A8 is the eighth annual AIGA KC design competition and exhibition.

When did you fall in love with design? Was it a book you saw as a child? Was it a magazine that made you feel cooler just holding it? Was it a logo so simple and compelling you sketched 100 copies of it yourself? Was it a website you never wanted to leave? Wherever it happened. Whatever you were in love with. The point is your love has brought you to this moment, when you get to decide whether your design is worthy of another’s love. AIGA’s A8 Awards let you put your best work forward. To be judged by the best. Maybe it will win. Maybe it won’t. Maybe it will inspire others to become the next generation of designers. Maybe it already has. Love works in mysterious ways.

The Call for Entries is over.

Thanks to everyone that entered! The showing of work from agencies of all kinds from all over the region is impressive. It's sure to wow our panel of jurors. AIGA KC, thanks everyone for their support of our organization.

The Jurors

Kit Hinrichs

Studio Hinrichs and Pentagram|San Francisco, CA

Kit Hinrichs founded Studio Hinrichs, a San Francisco design office, in 2009, following 23 years as a partner of the international design firm, Pentagram. Studio Hinrichs engages in the design of corporate communications, brand identity, promotion, publishing (books and magazines), packaging, interactive and environmental systems. Over the course of his 45 years in design, Hinrichs has won...

John Bielenberg

Project M|San Francisco, CA | Belfast, ME

John Bielenberg created Project M, a program that inspires and educates young designers to use “wrong thinking” to impact communities for the greater good. Since 2003, Project M has developed projects in Alabama, Baltimore, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Detroit, Germany, Ghana, Iceland, Maine, Minneapolis, and New Orleans. What John does best is help people find the courage and the sense of humor...

Robynne Raye

Modern Dog Design Co.|Seattle, WA

Since co-founding Modern Dog Design Co. in 1987, Robynne Raye has done work for entertainment and retail companies — both local and national — and counts packaging, identity and poster design as some of her favorite work. Current and past clients of Modern Dog include the Seattle Aquarium, Swatch, Coca-Cola, K2 Snowboards, HarperCollins, Nordstrom, New York Times and Warner Bros. Records....