Calling all creative designers – Shintaido of America (SOA) is launching a LOGO contest.
Why? – SOA has a current logo of the “jumping man”. As SOA just completed a branding initiative, SOA is considering creating additional logos. We invite you to be inspired by “opening to life.”
Tell me more – The SOA branding initiative is “Shintaido – Opening to Life”. At time of this announcement, PacShin is closing their Kangeiko with the theme “Opening to Life”. We hope you have been inspired. Perhaps you might like to take this interest and create a design or several designs that express what Opening to Life means to you. We are considering having the winning design to be adapted to the SOA logo, however there is no promise we will decide to use these logos. Designs will be published anonymously for the voting.
What is the timeline? – Today 23 January is the ‘kickoff’ to our contest. SOA will close the contest 30 April. The top three winners will be announced 1 June 2021. The SOA Board meeting is the 13 June when there will be a decision on the best choice for SOA.
How will it be judged? – The community of Shintaido practitioners and supporters will be eligible to vote in Mid- May. We are planning for a panel of experts to judge the top three winners to advise the SOA board on the best choice for SOA.
What are the criteria? – 1) Compatible with our SOA branding of “Opening to Life.” 2) eye catching and recognizable 3) Inspirational and artistic 4) a visual style that reflects a community of practitioners, 5) additionally, a successful logo design would look good in both black and white and in color.
How do I submit my design or designs? – To SOA President Connie Borden – bordensheets@aol.com
What if I need more information? – contact Connie Borden – bordensheets@aol.com
Can you show me the current SOA logo and other Shintaido designs? – Yes, and I would like to introduce David Franklin who will show via ZOOM some of these logos.