April 15, 2010 The Art, The Locals

Calling All Designers!

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Here at BrooklynTheBorough.com we know the cozy adorable brick buildings and glassy condos that surround us are peopled with talented and creative designers making life easier for all of us – and so we begin the search for our favorite.  We’d like to invite you to submit your original design(s) for a brand new BrooklynTheBorough.com logo.  The winner gets a splashy profile and featured slideshow on our pages and the coveted title of Brooklyn The Borough’s Designer of the Year award.  A package of Brooklyn culture will be bestowed upon you, and we’ll all clap in your honor at the PowerHouse Arena on May 7, when we host a night of literary designs with our partner Novel-T on opening night of BKLYN Designs weekend in Dumbo.  The logo will be used as the header on every page on BrooklynTheBorough.com, and your bio will run, crediting your work as long as your design is used.  The winner will be notified the week of May 3, so keep your calendar clear for May 7 to accept your lofty winnings.

Specifics: Must be 300 DPI, 4,000-7,000 pixels wide by 1,500 pixels tall, and in either jpeg, tiff, or PDF format.

Deadline: April 29, 2010

Enter to win by emailing your submission here.

*Legal things: By submitting to this competition, you give BrooklynTheBorough.com (Misfit Media, LLC) and its assignees the full right to use, distribute, and replicate your design in any and all media. Should your logo be chosen, the content shall be deemed a trademark of BrooklynTheBorough.com and shall be exclusive as such.



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