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Request for Proposals: Design Approach Toolkit

Paris (France) - UNESCO is seeking Sealed Proposals for the development of a toolkit elaborating a design approach in response to HIV and AIDS to be provided to UNESCO Headquarters for the Culture Sector's Culture, HIV and AIDS program.

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INDEX: leverages social media to create global conversation about design to improve life

Copenhagen (Denmark) - To help expand the global conversation about design to improve life, INDEX: has partnered with Facebook to promote the online voting for the INDEX:Award 2009 People's Choice Award on 20 August and to enable an online discussion during the live stream of the awards show on 28 August.

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Call for entries: Big Picture Design Challenge

Melbourne (Australia) - The Design Institute of Australia, in partnership with McDonald's, invites Australia's and New Zealand's best young designers to submit entries into the inaugural Big Picture Design Challenge, recently endorsed by Icograda.

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