The unique in Greece "Museum of Typography", in Chania/Crete, with great pleasure invites for a second year those who have artistic flair, talent, inspiration and imagination, to participate in the 2nd international poster contest, launched officially today, Friday, May 22, 2015.

This year's theme is linked directly to a special anniversary of the "Museum of Typography", it's ten years anniversary, since its first opening to the public in May 2005.

The Museum thus invites professionals, students and amateurs of graphics and visual arts, but also people with innovative ideas that can turn them into a poster, to send their creations to the contest "10 years Museum of Typography".

More information about the "10 years Museum of Typography" can be found on our website www.typography-museum.gr, through the virtual tour and the rich photographic and informational material.

The top three posters will take the central part of an exhibition that will be presented in July, in the auditorium of the "Museum of Typography" and their creators will receive important prizes:

• 1.000 euro the first winner
• 700 euros the second winner
• 500 euros the third winner
At this exhibition, which will be inaugurated on Sunday, July 12, 2015, thirty distinguished works will be presented and their creators will receive honorary distinctions.

The jury of the contest consists of:

• Yiannis Garedakis, journalist - publisher, founder of "Haniotika nea" and "Museum of Typography"
• Klimis Mastoridis, professor of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Nicosia
• Gerry Leonidas, professor of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, England
• Elia Koumis, communication specialist - journalist, director of the Museum of Typography
• Helen Stavridis, graphic designer, collaborator of the Museum of Typography
• Stefanos Andreadis, graphic designer – artist

Participation terms:

1) Anyone interested in participating to the contest should send their work until Monday, June 22, 2015 to the email: typography.poster@gmail.com. It should be accompanied by the following information: name and surname, place of residence and contact information (phone and email) and - optionally - a brief description of the project (up to 100 words). The name of both files should be the name and surname of the contestants in Latin characters.

2) The poster should be created with the view of being used in various applications of the Museum (publication cover, poster, postal card, banner, etc). The dimensions must be 50x70 cm. PDF, CMYK, images at 200 ppi and not exceed 25 Mb. Otherwise it should be sent by we transfer or other similar service.

3) The contest is open to anyone wishing to take part with a single (1) project. Employees of “Haniotika Nea SA” and "Museum of Typography" are excluded from the contest.

4) Selection criteria for the winning creations will be the originality and the transmission directness of the message.

5) The subject of the poster must be for the anniversary "10 years Typography Museum", with no other restriction. Those interested can find the Museum logo at www.typography-museum.gr/logos.pdf

6) Contest results will be announced during the inauguration of the exhibition on 12 July 2015, an event with many surprises, that will be held in the auditorium of the "Museum of Typography". The winners will be informed in due time, in order to attend the event. After the presentation of the exhibition the results will be announced in the newspaper "Haniotika New" in www.haniotika-nea.gr, the website of the "Museum of Typography" www.typography-museum.gr and the official page of "Museum of Typography" on facebook www.facebook.com/MouseioTypographias.

Regarding intellectual property rights:

1. Creators of the thirty projects that will be rewarded or receive honorary distinction declare that they do not maintain any intellectual property rights on the creations that they will deliver.

2. The works will not be returned.

3. The “Museum of Typography” may reuse without damage the entire work submitted by the thirty creators mentioned above or part of it, freely for any purpose and in any way, unchanged or modified at its own discretion.

4. Participation in the contest automatically implies the acceptance of terms of the present notice of contest.

Sponsors of the competition are the newspapers "Haniotika new" and ATHENS VOICE, + design magazine and radio stations Network FM 91,5 and joyradio106,5.

During the winter period the Museum of Typography will be open every Sunday 10:00 - 14:30. To arrange a group visit or schedule your visit on a week day please contact 2821051003 (115), 2821080090 (when the museum is open) or send us an e-mail: info@typography-museum.gr.

The Museum of Typography owned by the newspaper “Haniotika Nea” calls, for the first time, people that have inspiration and enthusiasm, talent and creativity, people in the mood to create and with imagination, passion and original thinking, from all over Greece but also from abroad, to participate in a big poster contest about – what else?- typography.
Let your mind travel to the invention that changed the course of history, browse the Museum’s website www.typography-museum.gr or – even better - visit closely the unique Museum of Typography in Greece and create a poster that will become the main exhibit in a poster exhibition with main subject the Museum and Typography, that will take place in the old harbour of Chania, at the facilities of Chania Sailing Club from the 4th to the 15th of August 2014.
The best twenty works of art will be presented in the exhibition and their creators will receive honorary distinction.
The creators of the three works of art that will be distinguished, will also receive money award:
For the winner 1.000 €
For the second 700 € and
For the third 500 €
The pieces will be judged by a jury composed of:
Yannis Garedakis, publisher - journalist, Founder of the Museum of Typography
Elia Koumis, communication specialist – journalist, Director of the Museum of Typography
Yannis Markantonakis, sculptor – painter, ex Cultural Director of the Art Workshop of the Municipality of Chania
Mixalis Kalaitzakis, photographer – artist, mixaliskalaitzakis.com
Nikos Kosmadakis, graphic designer, thedesignbar.gr

Participation terms:
1) Anyone interested in participating to the Contest must send its creation until July 18th 2014 in one of the following ways:
a. In person, to the Museum of Typography, Chania Industrial Area or to (the offices of) “Haniotika Nea” (49 Karaiskaki str., Chania)
b. By post or courier service to “HANIOTIKA NEA” , 49, Karaiskaki str., Chania, 73135, FOR THE POSTER CONTEST
c. Via e-mail to info@typography-museum.gr
Participants in the contest, graphic designers, artists, students, professionals and anyone wishing – regardless of occupation - to participate, may submit up to two (2) proposals. Employees of “Haniotika nea S.A.” are excluded from the contest.
3) Selection criteria for the winning creations will be the originality and the transmission directness of the message.
4) The subject of the poster must be related to Typography, tools used, its history and anything relevant to Typography along the centuries. The work must be original and particular, with no other restriction in the subject. Direct or indirect reference to the Museum of Typography is desirable, but not required.
5) The poster should be created with the view of being used in various applications of the Museum (publication cover, poster, postal card, banner, etc). Dimensions of the work must be 50x70 cm and there in no restriction regarding the materials, the form, the colours or the technique used by each candidate. Dimensions of the works submitted in electronic form should be 200dpi CMYK or Greyscale.
6)Contest results will be announced on July 25th, 2014 by the newspaper “Haniotika Nea”, the website of the Museum of Typography www.typography-museum.gr and the website of the newspaper “Haniotika Nea” www.haniotika-nea.gr.
7) Regarding intellectual property rights:
a. Creators of the twenty works who will receive honorary distinction - besides the first three awards - assign, cede and transfer to the Museum of Typography their intellectual property rights on their works and any potentional application or use of their ideas (branding, trademarks, etc), that will constitute from now on property of the Museum of Typography, which will be able to dispose of and use them at its own discretion The sum of one hundred euros (100 €) will be offered for every work, that has received honorary distinction, only if it is used for commercial purposes of the Museum - apart from the first three already rewarded with money award.
b. Furthermore, the abovementioned creators declare that they do not maintain any intellectual property rights on the creations that they will deliver.
c. The works submitted for the scope of the said contest, will not be returned.
d. The Museum of Typography may reuse without damage the entire work submitted by any creator mentioned above (article 7 paragraph a) or part of it, freely for any purpose and in any way, unchanged or modified at its own discretion.
e. The participant creator(s) undertake(s) to send to the Museum of Typography an “open” file of the poster creation, in order to be used by the “Museum of Typography” for any other application, joined by the creator’s / creators’ waiver of every right and claim on future applications of its creation.
f. Participation in the contest automatically implies the acceptance of terms of the present notice of contest.

For the second consecutive year , the Museum of Typography has is honored with the Trip Advisor Certificate of discrimination of providing excellent quality services ! " We are happy to announce that Typography Museum was chosen for the Certificate of Excellence for 2016 , thanks to the excellent reviews that have taken on a consistent basis in TripAdvisor» states the notification from TripAdvisor.

The "Museum of Typography" in Chania, Crete, with great pleasure invites once again professionals, students and amateurs of graphic and visual arts, but also people with innovative ideas that can turn them into a poster, to participate in the 3nd international poster contest about typography.

As the greek word “τυπογραφία” means both typography and printing, this year's theme is about their past, present and future. The theme of the contest is: “Typography & Printing: past, present and future”.

The top three posters will take the central part of an exhibition that will be presented in the auditorium of the "Museum of Typography" and their creators will receive important prizes:

1,000 euros the first winner,

700 euros the second winner

500 euros the third.

At this exhibition, which will be inaugurated Saturday September 24, 2016, at 7:30 p.m., thirty distinguished works will be presented and their creators will receive honorary distinctions.

This year's contest is of great importance to the museum for an additional reason, as the distinguished posters will be presented in the auditorium where the annual Conference and general meeting of AEPM (Association of European Printing Museums) will be hosted, in May 2017.

The jury of the contest consists of:

Yiannis Garedakis, journalist - publisher, founder of "Haniotika nea" and "Museum of Typography"

Georgios D. Matthiopoulos professor of Graphic Design at the School of Fine Arts and Design of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens

Alexandros Kokkolas, graphic designer, professor of Graphic Design at Vacalo Art & Design College

Elia Koumi, communication specialist - journalist, director of the Museum of Typography

Helen Stavridi, graphic designer, collaborator of the Museum of Typography

Participation terms:

1) Anyone interested in participating to the contest should send their work until Wednesday, August 31, 2016 to the email: typography.poster@gmail.com. It should be accompanied by the following information: name and surname, place of residence and contact information (phone and email) and - optionally - a brief description of the project (up to 100 words). The name of both files should be the name and surname of the contestants in Latin characters.

2) The poster should be created with the view of being used in various applications of the Museum (publication cover, poster, postal card, banner, etc). The dimensions must be 50x70 cm. PDF, CMYK, images at 200 ppi and not exceed 25 Mb. Otherwise it should be sent by we transfer or other similar service.

3) The contest is open to anyone wishing to take part with a single (1) project. Employees of “Haniotika Nea SA” and "Museum of Typography" are excluded from the contest.

4) Selection criteria for the winning creations will be the originality and the transmission directness of the message.

5) Those interested can find the Museum logo at www.typography-museum.gr/logos.pdf

6) Contest results will be announced during the inauguration of the exhibition, that will be held in the auditorium of the "Museum of Typography". More details about the event will be anounced soon. After the presentation of the exhibition the results will be announced on the website of the "Museum of Typography" www.typography-museum.gr, on its official facebook page www.facebook.com/MouseioTypographias, in the newspaper "Haniotika Nea" and on www.haniotika-nea.gr.

Regarding intellectual property rights:

1. Creators of the thirty projects that will be rewarded or receive honorary distinction declare that they do not maintain any intellectual property rights on the creations that they will deliver.

2. The works will not be returned.

3. The “Museum of Typography” may reuse without damage the entire work submitted by the thirty reators mentioned above or part of it, freely for any purpose and in any way, unchanged or modified at its own discretion.

4. Participation in the contest automatically implies the acceptance of terms of the present notice of contest.