Creative practice

Life for me goes a little bit slower than a couple of month ago. I managed to pass my Swedish test, actually I got the highest mark available on it! Then, I made my work sample and applied for a place at Hyper Island. Apart from my make-a-living job I have not much to do. To be honest, I do not enjoy it.

I have surfed through various design contest on Twitter and I found some great positions. I feel that this is sort of thing I really need at this moment.

1. Together or apart?
Artists are invited to submit creative interpretations of this year's competition theme: „Together or apart?”. The First Prize Award is 7000 PLN (about € 1750, $ 2200). The 10 most outstanding projects will be presented during the Art Moves Billboard Festival in September/October 2010 in Torun, Poland.

2. Behind the logo
BP's slick green logo doesn't suit a company that wants to invest in tar sands, the dirtiest oil there currently is.

3. Design contest for iamasource.com
We are the brand new crowdsourcing website for graphics, advertising and design. IamaSource is just that, “I am a Source”. Our community is an unlimited source of inspiration and creativity for clients, but at the same time a meeting point for designers who want to compete and grow professionally. Award: 2500 Euro.

This is all I found so far. I am sure that there is more contests, but I simply overlooked them. The logo design for iamasource.com has a fat award. However the website itself does not look professionally at all. The brief is written in a way that makes me doubt it even more. Nevertheless, I need to refresh my portfolio and this would be a great way to create something new.