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Sport Industry Awards come to SA

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:58:00 +0200

Launched yesterday, Tuesday, 24 November 2009, the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards next year will recognise and reward the best the South African sport business has to offer in categories covering marketing, PR, sponsorship, media, advertising and design.
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Double whammy for Nampak

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:10:00 +0200

At the recent FTASA (Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa) awards held at the Southern Sun, Johannesburg International Airport on 17 November 2009, Nampak achieved three awards for two divisions.
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Creative Circle results - September/October

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:00 +0200

Creative Circle Ad of the Month results for September and October 2009 entries had no winners in the magazine and outdoor categories, and entrants into the experiential need to pay more attention to their entries and how they are packaged.
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Roger Garlick Award 2010 entries open

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:31:00 +0200

The Roger Garlick Award 2010, recognising outstanding innovation in media, has opened for entries and will close on 12 February 2010.
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Special coins minted for 2010 FIFA World Cup

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:47:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG: The South African Mint Company has minted special gold coins to commemorate the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Several gold coins with the emblem of the 2010 FIFA World Cup were launched at the renovated Soccer City Stadium on Monday, 23 November 2009.
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SABC contestant gets his dream

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:18:00 +0200

The Art Centre College of Design in California, US has awarded Thabo Mboneni, a participant in SABC Education's reality show It's For Life, a full scholarship and a financial award from Toyota to study automotive design.
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UK/SA design conference opens today at CPUT

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:27:00 +0200

The ‘International Entrepreneur - Design for Africa Project' opens today Monday 23 November 2009 at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town with a two-day conference.
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The Open Window Communication Design - wired for success

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:13:00 +0200

Third-year Communication Design students at The Open Window were given the challenge to create a cover for the iconic/culture Wired magazine. To ensure that the students have hit the spot, the Department Head, Ronel Watson, sent the artworks to the Creative Director of Wired Magazine UK, Andrew Diprose, for his comment.
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Seymour's last moves, as great prizes beckon

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:40:00 +0200

Entering the last lap (Round 6) of the exciting “Where's Seymore” competition, our man just shows no sign of diminishing wanderlust... yet. Where has he gotten to this time? Does he know that time is running out? And that lots of people are eagerly wanting to let us know his last known sighting?
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Take your design qualification to another level - enrol for an honours degree at The Open Window

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:23:00 +0200

The Open Window School of Visual Communication will be presenting a BA Honours degree in Visual Communication at its new campus in Southdowns, Centurion in 2010. Graphic designers, illustrators, web designers, animators and filmmakers with a previous qualification are invited to take their knowledge and experience a notch higher.
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