The Graphic Design community of West Africa

Pixel Foundry to launch Pixel Africa

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:04:00 +0200

Pixel Foundry, a photographic services agency based in South Africa, has announced that it will be expanding operations in Africa, with new divisions across Nigeria, DRC and other growing markets throughout the sub-Saharan region.
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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:00 +0200

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from yesterday Tuesday, 20 September 2011.
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Sierra Leone: Peace Museum to launch design competition

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:34:00 +0200

FREETOWN: A competition to design the memorial for Sierra Leone's new Peace Museum will be launched Monday, 1 August 2011, at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The memorial will aim to depict the suffering of the victims of Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war, and promote the ideals of peace, justice and human rights.
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Loerie design judge announced

Wed, 04 May 2011 11:05:00 +0200

Garrick Hamm, creative partner at the London design consultancy, Williams Murray Hamm (WMH), will be the Communication Design jury chairman at the Loeries judging, which takes place from 5-13 July 2011. He will give a talk at the Judges Seminar on 5 July 2011 for industry professionals, students and media.
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Loeries 2011 opens for entries, categories revised

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:19:00 +0200

The Loerie Awards launched its 2011 campaign, Tuesday 15 March 2011, entitled "Don't hate. Create", created by Draftfcb and supported by a mobisite and specially developed augmented reality apps, linking digital technology to the printed media, along with a revamp of its award categories.
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#DesignIndaba: contradictions in architecture

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:47:00 +0200

As riots and revolution rocks the Arab world, the rulers of Abu Dhabi are building yet another offshore island villa complex for the super-rich. Designer Dror Benshetrit, speaking on the first day of the annual Design Indaba conference, currently underway at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, admits he spent several minutes laughing loudly over the phone during the call in which he was told he'd won the design contract (admittedly approved before the current wage of rage swept the region) that he'd designed in only five weeks. [view twitterfall]
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2011 Maputo International Ad Festival set for May

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:22:00 +0200

The sixth Maputo International Advertising Festival will take place from 25-27 May 2011, AMEP - the Mozambican Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations Association announced yesterday. The festival recognises advertising agencies, producers and communications companies worldwide especially from Africa and the Indian Ocean regions.
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Official 2010 Loeries rankings

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:38:00 +0200

While there can be many ways of analysing any competition, this year the Loeries has introduced official winners rankings which aim to be a transparent mechanism for reporting the outcome of the awards. With the release of the printed Loeries annual, additional rankings will be published, including top 10 tables for all the individual credits, eg ECD, illustrator, writer and director, as well as post production/VFX, etc.
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Four Loerie Grands Prix this year

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:41:00 +0200

Four Grands Prix were handed out this past weekend at the 32nd annual The Loerie Awards, held for the second time at Good Hope Centre in Cape Town: King James once again in TV & Cinema Commercials for Allan Gray's 'Legend'; the VWV Group in Experiential: Live Events for the 2010 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony; Boogerman+ Partners Architects in Architecture & Interior Design for Soccer City aka FNB Stadium aka National Stadium; and Grid Worldwide Branding and Tonic Design in Design Mixed-Media Campaign for the Comair/British Airways SLOW Lounge.
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Loeries to launch Creative Week Cape Town

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:49:00 +0200

The Loeries Awards will, this year, launch the inaugural Creative Week in Cape Town as part of the annual festival. Creative Cape Town has partnered with the Loeries to boost the festival and awards and to involve the city's creative community in Creative Week Cape Town, 24 September - 3 October 2010.
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