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HISTORY

Cut&Paste’s first live digital design tournament was a single competition in New York City in 2005. Since then, Cut&Paste has increased the number of participating cities through out the years and introduced the arenas of 3D and Motion design to the competitions. 2010 is expected to draw some of the best talent and biggest crowds to date.

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CALL FOR COMPETITORS

Cut&Paste returns for its annual Digital Design Tournament, this battling in ten of the worlds brightest design stages to challenge 2D, 3D and Motion competitors! This years Call for Competitors is open for entries so show off your skills in any of the three formats in fast-paced, single-elimination rounds, each with a unique theme and time limit.

Cut&Paste wants YOU for Digital Design Tournament 2010

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TOUR SCHEDULE

For 2010, Cut&Paste will focus on an increased quality in experience and engagement with the design community, selecting ten cities to feature the competition before the Global Championship in New York.

NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES

EUROPE BERLIN LONDON

SOUTH AMERICA SÃO PAULO

ASIA BANGKOK TOKYO SEOUL

GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP NEW YORK

For specific dates: CLICK HERE

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COMPETITOR DEADLINES AND SELECTION PROCESS

Cut&Paste will accept online entries until the deadlines below. Select competitors will be invited to Test Rounds, short weekend events that serve as both auditions and a chance to get to know the candidates. This is a show of one’s design skills, experience what live design feels like, and potentially earn a spot on stage. To learn more about Test Rounds, CLICK HERE.

DEADLINES:
North America: SEPTEMBER 10TH
Europe | Asia | South America: OCTOBER 15TH

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GRAND PRIZE

One Grand Prize Winner from each of 2D, 3D, and Motion Design competitions in each city will receive an expenses paid trip to New York City for the Global Championships with more prizes to be announced soon.

	FITC Newsletter: San Francisco 2010

10 Reasons you need to be at FITC San Francisco. Including a real sweet discount.

We are so excited about the upcoming event that we decided to put together the top reasons we think you should be there! Here they are…

1. Hang with Passioniate People. Remember when work was fun?

There is nothing as exciting and invigorating as spending 3 days with people who get it, people who love it, and people who are as excited as you. People like our speakers, our attendees, our sponsors, and our volunteers. So come, if for no other reason than to recharge your creative inspirational batteries. Don’t believe us? Check out the FITC Toronto highlight reel!

2. Flash legend and Creator of FFFFOUND, Yugo Nakamura, On Stage For The First Time In 5 years!

He’s one of the biggest names in the interactive design community and he’s only speaking at FITC San Francisco. In his presentation, Yugo will talk about what he has been working on, the ideas that sprung from those works, and what challenges they plan to tackle in the future.

3. Co-Creator Of Processing, Ben Fry

He’ll cover the latest incarnation of the Processing project, which targets Android devices. It’s designed for rapid iteration and to streamline how you develop and prototype. On the other hand, it provides a simple platform for building applications that make use of the affordances of mobile devices–touch input, location and tilt sensors, always-on network access, and portable, high-resolution screens.

4. Adobe Under the Hood Sessions. 12 of them. Straight from the Experts.

With FITC San Francisco being in Adobe’s head office home town, we really wanted to involve Adobe in a cool way, so together with Adobe we put together 12 sessions on a diverse range of topics covering Flex 4, OSMF, Flash CS5, AIR, LCCS, Flash Catalyst, and more.

5. The Influxis Voodoo Lounge. Oh Yeah.

Free Beer. Live DJ. An unconference vibe. Off the beaten path presentations. Interviews. Experiments. Live coding. All streamed live for the world to watch. Only at FITC San Francisco. This is sure to be EPIC!!!!

7. Creator of Se7en title credits, Kyle Cooper

Kyle’s accomplishments include over 150 film title sequences including Se7en, all three Spider-Man films, Across the Universe, Zathura, Dawn of the Dead, Mission: Impossible, Braveheart, Tropic Thunder, The Mummy, The Incredible Hulk, and many more. We’ve spoken to a few insiders who tell us that for Se7en, Kyle locked himself in a room and proceeded to scratch on film pieces for hours. What ended up on screen is actually Kyles blood. Amazing.

8. Touch, Touch, Touch!

FITC San Francisco isn’t just about watching cool shit, it’s also about trying out cool new shit! You can get your hands on the latest cool interactive devices and frameworks like Arduino, the Litl WebBook, Hype Framework, Robot Legs, Android, and tons more.