After more than a decade of selling printing online, corporate gift retailer Absorbent, Ink. is refreshing its brand by reaching out to graphic designers across the country to redesign its logo.  The company is targeting graphic designers and art students to participate in this contest and is offering a substantial prize for the most compelling concept.

The designer of the winning logo will earn $2,000 in cash and custom printing, and the winning logo will be the face of the franchise and a rebranded website.

Absorbent, Ink. is visited by hundreds of thousands of marketers and graphic designers each year and past customers include companies such as ConocoPhillips, Merrill Lynch, Eddie Bauer, Colgate-Palmolive, Nike, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, The Walt Disney Company, and Morgan Stanley. 

? The deadline for submitting logo concepts to the company is September 30th, 2013.

? Applicants should submit entries at http://www.absorbentprinting.com/contest.php

? An online vote amongst the top designs will be held on the Absorbent, Ink website throughout the month of October to determine the winner.

"We are very excited to tap into the artistic community to help us move our brand into the next chapter as a company. Artists are an important part of our customer base and we look forward to this input," says Donna Estes, Director of Merchandising for PrintGlobe, who operates the Absorbent, Ink brand.