Vancouver Police Department ERT Logomark and Campaign

Founded in 1987, the Vancouver Police Department's Emergency Response Team (ERT) is the police force's elite group of officers that deal with critical incidents and operations requiring specialised tactics and equipment. The current logo featured a dated firearm as the most dominant symbol, and sent the wrong message about who the ERT is as a team and what their role is in the Vancouver Police Department.

The new logo needed to be true to the values of the ERT, and forger a stronger connection to the logo's primary audience: ERT officers themselves, both past and present, as well as other members of the VPD. Its purpose is to stand as a "badge of honour" that directly connects them to their responsibilities, their vales and their beliefs."

See more: http://www.icograda.org/feature/galleria/galleria420.htm

Moscow International Biennale of Graphic Design announces Golden Bee

Moscow (Russian Federation) - Golden Bee - Moscow International Biennial of Graphic Design has announced the call for entries for the 2010 edition, endorsed by Icograda. Individuals and groups have until 15 April 2010 to submit their work for the Golden Bee 9 competition.

Golden Bee, organised in part by Icograda Professional Member, Academy of Graphic Design, has collected the best world achievements in graphic design since 1992. This year's event invites an unlimited number of submissions without participation fee in the following entry categories:

(A) Poster
All themes, types and genres of poster design

(B) Graphic Design and Music
CD, DVD, flyers, stickers and any other collateral design relating to the music industry

(C) Graphic Design and Religion
Books, magazines, booklets and any other graphic design works for religion

(D) Graphic Design and New Media
Multimedia, television and interactive graphics, video, animation, screen installations and any other innovative new media graphic design works

(E) Special project 'All Gold of the World'
Posters awarded Grands Prix, Golden Awards and First Prizes in the key international contests between 2000 and 2010

On 2 September 2010, at the Golden Bee 9 Awards Ceremony, a Golden Bee Grand Prix, Golden Bee Award Diplomas will be awarded for each category, as well as the Russian Academy of Fine Arts and Academy of Graphic Design Diplomas, Rodchenko Award, Golden BeeLoved Super Cup, IBCC Prize, etc.

The exhibition will be held at the Central House of Artists, from 25 August - 3 September 2010, coinciding with the International Jury Members Show, open lectures and other special projects and exhibitions taking place throughout August and September.

Find out more on the official event website: www.goldenbee.org

HKDA Asia Design Awards 09 Awards Presentation Ceremony & Exhibition

On 30 November 2009, the Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA) will host the Exhibition Opening and Awards Presentation Ceremony of the HKDA Asia Design Awards 09.

More than 2,000 entries submitted to the HKDA Asia Design Awards 09 from 40 destinations in the region including the Mainland China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong.

All the major awards will be announced in the Awards Presentation Ceremony and all the winning entries will be exhibited at the Low Block and High Block of Hong Kong City Hall until 4 December 2009.

More: http://www.dexigner.com/jump/news/19317

Print in Motion: Print's Competition Dedicated to Motion Graphics

Print magazine is currently accepting entries into Print in Motion, a new competition entirely dedicated to motion graphics.

Entries may be submitted into several categories, including show packages, commercials, film titles, music videos, and non-commercial/animations.

All winning entries will be featured on Print website and will receive a special mention in an issue of Print.

Deadline for entries is December 15, 2009.

More: http://www.dexigner.com/jump/news/19184

Helsinki Named World Design Capital 2012

Helsinki will be the World Design Capital of the year 2012.

The designation was announced by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) at the Icsid World Design Congress 2009 in Singapore on November 25, 2009.

"This is a magnificent achievement for Helsinki.

It is an important recognition for us and our collaborator cities Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti, as well as for all the participating organizations and individuals.

We have received a unique opportunity and will be taking every advantage of it," said Helsinki Mayor Jussi Pajunen, accepting the World Design Capital 2012 designation at the Icsid World Design Congress 2009.

The title of Helsinki's bid for the designation was Open Helsinki - Embedding Design in Life.

The concept expressed by the title will form the basis of Helsinki's ambitious program for the design year 2012.

More: http://www.dexigner.com/design_news/helsinki-named-world-design-capital-2012.htmll

Call 2010 SEGD Design Awards

Washington, DC (United States) - Designers, fabricators, clients, and students have until 29 January 2010 to submit their work to the SEGD Design Awards program, organised by the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD). Thanks to a new online registration and submission system, entering the SEGD Design Awards program just got easier.

"Our new online registration system makes the SEGD Design Awards more accessible than ever to entrants around the world," says Leslie Gallery Dilworth, SEGD's chief executive officer. Allowing entrants to upload images, text, and other entry information in a flash, the online registration will eliminate delivery charges, lowering costs.

SEGD's annual design competition honors the best in environmental graphic design. Projects include dynamic environments, themed environments, wayfinding and signage, placemaking projects, mapping, public art, identity programs, architectural graphics, exhibits, and retail; also included are student work and un-built projects. Images of winning entries from previous years may be viewed on the Design Awards page at www.segd.org .

Program entries must be submitted no later than 29 January 2010; late entries will be accepted through 12 February 2010. The 2010 SEGD Design Awards jury will be chaired by Henry Beer, co-founder of CommArts.

Award winners will be announced at a presentation during SEGD's Annual Conference + Expo, to be held in Washington, DC, 2-5 June 2010.

Find out more and register your designs at: www.segd.orgg

For more information, please contact:

Ann Makowski
Society for Environmental Graphic Design
T: +1 202 638 5555
E: ann@segd.org

Taiwan International Graphic Design Award winners announced

Hsichih City (Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) - The Taiwan International Graphic Design Award has announced the winners of the this year's Taiwan International Poster Design Award and Taiwan International CI Design Award. More than 1,750 design works were submitted from 41 different countries and regions for these two competitions.

The Taiwan International Poster Design Award is hosted by the Department of Commercial Affairs, MOEA, to promote Taiwan's commercial design and to continue the exchange and interaction between our commercial design services and the international world. This competition selects outstanding works of international standard to raise the visibility of Taiwan's design potential and broaden the horizon of Taiwan's design industry.

In order to promote Taiwan's comprehensive application of commercial design capabilities and to reflect the rising importance of corporate identity (CI), the Department of Commerce, MOEA, hosts the Taiwan International CI Design Award. Outstanding works of commercial value and international vision are selected to foster corporate recognition of CI, raise public awareness of design's potential and establish a model example in the design world.

On 26 September 2009, ten well-known local and international judges worked together to select the top works. Foreign guests include Markus Busges (Germany), Martin Woodtli (Switzerland), Freeman Lau (Hong Kong), Connie Birdsall (United States), Taku Satoh (Japan) and Carlo Giannasca (Australia). Local talents include Director of Arts of Y&P Design, Wenping Hsiao; Director of Operating Committee in BBDO Taiwan Advertising Co., Teddy Ho; Art Director of Lemon Yellow Design Company, Tsung-Hung Su; and Art Director of Feng Geh Image Design, Jeff Liao.

A total of 232 works were selected (27 award winners and 205 specially selected entries), covering four categories. Among this selection are the recipients of the Grand Prize, the Icograda Excellence Award, the JAGDA Excellence Award, special theme (focusing on the harmonious relationship between human and nature), free style (focusing on commercial and campaign use), CI and dynamic identity. A judge's special award and a Taiwan International CI Design-New Talent Award are also granted in addition to the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards.

See the complete list of winners online.
http://98.cdip.org.tw/competition/98Graphice_award_eg.htm

Identity Essentials Submission Deadline Extended

The final round of submissions for Identity Essentials officially closed on November 1, but the authors are opening it back up exclusively for readers of Dexigner.

Written by Yang Kim and Kevin Budelmann, the new book from Rockport Publishers will outline the elements of a strong corporate identity.

Submit your work by November 11, 2009 for an opportunity to see it appear next to fantastic marks and identity programs by Pentagram UK, Samata Mason, Siegel + Gale, C2, Bunch, and more.

Like other titles from Rockport, Identity Essentials will reach an audience of professional designers, readers seeking high-level design information, and design do-it-yourselfers.

Publication is slated for fall 2010 with international distribution planned.

More: www.dexigner.com/jump/news/19150

Moving Pictures: Symposium on Illustration and Motion

On Wednesday, November 11, the BFA Illustration program at Parsons The New School for Design will present Moving Pictures, a symposium exploring ideas of motion in illustration.

The evening will be divided into four presentations moderated by Lauren Redniss, New School illustration faculty member, author of Century Girl and the forthcoming Radioactive, An Atomic Love Story.

Redniss will talk about secret lives and invisibility.

A conversation between writers Jody Rosen, music critic for Slate, and Joel Smith, curator of photography at the Princeton University Art Museum, will consider real and imaginary map making: Rosen, through his research on "The Knowledge," the exhaustive, mind-bending geographical training required of London taxi drivers and Smith, through the work of legendary cartoonist Saul Steinberg, best known for his work in The New Yorker.

Richard McGuire, artist, musician and current fellow at the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, will screen his recent film Fears of the Dark and give a sneak preview of his new book.

The event is free and open to the public.

More: www.dexigner.com/design_events/moving-pictures-symposium-on-illustration-and-motion.htmll