Posters4Tomorrow Exhibitions - December 10th Worldwide

Poster4Tomorrow, an international poster competition to promote freedom of expression, will have 23 worldwide exhibitions opening on December 10th. On display will be 100 posters selected by 9 jurors (including Marjane Satrapi, the author and filmmaker of Persepolis) from 1,834 submissions received from 67 countries. The entire 100 will be revealed online and in the galleries on the 10th, but here's a sneak preview of some of a few of the winners:




Exhibition location and dates:

Ankara, Turkey, Bilkent Universit, December 10-18
Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanese American University, December 10-17
Belgrade, Serbia, REX, Cultural Lab, December 10-14
Brussels, Belgium, Libre Académie de Belgique, December 10-13
Buenos Aires, Argentina, University of Buenos Aires, December 10-20
Cheonan, South Korea, SangMyung University, December 10-13
Derry, United Kingdom, University of Ulster, December 10-January 8, 2010
Gdansk, Poland, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, December 10-13
Heidelberg, Germany, Theaterplatz, Heidelberg, December 10-18
La Paz, Bolivia, Museo Nacional de Arte, December 10-January 8, 2010
Lima, Peru, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, December 10-15
Lisbon, Portugal, Lx Factory, December 10-14
Los Angeles, United States, Seyhoon Gallery, December 10-17
Marrakesh, Morocco, Ecole Supérieure des Arts Visuels, December 10-25
Milan, Italy, La Triennale di Milano, December 10-20
Montreal, Canada, École de Design, UQAM, December 10-14
Paris, France, Les Arts Décoratifs, December 10-13
Quito, Ecuador, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, December 10-January 10, 2010
Sevilla, Spain, Facultad de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, December 10-17
Stockholm, Sweden, Designens Hus, December 10-13
Strasbourg, France, Agora Building, Council of Europe, December 10- March 10, 2010
Tbilisi, Georgia, French Embassy Cultural Center, December 10-20

The project has been endorsed by Reporters Sans Frontiéres and the Italian chapter of Amnesty International and granted the endorsments of two interrnational organizations, the Council of Europe and the French Commission for UNESCO. More info about the entire project can be found HERE.

credits:
Paris exhibition poster: Illustration by Marjane Satrapi, Graphic design by Hervé Matine
Milan exhibition poster: Photo by Sergio Tornaghi - Studio Smog, Graphic design by Pasquale Volpe
THE PRESSident: Pamela Campagna, Thomas Scheiderbauer - Triggiano, Italy
Censure: Rémi Gombert - Perenchies, France
Because this mouth is mine: Frank Arbelo - La Paz, Bolivia
Hello: Babak Madandar - Tehran, Iran
Freedom of expression : Mingliang Li - Guangzhou, China

More Good (50x70)

The Good 50x70 folks have created a new Amsterdam specific version of their social design poster contest, that's still open to the general international public...

For the first time we're combining all Good 50x70's activities into one project - working with local charities, designers, schools to produce posters that will be displayed around Amsterdam and collected in a book that will published globally. As an extra incentive to enter, the creators of the 'winning' posters will work with a member of our jury of leading Dutch designers (including creatives from KesselsKramer, Only, Gorilla and ...,staat) to produce the final poster.

The Amsterdam contest is open to everyone, irrespective of location, and entries are welcomes until Midnight on Monday the 13th of April. The briefs are available, in Dutch and English, to download at http://good50x70.org/local/amsterdam/2009/

Also FYI they've extended the deadline for the international Good 50x70 to midnight on the 10th of April.

Language Matters

DESIGN 21 just announced the winners of their Languages Matter! poster competition:

As the world continues to metaphorically shrink, so too does the global language pool. It is estimated that in a few generations, more than half of the nearly 7,000 known languages spoken around the world will disappear--taking along with it an unwritten account of a history, tradition and culture. In an effort to safeguard native languages and promote linguistic diversity, DESIGN 21: Social Design Network--an online platform founded by Felissimo and UNESCO to promote better design for the greater good--is proud to announce the winners of its latest competition. Developed by DESIGN 21 to help UNESCO raise awareness among designers about the importance of multilingualism, Languages Matter! is a contest that called on its international base of 18,000 members to design the official poster for International Mother Language Day on February 21st, 2009.

Overall winner: Anna Notara Koutroumpaki "Mother Language Must Live" Greece
























D21 JUDGE'S PICK (Jacques Lange): Jonathan Schute "50% Matters!" United States

























D21 JUDGE'S PICK (Omar Vulpinari): Vito Bica "Mother and Tongues" Germany
























See more entries and learn more about the competition HERE.

Amnesty : You Are Powerful

Here is Amnesty International U.K.'s latest film called "you Are Powerful". It was created for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Agency : Mother. Music : R.E.M - Until the Day is Done
From Dailymotion.


Here is another video of the Declaration of Human Rights re-interpreted in this nice motion film created by Seth Brau. A very nice mix of illustrations and typography. Produced by Amy Poncher. Music from Rumspringa.



Source : Human Rights Action Center.

At least it's not Freedom Fries...

If you needed confirmation of how the rest of the world perceives America, this cookie from France may help. My friend brought back these "international" treats from Paris that feature a series of stereotypical images for all of the countries included (samurai for Japan, ice fisherman for Greenland, etc.). So what's chosen to represent the good 'ol US of A? Some cracked out fast food of course!

Tsunami Orphan Music Video?

Actually these are the credits for a new documentary AmmA, about orphans in Sri Lanka, which is in its final stages. To find out more at Simba Share.