification or return of the submitted work files.
- For entries submitted for Fan Favorite, part or all the work may be published on the official website.
Competition Timeline:
- Submission Period: May 14, 2024 to August 29, 2024 (JST).
- Fan Favorite Voting: Scheduled for around December 2024.
- Results Announcement: Expected around February 2025.
About Morisawa:
Morisawa USA Inc is located in San Francisco. It was founded in May 2014. Its business is to develop and supply of digital fonts (typefaces), annual licensing contracts, cloud font service, the supply of embedded fonts, develop and sales of typesetting software and e-book solutions, and sale and support of DTP and CTP systems and on-demand printers, and related areas.
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