Update: The Damn Good call for entries deadline has been extended to Monday, February 28th, 2011. More info here.

We are super excited to announce the official call for entries to our upcoming book, Damn Good: Top Designers Discuss Their All-Time Favorite Projects. Hexanine has partnered with HOW Design Books and Crescent Hill Books to deliver this design inspiration book, our very first!

In thinking about what separates great design from the crowd, we recognized that passion drives the best design work, and this book will provide an opportunity for designers to explain, discuss, and brag about the work that represents their favorite projects. Any work you’ve done, in brand identity, packaging, print, interactive, or another category is fair game. Submissions aren’t limited by their launch date — your projects could have been developed last month, last year, or whenever.

Also, we’re doing something rather unique in this space — one chapter will feature ‘axed projects’ — great work that you loved, but the client rejected. Whether it was recession budgets, conservative clients, or office politics that shelved your project, now is your chance to show it to the world. Axed projects will be featured in our “Cutting Room Floor” chapter so they can live again.

There’s no cost to enter (just a $25 publication fee for chosen entries) and all submissions will be judged by us, the Hexanine partners, Tim Lapetino and Jason Adam. We’ll select more than 100 projects, and 12 will be chosen for case studies, devoting two pages and an interview to your specific design entry. Damn Good will also be distributed internationally and sold in more than 20 countries. You can get more details about the book itself from our PDF info sheet.

So, create an account at Crescent Hill’s online submission site and submit your work! The deadline for entries is February 14, 2011.

We’ll have more information as we move closer to the book’s Winter 2011 launch, including some exclusive sneak peeks. We’ll also give some insight into the design process, and what it takes to judge a book like this. Stay tuned, and stay Damn Good!

Edits: The number of case studies has been changed to 12, and the book’s title is now “Damn Good: Top Designers Discuss Their All-Time Favorite Projects“.