Offers two for art related sites. One with three levels (Gold shown) that are given to recognize artists and to promote art in general (no porn). There are rules but they are closer to the feeling than the material.
The second one is only given to exceptionally beautiful sites on the web. Sites that go above and beyond both in design and content.
Announcing the first caedes.net web-design contest: Designing a new look for caedes.net! Anyone with experience using a graphics program like Photoshop is able to enter, no HTML coding needed. The winner will have his/her webdesign work featured as the default skin for caedes.net and receive a membership in the Caedes Cadre for as long as the design is in use. If the designer wishes, his/her website will be linked on the bottom of every page along with suitable attribution text. This would be a great source of referrals for those budding web designers out there. The contest will last until an acceptable design is found. Have your work viewed by millions!
PingMag is an online design magazine based in Tokyo. Defining the term design as broadly as we can, PingMag writes about ideas and inspiration coming from both world class designers, and from the little store on the corner. We look at everything; product design, packaging, architecture, web design, typography, illustration, photography, fashion, programming, graphics, video, art, toys, traditional crafts, graffiti, set design…. anything, in fact, that we consider inspiring and we think will excite you too.
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Before & After magazine has been sharing its practical approach to graphic design since 1990. Because our modern world has made designers of us all (ready or not), Before & After is dedicated to making graphic design understandable, useful and even fun for everyone.
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As the world’s largest and toughest advertising competition, the ADDY awards attracts over 60,000 web design entrants to this event each year. Web design entries are judged at the local, regional, and national level. The American Advertising Federation sponsors this event each year to showcase the best talent in web design and development along with other forms of advertising media.
Accordingly, the graphical approach needs to meet the same lofty standards in order for every board in range to look as good as technical know-how will have them ride.
The Award is split up into two main stages. Firstly, nominations will begin on July 16. This is your chance to put forward your favourite CMS in each category to through to the final stage of voting, which will be announced at the beginning of September; this is when the voting stage begins. Voting closes on October 26, with the winners announced later that month and throughout the beginning of November.