| 28 September 2008 |
Since launching Mobile Broadband last year 3 have led the charge amongst the mobile operators. Mobile Broadband is a service offered by 3 that gives customers access to the internet on their PC or laptop using a USB modem and 3’s HSDPA network. 3 have sold over 500,000 broadband dongles in the UK alone and over 1 million across Europe. Mobile Broadband and dongles are becoming more widely understood but there is still an education job to do to communicate their benefits, and that’s where Don’t Panic comes in.
They wanted to organize a competition that allows artists and creative types as much freedom as possible, while still creating a visual message which related to 3’s mobile dongle (they are offering you £500 after all!). We want you to create a personal, unique piece of work representing freedom, communication, locality or whatever you can draw from 3’s mobile-broadband Dongle. You can take any part of it as your inspiration: it’s name, it’s functionality, it’s color scheme, mobilization, the Internet, whatever.
As well as a £500 cash prize, the winner (as selected from a public-voted shortlist) will also have their work reproduced as part of a limited edition collection of posters available through east London, as well as being used in a flyer poster campaign and included on stickers inside the Don’t Panic packs. The collection will be exhibited in the Truman Brewery in October where the winner can come down and showcase their skills in a live art studio with some of the UK’s leading creative artists.
This is a chance for you to shine, to create something cool, desirable and beautiful and have it seen via various media throughout the world. If you’re interested in submitting a piece of work, please head over to Don’t Panic for the full brief. The competition will open for submissions worldwide on 1 Sept and run until 28 Sept.
Entries for the 2009 International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards will be accepted today through September 24, 2008, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today. This annual competition honors outstanding design and engineering in 34 consumer electronics product categories. The 2009 Best of Innovations honorees will be announced at the New York Press Preview on November 11, 2008 at the Metropolitan Pavilion and showcased at the 2009 International CES, January 8-11, 2009.
This graphic design contest is organized in cooperation with prominent Czech designers, and received posters will be exhibited in the futuristic foyer of the Alfa cinema in Sokolov. Everybody can take part in the contest, no matter whether a professional or an amateur. The contest is not only for our regional co-citizens. Works from abroad are welcome. We suppose that the author will most of the time be a human, however, in case there is a talented fly flying in your house, tell it about our web site.
PISAF (Puchon International Student Animation Festival) celebrates its 10th edition from 7-11 November this year with its Festivity of imagination. Expect about 1,000 educational, artistic and popular pieces by international competitors from more than 30 countries, showcasing ten very special student - Indy directors from around the world. All applicants must have been enrolled in a college, university, or graduate-level institution at the time of production. Computers, films and/or other media in the frame-by-frame method are qualified for submission. Two categories available: Short Animated Films (Less than 30 minutes), New Media Contents: Internet, Spot, Mobile, Motion graphics, Interactive animations, etc. (Approximately 2 minutes). There is no entry fee.
