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Design Currency 2010: Educators' Roundtable highlights unique Canadian higher education system

Vancouver (Canada) - Hosted by Emily Carr University of Art and Design on 30 April 2010, the Educators' Roundtable gathered more than 50 participants to examine and explore the nature of post-secondary graphic design education in Canada on the closing day of Design Currency: Icograda Design Week in Vancouver.

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INDIGO: the International Indigenous Design Network launches new interactive website

Montreal (Canada) - INDIGO: the International Indigenous Design Network has announced today the launch of its new website, an open platform for designers everywhere to actively participate in an international dialogue on the current living culture of indigenous design.

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Australasian Student Design Awards 2010 showcases the region's best

Sydney (Australia) - The results of Design Institute of Australia's hotly contested Australasian Student Design Awards 2010 have been announced. This Icograda-endorsed awards program recognises excellence and proudly promotes Australasia's best design students.

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Iridescent: Icograda Journal of Design Research invites papers and essays in all design disciplines

Montreal (Canada) - Researchers and scholars world-wide are invited to submit papers and essays in all design disciplines under the current themes: Defining the value of design, Sustainability and Design education.

Visit: http://iridescent.icograda.org

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ADAA countdown: 36 days until submission deadline

San Jose (United States) - The 2010 Adobe Design Achievement Awards submission deadline is approaching! Students have until 4 June to enter work in one unique project in up to three of the following categories: Interactive Media, Video and Motion and Traditional Media.

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Call for entries: Good50x70 /// 2010 The Social Communication Project – 4th edition

Milan (Italy) - Associazione Culturale Good Design is proud to announce the 2010 edition of Good50x70, the international social poster competition organised to support the causes addressed by seven international charities and NGOs.

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Above banner: 'Living Constitution', Studies to the identification processes with the Dutch Constitution. Design by Evert Ypma, founder of Multiplicity & Visual Identities – CAS Corporate Design, an international postgraduate programme at the Institute for Design Research at the Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland. Contributed to www.indigodesignnetwork.org



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