Taipei International Design Award 2014

In order to show the world their commitment to encourage good design in Taipei, Taipei City Government organized the Taipei International Design Award and invites designers around the globe to create design works with commercial potential.

Taipei City Government hopes to not only publicly select outstanding international design works but also serve as a major platform for international design creation and industry vitalization.

They would like to encourage using design to improve the city’s economic, social, environmental, and cultural development by providing its users with a safer, harmonious, and more convenient lifestyle.

The organizers are looking for innovative works in the categories:

• Industrial Design – Industrial design refers to works that can be mass-produced, including transportation tools, equipments, daily utilities and household goods, IT and home appliances, fashionables, etc.

• Visual Communication Design – Visual communication includes identity, posters, packaging and publications.

• Public Space Design – Encompass spaces for public usage, governmental buildings and certain private establishments.

Entries must be original creations of the contestants completed after June 30, 2012 .

There is no entry fee . Eligibility Everyone around the world are welcomed to participate individually or as a group (each group is limited to five members) with one member as main correspondent. Prize The Top Winner will receive prizes amounting NTD 500,000 (approx. 16,500 USD).

Apart from the cash prize, the Golden/Silver/Bronze winners will also receive a trophy and a certificate of recognition .

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Remembering Peter Bruhn

DEN HÄR ARTIKELN KOMMER FRÅN FontFeed »Two months on, it’s still impossible to wrap my head around the fact that Peter Bruhn is gone. I have postponed writing this post forever, dreading it. I have had to do obituaries before on The FontFeed, but this one had me paralysed. Even though we met in person only a couple of times, I considered Peter a dear friend, and I think it was reciprocal.
Peter Bruhn with baby Adrian. Photo by Lotta Bruhn.

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Jackkrit Anantakul / Hello I Am JK

Jackkrit Anantakul via grainedit.com

Jackkrit Anantakul is a Bangkok-based graphic designer and illustrator.  With a client list that includes Monocle and Wallpaper he creates higly expressive work that is lauded for it’s experimental typography and often humorous imagery.  He previously served as senior art director at YouWorkForThem, but recently ventured out on his own with the launching of Hello I Am JK.

 

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From The Collection: 002 | Frere-Jones

FRÅN Frere-Jones »I took the city bus to get to school. The high point of the trip was getting a transfer, a rough slip of paper rattling and clanging with type.I would ask the driver for one, and then take it home rather than use it. I just liked the way they looked, and didn’t really notice the hodgepodge of typefaces. But my fondness for “blue collar” typography surely started here.

Click for the big image and enjoy the traffic jam of sans serifs.

New York City bus transfers


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