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Vilnius 2011

European Design in collaboration with ICOGRADA and the Lithuanian Graphic Design Association will organize design events in Vilnius 9-14 May. http://vilnius.icograda.org

ED-Awards 2011

The submission period for the ED-Awards 2011 will open 1 January and the dead-line is 15 February. The preliminary date and place for the awards ceremony is May 14th in Vilnius.

Winners of Get Citified

The winners of Veer’s Get Citified competition was revealed during the ED-Festival in Rotterdam. See the reel of the winners here.

ED-Festival photos

Photo galleries from the ED-Festival are now published on Flickr. ED-Festival photos ED-Awards ceremony 2010 by Nils Schoonhoven

Reza Abedani to lecture at the ED-Conference

There has been a late cancellation by one of the speakers of the ED-Conference. Polish designer Jacek Utko will not be able to make it for his presentation. Again, we are happy to say that we have taken this negative event and turned it in something very positive. One of our times’ most respected designers, Reza Abedani to lecture at the ED-Conference

Graphic Design Festival Breda

Graphic Design Festival Breda (GDFB) is a biannual festival on graphic design. The festival goes into present developments on this subject and a large part of it takes place in the public space. Over 200 graphic designers hack, remix, sample, mash up and code image, information and interaction. On 25 May, GDFB organizes a seminar Graphic Design Festival Breda

David Carson is the Hero

The guest for the Heroes’ Night is now revealed. David Carson has accepted the invitation to hold a lecture and answer questions at this event organized by students of the Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University. The lecture at Lantaren/Venster will be followed by the opening party of the festival. Tickets are sold in the David Carson is the Hero

Change of programme

Unfortunately, due to personal reasons, Andrey Logvin is not coming to this year’s ED-Festival. But some things are “blessings in disguise”. To cover for Andrey, we have confirmed with one of Europe’s design legends, Gert Dumbar himself. He will be joining the ED-Conference, and presenting his case on Saturday at 15:00.

Accommodation support!

News have just arrived that our recommended hotels are almost fully booked. The good news are that HotelService Rotterdam is offering continuous support to the ones among you who have not managed to book their accommodation yet. Message from HotelService Rotterdam Dear Mr/Ms, Thank you for registering for European Design Festival 2010 in Rotterdam, The Accommodation support!

Get Citified

Veer is hosting Get Citified, an exciting design competition in association with EDA. Four members of ED-Awards’ prestigious jury Bettina Schulz, Michel Chanaud, Linda Kudrnovska and Lynda Relph-Knight will judge Get Citified. The winning designs will be featured at the ED-Festival’s award ceremony in Rotterdam, and the top three designers will win a Bamboo, Medium Get Citified