japanese company uniqlo has opened its call for entries for the cannes lions 56th international advertising festival held during june 21 to 27, 2009.

people from around the world are invited to design a memorable t-shirt suitable for distribution at cannes lions 2009 awards as part of cannes lions t-shirt grand prix competition.  the subject for the uniqlo official t-shirt design competition must focus on the “lion”, the symbol of the festival. the grand prix winning design will be commercialized as a t-shirt for distribution to guests and members of the media at cannes lions 2009 next june. the deadline for submissions is december 21, 2008 full details on how to enter can be found here