competition
T-SHIRT COLLECTION for HSE ART AND DESIGN STORE
competition dates
10.01.2024 – 04.30.2025
Competition ended
t-shirt
illustration
About Competition
Jury
Projects
Shortlist

Suggest a design, win the competition, release a print run and become a part of the HSE ART AND DESIGN STORE!

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Original size 1280x829

About the nomination

A T-shirt is not only a necessary item in your wardrobe, but also a way to express yourself and to communicate not only with friends, colleagues and acquaintances, but with the world.

The winners of the competition will be able to put their unique capsule collection of T-shirts for sale!

Terms and requirements

The goal of the nomination is to form a selection of auteur capsule collections in the HSE ART AND DESIGN STORE, released in a limited edition of 54 copies (18 copies per one illustration) A series consisting of three illustrations for silk-screen printing* on T-shirts are accepted into the nomination.

  • Silk-screen printing is the art of screen printing that allows you to create expressive and long-lasting prints.

Everyone is invited to participate, including students of HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL

— Consider the allowed colors of the T-shirts when creating your illustrations: black; green; electric blue and gray. The T-shirts can be of the same color or different ones, 18 pieces per color, within one drop. — As for the art style, we wish to see modern illustration and sharp graphics, counterform, decorativeness and expressiveness. — Images can be supplemented by a text-block. Font compositions and lettering are allowed. — All fonts must be converted into curves. It is not recommended to use fonts smaller than 5pt (less than 6-7pt when reversing). — The maximum size of the illustration is 400×550 mm. — The location of the illustration (on the front of the T-shirt or on the back, in the center or on the side, at the top or bottom) is decided by the creator. Keep in mind that we do not print on seams and sleeves.

— The maximum number of colors is 3, we use paque paints, white backing is not needed, when drawing, consider the order of printing layers. — A pdf file is required to output films, each color must be output in black and is on a separate layer with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. — A hand-drawn illustration should include an indication of the brand and the author’s name in the following way: HSE ILLUSTRATES x Author’s Name (at the author’s discretion, this can be a hand-drawn outline or font (remember about copyright)) — Projects on acute social and overly gloomy topics are not recommended for participation in the competition. — To participate in the competition, illustrations from the presentation must also be sent to the artz.work. platform — The presentation should also include a link to a file sharing service where the PDF files for printing are located.

While in your presentation on deziiign, click the «Share» button next to the cover or at the bottom of the project. Click the «Send images to shop» button, select your images, select the appropriate section in the appearing menu, then click the «Create cards» button and your illustrations will turn into cards on shop.artz.work

The available colors are black, green, electric blue and light gray

Original size 2560x878

The illustration in a printable size must be uploaded to shop.artz.work

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While in your presentation on deziiign, click the «Share» button next to the cover or at the bottom of the project. Click the «Send images to shop» button, select your images, select the appropriate section in the appearing menu, then click the «Create cards» button and your illustrations will turn into cards on shop.artz.work

This is what the layers in a PDF file look like in order of printing

Original size 1152x437

Terms of implementation

After the presentation of voting results, the winners will enter into a license agreement for production of 54 T-shirts (18 pcs. for each design) for sale at HSE ART AND DESIGN STORE with the following payment of the commission and the author will also receive three T-shirts: one copy of each design of any size.

*The organizers reserve the right to not select every single design option from the three presented by the author for implementation on T-shirts.

Competition stages

This is a permanent open call. Deadline for uploading projects is the 25th of each month.

Selection of the best projects — from the 25th to the 28th of each month.

Announcement of winners (from 5 to 15 authors) occurs on the 28th of each month.

The next start date for accepting projects is the 26th of each month.

Jury

— Evgeniy Tonkonogiy — Yaroslav Subbotin — Julia Blucher — Ekaterina Titova — Bakhtier Kavrakov — Maria Stepanova

Prizes

I place    50 000 rubles II place   30 000 rubles III place  20 000 rubles

References

Degree Programmes

HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL offers the following academic directions «Communication design» and «Clothing design» and «Branding in the fashion industry», where students can receive education a bachelor’s and master’s degree and participate in short-term study opportunities. A project-based approach to learning, the creation of a professional digital portfolio, practice teachers and involvement in real creative industries allow our alumni to become winners of international awards, employees of successful companies and studios, high-class professionals in the fields of design, fashion, contemporary art, photography, theater, programming, game design, media, advertising, cinema, animation, sound art and visual effects.

Contacts

HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL Moscow, Malaya Pionerskaya st., 12 creativeopen@hsedesign.ru Get in touch with the event coordinators

Terms of HSE CREATIVE OPEN competition

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