ITEX Textiles Design Contest- AIDA 150 Contest

Textile design is an art and an essential aspect of the textile printing process. Design is the heart of printing textiles and the driver for successful products.

As a textile designer, you have the opportunity through textile digital printing which to try new ideas and innovate in designs. Your creative designing and working with a right blend of colors with this technology will allow you to excel in your textile community.

We invite you to participate in the ITEX Textiles Design – AIDA 150 contest and present your creative works to the industry experts.

Contest Aim & Vision

• To promote innovation in textile digital printing and creativity among junior designers in creating innovative patterns.
• To attract the attention of the industry to the artistic creations of textile designers.
• Creating business opportunities for stakeholders in the Egyptian textile industry 

How it Works?

• You have to register at the contest through the registration form available HERE
•   Entry to the contest is free
• Fill your registration form on this website and send your design to the following email: designs2021@itexcairo.com ( Please write a description of your artwork with it)
• Deadline for receiving the designs is 7 October, 2021.
• Successful designs will be chosen by a panel of Jurors representing the industry and academics .Jurors decision for best designs will be posted on ITEX Cairo website .
• By registering at the contest you allow posting of your design on the website and printing samples of it. Your design is your property. You have full intellectual rights to it.

Submission Requirements:

• Your design must be an original one. No copies or alteration of an existing design is accepted. Your image should be of the following specifications:
• Dimensions: 2000x 2000 pixel, JPEG format, Not less than 150 dpi. ( In case your design is bought by the industry, be prepared to provide the filer in a higher resolution of 300 dpi)
• Designs will cover the following areas of applications:
  • Women wear
  • Menswear
  • Home Furnishings
• Theme: Egyptian Pharaonic Motifs 

The contest is organized in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Opera Aida which was premiered on December, 1871 at the Egyptian Royal Opera House in Cairo.

 

Resources to inspire you:

• Rawpixel Ancient Egyptian Art collection- Public Domain 
• Pinterest Givenchy Collection 2016 on Ancient Egyptian Motifs
• Pinterest-Patterns of Ancient EGYPT
• Pinterest Ancient Egyptian Pattern 
• Pinterest Lotus ideas- Egyptian design
• About Opera Aida- Wikipedia

AIDA 150 Design Contest is organized in collaboration with