Terms of participation

/1/ - Exhibition categories
1. Posters (ecological, cultural, political, advertising, social and others)
2. Corporate identity, promotional and advertising graphics
corporate identity (companies, institutions, cities); trademarks, logos, symbols; corporate printed matter; stationery, business cards; annual reports; yearbooks; design manuals etc.
orientation, communication systems for public space; direction, street, and building markers etc.; public transport markings, maps and timetables; pictograms etc.
promotional design; leaflets, prospectuses, commercial catalogues, advertisements; invitation cards; calendars etc.
other applications - large, three dimensional and experimental projects, in photographic documentation only (e.g. banners or billboards as A2 prints); if a project includes a signature tune, video clip or display of experimental visualization - the printed material can be extended by a video cassette in VHS format, CD-ROM or other, for example a computer sequence; advertising web design.

The exhibition will not include: book, magazine, CD and cassette covers; graphic design and illustrations for books, newspapers and journals; packaging design; labels and stickers; postage stamps; exhibition and TV design - unless being part of one of the category 2 projects (above).

/2/ Participation
The participants who wish to participate should apply directly to the organizer for Entry forms. They may apply on their own behalf; or on behalf of an organization of which they are members; or through a publishing house, agency or company with whom they work.

/3/ Number of submissions
Each participant may enter a maximum of 4 submissions. Category 2 unit will be considered as one item. The total area of all exhibits must not exceed the limit of 3 square metres. Submitted works should preferably be printed. Marks and symbols should be sent in as photographs or printed matter, their dimensions being approx. 15 x 15 cm, the dimensions of the documentation (cat. 2) should be approx. 30 x 40 cm.
Only works conceived or created between 2002-2005 will be accepted.

/4/ Delivery of submissions
Each submitted exhibit should bear a label including data identical with that in the Entry Form. Two copies of each work shall be sent, unframed and unmounted, in a hard protective cover together with a signed entry form and photographs (See /5/). The exhibits must reach the organiser by 15 January 2006 at the latest. Any package burdened by any outstanding customs or postal fees shall not be accepted. That is why NO INSURANCE VALUE should be stated on any packages in any case.

/5/ Exhibition promotion and catalogue
It is desired that each entrant provide colour slides, or CD-ROM (solution - 300 dpi.) of two or three exhibits to assist the organizer in the promotion of the exhibition. A condition of entry is that the organizer is entitled to freely use any submitted photographs and/or slides (including the making of photo/slide reproductions and video recordings of the exhibits) in order to promote the exhibition, produce the catalogue, and for educational purposes.
The illustrated catalogue, published by the organizer, will be available to each entrant at a 50% discount.

/6/ Return of exhibits
The works submitted for the competition shall not be returned nor insured, unless a special request is received from the entrant concerned, and then only after the full payment of all related costs. The prize winning and some other selected works shall become part of the Moravian Gallery's collection. Each exhibitor shall receive a certificate of participation after the exhibition.

/7/ Selection of exhibits
The Pre-selection Committee shall make selections from the submitted works in accordance with its professional experience, and with regard to the entrant having complied with the terms of participation, and space available.

/8/ Awards
The works on display at the 22nd International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno 2006 shall be judged by the International Jury that shall award the Grand Prix, main and special awards in the two exhibition categories. In addition to these, the jury shall also confer the "ICOGRADA Excellence Award" and other special prizes of institutions. Upon conclusion of the Biennale, the Critics' Award shall be awarded following a vote by journalists and critics.

Pre-selection Committee:
Petr Babak
Adam Machacek
Petr Knobloch
Babeta Ondrova
Marek Pokorny
Michal Richtr
Marta Sylvestrova

Foreign jury members
Vladislav Rostoka (Slovensko)
Jacek Mrowczyk (Polsko)

International Jury:
1. Reza Abedini (Iran)
2. Karel Haloun (CR)
3. Tomáš Machek (CR)
4. J. Abott Miller (USA)
5. Peter Saville (UK)
6.Ung Vai-Meng (Macao-China)
7. Catherine Zask (France)

Board of the Organization Committee:
Aleš Najbrt, graphic designer, Prague (Chair)
Tomáš Machek, graphic designer, Prague (Vice-Chair)
Petr Knobloch, graphic designer, Prague (Vice-Chair)
Jan Rajlich sen., graphic designer, Brno (Honorary Chair)
Marek Pokorný, Brno, Director of the Moravian Gallery and the Brno Biennale
Marta Sylvestrová, art historian, Brno, Curator of the Brno Biennale Peter Bilak, graphic designer, The Hague, External Curator of the Brno Biennale
Miroslava Pluháčková, head of exhibitions and publications, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Organization Secretary

Closing date for entries
15/1/2006

Address
Brno Biennale
Moravská galerie v Brně
Husova 18
CZ-662 26 Brno
Czech Republic

Tel.: +420-532169160
Fax: +420-532169180
E-mail: bienale@moravska-galerie.cz
http://www.bienale-brno.cz
http://www.moravska-galerie.cz