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Friday, December 05, 2008
Green Earth
posted by Djouls at 5:00 AM
One year after the 2007 "Love Your Earth" competition, Designboom.com along with TOBU department store and the Design Associaton Japan (DA) launched a new competition last summer : "Green Earth". This is an international design competition open to everyone created to raise awareness of the environmental issues affecting the planet.
Green: Create a graphic artwork that illustrates the environmental protection and how human beings and nature could coexist in a greener world.
Earth: Give the gift of a greener world at Christmas. Create a graphic artwork that will make this festive time of the year a moment to consider what we can do to help our planet’s survival.
The designers of the 5 winning entries were granted with cash prize awards
Also, TOBU department store printed a selection of the shortlisted entries on their "eco-bags" and other promotional material, which have been shown during the Tokyo Designer’s Week 2008 (30 October - 03 November, 2008).3966 designers from 91 different countries participated and the winners are :
1st Prize : "greening" design by : ji yoon yang from korea.
2nd Prize : "recycle at xmas" design by : benjamyn cox + lloyd moffat from uk.

3rd Prize : "plain cloud" design by : glen baghurst + matthew cullin from australia

santa's readjustment ' design by : camila gimeno from chile

See the results.
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