digi | 9/18/2023

Competition for graphic designers: new promotional Museum of Art Olomouc

The Olomouc Museum of Art, a state contributory organization, announces a competition for the creation of graphic designs for new promotional items of the Olomouc Museum of Art.

  1. COMMISSIONER OF THE COMPETITION

The Museum of Art Olomouc, State Contributory Organisation (hereinafter referred to as MUO), Denisova 47, Olomouc. www.muo.cz.

  1. DEADLINE AND METHOD OF SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The competition runs from 18 September to 31 October 2023 inclusive.

Please send the document in PDF format to jureckova@muo.cz with a maximum size of 35 MB.

In the subject line of the email, please include: Merch MUO.

In the body of the email, please write: name, surname, title of the work and attach an annotation.

In addition, please include information about the author: place of residence, or a link to a website or other form of presentation of your work.

  1. SPECIFICATIONS/ASSIGNMENT

The subject of the competition is the creation of designs for five promotional items.

Three promotional items are specified, namely:

  • adult socks
  • toy stamp set
  • packaging/case of your choice (e.g. snack case, glasses, stationery, documents)

Two other promotional items are based on the participants' free design.

  1. Assignment:

Create an original design for three promotional items:

  • adult socks
  • toy stamp set
  • packaging/case of your choice (e.g. snack case, glasses, stationery, documents)

Next, create a free design for two promotional items of your choice.

When creating the designs, the participant must take into account the MUO graphic manual.

B. Theme: Promotional

C. Inspiration: objects from the collections of the MUO, AMO, AMK. Collection items are stored here: https://olmuart-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/merch_muo_cz/Ek1ZgEx7fF5Kof0qyMa6mpIBGx7b_jR0cLDY-kuJ24OUnw?e=i2XnH6

Select a minimum of three collection items to be developed into the required five graphic designs for promotional items, see item 3 of the SPECIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS. Use a font based on the MUO graphics manual, Mediator_SQ. The font can be downloaded here: https://olmuart-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/merch_muo_cz/Ek1ZgEx7fF5Kof0qyMa6mpIBGx7b_jR0cLDY-kuJ24OUnw?e=i2XnH6

D. Technical Limits: Include in the submittal document the manufacturer of the promotional item(s) pre-submitted to ensure product feasibility.

E. Price level.

F. Number of designs per person.

G. Deadline for submission: 31 October 2023, 11:59 p.m.

Submit your graphic design along with a mock-up application for the product. Motifs must be original, not previously published anywhere, not monetized, created for opencall. They must be based on digitized MUO collection items. The font used will respect the MUO graphic manual

  1. PARTICIPANTS

The competition is open to anyone who has graphic experience and a desire to creatively influence the form of promotion of an important museum institution. Participation in the competition is not limited by age. By submitting the design, the participant confirms that he/she is the author of the work and that there is no infringement of the author's rights.

  1. FORM OF PRESENTATION/SELECTION OF THE WINNER

The three best proposals will be selected by a committee composed of representatives of the Olomouc Museum of Art, a state-funded organisation. The selected proposals will be presented publicly.

The Olomouc Museum of Art reserves the right, in the case of low quality proposals, not to select all three places or any winner and not to present the proposals publicly. It also reserves the right not to use the winning design.

  1. HOW TO USE THE WINNING DESIGN

If the museum decides to use the winning design or several designs for the purpose of sale, it will enter into a licensing agreement with the author, which will become a condition for payment of remuneration. In addition, a copyright/work contract will be concluded with the author with all legal requirements, production information and with regard to the pre-arranged product manufacturer.

  1. AWARD OF THE WINNER

The selected designs will be awarded as follows:

1st place, winning design - 7.000 CZK 2nd place - CZK 5,000 3rd place - CZK 3,000