ED-Awards 2012 Ceremony

Awards Ceremony This is the time when the best designers from all corners of the continent come together to recognize and to reward the effort and the results that they have achieved during the previous year. With participants from 34 different countries (from Iceland to Cyprus and from Russia to Andora) and with probably the […]

Awards party

The party will be at Opium club/Briusly bar at Islandijos street 4. The bar upstairs is called Briusly bar while the club downstairs is Opium club. Briusly bar also serves food. There will be a DJ playing at the Opium club all night. Rented buses will await for you outside the Dance theater (Sokio teatras) […]

ED-Awards 2011 ceremony

The European Design Awards ceremony will take place at the Dance Theater (Sokio theater) Saturday evening May 14th. 19:00 Pick up your tickets in our reception at the theater. A welcome drink is served in the bar upstairs. 19:30 The Awards ceremony begins 21:30-22:00 The Awards ceremony ends Entry fee: 50 euro, buy your tickets […]

Ferah Perker

Editor Ferah Perker was born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1967. With 24 years of experience in graphic design and advertising, she has worked as an art director for major network advertising agencies and clients in Turkey (Young & Rubicam, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather, Foot Cone & Belding etc.).   She has been […]

Agata Szydłowska

Agata Szydłowska (born in 1983 in Warsaw) received an MA in Art History from Warsaw University.Currently she is working on her PhD dissertation on the subject of the connections between Polish graphic design after 1945 and national identity, which she is preparing at the Graduate School for Social Research at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of […]

ED-Awards 2011

The submission period for the ED-Awards 2011 will open 1 January and the dead-line is 15 February. The preliminary date and place for the awards ceremony is May 14th in Vilnius.

Change of programme

Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, Andrey Logvin is not coming to this year’s ED-Festival. But some things are “blessings in disguise”. To cover for Andrey, we have confirmed with one of Europe’s design legends, Gert Dumbar himself. He will be joining the ED-Conference, and presenting his case on Saturday at 15:00.

2010 Gert Dumbar

Born in 1940, he studied painting and graphic design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, and in the post graduate graphic design program at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1977 Gert Dumbar established Studio Dumbar. With his team at Studio Dumbar he completed numerous extensive corporate identity programs […]

Thursday May 27th

08:30-17:00 Ideas from Rotterdam Exhibition in the City Hall 11:00-18:00 Academy’s gallery 3 exhibitions at BLAAK 10 12:00-18:00 KesselsKramer Exhibition at VIVID Gallery 20:30 Heldenavond “Special Edition” Seminar and opening party at Lanteren/Venster

Saturday May 29th

10:00-17:00 ED-Conference day 2 Willem Burger Zaal, De Doelen 10:30 Zup Associati 11:30 Raffinerie 12:30 Lunch + exhibition Viral communication 13:30 Bleed 14:30 Coffee + exhibition Viral communication 15:00 Gert Dumbar 16:00-17:00 Moving Brands 17:15-20:00 Design Walk Rotterdam South to Studio Dumbar, Strange Attractors & MVRDV starting in De Doelen 17:15-20:00 Design Walk Rotterdam West […]

Sunday May 30th

10:00-17:00 ED-Conference day 3 Willem Burger Zaal, De Doelen 10:30 Astrid Stavro 11:30 Yurko Gutsyliak 12:30 Lunch + exhibition Viral communication 13:30 Kustaa Saksi 14:30 Coffee + exhibition Viral communication 15:00 4 für Texas 16:00-17:00 Philippe Apeloig 10:00-17:30 Bigger than Dutch Design Exhibition in Willem Burger Expo Hall at De Doelen 12:00-18:00 KesselsKramer Exhibition at […]

BLAAK 10 – Academy’s gallery

Work of more than 100 Designers presented in BLAAK10. Guided tours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening. 3 projects: View on the West Fifty posters by Indian and Dutch designers as a result of extensive research into the image of the West among Indian call centre employees. Initiator: Theater Zeebelt, the Hague. New forms of […]

A new flag for Europe

A new symbol for Europe The current European flag, with the twelve golden stars against a blue background, was designed in 1955. Since then society in Europe has changed dramatically. Nowadays various cultures live and work together in a relative small area. What is the impact of this new, dynamic society with its diversity in […]

ED-Award ceremony 2011

The European Design Awards Ceremony (composed of editors from 14 prestigious design magazines) is the crowning event of the entire ED-Festival. This is the time when the best designers from all corners of the continent come together to recognize and to reward the effort and the results that they have achieved during the previous year. […]

4 für Texas

Speakers: Jens Hartmann & Philipp Erlach Time & date: Sunday May 30th, 15:00-16:00 Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Website: www.vier-fuer-texas.de VIER FÜR TEXAS is an independent Design- and Advertising Studio located in Frankfurt/Main. We develop and create ideas in new, old and very old media – and we are entrepreneurs looking for co-operations.

Yurko Gutsulyak

Speaker: Yurko Gutsulyak Time & date: Sunday May 30th, 11:30-12:30 Location: Kiev, Ukraine Website: www.gstudio.com.ua Yurko Gutsulyak was born in 1979 in the West of Ukraine. Got higher economic education. In 2001 moved to Kiev where begun the designer career. In 2005 with his sister founded Graphic design studio by Yurko Gutsulyak. The main activity […]

Gert Dumbar

Speaker: Gert Dumbar Time & date: Saturday May 29th, 15:00-16:00 Location: The Netherlands Born in 1940, he studied painting and graphic design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, and in the post graduate graphic design program at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1977 Gert Dumbar established Studio Dumbar. […]

Bleed

Speaker: Svein Haakon Lia Creative Director and Founding Partner Time & date: Saturday May 29th, 13:30-14:30 Location: Oslo, Norway Website: www.bleed.no Bleed is a multi-disciplinary design consultancy based in Oslo Norway, established June 2000. Working to challenge today’s conventions around art, visual language, media and identity. Bleed’s work spans brand identity and development, art direction, […]

MnP

Speaker: Vassilis Marmatakis Time & date: Friday May 28th, 13:30-14:30 Location: Athens, Greece Website: www.mnpdesign.gr Vassilis Marmatakis was born in Athens. He has studied Art & Design in Camberwell College of Arts and in the Royal College of Arts. After returning to Athens, he worked at Upset Advertising Company as an art director. Katerina Papanagiotou […]

Google

This design walk starts outside Arena, Sihlcity Friday May 15th 17:40 and goes directly to the Google headquarters in Zürich. The distance is 10 minutes by foot and the group is limited to 30 participants. When you arrive you will be welcomed by Mr. Steve Rogers, Director of User Experience EMEA, who will also talk […]