The professional association for design. Nebraska Chapter

Design War

 

What is Design War?  

Design War is a live design competition and spectator event… and the first of its kind in Nebraska. Five designers will race simultaneously to complete a design challenge within 25 minutes while sharing their monitor on the big screen.  We’ll push, prod and put the creative process under the spotlight as the contestants battle to win CASH!!

 

Event Schedule 

Friday, March 18, 2010

6:30   7:15 Doors Open: cash bar, music

7:15   10:15 Album Cover Battle, Logo Battle, Poster Battle

10:15  Afterparty


Entry Fees 

$30 per Contestant, per category
(option to have a non-designing teammate at no cost)

 

Deadlines 

All contestants must be entered by March 4, 2011.
Five contestants are allowed per category and are filled on a first-come basis.

 

Eligibility 

Designers of all levels can enter!

 

** Rules & Regulations **
Click here for full rules and regulations.


Battle Categories 

Logo - SOLD OUT

Poster - SOLD OUT

Album Cover - SOLD OUT

 

VENUE

Embassy Suites
1040 P Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 474-1111

 

Event Tickets 

At the Door Tickets (day of event):

• AIGA Members: $15, Non Members: $20

• Student AIGA Members $10, Student Non Members $15

 

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

 

Ervin & Smith

 

Screen Ink


Porridge Papers

 

DESIGN WAR JUDGES 

  Tom Trenolone

Drew Davies

Drew Davies is the founder and design director of Oxide Design Co., a communications and information design firm established in 2001.

A past president and advisory board member of the AIGA Nebraska chapter, Davies now serves as the design director for AIGA’s Design for Democracy program. DFD is currently involved in implementing nationwide ballot design standards for all elections.

Davies’ work has been awarded by every major national design competition, including One Show Design, the CLIO Awards, HOW, Print, AIGA:365 and Communication Arts. He also judged the Communication Arts Design Annual, an honor bestowed on only nine national designers each year. He is the only Nebraskan who has ever been selected as a judge in the 51 years of the competition.

Davies believes that the most effective method of creating positive change in the world is to clearly communicate the ideas that can make a difference: Clarity creates efficacy.

Clint! Runge

Mr. Clint! Runge is a Co-Founder and Creative Director at Archrival, Inc. As cofounder and creative director of Archrival, a distinguished youth brand strategy and design firm, Runge kicks the tires and lights the fires for clients such as Red Bull, Facebook, SPAM, Colt 45, A&E Network, Walgreens and a host of entertainment brands. He’s won as many awards as he’s had all-nighters with numerous national gold Addy's, Art Directors Club, Young Guns, AIGA awards and One Show appearances including multiple One Show Pencils. His work has also been featured in publications like Communication Arts, HOW, Print, Graphis, STEP and the One Show Book. Most frightening of all, Runge teaches at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the advertising college.

Tom Trenolone

Thomas J. Trenolone, AIA is a Design Principal - Vice President with HDR Architecture, Inc. and a founding Principal of the Dallas/Omaha based research and design collaborative nocturnal design lab (n:dl). He received his BJ/BA at the University of Nebraska in Advertising and Architecture (1994) and completed his Master of Architecture at the University of Kansas (2000). His work has been featured in Architectural Record, World Architecture, and the New York Times and has been exhibited at the AIA National Convention, World Architecture Awards International Exhibition and the 2000 Venice Biennale. ??A former member of Studio 804, Inc. Tom contributed to the design and construction of 216 Alabama along with serving as the Art Director and Editor of Schemata X. He recently founded daOMA (design alliance OMAha, Inc.) a non-profit established to increase the publics awareness and appreciation of progressive design in the region.

 

 


 

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