2009-2010 TAA T-Shirt Design Contest

With a little graphic design talent or some applied creativity, you could be the designer of the 2009-2010 TAA t-shirt. Or, lacking the artistic talent to render your design onto paper but with the vision of a true artiste, you’re welcome to submit a rough sketch that the TAA can have translated from dream to t-shirt reality. We are looking for your submissions for t-shirt designs that will grace the backs of many a graduate worker.

This year, in particular, we especially encourage designs that communicate the TAA’s commitment to organize fellow graduate workers. Words and ideas that might be a part of this include “graduate workers united,” “organizing,” “unionism,” “stronger together,” and the like – maybe you have your own way to articulate that graduate workers organized in a union are a mighty force for economic and social justice in the academy.

As you craft a design, please be aware that we cannot use things that include material like UW logos (e.g. Bucky Badger, the stylized “W,” etc) because of copyright. Because of our desire to be economical with printing, we are asking designers to keep their submissions to black and white. Right now, we are thinking of printing on t-shirts that are either black, white, or red – but let the inspiration guide your design.

Submit your design ideas to Tim Frandy of the Orientation Committee by Friday, July 24th. Our Orientation Committee will select a winning design concept – and the artist producing it will receive a prize of a $50 gift card to the Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, not to mention the satisfaction and pride of seeing thousands of fellow graduate workers sporting his or her design around campus.

Previous designs as well as a black-and-white version of the TAA logo can be found here:

With any questions, please contact Tim.