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2006.08.07
EUROPEAN UNION – JAPAN DESIGN COMPETITION 2006
Experimenta welcomes winner of European Union – Japan Design Competition 2006
At the invitation of the organizers, Experimenta has joined the EU-Japan Design Competition 2006, an initiative of the Delegation of the European Commission to Japan in cooperation with the embassies of the EU Member States in the country. Open to young designers and design students residing in Japan, the theme of the competition is “Improving life at Home”. Any projects for objects or products for use in the home qualify for entry, with the exception of proposals in the areas of system design, graphic design, textile design and architecture.
The competition stems for Japan’s rising interest in European design, its work processes, trends and practitioners.
The winners will be awarded scholarships and internships in renowned European institutions, including Experimenta, which is offering a 6-month internship during the year 2007.
Given the excellent reception this initiative has had among participants and other parties involved, the organizers are already planning future editions of this competition.
2006.08.07
SAMSUNG VISITS EXPERIMENTA
Experimenta integrates Samsung’s research project for Southern Europe
On July 16 Experimenta welcomed in its Lisbon headquarters the Head of Samsung’s Design Department together with a group of designers and researchers from this company, which is conducting a field trip and creative exploratory survey in the South of Europe, namely Lisbon, Barcelona and Valencia.
This team of designers and members of Samsung’s creative department came from South Korea and from the company’s Research Department in London for this 10-day visit to the South of Europe with the intention of understanding the characteristic features of Portuguese and Spanish design and contemporary culture, as well as its leading figures, in an effort to evaluate the impact of South Europe tradition and culture in today’s design.
The interest of this South Korean corporation stems from the growing influence of South European in the current design scene as well the potential role its key aspects may play in innovation and creation.
In Lisbon, the field trip’s programme was centred on Experimenta and also covered several design shops, the Design Museum and the new area on the eastern part of the city.
This research is being coordinated by the Spanish design studio Emiliana, owned by designers Ana Mir and Emili Padros. Still under discussion in a possible strengthening of ties between Samsung and Experimenta for the forthcoming edition of ExperimentaDesign – Bienal de Lisboa, which will take place in 2007.
2006.05.25
LISBON WELCOMES THE 50th ATYPI CONFERENCE
September 27 to October 1, Lisbon, Co-Production Experimenta
For the first time, Lisbon will host the AtypI Conference, an annual event organized by the leading international organization dedicated to type design and typography. The theme for AtypI2006 is Typographical Journeys.
After New York, Barcelona, Paris, Helsinki, Berlin, Copenhagen and London, among other cities, it is now Lisbon’s turn to join the list of host-cities that have welcomed this event since 1957. Gathering close to 300 renowned figures in the field of typography, this prestigious international conference promises to put Lisbon centre-stage in type design discussion.
Following an invitation by AtypI’s local delegate for Portugal, Mário Feliciano, and AtypI itself, Experimenta is the local co-producer of the Conference, which is taking place in Lisbon, from September 27 to October 1.
More information: http://www.atypi.org/06_Lisbon
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