What events are coming up - awards, seminars, parties... anything of interest to the design community.       Tue 22.11.05 Wintec Media Arts Department showcases the year's top works Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) is to stage a series of exhibitions in a celebration of student work undertaken during 2005. The exhibitions will be held over Thursday December 1 and Saturday December 3 at Wintec's Media Arts Department in Collingwood Street and in various inner city venues. Some viewings will have extended seasons. Wintec Media Arts Head of Department, Margi Moore, said the work represents the range of disciplines offered in Media Arts and clearly demonstrates their ability to collaborate in this exciting intermedia environment as well as showcasing individual innnovation. "Our graduates are amongst some of the most successful in their fields, in New Zealand and further afield. Their work is recognised for its professionalism and quality. These shows clearly illustrate why that is. The students and their tutors work tremendously hard to achieve these outcomes and we are justifiably proud of all of them," she said. The exhibitions show a diverse range of photography, painting and sculpture, graphic design,animation, digital media design, and illustration, with a screening of short films by moving image students at Village 7 Cinema. Finally, there is the launch of a CD of the commercial music students 'compositions. Mediarts 2005 Graduate Exhibitions 1st November - 13th November OVERHILL 1 Platform 01 Contemporary Art Space, Grey St Hamilton East. Part one of a three part series of exhibitions of work by students of Painting and Sculpture 8th November - 28th November OVERHILL 2 ArtsPost Gallery . 120 Victoria St Hamilton. Part two of a three part series of exhibitions of work by students of Painting and Sculpture 30th November 6.30PM Village 7 Screening of work by Mediarts Moving Image students. 1st December 4.00PM W Block OVERHILL 3 W block studio building Wards St Hamilton. Part three of a three part series of exhibitions of work by students of Painting and Sculpture. 4.30PM P Block MAP 05 Exhibition of work by Maori and Pacific Island Mediarts students. 5.00 PM P Block 2005: A Photographic Odyssey Exhibitions of work by 3rd year Mediarts Photography students. Second to None An exhibition of work by 2nd year Mediarts Photography students. 6.00PM R Block NEW OUTLINES Exhibition of work by Interior Design students. 7.00PM R Block PLASTIC FORK Exhibition of work by Graphic Design and Digital Media students. To Be Announced.. CD Launch CD Launch by Mediarts Music students. Venue and launch dates are yet to be announced. Check the Mediarts website for updated information. http://www.mediarts.net.nz Janice Wed 20.07.05 SPARK is a one-of-a-kind, one-week-only, annual celebration of contemporary arts organised by the Creative Industries Research Centre in conjunction with Wintec’s School of Media Arts in Hamilton. SPARK offers non-stop talks, exhibitions, panel discussions and entertainment from the cultural cutting edge, five days running. SPARK 05 (our sixth SPARK) will provide you with an informative and entertaining week featuring a dynamic array of national and international artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, critics, writers and multi-media and inter-disciplinary practitioners. Past SPARK guests include artists Ricky Swallow, Lisa Reihana and Cherine Fahd; designers Rinzen, Futurefarmers and Matt Owens; film makers John Barnett (Whale Rider) and Christine Jeffs (Rain); writer Tim Corballis and hip-hop musicians The Dubious Brothers – to name but a few. Tuesday 23 - Saturday 27 August 2005 http://www.spark.mediarts.net.nz Selina Sat 02.04.05 The Wanganui School of Design invites you to participate in Design Survival Camp 7, a gathering of design students, educators and professionals. "Third world economy, first world design", will be discussed and debated to explore ideas impacting on "New Zealand's design future". This will happen over the two day design camp featuring four presentations. ***MAY 20-21 2005*** Download the Registration Form (pdf) at http://www.wsd.ac.nz or email to Prof.Hazel Gamec h.gamec@ucol.ac.nz http://www.wsd.ac.nz batman Tue 16.03.04 Donna Cross exhibition starts at Olive Cafe in Wellington on Monday 15th March until April the 4th Jason Fri 23.01.04 SEMI-PERMANENT04 AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND Design is Kinky and The Church, proudly present Semi-Permanent Auckland 2004. Date: Auckland Saturday 24 April 2004 Venue: Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Hurstmere Road and The Promenade, Takapuna, New Zealand. Speakers: • Mill - UK - Broadcast, Visual Effects and Film Making • MK12 - USA - Motion and Broadcast Design • Monster Children - Australia - Art and Lifestyle Magazine • Oktobor - New Zealand - Motion design and Visual Effects • The Wilderness - New Zealand - Graphic Design, broadcast http://www.semipermanent.com St Pauly Tue 02.09.03 GRAPHITE 2004 An ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia   Co-located with VRCAI 2004 –An ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Virtual reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry   Venue: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore   Conference Dates: 15-18 June, 2004     FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSION   Participate in celebrating the exploitation of the latest computer graphics technology and peer into the futuristic world of applications in realistic rendering, virtual reality, games, the arts, and much much more.   The Graphite 2004 conference will bring together people and technologies from a variety of locations and disciplines - to share ideas and form new partnerships in computer graphics and interactive techniques.   Submissions that convey advances in research, practical experiences, and innovative applications are requested. Contributions of related artistic work are requested for the Video Proceedings and Art Show.   KEY DATES Papers and Short papers (Sketches): December 16, 2003 Tutorials and Panels: February 6, 2004 Electronic Theatre and Art Show: February 6, 2004 Camera-ready Papers and Sketches: February 10, 2004   Conference: June 15-18, 2004   http://www.seagraph.org/graphite2004 Ed @ YourVoice Sun 29.06.03 Offline 2003 For those of you who don't know Offline is an informal gathering of web authors, designers, coders' etc over a few drinks. It's a great chance to exchange ideas and make new friends. And yes. Argue about which is the best f**king Browser, OS, Font, etc etc... Venue: Traffick. Cambridge Terrace It's a Date! July 3, 2003 @ 17.30 http://www.untitled-1.co.nz/offline/index.php Ed @ YourVoice Tue 13.05.03 DESIGN AND ADVERTISING CALL FOR ENTRIES You are invited to submit work to the most prestigious juried competitions for graphic design and advertising: Communication Arts magazine's 44th Design and Advertising Annuals. If selected, your award-winning pieces will be reproduced in Communication Arts magazine, either the November Design Annual or December Advertising Annual. Over 74,000 copies of each Annual will be in circulation worldwide, providing outstanding exposure to both potential clients and colleagues. Deadline: June 6, 2003 Guidelines and FAQs can be found at: www.commarts.com/CA/magazine/comp To download an entry form go to: www.commarts.com/CA/download/entryForm_desAdv.pdf beckif Wed 16.04.03 Canon Digital Creators Contest An international contest for digital photography, graphics and illustration, digital movies and web work. Top prize = US$20,000! http://www.canon.com/cdcc/ alison Wed 16.04.03 The list of nominees for the 7th Annual Webby Awards has been announced. Vote now for your favourites in the 7th annual People's Voice voting The 1st annual Webby Business Awards are currently accepting entries. Deadline May 30, 2003. Winners will be announced later in the year. http://www.webbyawards.com/main/index.html alison Tue 01.04.03 Dyson Product Design Award 2003 CALLING ALL EMERGING DESIGNERS That’s all of you students in your final year of study and those of you who already graduated and have been out loose for a maximum of five years. The Dyson Product Design Awards provides a unique and exciting opportunity for an emerging designer whose work best demonstrates the ability to think differently and create needed products that work better. Entries close July 14, 2003 The winner of the Dyson Product Design Award 2003 will: Receive a trip to the UK with $3,000 travel expenses. Represent New Zealand in the UK as a British Council New Zealand Design Ambassador. Meet James Dyson at the Malmesbury based Headquarters - includes a tour of Research and Development Centres. Be invited to join the D&AD Getty Images Bloodbank - an online international showcase of the very best in emerging design talent. Receive a year's DINZ membership, which includes four issues of PRODESiGN Magazine. Receive exposure in the design industry both locally and abroad. Receive a Dyson DCO8. http://www.dyson.co.nz Ed @ YourVoice Tue 18.03.03 greater value through design designindustry's series of six five-day workshops, to be held in April 2003, enable you to explore the process of innovation with some of the world's leading industrial designers. http://www.designindustry.co.nz/ Ed @ YourVoice Fri 14.03.03 Ever had a brilliant idea for a product but didn't know how to progress it?A new community site ... bringing together designers and manufacturers. http://www.weave.net.nz Ed @ YourVoice Mon 10.03.03 Art of the Envelope - 2003 Candida Stationery proudly announces the Second Annual: Candida Art of the Envelope Awards It's time. The Awards await. Accept the challenge. Design an envelope. A carrier of messages. Any shape, size, material known to (wo)man. Consider textures. An envelope is the world's first mini-billboard. A moving advertisement. Draw on your imagination. Why? Your NEW G4 Apple iMac or Palm™, are waiting to be claimed. http://www.candida.co.nz/f_gallery.html Ed @ YourVoice Mon 10.03.03 Design Survival Camp 6 May 9 & 10 2003 The Waganui School of Design - DSC6, a gathering of design students , educators and professionals discussing and debating "Authors of thier work". http://www.newmedialab.co.nz/designcamp6/ Ed @ YourVoice Sun 18.03.01 If you have an industry event of interest why not advertise it in the DINZ monthly newsletter. Contact Doug Heath, DINZ Director on ph: 09 303 1356 fax: 09 303 1357 or email:designer@dinz.co.nz DEADLINES FOR THE NEWSLETTER ARE the 2nd to last friday of every month. http:// kate Wed 07.02.01 From the editor of PRODESiGN: Glad to see Your Voice being used. Even more glad to have pointed some people in its direction! Not so glad however to hear that some designers are putting getting in touch with PRODESiGN into the "too-hard basket". So here are two links to make it easier for you: PRODESiGN invites all designers (graphic, product and commercial interior) to send us your projects or send us your thoughts for publication! And here are some deadlines for submissions to PRODESiGN: 1st week March (April issue); 1st week May (June issue); 1st week July (August issue); 1st week September (October issue). Let's hope Your Voice will open up a whole brave new world (if you'll forgive the reference!) of open communication and dialogue - we will certainly be keeping an eye on the developing discussions. http:// prodesign YourVoice is an open forum - opinions stated here are (obviously) not necessarily those of, or endorsed by Origin Design. Origin accepts no responsibility for the opinions stated here - so don't blame us if someone says nasty things! All submitted email addresses are strictly confidential to YourVoice.