Graphex is Canada's biennial National design awards. An Icograda-endorsed event, Graphex has been celebrating the best of visual communications in Canada since 1977 and in 2010 the winning entries will reflect the best work from Canada’s communication design professionals over the past two years.

Presented by the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, the primary goal of Graphex is to promote the value of design to the Canadian public and business community at large, to celebrate the best in the industry and to create an archive of Canadian design for future generations. Good Design is Good Business. This is your opportunity to see yourself among the best.

Graphex 2010 is a national awards program open to all Canadian graphic designers, typographers, photographers, illustrators, art directors, ad agencies, printers, writers or clients.

Who can enter?
Graphex 2010 is a national awards program open to all Canadian graphic designers, typographers, photographers, illustrators, art directors, ad agencies, printers, writers or clients.

What to enter?
As part of the GDC’s mandate to create an ongoing archive of Canadian design, submit your best work published in or for use in Canada between November 2007 and December 2009.

How much does it cost?
Entry fees are $95 per entry. GDC, RGD Ontario, and SGDQ members in good standing qualify for reduced entry fees of $65 per entry. Member’s name must appear on entry form.

Entries Deadline:
Entries, forms and fees must be received no later than 5 pm Monday, January 11, 2010.
 

Two certificates will be awarded for each winning entry. Additional certificates will be available at $20 each, with the custom cnc-machined trophies being awarded to the Judges’ Choices (one per judge). Decisions of the judges are final. Please see website for dates of awards and notification.

Categories
The divisions and categories help the judges assess whether your entry achieved its goals. There are 17 categories for this year’s competition. Review the list and select the appropriate category for your entry. If your entry is clearly submitted to the wrong category, you may be disqualified, and your entry fee will not be returned.
 
Graphex recognize that some entries fit in several categories and may permit one entry to be submitted in several categories. However, in such cases, you should create a unique submission for each entry and pay for each of them individually. You may submit as many entries as you wish.
 
01. Advertising (print, billboards, newspaper, transit shelters, etc.)
02. Annual reports (print or digital)
03. Editorial/Magazine (magazine cover, magazine spreads or total format)
04. Books (book cover or total format)
05. Corporate literature (Catalogues, manuals, brochures)
06. Multimedia (motion graphics, game design, sales presentation, kiosk, educational program)
07. Corporate Identity (max. 3 pieces: Logo and single application, i.e. logo, stationery and/or signage)
08. Integrated Brand Program (5 or more pieces that communicate the brand story)
09. Web Design (websites, microsites and other web-based applications)
10. Packaging (consumer goods, boxes, labels, CDs, etc)
11. Posters
12. Self promotion (printed or digital)
13. Social Cause (social change, pro-bono work, non-for-profit, sustainable practices, etc.)
14. Signage and Environmental Design (vehicle graphics, wayfinding, interiors, trade show booths, banners, kiosks, POS, POP for retail and civic purposes)
15. Typography (original typeface design)
16. Other (style guides, menus, stamps, complex promos, gifts, wearables, calendars, 3D promos, invitations, calendars etc.)
 

AWARDS EXHIBIT 
May 2-12, 2010
An extensive selection of the top submissions will be presented to the public through exhibitions at venues across Canada. The travelling Graphex 2010 Exhibit commences May 2nd, 2010 at a Vancouver venue to be announced soon. Please check http://graphex.gdc.net for details regarding displays in your city.