Deadline extended.
You now have time until May 4 to submit your work — this is the final extension.
Last chance to be part of &NowEast 2026. Submit now.
5 days left.
Deadline 30.04.2026
This is your moment to submit. Go through your work, choose your strongest poster, and don’t miss the deadline.
Submit now.
AND NOW EAST poster exhibition is officially part of the European Design Awards Festival 2026.
Selected works will be exhibited as part of the festival in Sofia, bringing together contemporary poster design from across the East in an international context.
&NowEast is an initiative by @localdesigncircle
The exhibition in Sofia, Bulgaria is made possible with the support of our partners @studiokomplekt and @europeandesignawards
📍 Sofia, Bulgaria
📅 Festival: 11–14 June 2026
🖼 Exhibition: 08–14 June 2026
Submit your work and be part of the exhibition.
See you in Sofia.
The Open Call is live.
Static posters created for local or regional contexts.
Submit via the official form.
Link in bio.
AndNowEast 2026 is now accepting entries.
📚 Local Design Awards @ Sit+Read Artbook Fair @sitandreadartbookfair
October 24–26
We’re excited to be part of Sit+Read Artbook Fair, where all nominated and awarded projects from the 2025 edition of the Local Design Awards will be on view.
Discover some of the most remarkable works in Romanian graphic design — books, posters, and projects that reflect the creative diversity and visual culture shaping today’s design landscape.
Join us at Sit+Read, explore the publications, and celebrate the designers whose work inspires our community.
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Organized by Local Design Circle
@localdesigncircle
Co-organized by Fabrik
@atelierfabrik
Co-financed by AFCN
#LocalDesignAwards #LDC
✨ You’re invited! Free entry – join us on 26 September, 19:00 @ Fabrik for the Local Design Awards 2025 Conference with Rene Wawrzkiewicz @renewaw .
Rene is a key figure in Polish visual design scene, known as a design curator and event organizer. He is behind:
🇵🇱 Polish Graphic Design Foundation @polishgraphicdesign
🌏 The Design Network Poland–Asia @thedesignnetworkcom
🌍 Network Eastern European Design @needesigneu
At Fabrik, Rene will share his insights on:
🔹 The role of cultural organizations in advancing graphic design
🔹 The impact of competitions on creative communities
🔹 How such events influence both local and international markets
Don’t miss this unique chance to meet him and be part of the conversation!
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Organized by Local Design Circle
@localdesigncircle
Co-organized by Fabrik
@atelierfabrik
Co-financed by AFCN
Photos by Patryk Wiśniewski @panpatryk
#LocalDesignAwards #LDC
Foto by
MEET THE JURY
James Gilchrist (UK)
James is the co-founder and creative director of Warriors Studio, INTL and International Creative Awards.
At Warriors we build brands, lead campaigns and run social, cultural and commercial projects with ambitious clients and partners. Education is a key part of our practice. We’re interested in both institutional and alternative learning. Offering workshops, creating programmes and giving lectures allows us to continue evolving our teaching practice and questioning how education can adapt as the world changes.
Our passion is also channelled into INTL, an organisation we formed to run events, competitions, workshops and a global awards programme centred around design and visual culture for the creative community.
🔸Deadline: July 25, 23:59 EEST
Details: localdesignawards.ro
@warriorsstudio@intl.international
MEET THE JURY
Paul Voggenreiter (DE/BG)
Paul is a graphic designer from Germany, working and living in Europe. His creative services are centered on art and culture, institutions and brands. He focuses on digital and printed media such as books and publications, visual identities, websites and motion design.
🔸Deadline: July 25, 23:59 EEST
Details: localdesignawards.ro
@paulvoggenreiter
MEET THE JURY
Marios Linakis (GR)
Designer, mentor, public speaker, and Founder/Chairman of awarded agencies Significa SA and Sputnik Design Team. Marios is a Central St. Martin’s UAL Master of Arts graduate and a recipient of multiple international awards including D&AD Pencils, European Design Awards, German Design awards, Red Dot awards, Awwwards, and Greek Design awards. He has served as public speaker and workshop lead at design conferences in Greece and abroad, returning jury member at international competitions including Cannes Young Lions, Epica, European Design Awards, and Greek Communication Awards and has presided twice over the Greek Ermis Digital awards. Marios taught graphic design and typography for over a decade, served as external examiner at Bachelor degrees and is regularly invited to talk on design at home and abroad. His work has been featured in museums, galleries, and design publications, and he is cofounder of Design Masters, a platform offering masterclasses by decorated Greek creatives. Marios’ creative agencies are members of EDEE (Hellenic Association of Communications Agencies).
🔸Deadline: July 25, 23:59 EEST
Details: localdesignawards.ro
@sputnik_design_team
• @skaladesign.ch Moving in and rearranging: promotional campaign for Kunstraum Baden
@kunstraum_baden has been a landmark for contemporary art in Baden for more than half a century. For the first exhibition at their new location (Merker Areal), they entrusted us with the creation of a visual identity comprising various digital and printed media. Illustrating the exhibition title, ‘einziehen umräumen’ (German for ‘moving in, rearranging’), our design reflects the topics of motion and space, temporality and change. Playing with modularity and graphic shapes reminiscent of adhesive tape and high-visibility signaling, it opens a field of experimentation that changes again and again, representing everything the exhibition stands for in a bold and simple gesture.
Curation: @patriziamkeller
Mediation: @fannythefoodie
Artists: @relaxchiarenzaandhauserandco , @leilaleilapeacockpeacock , @thefieldzh & Christoph Brünggel
Typeface: Helvetica Neue Bold by Max Miedinger (Linotype)
Production: @gysin_ag (Poster) & @koepflipartners (Flyer)
Exhibition photos: @anja_wille_schori & @kunstraum_baden
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#skalaprojects #graphicdesign #systematic #swissstyle #modular #localdesigncircle #postereposter