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Logo Design Competition

Background

‘Creative Maidstone’ is an exciting new Community Arts Hub that will offer a range of facilities for local artists and creatives, providing space to create, exhibit and sell.

It is hoped the new Hub will become a vibrant centre for arts in the town, not only supporting our local creative sector, but also hosting a variety of classes and workshops to help engage all the community in creative arts.

The Brief

We are looking for an inspirational and eye-catching logo that is visually appealing and will work well across a range of media, including print and digital. It must be easily reproduceable at both small and large scale.

The logo must incorporate the name ‘Creative Maidstone’ in some way, and you may also like to include ‘Community Arts Hub’ as a strapline or subtext, but this is not essential.

The colour palette comprises the following Hex colours:

Orchid - #841983

Blush - #FF5992

Pea - #A4D555

Electric - #4CDEF5

You are free to use any or all of these, and any colours/tones that complement. We hope it’s not too restrictive, but we had to decide a colour scheme some time ago in order to start building the new website for the Hub!

Submissions

Please email your proposed designs as a JPEG, PNG or PDF file

You must also include the following information:

Your full name

Your postcode

Your email

Are you a professional artist/designer: YES/NO

The Prize

One design will be chosen as the official logo for ‘Creative Maidstone’ and will be used across all appropriate advertising, marketing and promotional materials (including print and digital media).

**IMPORTANT**

Your attention is drawn to item 11 in the Terms & Conditions for this competition. Please ensure you have read and understood this requirement before submitting an entry.

Closing date

Applications must be submitted no later than 12 noon on Monday 5th May 2025.

Terms & Conditions

  1. By submitting an entry, you are agreeing to these competition terms and conditions.
  2. The competition is being run by Maidstone Borough Council.
  3. The competition is open for entries until 5pm on 5th May 2025 from entrants who live in the United Kingdom. The competition is not open to employees of Maidstone Borough Council.
  4. Entries received after 5pm on 5th May 2025 will not be processed or considered.
  5. No responsibility is taken for entries which are incomplete, lost, damaged, delayed, misdirected or cannot be delivered for any technical or other reason. Such entries will not be accepted. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt.
  6. To enter the competition, you must submit an entry. No purchase is necessary. The competition is free to enter.
  7. In entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so.
  8. Entrants can only enter in their own name. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted.
  9. You may submit more than one entry to the competition but each design must be your own work
  10. Information on how to enter forms part of the Terms & Conditions. Entry into this competition is deemed acceptance of these Terms & Conditions.
  11. The winning designer will be required to transfer ownership of the copyright to their work, via an official written assignment, to Maidstone Borough Council. The winner will retain moral rights to their work and will be acknowledged as the creator of the design whenever appropriate (including but not limited to, information on the website and any press communications relating to this competition).
  12. Maidstone Borough Council shall use and take care of any personal data you supply to it as described in its Privacy Policy, and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. By entering the competition, you agree to the collection, retention, usage and distribution of your personal information in order to process and contact you about your entry.
  13. The entrant’s personal information will be held for a maximum of 2 years.
  14. Maidstone Borough Council reserves the right at any time to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend temporarily or permanently this competition. This includes the right not to select a winner if, in its sole discretion, no suitable entries are received.
  15. Maidstone Borough Council shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside of its reasonable control.
  16. Maidstone Borough Council and its associated agencies and companies accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering this competition or accepting the prize, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (including personal injury, death and fraud) in which case that liability is limited to the minimum amount allowable by law.
  17. If for any reason any aspect of this competition is not capable of running as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any cause beyond the control of Maidstone Borough Council which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this competition, Maidstone Borough Council may in its sole discretion cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition or invalidate any affected entries, where required
  18. Maidstone Borough Council’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  19. Maidstone Borough Council will not be responsible for any incorrect or incomplete information communicated in the course of, or in connection with, this competition if the deficiency is occasioned by any cause outside the reasonable control of Maidstone Borough Council, including without limitation, technical malfunctions or failures.
  20. Participants in the competition are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. Maidstone Borough Council reserves the right to refuse entry or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
  21. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.