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LIGA Total! Game Management Interface, Spark Winner Deutsch Telecom

AWARD CATEGORIES

Spark>Communication includes Graphic Design, Packaging, Digital, Brand, and Advertising
For all the Spark competitions, we have tried to create a very open entry system, for every possible type of design within the disciplines covered. Thus, we have listed a large number of categories. Sometimes, a design may fit more than one category. Don’t worry about choosing the “best” one when registering. Everything is judged on its merits.

Designs are not judged within a category, but rather, in the context of our Criteria. There are no rigid divisions—categories are listed here so a designer feels that their work is appropriate and welcome. We can have any number of winners—or none in any given area. All depends on the work, and the design sensibility of jury. That’s why we work hard to find tough, fair and collegial judges.

If you have a design that you consider one of your true “classics,” Spark has a perfect opportunity. We have the Spark Classics category. Any design, in any media  may be submitted, including designs previously submitted to Spark competitions.

GRAPHIC DESIGN
Print: publishing, media, books, art books, posters, brochures, documentation, advertising, direct mail
Typography
Corporate and financial, annual reports, internal publications
Wayfinding, signage, informational kiosks and terminals, environmental

PACKAGING
Point-of-sale (POP), sales packaging (all products & services, consumer and industrial)
Boxes, containers, shipping cartons
Promotional displays, exhibitions, 3D graphics
Packaging materials, innovative applications
Sustainable, eco-design
Packaging graphics, labels, branding
Integration, trans-design (at least two media involved)
Ergonomic
Information system integration, usage

DIGITAL
Multi-media
Games, console, stand-alone, web-based, cloud-based
Apps (Apple, Android, MS, et al), software (Apps may also be submitted to the Spark>Apps Competition)
Motion design, film, advertising
Video: interstitials, PSA’s, station ID, special effects
Digital video effects & animation
Websites, blogs, e-zines, online shopping, social media
Interactive, graphical interfaces, industrial, telecom, appliance & product interfaces
UI, UE & UX
Electronic communications systems

BRAND
Branding and business strategy and organization
Brand communications
Identity, logos