Reminder: General Assembly 24 registratation and 2011-13 Executive Board nominations

Montreal (Canada) - Registration for the General Assembly 24 is now open through the Member section of the Icograda website. You can name your delegates, select workshops you would like to attend and submit your nominations for the 20011-2013 Executive Board. All Members are encouraged to submit nominations and, if you are unable to attend the General Assembly, to assign your organisation's proxy so that your organisation's vote can be counted.

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2011 ADAA semifinalists announced for period II

San Jose (United States) - The 2011 Adobe® Design Achievement Awards is pleased to announce the semifinalists for Period II of the competition. The names of the semifinalists for this period have been announced on the ADAA website.

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2011 SEGD Design Awards celebrate the best in environmental graphic design

Washington, DC (United States) - Projects ranging from a multi‐million dollar, high‐tech world exposition pavilion to a low-budget supergraphics paint job at a middle school are top winners in the 2011 SEGD Design Awards, the annual program honouring the best in communication design for the built environment.

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BEDA members invited to European Design Leadership Board

Brussels (Belgium) - At the invitation of European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani, Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA) President, Deborah Dawton (United Kingdom) and Vice-President Isabel Roig (Spain), attended the first meeting of the newly established European Design Leadership Board which took place in Helsinki on Friday 27 May 2011.

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Prografica's Héctor Villaverde honoured with Cuba's 2011 National Design Award

La Habana (Cuba) - In recognition of a successful career spanning five decades, Héctor Villaverde has been recognised with Cuba's National Design Award. The distinction, awarded every two years, celebrates Villaverde's dedication to the development of design in Cuba, its promotion at home and internationally, and his commitment to supporting new generations generations of designers.

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18 International Lahti Poster Biennial 2011

Lahti (Finland) - A new record was made in the number of entries offered for the Lahti 2011 Poster Biennial. As many as 6 958 posters (compared with approximately 2 600 in 2009) from 50 countries (49 in 2009) were submitted for the exhibition. For the first time in the history of the event, the submissions were sent as digital files to Lahti Art Museum.

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Banner above: SEGD Honour Awarded design Dream Cube: 2010 World Expo Shanghai Corporate Pavilion. Photo by Basil Childers, courtesy of SEGD.