Tuwi design - all forms of design

Task: Create a design for the MINI T-Shirt Contest by reimagining the ideas behind LIFE BALL: AIDS awareness and the celebration of life.

Deadline: 30th of June 2009

Prizes:

• First Prize: Apple aluminum 13-inch Mac Book 2.0Ghz +
  Your design on 2000 limited edition T-Shirts, to be sold on the MINI online store.
• Popular Vote: A Wacom Design Tablet

Create a T-Shirt design that promotes the LIFE BALL in an artistic, clever, and creative way. MINI Space is looking for an image that is eye-catching and illuminating, one that will get people’s attention and convey the ideas and values that are central to the LIFE BALL.
The LIFE BALL is an annual event that takes place in Vienna, Austria. It aims to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS while celebrating life. The 17th Annual LIFE BALL will take place on the 16th of May. It will be the start of a four-year cycle called the Elements of LIFE BALL, in which each of the four elements will stand for the central symbols of life: earth, water, wind, and fire. This year the theme is water and the motto is “Let Love Flow.”

Read more about LIFE BALL 2009 and get inspired for the competition.

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Date: 24 - 27 June 2009

Place: Austin - Tx, USA

The HOW Design Conference is known for its motivational effects, and after spending four days learning from the brightest minds in the industry, you will return to the office creatively refreshed.
But the HOW Conference is also overflowing with concrete information that can have a positive effect on your—or your company’s—bottom line.

5 Reasons to Attend the Conference
1. The best information on the newest design software.
2. Creative solutions to save your company money.
3. Tips on making the most of the resources you already have.
4. Ideas for going green without breaking the bank.
5. Your very own targeted program.
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Today we have looked for some digital art inspiration for you.
Look at the exceptional work of these designers and see how they transform and give another life to images.
Some of these images are great inspirations to create flyers for events or club nights!
As you know part of the Tuwidesign’s Staff organizes events, music festivals etc… so these are certainly an excellent starting point in the development of an event communication.
What do you think?
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After last week success of initial logos collection, we have decided to implement a new collection. This time we gathered for you the best typographic logos from www.logospire.com
There are excellent starting points for your artworks, please let us know if you like!
And remember, if you want to send us your works, we will be happy to include them on tuwidesign…

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Task: Create a new generation of boat graphics for their Fuse 56 river running / freestyle kayak.

Deadline: 25th of May 2009

Prizes:

• First Prize: $ 2,500 cash + a Fuse 56 kayak produced with their design
• Other 4 Finalists: $ 1,000 cash

For this competition, Wave Sport is unleashing its new full-color high-resolution graphics capability, challenging designers around the world to create unique graphics that speak to the theme, “Every Journey Has a Beginning, Middle, and an End.” Designers are invited to create illustrations that span three huge panels—the triptych—across the hull of the Fuse 56. Graphics can take any form, but designers are encouraged to think about graphic treatments that address the energy and spirit of Wave Sport and whitewater paddling in addition to the competition theme. Learn more about Wave Sport at www.wavesport.com

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Today I will show you some advertising campaigns with great communicative power.
You can also find Some of them in the website www.advertography.com.
All are excellent inspiration for creative works and under each image you can find the link to the website of the photographer who made the advertisement.

The common thread in each of these advertisements? The irony, which as always has a disruptive force in the communication of a product.
Do not take too seriously is a serious matter!
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Projects that require lighting effects are now on the designer agenda. Surely this is a very current trend and that is why Tuwi Design has collected for you the ones that we feel more fresh and adaptable to many solutions. As always we expect your suggestions to enrich this collection!
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Here it is, the inspirations of the best flash websites of the week!
All the sites are very beautiful. As always those of the latest movies are really just fantastic. Look at ANGELS & DEMONS flash website… it’s very well developed and it’s a good inspiration for your flash works!
Remember also to check out the QBIC ONLINE STORE flash website - the winner of this week at the FWA: Favourite Website Awards
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Date: 5 - 12 June 2009

Place: National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

Additional events and artistic actions will take place in the public space

SOFIA DESIGN WEEK is the first of a kind design festival in Bulgaria. Between June 5th and June 12th Sofia will be transformed into a vibrant capital of design.
In its first issue, SOFIA DESIGN WEEK is welcoming some of the most avant-garde international names in the contemporary product, communication, interactive and graphic design. Sofia Design Weeks aims to place the city on the global map of design. Through discussions and experience exchange, it will also seek the next identity in our visual environment, one that is urgently needed.
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Today’s inspirations refer to the best spirits brands (distilled beverage, liquor etc)!
We tried to identify the spirits brands that have the best websites around.
We can observe that the image that some brands want to communicate is related to the nightlife and the clubs. Indeed we see the use of the disco ball on websites like SKYY and Belvedere Vodka.
Also the only use of color often make reference to the target of nightlife and parties, have a look for example at Bacardi and Campari.
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