Tufts International Center Graphic Contest
Tuesday, February, 9th, 2021 Archived / Inactive International Center Events
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
The International Center invites current Tufts students to participate in our 2021 Graphic Design Contest!
The International Center is seeking a new graphic to replace our current 'I-Center' graphic. We invite current Tufts students (from all schools and programs) to participate in this contest. The graphic will be used to represent the International Center on the International Center web site, Powerpoint presentations, and other materials such as pens, flyers, posters, and handouts. It will not be used in any official University communications or marketing initiatives.
Who Can Participate: Any current Tufts University student enrolled in any Tufts program can be a contestant. Teams of up to two students are permitted.
Purpose: The graphic will be used on International Center online and print media to represent the International Center to the Tufts community; it will not be used for commercial distribution or purposes.
Theme and Thematic Recommendations:
- The graphic design should be a readily recognizable representation of the International Center and the international community at Tufts. We encourage participants to review our web site and read our mission statement for ideas. International Center staff will not be able to provide feedback, guidance, or suggestions on specific design ideas or proposals.
- The design should not represent particular countries, religions, ethnicities, or backgrounds, but rather reflect the broadly international character of Tufts.
- The design should avoid use of shorthand terminology or labels such as "I-Center".
- If the design incorporates familiar 'international' elements such as globes or flags, such elements should be used in an original, fresh, and creative way.
Guidelines and Restrictions:
- Submissions must reflect original work by the contestants. Use or incorporation of copyrighted, licensed, or previously published images or work is not permitted. Use of official Tufts logos is not permitted.
- Any colors should conform to Tufts branding guidelines; designs must also be reproducible and visually pleasing in black and white.
- Designs should should be simple enough to be reproducible and scalable for large and small formatting, and across different media (print, web, etc.)
- Contestants may submit up to two variations of a single design.
Rights and Acknowledgments:
- If selected, copyright for the winning design must be assigned to Tufts University.
- The creator(s) of the selected design will be acknowledged in an appropriate location on the International Center web site.
Submission Deadline and Process
- The submission deadline is 11:59pm EST on Friday, April 30, 2021
- Submit your entry by the deadline in the original source file (JPEG, PNG, GIF) and as a high resolution PDF of 300 DPI or higher.
- A link to the official contest entry form can be found at the bottom of this announcement. All contestants must complete the form.
- Submission files may be submitted through the entry form or emailed at the same time directly to the International Center at internationalcenter@tufts.edu. Indicate "International Center Graphic Contest" in your subject line. The submission will not be considered complete without submission of the official entry form.
- Include a brief narrative (500 characters or less) that describes how the graphic illustrates or represents the mission and purpose of the International Center at Tufts University.
- Complete and submit an official entry form to accompany the official source file.
- Retain a copy of your submission and entry form in case a copy of your submission is needed for unforeseen reasons.
- Tufts University accepts no responsibility for any data submission delay, loss, error, or situations due to computer or network or related technical issues.
- Tufts will be exempted for all legal liability, compensation and responsibility that may be caused by the competition and/or prize.
Selection Process:
- All submissions received by the deadline will be reviewed by a panel consisting of International Center and Provost's Office staff and two international students.
- International students serving on the selection process may not participate in the contest.
- All contestants will be notified no later than May 31, 2021 of the outcome of the contest.
- The International Center, and Tufts University, reserves the right to not select any design submitted, if no design is deemed satisfactory or acceptable.
- Any design incorporating language or imagery that may be perceived as hateful, discriminatory, or otherwise inappropriate will be disqualified.
- Winners will be announced via our website, social media, and by direct e-mail to the winning contestant(s).
Selection Criteria:
- Entries will be evaluated based on the following criteria (though other criteria may be considered):
- Aesthetic Merit: Does the entry reflect a design that is visually appealing in its use of graphic elements, color, and other factors? Does the design attract attention?
- Relevance: Does the entry reflect a design that readily communicates the identity of the International Center?
- Reproducibility: Can the design be reproduced at various scales and formats without losing quality?
- Originality: Does the composition exhibit original design, creativity and imagination?
- The decisions of the Selection Committee will be final and not subject to review or appeal.
Prizes:
- The winner of the contest will receive a prize of $300.00 and the designer(s) will be credited and acknowledged on our web site.
- The Selection Committee reserves the right to select no design, depending on the quality of the entries.
Legal Matters
- All submitted work must be original, not based on any pre-existing design, and free from infringement of any existing intellectual property rights.
- By submitting an entry, the contestant(s) assigns all ownership rights, including all intellectual property rights to the design, to Tufts University.
- By submitting an entry and if selected, the contestant(s) must agree to the public display and use of the graphic in International Center materials (including its web site, social media site, collateral such as T-shirts and pens, flyers and handouts, etc.).
- By submitting an entry and if selected, the winning contestant(s) agrees to assign a perpetual, royalty free, unlimited, unconditional use and reproduction rights of his/her submission (s) to Tufts University.
- The contestant(s) shall bear full legal and related responsibilities arising from any possible breach of intellectual property rights in respect of their entries, and shall indemnify Tufts University and other concerned parties against any claims and liabilities arising from any such breach.
- If a contestant is found to have disposed of to a third party, such as by assignment, transfer or provision as security, or is making application or registration procedures, etc. for all or any part of the intellectual property rights or any other rights concerning the submitted entry after the submission, the submission will be made invalid.
- The winning designs are subject to investigations regarding originality and eligibility for trademark registration. If they do not comply with the requirements, Tufts University has the discretion to forfeit the prizes involved without any liability to the selected contestants or any other persons and other entries may be selected as the wining designs.
- When the winning design is adopted, Tufts reserves the right to modify and/or develop different versions with relation to its colors, size, form, resolution and all other features, with or without the consent of the creator of the winning entry.
- Any information supplied by the participants for the purpose of the Contest will be treated as confidential and will not be released by Tufts University and any third partiers without the participant’s permission.
- Personal information of participants will only be used for communications regarding the submission and selection and otherwise to the extent necessary for administrative matters for the selection.
- If selected as the contest winner, the winning participant(s) will receive a $300 prize as a credit to the participant's student billing account or through another University-approved arrangement.
- If the winning submission is the product of a team of two students, prize money will be distributed evenly.
- The International Center reserves the right to award no prize if no submission is chosen by the Selection Committee.
