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The 65 winning projects from design firms across Canada will be opening in Montreal on 1 May 2006.
Entitled Graphex 06, the show is Canada's biennial national awards of excellence in communication design.
The awards are organised by the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) and were first held in 1977.
The 2006 winning pieces were selected by an international panel of judges from more than 600 submissions.
Awards of Merit were presented in the Annual Report, Book, Brochure, Catalogue, Corporate Identity, Editorial / Magazine, Environmental, Invitation, Logo, Packaging, Poster, Self Promotion, Advertising, Website and Other categories.
Awards of Excellence were presented for Book, Brochure, Calagoue, Poster, Editorial, Environmental, Invitation, Self Promotion, Advertising, Website and Other categories.
In addition, individual judges each made a selection for recognition.
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Graphex 06: National Design Awards Travel to Montreal
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From Michelangelo to Rembrandt to Keith Haring, artists the world over have applied their vision to a variety of biblical passages and themes, bringing ancient words to life.
And the tradition continues in Postmodern Bible Stories, where some of today's top illustrators have contributed their interpretations of those familiar passages.
The results are striking, risk-taking, illuminating images that offer a new perspective and modern spin on these Sunday School classics.
Inside, along with the illustrations, you'll also find brief insights by the artists themselves about the subject matter.
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Corel Corporation introduced a new plug-in for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite that enables designers to easily convert any image or vector graphic to a bitmap that has the look of embroidered stitches.
Quick and easy-to-use, the DRAWings Embroidery Effect instantly converts any graphic into an image that looks like it has been created with real stitches.
Built by DRAWstitch, one of the industry's leading embroidery technology companies, the plug-in offers new creative options for designers who are looking for a distinctive style that will help them stand out from the crowd.
"This new effect is ideal for anyone who wants to create the unique and eye-catching look of embroidery, without having to sew a single stitch."
"Whether you are a screen printer who is looking to create amazing new t-shirt artwork, a direct to garment printer who wants to offer stunning new fashion designs, or a sign maker who wants to add another creative option to your portfolio, this free plug-in offers you creative possibilities that were virtually impossible to achieve before," said Nick Davies, Corel's General Manager Graphics."
The DRAWings Embroidery Effect plug-in enables customers to create raster images with the look of embroidery that can be printed out for a variety of projects including garments, promotional items, marketing
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Introducing the New CorelDRAW Embroidery Effect
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Pantone, Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, announced new capabilities for its professional monitor calibration tools, Eye-One Display LT and Eye-One Display 2, under the Pantone / gretagmacbeth partnership.
The products give creative professionals more control with a unique push-button calibration feature that eliminates many time-consuming manual steps associated with monitor calibration and profiling.
Users can now create profiles for any ambient light condition for optimal viewing of color-critical work.
Additionally, both products include support for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Current Eye-One Display LT and Eye-One Display 2 users can download the upgraded software, free-of-charge, at Pantone site.
The push-button calibration feature included in both products automatically interacts with monitors to adjust RGB, brightness and contrast settings for optimal color clarity, and supports most popular professional monitors.
Eye-One Display LT and Eye-One Display 2 incorporate gray balance optimization for more neutral and better-defined grays.
Profile summary reports are provided for post profile analysis, as well as profile reminders to ensure users recalibrate their monitors as monitors may drift over time.
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Pantone and GretagMacbeth Announce Unrivaled Color Performance
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Elizabeth Resnick, Frank Baseman and Chaz Maviyane-Davies are pleased to announce The Graphic Imperative: International Posters of Peace, Social Justice and the Environment 1965-2005 is now on display at The Design Center at Philadelphia University through 23 May 2006.
The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of 40 years of international sociopolitical posters.
Themes include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy and tolerance, collectively providing a window to an age of great change.
Focusing on the issues of our turbulent times, these 111 posters endeavor to show the social, political and aesthetic concerns of many cultures in a single exhibition through delineating themes and contrasting political realities.
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