Poster Design Competition
The Art Theme for 2027 is:
Moss & Microchips
Imagine a future where advanced technology leads to the unravelling of society. We can see the path to this through technology encouraging isolating individualism over values of community and nature. We can’t avoid the growing role of technology in our lives, so let’s explore how we want to exist in accordance with this and choose how we wish to balance it with our place in the natural world. This theme encourages you to delve into the extremes of technological advancement and natural spiritualism, and most importantly how we want to exist inside this spectrum. Come embrace your inner faerie, cyberpunk, or anything in-between!
(Thank you Zac Forbes!)
Now we need a poster design to showcase the theme!
Untold glory and accolades will be awarded to the artist who can best capture the essence of Kiwiburn’s 2027 Theme in a poster format. You will see it everywhere, as the winning design will be adapted for stickers, wristbands and volunteer patches too. The competition is open to all graphic artists, and those who have a fabulous idea (and a designer friend who can turn your idea into usable artwork). You have until 9pm Sunday 24 May 2026 to submit your ideas, so get going and give those creative juices free rein.
Poster designs must be original work and not generated using “artificial intelligence” – refer below for more information.
Artwork specifications are:
- A3 or A4; can be portrait or landscape
- preferred formats to set files up in:
– Adobe Illustrator (.ai);
– InDesign (.indd);
– Photoshop (.psd) - min. 300dpi resolution
- must include:
– the art theme;
– the Kiwiburn Megamorphosis Man (can be in background) download vector pdf
– the Kiwiburn logo download vector pdf
– the dates;
– the location;
– the Kiwiburn website;
– the words: New Zealand’s Regional Burning Man Event - your design should embrace and reflect the art theme, and Kiwiburn
- Kiwiburn’s somewhat ‘quasi-official’ font for information is DIN, tho it’s not mandatory to use it.
- your design must be, to the best of your knowledge, your own original work and cannot be plagiarised and/or the work of another person (reverse image search will be used to verify).
- you must not use “artificial intelligence” to generate your design (or a substantive part). All posters will be passed through AI image detection tools to verify (they are quite accurate – trust us!). If some level of AI has been unavoidable because of embedding within the design tools you use, please explain in the submission form.
Understandings:
- we will need your original working files to allow the design team to adapt the files for different collateral
- we will collaborate with the winning designer if we feel the design needs further development to be finalised
- your name will be used on the website, newsletter and in social media crediting your work.
Mandatory information
- Kiwiburn 27 (or 2027)
- Moss & Mircochips
- Date 27-31 January, 2027
- Hunterville
- New Zealand’s Regional Burning Man Event
- www.kiwiburn.com
Submitting your entry
- the competition closes at 9pm on Sunday 24 May 2026
- the winner will be announced in June 2026.
- To submit your entry you must do two things:
- Complete the Entry Form
- Email your poster to artsfacilitator@kiwiburn.com
- submit your design in a digital format: pdf preferred, jpeg acceptable; no other formats accepted.
- keep the original working files (.ai, .indd, .psd) – we will need these from the winner
- file size no larger than 64MB
Please note:
- the judges decision is final
- the winner will be required to supply open files to Kiwiburn for use via an electronic dropbox, Google Drive, etc
- Kiwiburn reserves the right to change elements of the design for readability, preferably in consultation with and working with the artist to achieve the desired result
- Kiwiburn will own all image rights for future use
- Kiwiburn will use the poster design on it’s website and social media pages and promotional materials as required.
Ready to submit your wonderful design?
