April 19 - 22, 2008, Toronto Hilton, Toronto, Canada
Break your tools. Break your patterns. Break the norm. Break the standards.
Toronto, Canada [March 5, 2008] — Having just concluded a sold-out event in Amsterdam, FITC returns to Toronto, Canada for FITC Toronto: The Design + Technology Festival. Scheduled for April 19 - 22, 2008 at the Toronto Hilton, FITC Toronto is the largest event of its kind in Canada and a highlight of the international conference circuit with over 1,000 attendees from more than 15 countries.
FITC Toronto is where the world’s top designers and developers come together to share their insights and expertise across three subject areas: creative, technical and business. Sessions cover all aspects of the creative process, explore the latest developments in rich media technology, and provide insight into the ups and downs of running an Interactive business.
“The theme this year is about pushing the limits,” says Shawn Pucknell, Founder and Executive Producer of FITC Toronto. “We want delegates to walk away from the festival with new ideas, new skills, new contacts, and a new sense of purpose about their work.”
New to this year’s program is the FITC “Get-A-Job” event, which takes place Saturday, April 19th at the Toronto Hilton. The Get-A-Job event is open to the general public (no festival pass required) and is organized to connect up-and-coming designers and developers with top Interactive agencies and technology companies. For more information, go to http://www.fitc.ca/getajob.
This is the 7th year for the three-day festival, which also includes a kick-ass Awards show, a speakers’ series devoted to experimental art and programming, a large scale interactive art exhibit as well as some very cool parties.
The 151st International Print Exhibition Entry Form AVAILABLE NOW. £10,000 FIRST PRIZE Closing date: 14th March 2008
The Royal Photographic Society is delighted to announce its partnership with international legal practice, Allen & Overy LLP, for The Society’s 151st International Print Exhibition.
Entry Form: Click here
The Entry Form will be sent to RPS members in the February RPS Journal
To obtain a hard copy of the Entry Form, contact RPS Reception: +44(0)1225 325733 reception [at] rps.org
Society Medals and Allen & Overy Awards
• 1 Gold Society Medal and a prize of £10,000
• 2 Silver Society Medals and prizes of £2,000 each
• 3 Bronze Society Medals and prizes of £1,000 each
• The Allen & Overy Prize of £1,000 awarded for the image which best reflects the theme of “Justice around the World”.
• Under 25 Gold Medal and a prize of an Olympus E510 Digital SLR with double zoom kit camera for the best image by an entrant under 25 years of age on the closing date. The Society is grateful to Olympus for their sponsorship of this award.
• Deadline for entries: Friday 14 March 2008
• Selection date: Thursday 15 and Friday 16 April 2008
• The winners will be announced and Awards presented at the Press Reception on Thursday 12 June 2008, at Allen & Overy’s new building at Spitalfields, London
• Entry fee is £15 (€25) per person
• Each photographer may submit up to 4 prints
• Image size should be no larger than 16” x 20” (40.7 x 50.8cm), with a maximum paper size of 20” x 24” (50.8 x 61cm)
• Over 120 prints will be selected and will be reproduced in a full colour catalogue. All entrants will receive a copy of the catalogue.
• The Exhibition will tour from June 2008.
• Exhibitors will have the opportunity to sell copies of their prints.
Student Entries – If 5 or more full time students enter from one educational institution, the entry fee will be reduced to £10 per student. Entries must be sent together in one package.
Selectors:
Barry Senior Hon.FRPS (Chairman)
President, The Royal Photographic Society
Visual Art Photographer
Julia Fullerton-Batten
Fine Art Photographer
Brian Griffin Hon.FRPS
Corporate Photographer
Lucilla Phelps FRPS
Fine Art Photographer
Nick Scott FRPS
Social and Visual Art Photographer
The International Women’s Film Festival (IWFF), hosted by the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), is an annual exhibition of films by and about women — the one and only running women’s film festival of is kind in the Philippines held during Women’s Month. It aims to highlight the importance of raising women’s consciousness, promoting women’s rights and empowerment primarily through cinema.
The IWFF Festival Committee would like to invite women filmmakers from all over the world to be part of this event by submitting their works. All genres are accepted. There is no entry fee to join this competition. Successful entries will be exhibited at the festival. Trophies and prizes will be given away to the best works.
Entries should reach the IWFF organizers by 18 February 2008. Visit the site to learn more about the guidelines and acceptable categories.
Collins College is hosting an “Animation Sketch-Off” and a Q & A session with professional comic and animation artists Shannon Denton and Jay Fotos. The winner of Collins’ “Animation Sketch-Off” will receive four complimentary passes to Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2008, Arizona’s largest comic book, anime and pop culture convention 26-27 January. To RSVP for Collin’s “Animation Sketch-Off” and Q & A session, call 480-966-3000 or visit www.contactcollins.com. Participants need to be present to win. Read the rest of this entry »
PROPAGANDA III will tour the globe through 2008, with dozens of one day art shows worldwide - the current schedule includes stops throughout North and South America, Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
NO art will be sold at any of the shows, although copies of the posters will be available for sale directly through the websites of participating artists. This is NOT a commercial art show, but rather a celebration of free speech + untrammeled freedom of expression.
The collection of political posters will tour the world through 2008, before being donated to the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles. With over 50,000 posters, the CSPG archive is the largest collection of Post World War II graphics in the United States, and the CSPG are absolutely honored that the posters from PROPAGANDA III will have a permanent home following the world tour. Deadline for entry: 1 July. See site for details.
At Right: “Long Days Short Life” is nationally known skateboard artist Patrick Jilbert’s first solo show.
“Long Days Short Life,” a first solo show for nationally known skateboard artist Patrick Jilbert, opens Friday with a 6 to 10 p.m. reception at Louisville’s Butcher Block Gallery, 931 E. Main St. Jilbert’s work has been included in many West Coast shows, including “Skate or Die” and “Blood Is the New Black.”
The Louisville exhibit, which continues through Feb. 28, is sponsored by Blood is the New Black, the company that sells T-shirts featuring Jilbert’s drawings, including his “Louisville Is for Haters” design. More of Jilbert’s work can be seen at www.patrickjilbert.com.
Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. The gallery, in the former Cinderblock gallery building, is operated by artists Lindsey Dobson and Matt Dobson and photographer and Louisville-based Bejeezus ‘zine founder Hillary Harrison.
I discovered this video about a fashion show held in a Milan canal from fashion.psfk. I was mesmerized when I viewed it, because the show was unusual and somewhat morbid (perfectly Goth!). As fashion.pskf pointed out, when you mix a small budget and a high level of creativity you can conceive projects that seem genius. However, the video shots of crowds that lined the shores for the show also reminded me about an August 1969 weekend, when Hurricane Camille devastated Nelson County, Virginia, with flooding rains. Richmond residents lined the James River shores after the storm to try to spot bodies that floated among the debris so that rescuers could capture them before they floated out into Chesapeake Bay (see Roar of the Heavens: Surviving Hurricane Camille by Stephen Bechtel).
Just goes to show that a creative effort might entertain strange connotations for some folks.
Since the early 20th century, Chicago has continually fostered young design talents and established itself as a pivotal center for the arts. To celebrate this historical lineage of design and the 25th anniversary of the Department of Architecture’s founding, Young Chicago looks at the community’s diverse body of contemporary designers—who are not yet represented in the collection—to showcase the city’s ever-growing talents in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, and fashion. In the coming year, works from these studios will become part of the collection in keeping with the newly expanded mission of the renamed Department of Architecture and Design.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the publications department presents a beautifully illustrated, 104-page catalogue. The second installment in the Art Institute’s A&D Series, the book includes an essay by exhibition curator Joseph Rosa that traces the evolution of design in Chicago from its origins to today’s “Young Chicago.” The catalogue will be available in late November in the Museum Shop and online at www.artinstituteshop.org. You can visit the exhibit until 29 April 2007.
The “Reset Design Tatoo” is a special series made by some of Reset Design’s favorite designers. The series will be part of the “Eden Adn” Exhibition during the next St. Etienne Design Biennale (22 November to 3 December). You can peruse the collection online at Reset Design. Shown here: “Zip” by Levy Arik.
It’s not just about Websites…London-based research and design consultancy Flow is marking World Usability Day with a campaign to get people to speak up about all things that make their life needlessly difficult. Confusing cash machines, unclear signs, frustrating websites - poor usability is everywhere and it gets in the way of life. Sometimes it is just annoying. At other times it stops us doing what we need to do.
It can even be dangerous.
World Usability Day is an international event promoting the message that people have had enough of things that are hard to use. They want people to share their usability frustrations with their fellow sufferers. Record your experiences at the campaign website MakingLifeEasy and vote for on the uploaded examples.
The 151st International Print Exhibition Entry Form AVAILABLE NOW. £10,000 FIRST PRIZE Closing date: 14th March 2008
The International Women’s Film Festival (IWFF), hosted by the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), is an annual exhibition of films by and about women — the one and only running women’s film festival of is kind in the Philippines held during Women’s Month. It aims to highlight the importance of raising women’s consciousness, promoting women’s rights and empowerment primarily through cinema.
PROPAGANDA III will tour the globe through 2008, with dozens of one day art shows worldwide - the current schedule includes stops throughout North and South America, Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
At Right: “Long Days Short Life” is nationally known skateboard artist Patrick Jilbert’s first solo show.
Since the early 20th century, Chicago has continually fostered young design talents and established itself as a pivotal center for the arts. To celebrate this historical lineage of design and the 25th anniversary of the Department of Architecture’s founding, Young Chicago looks at the community’s diverse body of contemporary designers—who are not yet represented in the collection—to showcase the city’s ever-growing talents in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, and fashion. In the coming year, works from these studios will become part of the collection in keeping with the newly expanded mission of the renamed Department of Architecture and Design.
The “Reset Design Tatoo” is a special series made by some of Reset Design’s favorite designers. The series will be part of the “Eden Adn” Exhibition during the next St. Etienne Design Biennale (22 November to 3 December). You can peruse the collection online at 
It can even be dangerous.
