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January 1, 2006 marked the debut of Ten Bills, a noteworthy creative portal that showcases the finest thought-provoking examples of what has become pop art for the 21st century -- t-shirts!
Ten dollars will give you your choice from the initial offering, a 12-shirt series entitled, "First Flight."
The urban flair of these stylish tees embraces the conceptual and exciting nature of flight, the designs of which range from poignant to energetic... reflective to pulsating...playful to epic.
With careful color choice and a keen eye for design and edge, the creators of Ten Bills ensure a look that is suited for more than just jeans!
But t-shirts are just the first layer.
Strip away the clothing to reveal the body and soul of Ten Bills.
At its core, Ten Bills is a community of illustrators, designers, music fans, art lovers and free-thinkers alike, where interactive features such as their "Backseat Artist" leave an unprecedented amount of control and influence in the hands of users from around the globe.
In this way, Ten Bills utilizes a forum to allow members of the site to play art director and provide input on the growth and development of a t-shirt design.
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Rockport Publishers, the noted international design publisher, has extended its call for entries to 9 January 2006 for an upcoming publication featuring the development stories behind some of the world's most intriguing brands.
Logo Savvy: Developing a Name & Identity for Brand Success will focus on the process behind the development of some of the best names and identities contributed by a list of top-notch international design firms.
Rockport will be collaborating with the Vancouver-based international branding-developme nt company, WOW Branding, in the production of this book.
Any complete name and logo design system created within the last two years is eligible except for those published in other Rockport books.
Those submitting work are invited to submit as many pieces as they would like and there is no entry fee.
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A distinguished panel of five judges has selected three designs for top honors in Yupo Corporation America's third annual "Wally Awards."
The winning entries best showcased creativity, originality, and functionality in leveraging the unique attributes of YUPO synthetic paper.
The judges also nominated twelve additional entries for a fourth Wally Award in the "Designer's Choice" category.
One winner in this category will be chosen by online voters beginning in December.
"We were extremely pleased by the number of entries and quality of this year's projects," says Paul Mitcham, National Marketing Manager for Yupo Corporation.
"Designers continue to awe and inspire us. Each year I am amazed by the way they leverage YUPO's unique durability and color reproduction to create fascinating, eye catching applications."
The Wally Award winners were chosen from among numerous entries ranging from brochures, labels, media kits, advertising inserts, menus, posters, and maps to watercolor and acrylic paintings.
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Planet Propaganda's limited edition book design for American Players Theatre's Book of Lore won a 2005 Good Design Award from the Chicago Anthenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.
Planet's book design stood out from the hundreds of international industrial and graphic design entries ranging from an airplane to a paper clip.
The Book of Lore will be displayed at the museum in 2006 and on its website.
For 15 years, Planet Propaganda has contributed its creativity and strategic thinking to help the American Players Theatre (APT) outdoor Shakespearean repertory company of Spring Green, Wis., position itself as part of an essential, summer experience: driving through rolling rural hills, dining on wine and cheese, enjoying a casual atmosphere set within the lush summer woods, and watching celebrated classical theater.
The resulting loyal following and continually increasing attendance have made APT one of the most popular outdoor classical theater in the country.
For the 25th Anniversary Season, Planet created a limited edition book celebrating the theater's first quarter-century tapping APT's collective memory of loyal patrons, cast, and crew to assemble a culmination of anecdotes and artwork, bound and printed as the Book of Lore.
Aptly titled, the theater describes the volume as "a book of mythic vision, rev
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An entire year's worth of stunning outer space images - from the Apollo Moon landings to recent views of Saturn from the Cassini spacecraft - appear in the award-winning "Year In Space" desk calendar.
The 2006 edition of this 144-page desk calendar, now in its thirteenth year of publication, is now shipping.
Due to record sales, the publisher expects its supply of this inexpensive calendar to be exhausted soon.
The full-color weekly calendar "The Year In Space" is brimming with images and information from the past, present and future of space exploration and astronomical discovery.
The 53 stunning weekly images represent the full spectrum of space exploration, from the beginning of human space flight to the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.
Amazing planetary images by the Cassini Orbiter and the Mars Exploration Rovers are presented along with incredible deep space vistas taken by the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes.
An informative essay accompanies every image, and each weekly calendar page is filled with historic dates in space history.
In full-color full-page images, "The Year In Space" takes its readers on an out-of-this-world journey while giving them a convenient way to organize their busy lives back on Earth.
"The Year In Space" is also a versatile desk calendar, with weekly,
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