Future City stamp design competition continues to invite contributions

A stamp design competition organized by Itella Posti Oy/Itella Philatelic Center, and part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme, has received more than 300 contributions. The theme of the competition is Future City.

The competition remains open through April 4, 2011, and the winners will be selected from 30 contributions eligible for the finals based on public voting and selections by the jury.

Eight contributions will be selected and made into stamps. The winning stamps will be sold publicly and used by World Design Capital Helsinki 2012.

The competitors may freely select the implementation method of their contributions. The competitors may depict a future living environment in their stamp, a place where they would like to live, or give their visions about tomorrow and a better life.

You can review contributions at the competition website and submit your own contribution. The competition website is in Finnish. The competition is open to everybody. One competitor may submit as many contributions to the competition as they like. Groups may also participate. You may use a pseudonym when submitting your contribution.

The jury comprises the art committee of Itella Posti Oy/Itella Philatelic Center and two experts of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012.

Everyone may vote for the contributions at the competition website from April 7 until April 25, 2011. You may only vote once for one contribution, but you may also give your vote to several contributions. Voters are eligible for a raffle of many prizes both during the competition and the voting.

The authors of the eight winning contributions will each receive €1,500. In addition, four contributions will be selected to be made into postcards, and each author will receive €500. The winners will be announced in May 2011.

The stamps will be released in early 2012.