Organizer of the 2nd Festival of Letters TipoRenesansa announces a call for entries for posters on the subject of Volunteering. European Commission called for 2011 to be declared as the European Year of Volunteering. The Commission explained that volunteering is the fundamental expression of civil participation and democracy, as well as an instrument for realizing European values such as solidarity and non-discrimination. The purpose of the competition is to stimulate artists to research expressive possibilities of typography to convey this message as well as to encourage them to use letterpress printing technique in their creations. The jury will judge wittiness of each artist's interpretation, perfection of idea and artistic implementation, aesthetic value and technical simplicity.

The three works awarded by the jury will be pressed by the organizer on Sunday, September 4, 2011, at a public event, using a construction roller, weighing several tons. Other short-listed works will be displayed on the premises of the organizer and on the Festival's website.

More on European Year of Volunteering's website at:

http://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/focus/focus840_en.htm

Submission deadline: August 26, 2011

Conditions:

– Authors (individual or a group) can submit several entries,

– Authors can use any number of colours but only one matrix,

Authors should submit their entries in electronic form which must include:

– Outline of the idea in vector file (pdf) with type converted to curves. Lines cannot be thinner than 4 mm, otherwise the linoleum matrix might get damaged during the printing process,

– Electronic entry the size of 68 x 98 cm, vertical format,

– Author's contact information (name, surname, street, city, country, cell-phone number, e-mail adress) in text file.

– Both vector and text file names must be coded by the author.

Authors should send their submissions via e-mail to:
[email protected]

Jury:

– Radovan Jenko, visual communication designer and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design,

– Stojan Pelko, journalist, critic

– Roman Ražman, graphic designer.

The jury will look at all entries received by e-mail till August 26, 2011. The results will be made public on September 4, 2011, at 10 a.m., during Rolled Poster event, organized by the Festival of Letters.

Prizes:

The three posters awarded by the jury will be printed in 15 copies in the presence of their authors on September 4, 2011, during Rolled Poster event, a part of The Festival of Letters programme. Authors get a certain number of copies of their works, as follows:

First award – 5 copies,

Second award – 4 copies,

Third award – 3 copies.

A certain number of printed copies will be sold at auction that day; the rest of the copies will remain in the organizer's archives. Any proceeds of the auction will go towards covering organizational costs.

Additional information:

Mojca Bizjak

ph + 386 599 47 044 (9 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
e [email protected] 

Our second international workshop deals with designing bodytext and display typefaces that can also be used for letterpress. The final products will include typefaces with 40 characters minimum, which will be displayed in B1 poster size on 2nd Festival of letters in summer. It is still our wish to manufacture selected types in pear wood and use them in the old printing house. Participants with all levels of expertise are welcome, from students, to professionals and those only interested in it as a hobby.

How to apply: write an e-mail to [email protected]

The applicants are requested to register till 21st January.

Participation fee: 338 $ (with tax);