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Illustration magazine Varoom discovers Collectivism in issue 06.
Edited by award winning art director, writer and design consultant Adrian Shaughnessy, Varoom 06 takes a critical look at collaborative models of practice in an international context.
Lydia Fulton explores four illustration collectives: NousVous, Rinzen, Elvis Studio and Peep Show. Is this the future?
Jo Davies interviews Brad Holland, icon of American Illustration, discussing his early development, his uncompromising attitude, fighting for illustrators' rights, the pulse of American creativity now, and what he plans for the future.
Rodney Palmer takes to the streets of Chile where "outsider" art, produced on paper and pasted up in public places is a potent weapon of critique.
Queen of contemporary childrens' illustration, Czech artist Kveta Pacovska is profiled by Wendy Coates Smith, delving into her prolific catalogue of more than 60 beautiful books.
In Peddling Fast Food As Fine Dining, Dust pose the question "If culture is finite and enrichment is the goal, who chooses what stays?"
Their visual essay investigates the notions of "less is less is less" and "making a silk ear out of a sow's purse."
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Index Book is preparing a new book called For a good cause: Solidarity design, by Cactus Disseny.
For a good cause features the best "solidarity designs" carried out for any kind of non-profit-making organizations.
Index Book invites you to participate and demonstrate that creatives work "for good causes" too.
The deadline is September 15, 2008.
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An international programme that provides a platform for Indigenous design entitled Indigo was launched in Melbourne by Icograda, the world body for professional communication design, in partnership with Australia's National Design Centre.
Indigo is an ongoing programme that offers opportunities for local and Indigenous designers across the globe.
As designers work within a global context seemingly without borders, Indigo provides a platform for evolving creative expressions that shape the formation of national cultural identities.
"Indigo seeks to understand what makes design distinctive to its home, the connections to the place where it is made and for whom it is made," said Kathy Demos, Director of the National Design Centre.
"To address this, we have set up a network of designers and a series of projects that explore its meaning and interpretation throughout the world."
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Manfrotto, the world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of professional equipment for photography, video and entertainment, launches the "Wow Creativity Contest".
The competition is open to young creative people, designers, architects and dreamers who love photography.
The winning project will be prototyped by Manfrotto.
The projects should be sent to Manfrotto by 30th September 2008.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) present The 1st Biennial Design Web Conference, a pioneering conference with presentations streamed live 22 October 2008.
The theme for 2008 is Global Interaction in Design Education (GLIDE).
On the day of streaming, registrants will have access to content in the following types of innovative formats: live and/or recorded podcasts and webcasts, downloadable pdf files and Powerpoint presentations with voiceovers, telephone conferences, blogs and wikis.
Key presentations streamed live will include synchronous Q&A sessions.
GLIDE '08 aims to disseminate cutting-edge research that bridges cultural and geographic divides.
The conference seeks to provide a venue for design scholars around the world to share pedagogical and technical strategies for global interaction and collaboration.
Educators, existing design blog managers and graduate students within the global design community are invited to submit proposals on topics related to the advancement of global interaction in design education.
New Abstract deadline is 15 May 2008.
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