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| Australian Sign and Graphics Awards 2008 |
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The Event will be held at The Darling Harbour Grand Ballroom on FRIDAY 31st OCTOBER, 2008 during the Sydney VISA EXPO.
It is the sign industry's NIGHT of NIGHTS Event!
The Awards recognise and reward sign companies across Australia in a variety of categories - they signal the wonderful array
of talent, traditional / modern / digital in the sign industry. |
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| Our skills-based categories for 2008 |
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1. VINYL – Non-Digital
This award comprises signage predominantly made from “off the shelf” adhesive vinyls and may include signs on walls, vehicles, banners, shopfronts & general signage. This category excludes vehicle wraps (see Category 2).
2. VEHICLE WRAPS – Digital & Non-Digital
This award recognises and encourages the specific skill required to design and apply signage known as “vehicle body wraps”. To be eligible for this award, vehicles must have at least 50% of the vehicle mass covered with signage or graphics. Vehicles may include cars, vans, buses, boats, trucks and bikes.
3. AIRBRUSHING OR HANDPAINTED MURALS
This award includes signage where airbrushing techniques or murals form a substantial part of the competed sign and may include signage on walls, vehicles, banners and general signage.
4. TRADITIONAL SIGNCRAFT SKILLS
This award recognises and acknowledges the traditional hand skills still being practised in our industry today, and may include hand lettering, mask and spray, sandblasting, gilding, gluechipping, etc. Signage may comprise vehicles, walls, shopfronts, etc.
5. SHOWCARD SKILLS
This award recognises and acknowledges traditional hand skills and may include chalkart, calligraphy, posters and showcards.
6. SCREENPRINTING
This award is to showcase screenprinting in the sign industry. Any screenprinted item with any number of colours directly printed on any ridged substrate greater than 1.5mm thick is eligible.
7. ROTARY ENGRAVING
This award covers any engraved sign or image using a rotary engraving machine. Output would include directories, nameplates, mimic panels, presentation awards etc on any selected material.
8. LASER ENGRAVING
This award covers any laser produced sign or image using a CO2 laser machine. Output would include directories, nameplates, mimic panels, presentation awards etc on any selected material.
9. ROUTER OUTPUT
Entries for this award need to be produced on a router and can be any sign, logo, image or output produced (excluding engraving: see Categories 7 & 8) where a sign, graphic or image is the main subject.
10. CARVING / SCULPTURE
This award includes both hand-carved or machine carved (or sculpted) signage in any material and can be either full 3D or 3D relief, and also includes moulded signage.
11. FABRICATION (1)
This award may include 3D fabricated letters, free standing plinth signs, pylon signs and may include metals, plastics and timber, etc.
12. FABRICATION (2)
This award includes pylon signs and sky signs and may include metals, plastics and timber etc.
13. NEON BENDING & LIGHTING EFFECTS
This award covers applications of neon glass to illuminate signage or create special lighting effects and may include signage on walls, advertising signs, shopfronts, sky signs, architectural applications, etc. Entries must be accompanied by night photographs.
14. ILLUMINATION – Other than Neon
This award may include signage illuminated by LEDs, fluorescent tubes, spot lights etc and may comprise flexface signs, general lightboxes, edgelit signs, etc. Entries must be accompanied by night photographs.
15. DIGITAL PRINT OUTPUT
Entries for this award may include vehicles (excluding wrapping: see Category 2), murals, flexfaces, light box faces, banners, posters, etc.
16. ORIGINAL IN-HOUSE DESIGN CONCEPT
This award assesses the fundamental design aspects of a sign where the design concept was developed in-house, irrespective of whether the sign was manufactured in-house or contracted out to a third party.
17. DIRECTIONAL, WAYFINDING & STATUTORY SIGNAGE
This award assesses the overall directional, wayfinding or statutory signage project and may include proprietary or non-proprietary signage systems or products, and signage can comprise any form.
18. SELF-PROMOTION
This award is for promotional work of any type, eg, hoardings, banners, freestanding signs, walls, vehicles, brochures, business cards, whatever etc, that are created for the purpose of self-promotion with no budget constraints or commercial value to a client. The category rewards any skill set to promote your business.
19. WORK BY AN APPRENTICE / TRAINEE – 1ST YEAR
An encouragement award is for outstanding achievement in the first year of an apprenticeship. Any work undertaken as part of the course is eligible for entry. (Trainee's contribution to be 75% or greater).
20. WORK BY AN APPRENTICE / TRAINEE – 2ND–4TH YEAR
This award is for second, third or fourth year Apprentices and any work undertaken as part of the course is eligible for entry. (Trainee's contribution to be 90% or greater).
21. INDUSTRY TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT AWARD
This award recognises the outstanding contribution of an individual, company or institution in furthering the education & training within the sign industry.
(Entries are to be in a written submission so as to fit on the sponsor's mounting board only).
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A. Judge selection
The judges for the Australian Sign and Graphics Awards are made up from our pool of independent judges. Each Judge is selected based on their skills and knowledge in a particular field within the Sign and Graphic industry.
B. Blind Judging
All judging is BLIND because this is the fairest way. I.E. The judges do not know who each entry is from until after they have made their choice of the winner.
This is achieved through the careful editing of all information provided to remove the name and any other clue to who each entrant is. All other information submitted by entrants is presented to the panel in a stylised format.
C. Judging on Merit.
Judges will have full rights to select appropriate entries for each of the medal categories. They are under NO obligation to award a GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE in each and every category. The awards are based on merit and should the judges see fit, they may award more than one of the medals or none of the medals in any category.
D. Final selection methods
A pre-judging category selection committee will check class categories and adherence to the Terms and Conditions of Entry and reclassify or disqualify if necessary.
E. Final Decision
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered in to. All entries remain the property of the organisers.
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The Awards logo has been designed to reflect an industry which encapsulates both lettering and graphics into its products and image. The interpretation of the logo should give the viewer both an understanding of the industry’s proud Australian heritage as well as the power of lettering and graphics. The representation also offers the appreciation of the traditional manufacturing skills and the acknowledgement of new technology.
Formats available for your authorised use are;
.cdr CorelDRAW all versions ( please ask at time of request)
.AI Adobe version 7
.EPS Encapsulated postscript.
.jpg Photo format
.tiff Bitmap format
We encourage all involved in the ASGA Awards to use the logo in an appropriate manner to promote the event.
May we suggest the following?
- Printed on all your invoices and statements leading up to the event.
- Create a web link from the home page of your website? It is inexpensive and will increase the joint traffic to both sites.
- Place promotional literature in all goods outward packages from your company.
- Have your staff communicate the benefits to sign and graphic makers in building their reputation and clients.
- Use the stickers supplied by the ASGA placing them on goods, showrooms and any appropriate application or venue.
- Remember this is about everyone gaining mutual benefits, raising the prestige and building the status of awardees in the market place.
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Terms and Conditions of Entry
The entry must contain true and accurate information as to originality. All entries must be of work completed in the period 1st January 2007 – 30th June 2008.
Non-financial members of the Australian Sign & Graphics Association Incorporated are required to pay an entry fee of $70 (including GST) for each entry submitted. A GST tax invoice will be forwarded by return in acknowledgement of receipt.
All entries must outline the extent of originality in the work submitted for judging (ie, client supplied logos, clip art, sketchers, etc). All categories must detail the title and category of the work entered, the client, the name of the designer, details of materials, suppliers and the level of originality.
Each entry requires that three additional photographs of each mounted photo are included with the entry for promotional purposes. Full requirements are detailed with the mounting instructions that will be sent to you with entry-mounting sheets. The size must not exceed 420mm x 297mm and be no thicker than 5mm when the mounted entry is finished.
With the notable exception of Category 18: Self Promotion, it is important that the identity of entrants cannot be determined in the work being judged when viewing the front face of the entry-mounting sheet. Therefore no promotional material, business cards or graphics can appear with the mounted photographs of work entered. It is likewise important that photography does not include business signage or material in the background of any images to be judged that would enable judges to identify the entrant.
Identical entries may be submitted for judging in several categories. In this or similar instances, a separate entry is required for each category entered. Please note that one entry‑mounting sheet with two entry forms attached for separate classes is not acceptable.
Entries must be submitted to the Convenor by 8 August, 2008. No late entries will be accepted.
The entrants must either attend themselves or ensure representation on the Awards presentation evening.
A pre-judging Category Selection Committee will check class categories and adherence to the Terms and Conditions of Entry and reclassify or disqualify if necessary. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. All entries remain the property of the Australian Sign & Graphics Association.
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Please type in your details to recieve info on the ASGA Awards
ALL Australian Sign And Graphic Makers are WELCOME to enter! |
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Why sponsor?
A special opportunity to market your company and its products to sign manufacturers throughout Australia.
The aim of The ASGA Awards Event is to mutually benefit both suppliers and manufacturers.
Magazines
High profile advertising in sign industry magazines.
Sign and Graphics Association eNews
Every month leading up to the event in October, you will be featured in monthly eNews from the ASGA, read monthly by a large number of sign and graphics businesses in Australia and New Zealand.
VISA Visual Communiqué E newsletter
The biweekly e-newsletter from the Visual Industries Suppliers' Association will regularly promote the ASGA Awards.
Image Weekly E newsletter
Image Publication's weekly e-newsletter will also assist in the promotion of the ASGA Awards.
ASGA Awards eNews
Starting in February, as an additional marketing tool, it will prominently feature our sponsors in every issue. There are around 12 planned between now and October!
Website listings
Featuring on the home page of the popular www.signs.org.au will be a news flash header linking to the Sign Awards page where once again your logo will be displayed with a direct link to your website!
Entry Mounting Boards
Every entry must be presented on a ASGA mounting board. These will be displayed in many venues including VI Gold Coast, VI Sydney and several other key places as appropriate.
Event Signage Banners
On display during the event all signage will include sponsors' names and logos.
Promotional Brochures
Around 30,000 colour flyers will be distributed through trade press, suppliers and in various Association mailers and meetings.
Entry Application Forms
Every application form will once again feature sponsors' names and logos.
Presentation of Awards
Gold and Silver sponsors will have the opportunity to present their award to the winner of their category at the Presentation Dinner.
Permanent Reminder and Advertising Value
As a major sponsor, your logo will have a number of permanent benefits where your company will be held in high esteem by the industry.
These include:
Website listing on the ASGA Awards pages
Website links to your site
Presentation certificates images of major sponsors listed on actual certificate framing
Each sponsor will receive a replica in A4 size of the winning award
This is to say when your product or service is a sponsor your company will receive a quality replication award listing the product or service. This will include Gold, Silver or Bronze medals.
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