Entry Tips
We want you to assist you in your endeavour to win one of our prestigious awards so we have taken on board some of our previous jury comments and top of their list the failure of designers to fill in the brief in an adequate manner.
Remember the jury members are not living in Ireland and therefore it is imperative that they are given as much information in the brief as possible so that they can determine how successful the finished product is. Therefore we have outlined below a good example of a brief for you to use as a guide and we wish you all the best of luck with your entry for the awards.
Good Example of a Brief
For the purposes of this example we have shown an entry for the website design category, however, it can be used as a guideline when writing your own brief.
Commercial Objective
This event is the first ever event of its kind taking place in Ireland. The site was set up as a promotional tool to encourage users to participate in the events taking place throughout the country.
Design ObjecTive
The site was designed to be a simple, pleasant web experience for users where accessing the content through an attractive, logical, interface was the main goal.
Design Theme
The natural environment was the overriding influence on the tone and design style of the site. Functionality and ease of use for varied user types was also of paramount importance.
Target Audience
The target audience come from a wide cross-section of the population, ranging from experienced outdoors people to families looking for child-friendly activities through to outdoor sports enthusiasts. The site can also be viewed in Irish.
ADVICE FOR PREPARING YOUR ARTWORK SUBMISSION
JPEG / PDF FILES
Submissions should be put together on A2 artwork @300dpi. The should then be saved as RGB Jpegs to a closed file size of no more than 6.0mb. Alternatively PDF's can be submitted. These must be compressed to a size no more than 6.0mb with all fonts embedded.
SUMBITTING SUPPORTING SAMPLES FOR YOUR ENTRY
Entrants are encouraged to submit samples or products for inspection by the jury (these may also be used in the exhibition and must be available to travel post-awards for a period of one year).
Short 1 to 2 minute videos (VHS or DVD) or animateds (MPEG) only will be considered by the jury (long videos/DVDs will not be viewed).
PC formatted CDs will be acceptable for multimedia entries.
Websites should be supplied as URLs (these will be judged online).