Post Office launches Stamp Design Competition for World Design Capital Cape Town 2014.
“Stamps are more than just a form of prepaid postage, they are miniature ambassadors that vibrantly narrate our lives” said Johan van Wyk, senior manager of philatelic services for the SA Post Office.
The World Design Capital Cape Town 2014 (WDC 2014) stamp will need to do just that, illustrate and capture Cape Town’s rich design culture. Van Wyk was speaking ahead of the launch of the WDC 2014 Stamp Design Competition.
The winning designer will win a R22 000 cash prize, while the runners up will receive R15 000 and R10 000 respectively.
Entrants are allowed to conceptualise the theme in their own discipline and use any medium from digital to oil and even water color to create the design. The different choices of images for stamps are nearly unlimited and designers have artistic freedom as long as they stay within the preconditioned themes.
Entries close on 30 September 2013 and entry forms with submission guidelines can be found online and more information on the themes can be found at WDC 2014
