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International Student Competition on Fonts and Calligraphy Pangram
The International Student Competition on Fonts and Calligraphy Pangram is devoted to the popularization of the cultural traditions of the peoples of different countries, the advancement of modern calligraphy and typeface design among young people, enabling the students to grow professionally, revealing their creative abilities. Also, the Competition contributes to the exchange of experience of various calligraphy schools in Ukraine and other countries. Students, graduates and young designers from such countries as Poland, Ukraine, Armenia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain and many others take part in the competition.
Participants of the Competition may be students of higher education institutions, as well as graduates, young designers, students of private graphic design schools, font courses, etc.
Nominations
Calligraphy | Lettering | Art Alphabet | Decorative font | Display font | Text font | Font poster | Motion type (NEW)
Every year a new main subject of the Competition is proposed.
I (2016) – The integration and interaction of different alphabets of the world.
II (2017) – Palindrome (number, word, phrase or text, which are read in the same way in both directions). The idea is cycling, rhythm, playing letters, words, phrases of the world that surrounds us.
III (2018) – Literature under the slogan "Read! Feel it! Interpret!" Visual interpretation of a literary work by means of font and calligraphy.
IV (2019/2020) – History of writing: personalities, events, milestones. The task is a visual interpretation of the significance of certain events and the influence of individuals on the development of writing systems of the peoples of the world and the development of font design as a whole.
V (2020/2021) – Alma Mater. Freedom in creativity — creativity in learning!
VI (2021/2022) – Philosophy of Existence!
VII Pangram (2022/2023) — Transformation: time, meaning, symbol
VIIІ Pangram (2023/2024) — NextGen Font: Beyond the Written Word
ІХ Pangram (2024/2025) — The culture of the word: from visuality to meaning
The international jury
consisted of high school representatives and font professionals. Every year new professionals are invited:
John D. Berry (USA), Scripta Typographic Institute, Director; ex-president of the International Association of Typographers (AtypI)
Ian Brignell (Canada), designer
Edik Ghabuzyan (Armenia), typeface designer, the initiator and founder of the international type design competition GRANSHAN
Riccardo De Franceschi (Italy), typeface designer, manages a design team at typeface design studio “Dalton Maag”, London
Victor Kharyk (Germany), typeface designer, author of research and reports on history and theory of fonts, delegate ATypI from Ukraine, founder of the group "Shchedryk: font help"
Aliaksei Koval (Belarus), calligrapher, typeface designer
Haytham Nawar (Egypt), designer. Chair of the Department of the Arts at the American University in Cairo, and founder of Cairotronica, Cairo Electronic and New Media Arts Festival.
Jerzy Skakun (Poland), designer
Barbara Galińska (Poland), calligrapher, designer lettering art, the founder of The Warsaw House of Calligraphy and a member of the Polish Calligraphy Society
Christina Borisova (Bulgaria), professor, PhD of Art History and Fine Arts, the Department of the Poster and Visual Communication, National academy of art, Sofia
Tatsiana Kulazhenko (Lithuania), assistant professor of Visual Design and Media program of European Humanities University (Vilnius), is a member of Belarusian Union of Designers
Aliaksandr Kulazhenka (Belarus), designer
Oleksiy Chekal (Ukraine), calligrapher, typeface designer
Tetiana Ivanenko (Ukraine), Ph.D. in Study of Art, associate professor of Department of Graphic Design, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts
Kiril Tkachov (Ukraine), typeface designer, calligrapher, co-founder of Innerspace, art director of Infostyle, the founder of the international festival of font, calligraphy and book “Prostir Liter” (Lytsk)
Volodymyr Stasenko (Ukraine), artist, Ph.D., Honored Worker of Arts of Ukraine, Head of the Department of Graphic Design and Art of the Book of the Ukrainian Academy of Printing, Lviv
Yevgen Sadko (Ukraine), designer, typographer, the founder and CEO of font rental service “Rentafont.com”
Nataliia Syniepupova (Ukraine), graphic designer, art director at Meta2. Organizer and co-organizer of projects: Visual Communication Gathering, TYPE KYIV-2017 International Font Conference
Inna Cherkesova (Ukraine), professor, Honored Artist of Ukraine
Andriy Konstantynov (Ukraine), typeface designer
Mart Anderson (Estonia), type and graphic designer. Event Organizer у Kirjak Typography Conference
Krzysztof Kochnowicz (Poland), typeface designer. Professor of University of Arts in Poznań. Founder and head of Type Designe Studio at the University
Bohdan Hdal' (Ukraine), typeface designer, artist, graphic & web-designer, public activist, founder of the Folk Art Project "Rukotvory.
Anastasia Pavlidi (Lithuania), graphic designer in advertising agency "Idea Labs" (Lithuania), Participant of international poster, type, calligraphy and graphic design exhibitions
Aleksandra Samuļenkova (Netherlands), type designer, she is native to Latin and Cyrillic and has a keen interest in the origins of typographic traditions within these scripts
Olga Severina (USA), graphic designer, Ph.D. in Visual Arts, founder and curator of a PosterTerritory, serves on a jury of a variety of international poster competitions in Poland, Italy, China, and Iran, authored books and catalogs on the contemporary poster as well as articles for design magazines
Liana Shushanyan (Armenia), interpreter, translator and type designer. Has been engaged in different type art projects such as "Granshan" international type design competition. Currently, working to maintain and develop the unique characteristics and the cultural heritage of Armenian typeface design
Cheng Zhou (China), PhD of Art, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Arts, Hanshang Pedagogical University
Karen Cheng (USA), graphic designer, Professor, Visual Communication Design University of Washington
Merab Getsadze (Georgia), artist, typeface designer. One of the founders of the Association "Georgian Font"
Chang Sik Kim (USA), Professor, San José State University. Founder & Curator, IDEEC (International Design Education Expo & Conference)
Betül Uslu Özkan (Turkey), PhD, Assistant Professor at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphic Department
Christine Gertsch (Switzerland), graphic and type designer. MA in Type and Media at the Royal Academy of Arts the Hague, Netherlands. 9 years of experience in branding, editorial design and packaging design gained in Berlin, Hamburg and Zurich
The Competition is organized in three stages:
- qualifying (held in higher education institutions among students who wish to participate in the Competition);
- intermediate (admission of works, registration of participants, selection of works by the Organizing Committee of the Competition, formation of the list of participants);
- final (jury work, announcement of results).
Works admitted to participation in the Competition must have a high level of presentation, relevant nominations and must comply with ethical norms. Works can be performed in Cyrillic, Latin or other system of the letter of choice of the participant, unless it is emphasized in special conditions by nominations. Each participant has the right to submit up to 3 works in each nomination. No author name is allowed at work!
Winners are awarded with of diplomas I–III degrees, all the participants get certificates. The winners may also be awarded honors, awards from the Organizing Committee, charitable foundations and sponsors of the Competition.
Participation in the competition is free of charge. The participant guarantees the authorship of his works.
According to the results of the competition, exhibitions of the best works are held. For example, at the final exhibition in 2016, one could see font works with alphabets such as Armenian, English, Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian and Vietnamese.
The winners
I Pangram https://ksada.org/nov-04-06-2016-02.html
II Pangram https://ksada.org/nov-08-11-2017.html
III Pangram https://ksada.org/nov-10-12-2018-2.html
IV Pangram https://ksada.org/pangram-2020.html
V Pangram https://ksada.org/pdf1/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D1%86%D1%96_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82.pdf
VІI Pangram (2022/2023)
https://www.ksada.org/nov-20-06-23-1.html
VІII Pangram (2023/2024)
Х Pangram (2024/2025)
https://www.ksada.org/rezultaty-ih-mizhnarodnogo-studentskogo-konkursu-zi-shryftu-i-kaligrafiyi-pangram/
The initiator of the Competition is Tatiana Ivanenko, Ph.D. in Study of Art, Associate professor,
Department of Graphic Design, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Ukraine.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/167407331/Pangram-Competition
