The competition, which is now in its fifth year, invites anyone to submit a design for a printed t-shirt, inspired by the space exploration theme of this year’s Fespa exhibition.

Gavin Drake, director of competition supporter GarmentPrinting.co.uk, and the Fespa team will select five outstanding designs to be displayed live at the show.

All visitors to garment printing and decoration event Fespa Fabric will have the chance to vote for their favourite designs during the show and the entry that receives the most votes will win.

The first place winner will receive 25 t-shirts digitally printed with their winning design by GarmentPrinting.co.uk, as well as €100 (£73) worth of Amazon vouchers. The second- and third-place entries will receive 10 and five t-shirts respectively printed with their own design.

Fespa divisional director Roz McGuinness said: “The Fespa Fabric ‘Design a tee’ competition is a light-hearted way of illustrating the creative potential of printed apparel, and bringing out the design flair of our global community.

“T-shirts are a fast fashion staple; they’ve always been a way of expressing our personality and tastes with slogans or images, but new printing technologies mean they’re now the ultimate item of personalised clothing, with the scope to quickly and inexpensively create a unique garment using a favourite photo or individual design.”

To enter the competition, email your design to tshirt@fespa.com.

The 2014 winner was Mark Thompson of Staffordshire-based firm Printdesigns. Second and third place went to Noe Garcia and Federica Micalizzi respectively.

Fespa 2015 will take place in Cologne from 18-22 May. For more information, and to register, visit: www.fespa2015.com.