EVENT
UNESCO International Poster Competition
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2010, International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, and has defined three main dimensions: dialogue, mutual understanding, and cooperation. UNESCO, as a specialized agency of the United Nations entrusted with the mandate to build “the defences of peace in the minds of men,” has been designated as lead agency of the Year within the UN system. Participants of the competition are invited to express their vision and understanding of the “Rapprochement of Cultures” by designing posters that creatively emphasize the importance of exchange and dialogue among and between cultures in ensuring social cohesion and harmonious coexistence. Designers have complete creative liberty. 50 posters will be selected for display in an online gallery linked to UNESCO’s website dedicated to the celebration of the International Year 2010. From 50 selected posters, 30 posters will be printed for an exhibition to be held at UNESCO HQ in May 2010 in the framework of the UNESCO International Festival of Cultural Diversity. From the 30, UNESCO will select an Overall Winner who will receive a $2000 cash prize plus an invitation from UNESCO to attend the poster exhibition at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris in May 2010.
Lomba Desain Poster Digital “Deep Indonesia 2010″
deadline: March 5th, 2010
Pameran DEEP Indonesia 2010 adalah sebuah pameran internasional yang memamerkan perkembangan aktivitas selam, wisata petualangan dan olah raga air di Indonesia, yang akan diselenggarakan mulai tanggal 12–14 Maret 2010 di Hall A, Jakarta Convention Center.
Deep Indonesia 2010 memiliki sasaran untuk mempromosikan industri wisata bahari melalui kegiatan selam, olah raga perairan dan wisata petualangansekaligus mengajak masyarakat untuk mencintai laut dan sumber daya kelautan.
Salah satu tujuan dari pameran DEEP Indonesia 2010 adalah untuk meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat terhadap konservasi lingkungan hidup terutama lingkungan hidup kelautan dan sumber daya kelautan. Tujuan inilah yang menjadi dasar dari diselenggarakannya Kompetisi Desain Poster Digital oleh PT. Exhibition Network Indonesia, sebagai penyelenggara pameran bekerjasama dengan Coremap II, sebuah lembaga rehabilitas terumbu karang di bawah Departemen Kelautan & Perikanan Indonesia.
DEEP Indonesia 2010didukung sepenuhnya oleh Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan, Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Persatuan Olah Raga Selam Seluruh Indonesia. Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata secara resmi telah mencanangkan pameran DEEP Indonesia sebagai salah satu agenda nasional untuk pengembangan industri selam dan wisata bahari di tanah air. DEEP Indonesia 2010 juga mendapat dukungan penuh dari media-media komunitas terkait tingkat internasional.
Fashion Illustration Contest
Marie Claire & IED Barcelona announced their first Fashion Illustration Contest. If you like fashion and are driven by illustration, this is your chance. Take part in our fashion illustration competition and win a 2010 summer course in Creative Illustration or Introduction to Fashion Design. Participants are welcome worldwide with or without studies in fashion design. Free technique: watercolour, acrylic, felt-tip pen or pencil (individually or combined). No collage and no computer program is allowed. Reinvent yourself in 2010 – this is your year!
The Earth Hour Challenge
Inkfruit (an online community of designers and t-shirt lovers) in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF – India) brings designers across the world the opportunity to design for a cause. Earth Hour is a contest for graphic designs supporting Climate Change. Earth Hour is an initiative calling people throughout the world to Switch OFF on 28th March 2010 from 8:30pm to 9:30pm local time, showing your support for Saving the Environment. Submit your graphic designs in support of Earth Hour. Make a Difference! This contest is open for everyone; No entry costs; Please submit your original creations as jpeg files. If your entry wins, you will be expected to mail the high resolution or vector design files.
Poster Clash 2010
Poster Clash is a new breed of poster competition. Not only will a select panel of judges moderate the entries, but the final decisions are in your hands with head-to-head voting online and at the Poster Clash Main Event, March 18th 2010. A national panel of judges will judges all the entries and narrow down the field to 64 posters to contend in the Clash. The judging will be based on the individual style and taste of the judge, as well as completion of the requirements. Those 64 contestants will enter an online competition where the public will be able to cast their votes in a head-to-head match up system drawn at from the results of the judging process. Concept: Change One Thing. The concept for this year’s Poster Clash is the line: “Change one thing”, From the simplest action of changing to compact florescent bulbs, to more in-depth changes such as political parties and life habits, motivating change in visual communication is one of the most basic and fulfilling aspects of the communication profession. Open worldwide. Entry fees are 5.00 USD for students, and 10.00 USD for professionals.
FOSS-ID Competition 2010
deadline: Feb 18th, 2010
FOSS-ID akan menyelenggarakan rangkaian kompetisi pada tahun 2010, yaitu desain grafis, animasi, kompetisi game dan Open Document Format (ODF).
Kompetisi pertama yang dilakukan adalah Lomba Desain Poster & Brosur yang mengangkat tema “Promosi Free / Open Source Software (FOSS) sebagai pilihan cerdas software legal” bertujuan untuk mensosialisasikan open source di kalangan masyarakat luas.
Lomba Desain ini tidak dipungut biaya, dan berlaku untuk seluruh warga Indonesia. Target peserta dari lomba ini adalah kalangan masyarakat umum (termasuk mahasiswa) dan pelajar. Keikutsertaan peserta juga tidak dibatasi oleh umur.
Isi poster diharapkan berupa informasi mengenai keberadaan open source sebagai alternatif dari software propietary (yang legal maupun versi ilegalnya), dan juga ajakan kepada seluruh masyarakat Indonesia untuk menggunakan open source software dan produk-produk berbasis open source dalam aktivitas berbasis TIK.
