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INDIGO launches Mother Tongue

Montreal (Canada) - INDIGO, the International Indigenous Design Network, has launched Mother Tongue, an innovative online exhibition that seeks to capture the power of language - verbal and visual, formal and informal.

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Straight to Business is just around the corner

Madrid (Spain) - From 21-25 June 2010, Straight to Business: Icograda Design Week in Madrid will cover advances, case studies and actual experiences about strategy and design, communication, brand and image management. Don't miss this chance to connect with designers, government officials and company executives from Spain and across Europe.

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ADAA last call: only 2 more days left!

San Jose (United States) - Get the chance to win Adobe software, $3000 in cash and a free trip to L.A.! The 2010 Adobe Design Achievement Awards will continue to accept entries up until 17:00 PST on 4 June 2010. Higher education students around the world may submit their work in up to three categories. Submitting is easy: just enter any of your school projects that were created after 1 May 2009. Submit now and become a winner!

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WIPO launches on-line forum on access to copyrighted works by visually impaired

Geneva (Switzerland) - An on-line forum to promote an exchange of ideas and to build consensus on international measures to improve access to copyright-protected works in formats suitable for visually impaired persons and others with print disabilities (VIPs) was launched by WIPO this week.

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CODE: UNESCO Cities of Design collaborate on joint project

Montréal (Canada) - On World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, the cities of Berlin, Buenos Aires, Kobe, Montréal, Nagoya, Shanghai and Shenzhen invite designers to enter one or more of six international poster competitions aimed at defining and promoting the identities of these UNESCO Cities of Design.

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2010 Taiwan International Design Competition opens call for entries

Taipei (Taiwan, Chinese Taipei) - Now in its 9th consecutive year, the Taiwan International Design Competition (TIDC) invites designers, teachers or students of design related departments or schools and people interested in design to submit creative product designs that reflect the theme "Beneficence".

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poster for tomorrow announces call for entries 2010

Paris (France) - On 10 October 2010, World and European Day against the Death Penalty, poster for tomorrow will hold 100 exhibitions in 100 cities of posters calling for universal abolition of the death sentence. Designers everywhere are invited to submit an original poster for the competition.

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[Image: First place winner of the 21st International poster and graphic arts festival of Chaumont International Competition, Ralph Schraivogel]Above banner:
First place winner of the 21st International poster and graphic arts festival of Chaumont International Competition, Ralph Schraivogel.

Source: www.chaumont-graphisme.com




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