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2016 T-shirt Design Contest

Museum of Biological Diversity Open House

The natural world has many secret lines of communication. The one that is most obvious to us is color.

The Museum of Biological Diversity Open House is the largest outreach event in the College of Arts & Sciences at The Ohio State University. Our theme for the 2016 event is “Living Colors.”

We are looking for original and exciting interpretations of the theme as it applies to biodiversity and the role of color in Nature. Designs will be used for the event’s t-shirts, posters, and event adverts. Winners will receive the prizes listed below plus exposure at a large community event.

Submission Deadline: January 15th, 2016 by 5:00 p.m.

Requirements

The design should be three to five flat colors and suitable for a silkscreen t-shirt, no more than 8.0 inches in height and 10.0 inches in width. The content of the design should relate to the theme of the Open House and the concept of biodiversity.

Please review the PDF icon Museum of Biological Diversity 2016 Open House T-Shirt Design Contest Requirements.pdf to ensure your eligibility and review the guidelines for the contest.

Download the  PDF icon 2016 Open House T-shirt Design Contest Template.pdf and open the file in Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. Create your design within the template and save it as one of the appropriate file types (listed in the Contest Requirements PDF). NOTE: Make your design on a different layer(s) than the template.

Entries not meeting the specifications and requirements will be disqualified. In addition to the satisfying the requirements, you may want to consider some of the suggestions below for improving your design.

Prizes

Apple Watch
t-shirt with the printed design

Recommendations for a successful design

Incorporate the following pieces of text into the design in an interesting way:
Museum of Biological Diversity
Open House
2016

Represent all seven of the Museum collections in the design.
The collections are: Acarology, Borror Lab of Bioacoustics, C. A. Triplehorn Insect Collection, Fishes, Herbarium, Molluscs, and Tetrapods. Visit Museum of Biological Diversity Collections for descriptions of the collections and links to each collection webpage.

Make thoughtful choices regarding colors.
The limited palette of the design means that your color decisions should work well together and contribute to the overall design.