This year, we have had a special audience design contest in collaboration with charity: water and sponsored by Adobe to drive awareness for an important problem: access to clean water for all.

Right now, one billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water. On mycharity: water, you can run, bike, or give up birthday presents to raise money to fund water projects for communities in need, and 100% of all donations directly funds water projects. Every dollar donation is linked to a water project and proved with photos and GPS. Now, charity: water seeks the help of the Cut&Paste design community for fresh ideas.

The Challenge: In a 15-minute offstage round, sketch a graphic that represents an activity you would do to raise money for clean water using the iPad and Adobe Ideas app, provided at Cut&Paste. The winner from all global entries receives the opportunity to work on a charity: water campaign. Click for more details and take a look at some designs from Global Champs 2012:

The Lower Eastside Girls Club provides a place where girls and young women can grow, learn, have fun, and develop the ability to make a difference in the world.

In an effort to support their mission, Cut&Paste will be donating 50% of all Global Champs ticket sales. These donations will go directly to the development of the design studio.

Food Bank For NYC is the city's major hunger-relief organization working to end food poverty throughout the 5 boroughs. As one of the country's largest food banks, their mission is to end hunger in NYC by organizing food, information, and support for community survival and dignity.