{"id":46944,"date":"2013-11-29T14:35:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T19:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=46944"},"modified":"2014-01-09T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T22:22:43","slug":"spacings-transit-poster-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/11\/29\/spacings-transit-poster-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing&#8217;s Transit Poster Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: Spacing&#8217;s Transit Poster Contest<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em> <strong>WHEN<\/strong>: Deadline is extended to Friday, January 31st, 2014<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: Free!<br \/>\n<strong>FACEBOOK<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/322112041261034\/\">RSVP to our event to get deadline reminders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OVERVIEW:<\/strong><br \/>\nSpacing&#8217;s staff have often listened to readers complain about the current quality of the TTC&#8217;s promotional material. But during the 1950s, &#8217;60s, and &#8217;70s, the TTC produced attractive and unique promotional posters (we <a href=\"http:\/\/spacingstore.ca\/collections\/prints\/TTC-Vintage-Posters\">sell four of them<\/a> in our e-store) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2012\/07\/a_ttc_etiquette_guide_vintage_edition_\/\">etiquette reminders<\/a>. Cities such as London have a long history of producing visually compelling posters (there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Pleasure-Trips-Underground-Jonathan-Riddell\/dp\/1854142003\">numerous books available<\/a> showcasing these vintage posters).<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CHALLENGE:<\/strong><br \/>\nWe challenge illustrators and graphic designers to create their own original poster (or a series of posters) that promotes the TTC. The topic of the poster can be anything you desire. Here is a list of topic ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>promoting a station;<\/li>\n<li>promoting a specific subway line, streetcar route, or bus route;<\/li>\n<li>promoting retail available at a certain station or along a route;<\/li>\n<li>promoting a cultural landmark or location;<\/li>\n<li>encouraging certain etiquette or behavior;<\/li>\n<li>promoting new transit technology;<\/li>\n<li>promoting mix-modal usage;<\/li>\n<li>it can even be advocacy for a new line to be built, such as the Downtown Relief Line<\/li>\n<li>You get the picture&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The goal for Spacing is show off stylish and sophisticated posters. It can be in any style you wish. Take inspiration from the TTC&#8217;s subway map, the shape of the streetcars, the design of subway platforms, the form of the TTC logo\/shield&#8230;. Just be creative! At the bottom of this page we have provided you with some vintage TTC and London Underground examples to inspire you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNING ENTRIES:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Posters selected as winning entries will appear in the spring 2014 issue of Spacing<\/strong>. Winners will also receive a gift bag of prizes.\u00a0 More details on specific prizes will be shared in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW TO ENTER<\/strong>: You must register to enter. Send us an email and we will provide you with uploading details (submissions can begin in January 2014). <em>EMAIL: <a href=\"mailto:transitposter@spacing.ca\">transitposter@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE DETAILS<\/strong> (judging, submission details, size, etc) visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/spacings-transit-poster-contest\/\">contest page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: Spacing&#8217;s Transit Poster Contest WHEN: Deadline is extended to Friday, January 31st, 2014 COST: Free! FACEBOOK: RSVP to our event to get deadline reminders OVERVIEW: Spacing&#8217;s staff have often listened to readers complain about the current quality of the TTC&#8217;s promotional material. But during the 1950s, &#8217;60s, and &#8217;70s, the TTC produced attractive and<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/11\/29\/spacings-transit-poster-contest\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Spacing&#8217;s Transit Poster Contest&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4010,"featured_media":46941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-spacing","category-transit"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spacing&#039;s Transit Poster Contest - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/11\/29\/spacings-transit-poster-contest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spacing&#039;s Transit Poster Contest - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WHAT: Spacing&#8217;s Transit Poster Contest WHEN: Deadline is extended to Friday, January 31st, 2014 COST: Free! 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