Graphex has been providing a forum for Canadian design every two years since 1977, with the ongoing theme of Good Design Is Good Business. The goal of the Icograda-sponsored event is to not only promote the value of design to the Canadian public and business community but to create a permanent archive of Canadian design.

As for previous competitions, once again Canadian communication designers, web designers, typographers, photographers, illustrators, art directors, ad agencies, printers, writers and clients have the opportunity to submit published cultural, social and business communications in any medium. To win, work must demonstrate how it fulfills the specific theme of Graphex 08, which is "...built around the theory, structure and visual language of the tournament ladder and concept of zeitgeist. The graphic language is very much about info-graphics with many items on the left side representing the input, or distillation process down to one final selection (the winner or the solution) with the other side representing the impact on society or reach of that winner or solution."

Awards are provided in the categories of Advertising, Annual Reports, Editorial/Magazine, Books, Brochures, Calendars, Catalogues, Logos, Corporate Identity, Stationery, Invitations, Manuals, Multimedia, Websites, Packaging, Posters, Self Promotion, Signage, Environmental, Type Design and Other. Category winners receive a certificate, with a trophy going to a choice of each judge. Winning works will be displayed at the Pendulum Gallery in Vancouver, followed by a cross-Canada tour.

More information is available on the site of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, with the deadline for entry being November 23, 2007. Entries from earlier competitions can also be viewed on the site.