Welcome to the 2021 North American Design Competition,
Hello all and welcome to the first AE North American Branding Competition! If you don’t know me, I am Boeing Flight Simmer and/or BFS and I will be the host of this competition. Our Judges will be, Airplano21, Jean and DET. This branding competition will encompass all parts of North American Aviation, be it an airline in the Canadian Yukon delivering cargo in antiquated planes, or a large full service U.S. Legacy Carrier.
There will be four categories for this competition to keep grading of each brand fair.
Group
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Full Service/Legacy Carriers (ex. United, Air Canada, Aeromexico)
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Low Cost Carriers/Ultra low cost carriers (ex. Southwest, WestJet, Volaris)
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Regional Airlines (ex. Tropic Ocean Airways, Silver Airways, SkyWest)
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Cargo Airlines/Charter (ex. Atlas Air, National, Cargojet)
Entry Guidelines
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Each participant is limited to one entry per category. (NO RESERVING SPACE)
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Limit to 3 entries per hub
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Entries must be from the modern era 1995-2021
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Each entry must be from scratch. If an entry is already on the gallery (AE/TADS) pre-dating this post it will be disqualified. (ex. If I were to post Northern it would be disqualified from voting)
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All submissions must have a short lore post. 10-25 sentences.
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Participants must post a Livery and logo for their brand. (Separate please) Auxiliary Branding is accepted to accompany the work but will not be counted towards the final score.
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Credit Sources. (ex. If you did not make a logo credit where you got it from.) if sources are not credited and it is found you did not make the logo points will be docked from your final tally
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Entries must originate from the United States, Canada, Greenland, and Mexico. This includes Hawaii and Puerto Rico
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Entries musts follow this criteria
( [ Group 1/2/3/4] Airline Name, Airline IATA, ICAO, CALLSIGN, HQ )
Example [ Group 1] Northern Airways | IATA NO ICAO NAS CALLSIGN Northern HQ Chicago IL
Judging Criteria
Airlines will be judged off of the following.
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Creativity. How does this airline stand out from the other competitors and how well does it fit into the chosen environment and or Group. 0/10
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Design Principles. How well executed is the brand and its overall design? 0/10
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Logo and Branding Elements. How well made is the logo and how well is the overall design put together? (not counting livery just logo and typeface) 0/5
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Bio and Lore or airlines. Is it correct for the era (1995-2021) 0/5
The score will be out of 35 points.
All submissions are due by Tuesday 10/12/2021 at 9:00PM CST (2:00AM GMT)
Happy Designing!