International poster competition

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1 International poster competition Chaumont 2017

2 27 E BIENNALE DE DESIGN GRAPHIQUE LE SIGNE, CENTRE NATIONAL DU GRAPHISME À CHAUMONT Rules International Poster Competition 2017 FOREWORD The International Poster Competition of Chaumont was launched in 1990 in order to value graphic poster creation on an international level. The posters entered by the designers through the competition are behind this collection that now includes more than posters conserved in Chaumont. The richness of the Chaumont collections of contemporary posters together with the collection of illustrated posters of the 19 th century and the vitality of 26 editions of an annual festival have given rise to the creation of a permanent venue in Chaumont entirely dedicated to graphic design: le Signe, centre national du graphisme, which opened its doors in October The international poster competition will take place in 2017 in the context of the 27 th Biennial of graphic design organized by le Signe, centre national du graphisme à Chaumont from 13 May to 24 September CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION Conditions relating to the author The international poster competition addresses all professionals, whether independent or employee, working in the public or private sector, irrespective of the age, status or nationality. Companies and cultural institutions may also enter productions created in the context of a commission for them as clients, with the authorization of the author(s), under the condition that the letter of agreement and the manual donation are duly signed by the authors (cf. appendices). Conditions relating to the work presented The posters must have been commissioned or been used in a real context. Only posters created in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 are admissible, regardless of their subject, dimensions, commissioners or the number of authors involved in the creation. Posters that had already been entered in previous editions of the competition cannot be judged a second time for the present edition. Each author participanting in the competition may send up to 5 projects. The authors may present their work as an individual work or as a series, in which case a series of pieces is considered as one work. The on-line registration form allows for this distinction. PROCESS Registration In order to participate in the competition, the author registers on-line on the site centrenationaldugraphisme.fr and then proceeds as follows: Accept the present rules; Print out and sign the document entitled Letter of agreement ; Print out and sign the document entitled manual donation ; Sends the poster(s) together with the letter of agreement and the manual donation in the same consignment.

3 Sending in the posters and enclosures The deadline for sending the posters of the competition is set for Monday, 27 February 2017, according to the postmark. Posters sent in after this deadline will be taken into consideration for the next International Poster Competition. The posters must also be received in Chaumont by 10 March The authors must make sure that the delivery time does not exceed this deadline for reception of the posters in Chaumont. Le Signe, centre national du graphisme à Chaumont may not be held responsible for any damage or loss of posters sent in to the competition. The posters must not be framed or pasted onto to cardboard. They must be carefully protected, without any staples, tape nor inscription on the poster for shipment, costs of which are payable by the applicant. No document is to be pasted on the posters. The organizers cannot be held responsible for any loss or deterioration of the consignments. The shipping costs as well as any custom duties are payable by the authors. The organizers are entitled to refuse any works sent with a declared value and for which custom duties are charged. In order to avoid any custom duties, please indicate on your consignment: Printed matter, no commercial value. Shipping address: Concours international d affiches Le Signe, Centre national du graphisme Département Collections, expositions et recherche Place des Arts F Chaumont Send the package(s) With the posters and the two duly signed and dated appendices; Bearing the note printed matter, no commercial value ; Before Monday, 27 February 2017 (as per postmark). Jury and exhibition An international jury composed of renowned professionals in the field of graphic design will meet in Chaumont for several days in order to assess the posters entered by the applicants. The jury will select approximately 100 posters that will be exhibited during the Biennale and will choose three posters or series of posters that receive the distinctions, 1 st prize, 2 nd prize and 3 rd prize of the International Poster Competition of Chaumont. The jury is sovereign and makes their decision by the majority of the voices, upon deliberation. A statement will be draughted to render these decisions. The selection is entirely made by the jury upon the assessment of printed posters physically received in Chaumont. No posters can be selected based on a digital file or a photograph. Prizes and the ceremony The jury members of the 27 th International Poster Competition of Chaumont shall designate three award winners corresponding to the three prizes. The author(s) of the awarded posters will receive the following prizes in cash, transferred directly to the author(s) by an administrative money transfer: for the first prize, for the second prize, for the third prize. In case there is more than one author, the prize money is shared according to the allocative key indicated in the registration form and validated by the co-author(s). The awards ceremony will take place in Chaumont on Saturday, 20 May 2017.

4 AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPENDICES Letter of agreement The author declares having read and accepted the terms of the assignments of property and exploitation rights relating to the works received in compliance with the letter of agreement appended to the present rules (Appendix 1). Manual donation All the works received for the International Poster Competition are donated to the Town of Chaumont, as described in the Manual donation (Appendix 2). The posters that are selected by the jury for the exhibition of the Biennial of graphic design become part of the collections of the Town of Chaumont if they are accompanied by the said letter of agreement and manual donation. The posters that are not selected for the exhibitions may also become part of the collections of the Town of Chaumont, in accordance with the policy of the development of the collections, and at the discretion of the Department of Exhibitions, Collections and Research of the Signe, centre national du graphisme. The authors of the posters kept in Chaumont will be informed by . The posters that are not selected and not kept can be picked up by the authors until the 13 May, The organizers will not send any posters back to the authors. The Town of Chaumont makes all of its poster collections available to le Signe, centre national du graphisme, for the purposes of its missions concerning the conservation, management and development of Chaumont s heritage. Only entries accompanied by the said appendices duly signed by the author(s) or their representative will be taken into account. These two appendices (manual donation and letter of agreement) generated by the on-line registration and bearing the list of works entered with their indexation and requested data must be included in the consignment containing the posters. Guarantees You expressly guarantee to le Signe, centre national du graphisme and its possible partners against any appeal or action that may be pursued on any grounds by any natural person or legal entity, and notably any collecting organisation or company that deems it must enforce any rights in respect of the authorisation granted by the participation and process of the competition and the exploitation planned in the appendices or of any provision therein. You are the author of the works and the sole person responsible for the contents of the work and thus engage to use no element that can violate the rights of third parties namely their property rights or rights relating to the personality, and declare that you have obtained the prior authorization of any third party whose protected work or name appears in the works. Particularly, the participants declare that the works do not contain any content that may violate the law and other provisions, namely those related to defamation, slander, private life and forging The organisers reserve the right to reject entries containing statements that are hateful, obscene, discriminatory, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, sexist, or liable to incite racial hatred. Any entry containing such statements will immediately be disqualified. Acceptance of the rules Participating in the Competition implies entire and unconditional acceptance of the present rules. Le Signe, centre national du graphisme reserves the right to modify the terms of the Competition or to cancel it, and will bear no responsibility for this reason. The author will be informed as soon as possible. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND CONTACT: concours@centrenationaldugraphisme.fr artwork : Helmo, from Savignac

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