In 1997, sustainability design agency Thomas Matthews launched this temporary “No Shop” installation, devised to draw media attention to the launch of International No Shop day in the UK. Despite the launch being over 10 years ago [and only open for three days!] it is still shown around the world as an illustration of the movement against over consumption. The contemporary design treatment and concept will, I believe, allow these images to forever be revisited.
The INDIGO: International Indigenous Design Network is a research initiative, which explores the role of indigenous visual culture within contemporary society and looks at its relationship to National identity. The issues and pressures facing indigenous cultures around the globe are similar. INDIGO’s aim is to encourage and promote constructive exchange between the worlds’ indigenous communities. The objective - to help to elevate the profile of indigenous design by encouraging contemporary interpretation of traditional techniques and themes.
Really beautiful artwork for the Amnesty International Film Festival made by the Amsterdam based design studio Sazza. The artwork as seen on this poster is used for all communication for the film festival.
Each spring the Amnesty International Film Festival takes place in Amsterdam, and this year for the second time in The Hague. Since 1995 this film event is a platform for committed film productions about human rights and human dignity. The festival screens both documentaries and feature films. In discussions and talk shows surrounding the films, the film makers, human rights activists and audience have the opportunity to exchange ideas and views.
The Greens | European Free Alliance in the European Parliament made this video as a statement against the media industry who fights against illegal downloading and copying.
According to The Greens the media industry has failed to offer viable legal alternatives and they will fail to convince consumers that sharing equals stealing. The media industry have succeeded in another area – lobbying to adapt laws to criminalize sharing, turning consumers into criminals. The Greens say the industry argues that their laws are necessary to support artists, but in reality all they’re protecting is their own profits.
The Greens in Europe and worldwide has been opposing these laws. They believe that consumers are willing to pay if offered good quality at a fair price. They also believe that sharing is expanding culture – not killing it.
Dedicated website: I wouldn’t steal.
Left: HI_v / Ioannis Fetanis / Greece
Right: Hitting the wrong target / Hakki Erol / Turkey
Tomorrow starts the exhibition of the Good 50x70 contest. 200 posters are shown out of 1659 entries. Good 50x70, based on an idea of Pasquale Volpe in collaboration with Tommaso Minnetti, is an ambitious project that wants to increase public opinion awareness of causes and people who fight day after day to improve the standard of living across the world.
This great shortfilm, made by Pablo Olmos Arrayales, is a metaphor of the “el escondite” game (hide and seek) and the current situation about the hunger problem. Every year, 12 millions of children all over the world die of hunger.
At april 8, Easter sunday, bishop Hurkmans blessed this new stained glass window in the St. Jan’s Cathedral Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Nothing special at first sight.
Posted by Marc | 7-04-2007 22:04 | Category:
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This is what you may call social conscious painting or as Ashley Cecil, the artists who make this, describes: the marriage of painting and social activism.
In the DRC, sexual violence is a community-wide problem. Rape, in the DRC has been used as a weapon of war and sadly continues to increase even after. According to the peacebuilding NGO Search for Common Ground, it is estimated that there are over 400,000 surviving rape victims living…
In the movie Hot Tub Time Machine, John Cusack goes “back to the future” and discovers that his friend Lou has become incredibly wealthy due to a little search-engine-that-could that he aptly named “Lougle.” It’s a fun example of how an individual’s name can become a familiar household term…
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