Organised by SNG (syndicat national des Graphistes, France)
exhibition: May-June 2000 in Paris,at the ministère de la Jeunesse et des sports,
exhibition: September 15 -- 30 2000 in Sydney,during the Olympics
On the occasion of the Sydney Olympics,an invitation has been forwarded to sixteen graphic design schools throughout the world to take part in a posters exhibition about "the Olympics and human rights ".

Each will select five projects (posters,lengh 40,high 60 cm)which they will send to Paris (Jeux olympiques,c/o SNG,8 rue Saint-Jean,75017 Paris,France),the deadline to send the projects is set to March 30 2000.

An international jury will select three laureates who will receive a prize and whose projects will be printed;these posters will serve as the recto of a "poster newspaper ". A brochure will present all the projects;each school will receive twenty copies of it.An exhibit will present the eighty projects in Paris in June 2000,then in Sydney during the Olympics and at the Sport and Culture museum (Géo-Charles museum)of Échirolles.

Sappi, one of the world's leading paper producers, has invited designers around the world to draw from their beliefs with the launch of ideas that matter, a programme that provides grants for graphic designers to realise printed communication campaigns which support a cause of their choice.

This unique move results from the company's own interest in cause related marketing. Extensive research has demonstrated that causes benefit significantly from evocative campaigns, which gain exposure and raise funds from the public. Designers are critical to this process and are ideally placed to use their creativity, emotional insight and ability to create ideas that sell, for the benefit of society.

Substantial grants will be awarded by the Sappi Graphic Arts Foundation to non-profit organisations involved in scientific, cultural or relief programmes on the basis of the applications received from the designer. The applications will be judged in Europe, North America and South Africa by international selection committees, based on their creativity, practicality and potential effectiveness.

Designers are often passionate about causes which they themselves would like to support by volunteering their creative talent. However, other costs involved such as photography, paper, reprographics and print, prohibit cause related organisations from implementing the designers work, either in full or in part. Ideas that matter will therefore help to bring more and better campaigns to the public eye.

Designers, design companies, in-house design departments and students of design are invited to apply.

Endorsed by Icograda

Endorsed by Icograda