Cropped
Live Design Competition Supporting Non-profits Empowering Students Building Community
Bringing students and professionals together to reimagine branding for local nonprofits. Explore the winning ideas and creative highlights!

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What is Cropped?

Cropped is a live design competition where students and professionals team up in three fast-paced, 20-minute rounds to rebrand a local nonprofit. Teams create logo concepts, slogans, and campaign ideas, pitching their final designs to a panel of judges. The winning team of students will then develop the complete campaign, with guidance from professional mentors, ready for implementation by the nonprofit.

Students and Professionals: Register for 2025
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Join a team!

Cropped 2025 will take place October 15, 2025 at Wilkes University. Student and professional registration is now open.

Students and Professionals: Register for 2025

Thank you to our amazing 2025 Cropped sponsor!

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Congrats to Our 2024 Winning Team!

This year’s winning team brought together the creative talents of students from the University of Scranton and professionals from Posture Interactive. Hosted at the University of Scranton, the team collaborated to develop a powerful branding campaign for The Willow Foundation, blending fresh perspectives with professional insight to make a meaningful impact.

 

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Checkout photos from the most recent competition

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