After a successful series of BBM competitions in Indonesia and South Africa, BBM Stickamania is now coming to Nigeria this January, encouraging the most creative, expressive stickers to be designed for BBM.

Anyone wishing to enter the BBM Stickamania should visit bbmstickamania.com register, read the design guide on the website and get creative!

Submissions are now open.

Once complete, sticker packs should be submitted by February 12, 2016. The voting period is from February 8 to February 19, 2016. The 20 sticker packs with the most votes will be judged by the BBM jury, who will select the Top 3 winners and 10 runners-up Nigerian’s BBM Stickamania.

Participants can also join the dedicated BBM channel C004A4E77 for updates.

To increase their chances of winning, contestants should encourage their friends and family to vote online for their sticker pack, as well as promoting their creative designs via social media.

Do you think you can win? Then get creative, design your stickers, submit and tell your friends and family to vote for you!

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Snapchat geofilters, the location-based graphics that you can place over your photo, are a fun way to spice up your pictures and let your friends know exactly where you're snapping from.

But did you know some of them are made by users? Here's how you can submit your own geofilter design to Snapchat.

Here's how to submit your own geofilter designs to Snapchat.  

You'll need to use Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop to create your design. Snapchat has specific templates for each program. Click here to download them.

Your submissions should be saved as web-optimized, transparent PNG files. Make sure each design is 1080 pixels wide and 1920 pixels high. Files should also be under 300KB.

Check out this chart from Snapchat for more details about the specifics of your design.

Click here when you're ready to submit your design. First, you'll have to create a geofence for it. A geofence designates the area where you want the filter to be available. Use Snapchat's map tool to create your fence.

Next, upload your PNG file by clicking the large plus sign in the upper right-hand side of the screen.

Once your image is uploaded, you'll need to provide some basic information, including your name and email address. You'll also have to explain "why is this location meaningful to you."

After you've answered Snapchat's questions, you're ready to hit submit. If your design is accepted, Snapchat will email you to let you know. 

Snapchat has strict rules about geofilters, so it's important to do your research if you want your design to be accepted. Filters for specific businesses are not allowed. Neither are designs that block too much of the screen. When designing your filter, Snapchat recommends picking a "location where people are likely to gather and send Snaps."

If you're thinking about submitting your own geofilter, be sure to check out Reddit. There are tons of threads devoted to tips and tricks for designing the perfect filter. You can even post your design ideas to get feedback from other designers. 

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Organised by Eastern Mediterranean University Architecture Faculty in collaboration with the Design Club, 5th International Design Week is taking place with a specific theme of awareness as well as colorful activities between 20 and 22 May 2015.

Taking place under the “Green Gesture” theme, EMU Design Week will be hosting world renowned Turkish Cypriot Architect Ali Yapıcıoğlu and Spanish architect Santiago Cirugeda Parejo. Cyprus International University academic staff member and Fine Arts and Design Faculty Vice Dean, Turkish Cypriot architect Dr. Cemil Atakara will also be participating in the activities taking place throughout the week. TOBB University of Economics and Technology Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Program academic staff members and students will also be taking part in the activities.

5th Design Week taking place under the sponsorship of KTMMOB – Chambers of Architects, Deniz Plaza, Harmony Stationery, Buse Stationery ve Azgan Crafts Wizard will be providing a productive environment for future as well as current designers.

The official opening of 5th Design Week will take place at Architecture Faculty Colored Building at 10:00 a.m. on 20 May 2015. Following the opening ceremony, Ali Yapıcıoğlu’s presentation entitled “Rammed Earth” will take place between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. Spanish architect Santiago Cirugeda’s presentation entitled “From the Individual to the Collective” will be taking place on the same day at Rauf Raif Denktaş Culture and Congress Center between 5:30 p.m. and   6: 30 p.m. On 22 May, 2015 Assist. Prof. Dr. Cemil Atakara’s presentation entitled “Sustainable Awareness” will be taking place at Architecture Faculty Colored Building A01 between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

5th Design Week will also be hosting 18 workshops, 2 film screening activities and short concerts. Outcomes of the workshops taking place for three days will be exhibited on 22 May 2015. Following the certificate ceremony, the event will come to an end with a closing party.

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A workshop on packaging design was organised by the Cyprus International University Faculty of Fine Arts with the title “Hands on Bottle”.

During the event, which was organized by the Cyprus International University Departments of Graphical Design and Industrial Product Design, both affiliated with the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Cypriot artist and graphical designer Hikmet Uluçam made a presentation titled “creativity in packaging”.

Following the presentation by Uluçam, students from the two CIU departments took part in a workshop. Present for the workshop, in addition to Hikmet Uluçam, were Department of Graphical Design department member Omid Kalantar Motamedi, and the part-time Instructor Seyit Ermiyagil from the Department of Industrial Design.

During the workshop students from the Departments of Graphical Design and Industrial Product Design demonstrated their team-work by creating a package design for a bottle. The students also designed a sticker for the package.

Participating students were presented attendance certificates at the conclusion of the workshop, which was organized promote cooperation between the two departments.

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