Recycling industry sources estimate that less than 20% of aluminum pet food cans are recycled each year, compared to 54 percent of other aluminum cans. As a result, Friskies® and Fancy Feast® have created the Together We Can campaign, designed to educate cat owners about the recyclability of cat food cans and increase the total… Read more »
Posts Tagged: design events
Design Against Fur 2010
Design Against Fur 2010, the latest installment of what has become an annual design competition sponsored by the Fur Free Alliance, is now accepting submissions. While I’m ordinarily not a proponent of design competitions, I believe this event to be worthwhile and well-structured. Please note that it is open only to students, and is organized… Read more »
Anti-Fur Posters from 2008
Design Against Fur 2008, an event held by the Fur Free Alliance, produced many excellent posters (and animated shorts). Among them is certainly the poster (below) created by Feng Chen, a student from Beijing China, winning both the Grand Prize and the International Peoples Choice Award. The event’s other winning designs can be seen here…. Read more »
Student mental health video award
I’m normally not a proponent of contests within the visual arts professions, as they are often structured and/or carried out in a manner that devalues, and sometimes even degrades, the industry and its participants. Nevertheless, when I was recently contacted by a representative from The Jed Foundation and asked if I would share some information… Read more »
Nov. 4th: Be heard today
The AIGA recently invited designers from across the United States to create nonpartisan posters that “inspire the American public to participate in the electoral process and vote for a presidential candidate in the 2008 general election.” The posters were all made available as printable PDFs, and 50 were selected and displayed during the 2008 national… Read more »
