An interview with Demetrios Fakinos, European Design Awards Managing Director, published in Novum – World of Graphic Design, September 2014. Interview: Bettina Schulz This year, too, we are pleased to present to you gold award-winners in the European Design Awards, a competition that itself is quite a success story. Now in its eighth year, the awards […]
The European Design Awards 2014 Ceremony will take place at the Comedia Theatre in Cologne, Germany, on Saturday, 24 May at 20:00. Comedia TheatreVondelstraße 4-8, 50677 Köln, Germany The ceremony will be hosted by stand-up comedian Bob Maclaren. Tickets available via our webshop CEREMONYThe ceremony will start at 20:00. Doors will open at 19:30. While waiting […]
art’otel cologne is a contemporary hotel that fuses exceptional architectural style with art-inspired interiors. The hotel displays a collection of original works consisting of paintings, sculptures and photographs designed by Korean-artist SEO specifically for the hotel. The art’otel is located in the city’s most stylish location the harbour of cologne, only a 10 minute walk […]
Silosilodesign.nl Rene Toneman (1973) is partner and creative director at SILO. Rene started his career in 1996 as a graphic designer at the critically acclaimed Studio Dumbar. He developed in the field of corporate identity programs for large Dutch and international organisations and enterprises including Schiphol Airport, Shell, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Dutch Government, the Dutch Prime […]
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) […]
Graphic Design Festival Breda (GDFB) is a biannual festival on graphic design. The festival goes into present developments on this subject and a large part of it takes place in the public space. Over 200 graphic designers hack, remix, sample, mash up and code image, information and interaction. On 25 May, GDFB organizes a seminar […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
The Lecture is called “Materialize It!” The Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom is one of the most well-known contemporary book designers. With the use of unfamiliar formats, materials, colors, structures, and typography she makes the book into a visual and haptic experience. Irma Boom studied at the AKI Art Academy in Enschede, and in 1991 […]
This page is to give the winners of the ED-Awards 2009 some more details about the show. When to arrive The reception opens 19:00 and the show starts 20:00. It is not a good idea to arrive 20:10 and expect a mingle before the show starts, not to arrive 19:55 without tickets and expect the […]
Speaker: Loïc Sattler Location: Paris, France Website: www.lysergid.com Case Case-Study for www.Sonacom.fr (FWA awarded web project) This web-based project has been built for a Parisian Sound Studio in Paris called Sonacom. I had to redo the online presence of the studio. The initial brief was to create a simple site where you can only click […]
Speaker: Alex Trochut Location: Barcelona, Spain Background Alex Trochut’s illustrations, designs and typography take the modern notion of minimalism and flip it on its side. Trochut’s work philosophy is “More is more.” It is rich with elegant, brilliantly detailed executions that simultaneously convey indulgence and careful, restrained control. Trochut is driven by a desire to […]
Speakers: Gediminas Siaulys & Andrius Kirvela Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Website: www.petpunk.com Case: Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009 (…or how we try to survive somewhere between East & West) National tourism campaign Medium: Animated clip Broadcast area: International Topics: 1. East vs West experiences and influences. Local culture background based unique style research. 2. […]
Speaker: Cristiano Bottino Partner Location: Milan, Italy Website: www.studiofmmilano.it Case: The shape of the significance Client: MI – Permanent Exposition of the “made in italy” and Italian Design Background Founded in 1996 by Barbara Forni and Sergio Menichelli and joined by Cristiano Bottino in 1999, specializes in graphic design, specifically art direction, corporate identity, book, […]
Adrian Frutiger’s acceptance speech for the ED-Awards ceremony in Zürich 2009: Link to YouTube. Adrian Frutiger (born May 24, 1928) is one of the prominent typeface designers of the twentieth century, who continues influencing the direction of digital typography in the twenty-first century; he is best known for creating the typefaces Univers and Frutiger. At […]
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