Cut and Paste Design Contest

Starting next month, the Cut and Paste design contest will kick off it’s second year of competition in New York City on October 21.  The contest is scheduled to also go down in Chicago, LA, and San Francisco in the following weeks. The contest takes 8 competitors and pits them against each other in three, 15 minute head-to-head battles, with the winners of each bracket advancing to the next round. 

Competitors will create their work on stage in front of a live
audience. Their work will be projected on screens throughout the venue
and a video camera will show all the action on stage on a separate
screen.

Contestants will be provided  a digital camera, an apple G5 with
Adobe photoshop, illustrator, and iLife studio, along with an
assortment of basic tools including paper, scissors, glue and tape.

Each round of work will be judged by a panel creative conosuers, including the creative director for the Sundance Channel – Keira Alexandra, Chicago artist and illustrator – Chuck Anderson, and Sacha Lewis of Flavorpill.
 
Here’s what the website had to say about last years competiton:

In November, 2005, the concept of live digital design battle was born
with the inaugural Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament. The
tournament was held to provide a forum of free, competitive expression
in a relaxed audience-friendly ambience. Packing the large, open bar,
the audience of 850 formed a sea of intent stares as the white
projector screens displayed each brush stroke and mouse click – there’s
something special about witnessing the creative process. Two
elimination rounds of rapid design work culminated in a final,
eliciting cheering by the finalists’ new fans.

For more creative competitions, check out LVHRD.