11th International Visual Identity Awards

Deadline: March 30, 2024

Competitions

Design

Location(s)

  • Online

Overview

We're on the look out for graphic design students to become ambassadors for the 2023 competition in their places of study. 

Do you have what it takes to persuade your fellow design students to enter this year's IVIAs?

Sign up today for this exciting opportunity!

Details

Are you a branding agency, freelancer in logo design, graphic design student or corporate that is looking to showcase recent branding work?  

If so, then the International Visual Identity Awards design competition is for you. 

Categories

There are 21 categories in the International Visual Identity Awards design competition. When entering, please choose the most appropriate category for your design work. We reserve the right to re-categorize your work should we feel it to be necessary. You will be judged against design work submitted into the same category.

One winner and a second and third place runner-up will be announced in each category. One overall winner receives the title of 'Visual Identity of the Year'.

Winners are announced on the IVIA website and by e-mail and receive a badge to display on their website and marketing collateral. Printed certificates are available upon request. 

  • Manufacturing
  • Destination
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Energy/Utilities
  • Consumer products
  • Public sector
  • Student
  • Media and publishing

  • Transport and automotive
  • Healthcare
  • Financial services
  • Food and drink
  • Restaurants, hospitality, travel and leisure
  • Retail
  • Charity and non-profit
  • Professional services
  • Fashion
  • Real Estate

Why should you enter?

There are numerous benefits to entering, aside from that warm glow of satisfaction when you find out you've won!

Winning an award can:

  • Provide excellent PR and marketing opportunities
  • Help you break in to new markets and countries
  • Enhance the credibility of your services
  • Attract talent to your team and motivate your employees

But what makes these awards different?

We founded the awards with a clear vision to provide an equal opportunity for all types of entry, from the freelance designer, through to small design studios and large branding agencies. All entries are judged equally. 

Each entry is assessed against submissions in its own category, so healthcare entries will be up against other healthcare entries for example. It’s an obvious idea but one that does not tend to happen for this kind of design competition. This also means that your work has a higher chance of winning, since it's not competing with all the other IVIA entries. 

We’re independent. We’re not affiliated to a publication. We’ve not been created by designers. We are simply a group of people who are passionate about good design. We are truly international in that we are committed to drawing our pool of judges from all four corners of the globe.

Who is the team?

We are a small and nimble team with experience across advertising, events, visual identity and awards competitions (having been involved with the International Photography Awards, Lucie Awards and Pilsner Urquell International Master Bartender competition).

Why are we doing this?

We've set ourselves a lofty goal. We're out to change perceptions of visual identity around the world. We don't just see ourselves as a platform for the celebration and rewarding of great design work but a forum to engender debate on a global scale around the importance of visual identity and its place in our lives.

It's an important debate and one we felt could be encouraged within the context of an independent international design competition that recognises the best visual identity work globally and the positive impact of a discipline that is so often misunderstood.

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:


Description of Ideal Candidate

Entries are eligible from any country worldwide from both client and agency teams and we accept design work from agencies both big and small, as well as freelance designers. Students in full-time education may submit their work into the student category.

Rules

  • Entries must include not just a logo but also examples of its application across different items as part of a brand's visual identity system.

  • Eligible entries must have been launched between 1st January 2022 and the final closing date. Entries are permitted from all countries worldwide.

  • All entries must be submitted online only through the IVIA website. Entries are only accepted with a completed online form and processed payment. Entry fees are payable in UK Sterling and are not refundable in any circumstances. One form per entry.

  • Concept or speculative work is not accepted.

  • The organisers reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to remove any entry from the competition that they deem to be plagiaristic, ethically suspect or offensive and no correspondence will be entered into.  The organisers reserve the right to ask for evidence of the publications of the items submitted into the competition. The organisers also reserve the right to re-categorize any entry should they feel it to be necessary.

  • 'Likes', 'follows' or 'retweets' from the Visual Identity Awards social media accounts do not in any way constitute endorsement or favouritism towards any works and will have no bearing on the judges' decision, which is undertaken independently. 

  • The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. 


Dates

Deadline: March 30, 2024


Cost/funding for participants

What are the fees?

  • Early Bird Standard Fee: £70 per entry + UK VAT
  • Early Bird Student Fee: £50 per entry + UK VAT

How do I pay?

We accept payment through PayPal only, where you have a number of different payment options including all major credit cards. Payment is processed by the competition's organisers Dinsdale and Partners Limited.

Why is there an entry fee?

We are an independent competition, not tied to a large corporation or media company. As such, we need to charge an entry fee to cover the administration costs of the awards.

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