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SA interior design scoops international award for work in Africa

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:17:00 +0200

The International Commercial Property Awards 2009, which took place in London during October, awarded the Africa region prize to MM Interiors for its work on the headquarters of one of Lagos' largest law firms, Aluko & Oyebode and on the Harrow Park Golf Club in the Nigerian capital of Abuja.
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Absolut award of €15 000 for young artist

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:38:00 +0200

Absolut Vodka, in continuation of its 30 years of artistic collaboration and support, has awarded the first of its yearly art prize of €15 000 to Keren Cytter, born 1977 in Israel, who now lives in Berlin and whose work has brought a lot of critical acclaim when shown at galleries and museums around Europe.
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Call to enter 2010 D&AD

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:38:00 +0200

The call to enter the 2010 D&AD Awards and the 23 jury foremen were announced yesterday, Monday, 19 October 2009. Network# BBDO Johannesburg's Mike Schalit will lead the Radio Advertising jury.
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Get YoungGun offers now before closing date

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:58:00 +0200

There are just 14 days left to enter the Young Guns advertising and digital awards, which close on Friday 30 October 2009; entries for student awards close on Friday 6 November 2009 and creative briefs is Friday 13 November.
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Propak Africa 2009, bigger... better...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:04:00 +0200

Premier packaging exhibition Propak Africa 2009 takes place at the MTN Expo Centre Nasrec from 20 - 23 October 2009 and includes four other trade exhibitions. Due to the synergy between packaging, printing, plastics, labelling and food-processing sectors of industry, Print Expo, Pro-Plas Africa Expo, Pro-Label Africa and FoodPro will share the stage offering visitors additional value-add.
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Confectionery wonderland at Loeries Mayor's Party

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:30:00 +0200

A live mermaid on a bed of oysters, salmon and braai buffets, served by rainbow-wigged hostesses and fantasy confectionery beyond your dreams welcomed guests to the Mayor's Party which last night, 24 September 2009, officially launched the 2009 Loerie Awards in Cape Town.
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Design a book cover for Penguin African Writers series

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:36:00 +0200

The Penguin African Writers series, launched in 2009, showcases writing from Africa for contemporary readers in Africa and the rest of the world. In 2010 it is expanding the series and is a calling for submissions for artwork to be used on the covers of the forthcoming titles.
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Wolda '09 judges announced

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:19:00 +0200

Wolda, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, has announced its panel of judges that will select the winning entries for its ‘09 edition. Wolda '09 is also now accepting entries of logos designed both in 2008 and 2009.
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Launch of fourth annual Makhulu Polane design competition

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:33:00 +0200

The annual Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition is open for entries from Thursday, 16 July 2009. This local initiative was started by Big Blue in 2006 in a quest to discover and support fresh home-grown talent.
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Deadline extended for Wolda '09

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:34:00 +0200

Wolda '09, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, is still open for entries collecting logos designed both in 2008 and 2009. The deadline for logos designed in 2008 has been extended to 15 July 2009.
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