The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts. The competition — which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software — honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world’s top institutions of higher education.

The 2008 Adobe® Design Achievement Awards gives higher education students from around the world the creative license to propel their careers in the future. Enter in 12 categories in 3 media areas endorsed by the industry, over $60,000 in cash prizes will be awarded in New York City.

Submissions close May 2, 2008.

Categories
Both individuals and groups may enter one unique project in up to three of the following categories:

• Interactive media
• Browser-Based Design
• Non-Browser-Based Design
• Designer/Developer Collaboration
• Mobile Design
• Installation Design
• Video and motion
• Animation
• Live Action
• Motion Graphics
• Traditional media
• Illustration
• Packaging
• Photography
• Print Communications

Official rules

The ADAA competition is open to full-time higher education students in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Republic of China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Malaysia, or Turkey. Projects must be original works completed 50% or more with Adobe software after May 1, 2007.