4. Graphifest – tervezőgrafikusi fesztivál kiállítással, díjátadókkal és szakmai fórumokkal

Idén negyedik alkalommal kerül megrendezésre a Graphifest, a hazai tervezőgrafikus szakma egyik legjelentősebb eseménye. A november 5-én kezdődő, közel egy hónapon át tartó fesztivált a Design Terminál Nonprofit Kft., a Magyar Grafikai Stúdiók Egyesületével (MGSE) és a Magyar Tervezőgrafikusok és Tipográfusok Társaságával (MATT) közösen szervezi a Design Terminál Erzsébet téri épületében.

A Graphifest nyitó rendezvényén, november 5-én adják át az MGSE által idén kilencedik alkalommal meghirdetett Aranyrajzszög Díjakat, valamint kihirdetik a MATT Goetheorie pályázatának nyerteseit. A fesztivál ideje alatt, 2010. november 28-ig a Design Terminál Erzsébet téri épületében megtekinthető kiállítás az Aranyrajzszög Díjra, valamint a Goetheorie pályázatra beérkezett munkákból nyújt válogatást.

Magyar Formatervezési Díj 2010 – Lendül a gazdaság: kulcs a design

Október 4-én adták át a kiemelkedő alkotásokat elismerő Magyar Formatervezési Díjat és a cégeket, vállalatokat kitüntető Design Management Díjat. „Büszkék vagyunk, hogy a design jelen van a magyar iparban és gazdaságélénkítő szerepe a hazai cégek és vállalatok mind szélesebb rétegének válik evidenssé” – mondta dr. Bendzsel Miklós, a Magyar Szabadalmi Hivatal elnöke. A díjakhoz kapcsolódó pályázati anyagokat értékelő bírálóbizottság és a díjakat kezelő Magyar Formatervezési Tanács a design gazdaságélénkítő szerepére, a formatervezésben rejlő gazdasági lehetőségekre irányítja a designereket potenciálisan alkalmazó cégek, vállalatok figyelmét. Október 5. és 24. között a Néprajzi Múzeumban az idei díjazott és kiállított pályamunkák mellett az elmúlt évtized díjazott alkotásai is megtekinthetőek.

Winners of The Great Indoors Awards 2009

The Great Indoors is a competition where the best Interior Design concepts are exposed to the public.  TGI takes place every two years and it’s much more than prizes; it is a design fiesta where lectures and workshops are organized in an attempt to promote and highlight the importance of Interior Design.  With 380 entries from more than 40 countries the Great Indoors Awards have managed to attract the crème de la crème of the Interior Design around the world.

Time to design – new talent award 2009

Time to design – new talent award is an international design award with focus on the needs of young design talents in the beginning of their career. The award consists of three months residency at the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen, 50.000 DKK donated by the Cultural Ministry of Denmark, two weeks exhibition in Normann Copenhagen Flagship Store and career coaching.

To a design talent the combination of a residency at the National Workshops and an exhibition at Normann Copenhagen makes up an opportunity to become absorbed in the work amidst competent guidance and professional facilities at the workshops, – and subsequently showing the result in an attractive showroom.

In 2009 the jury consisted of the three designers Thomas Benzen, Mathilde Aggebo and Dorte Østergaard Jakobsen, as well as Frederik Hardvendel, director at the National Workshops, Poul Madsen, CEO Normann Copenhagen and Ida Marie Nissen, architect and co-founder of Link UP.

The award was established in 2008 and is based on cooperation between the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts, Norman Copenhagen and Link UP. In 2010 there will be a new chance for a design talent to develop a professional career through Time to design.

Via & more: Time to Design

President’s Design Award Singapore 2009

Judging for the President’s Design Award 2009, Singapore’s most prestigious design accolade, has successfully concluded. Established in 2006, the Award recognises excellence across all design disciplines, including advertising design and visual communications, architecture and urban design, fashion design, furniture design, interior design, landscape design, product and industrial design.

European Copper Projects Shortlisted

With almost 50 entries from 16 countries, the 2009 Copper in Architecture Awards revealed an exceptional diversity of projects – many not yet published – representing the very best in contemporary European architecture. Five quite different buildings – a media centre, museum, urban housing complex and two individual homes – have now been shortlisted by the international team of architect and editor judges.

Winners of RAIC – Canada’s Highest Architectural Awards

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has recently announced the recipients of the 2009 RAIC Awards of Excellence. The RAIC Awards of Excellence are bestowed every two years recognizing the greatest achievement in the category identified. The winners are chosen by a series of juries corresponding to the various categories offered. This year’s juries were comprised of:

Advocate for Architecture – Larry Beasley; Larry Wayne Richards, FRAIC; Manon Asselin
Allied Arts Medal – Philip Gabriel, FIALD, PLDA, FIES; Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, LMBCSL, CM, LLD (HON) FCSLA, FASLA; Jerry Grey, Visual Artist
Architectural Firm – Alexander Rankin, FRAIC; Adrienne Clarkson, Hon. FRAIC; Mario Saia, FIRAC; Bruce Kuwabara, FRAIC; David J. Simpson, PP/FRAIC
Green Building – Thomas Auer; Lisa Bate, FRAIC; Jonathan Westeinde
Innovation in Architecture – Guy Gosselin, P.Eng.; Pierre E. Gallant, MIRAC; Barry Sampson, FRAIC

The RAIC Board of Directors appoints an Awards committee who then in turn appoints a jury for each award and anyone except the Awards committee and jury members are eligible to submit for an award. Recipients will be recognized during the Festival of Architecture and Forum Presidents’ Gala beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2009 at the Hilton Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal.

Via & more: Yatzer

Call for entries to Good Design Awards 2009

Like good design? Well, you’ll like Good Design even better! The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO) is now accepting entries for the 53rd annual award, the ‘Good Design Awards 2009.’ Visit the website for further information: www.g-mark.org/english/

Via: core77

Peter Zumthor Awarded with 2009 Pritzker Prize

Peter Zumthor of Switzerland has been chosen as the 2009 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The formal ceremony for what has come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor will be held on May 29 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At that time, a $100,000 grant and a bronze medallion will be bestowed on the 65-year old architect.

Via & more: Bustler

Time to Design / New Talent Award 2009.

Time to design – new talent award is a design award with focus on the needs of young talents. The price includes three months residency at the National Workshops for Arts and Crafts, 50.000 DKK donated by The Danish Ministry of Culture and two weeks exhibition at the Normann Copenhagen Flagship Store. This year the winner is also granted career coaching as part of the award.

Deadline for submission is June 24, 2009 at www.timetodesign.eu.