¿Merry Christmas?
Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to end the year! (Segunda llamada´s least favorite time of the year, or at least speaking for me) the so familiar, expected and celebrated “Christmas.” The reason for my previous -and bitter for many-statement? The fact that, in my particular opinion, Christmas has totally neglected the sense of celebration in the company of family and friends (and not to mention the religious significance for believers) in favor of a celebration based and supported by excessive consumption. Black … Read more
Exhibition and awards ceremony at UAM
The first exhibition of selected posters and winners of the 2nd Segunda llamada competition will be held at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Building L, Mezzanine., Mexico City. From November 28 to December 2, 2011. Awards ceremony and cocktail: Thursday December 1st 7PM, Room K-001 (on invitation) Interested in attending send an email to: gus@segundallamada.com
2011 Poster competition winners
Click here to visit the winners and selected participants gallery. Thanks a lot to all the participants, jury members and sponsors. Award ceremony, exhibitions and catalogue starting in October 2011, soon news on dates, please be patient. Additional finalists can be viewed on www.facebook.com/segundallamadamx
Results date
Thank you very much to everyone who participated in Segunda llamada´s 2011 poser competition.Having received 220 proposals from 8 countries in the first edition in 2009, I am happy to announce that this year we received 1,340 posters from 40 countries.Over the next few weeks will carry out the processes of pre-selection of finalists and then votation of the international jury to select this year´s winners. The results will be announced on July 20, 2011 (one … Read more
IT’S IN YOUR HANDS
Incredible campaign done by nonprofit organizations WMG (Us), Grampari (India) and filmmaker Pilgrim Films. Check it out in the website Tippy Tap. They recently won the Do-Gooder competition on Youtube. This is a clear example of excellent social design applied to very basic things that save water and lives. Thanks for reading / Dam
A heavy burden
Safe drinking water and adequate sanitation services are vital to human health. They offer other important benefits as well – some easily identifiable and quantifiable, such as costs avoided and time saved, as well as other less tangible benefits that are more difficult to measure, including advantages in terms of convenience, increased well-being, and personal … Read more
World Water Day 2011
International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded … Read more
Never Wasted- Lee bags
How many times do we design without thinking in the life of use of a container, package, card, paper, bag, etc.? We always assume that it’s normal for them to have a cycle and that they will inevitably end up in the garbage can, but why not think before creating? Let’s design with more thought … Read more
Think in more Water
The competition´s call for entries has been spread, and we want to help your inspiration and your posters to be better justified. Therefore we will launch periodically articles on the subject in question: “Water”. Let´s start with a short introduction to one of the many problems that this vital liquid goes trough. Today, one in … Read more
2011 Poster competition
Segunda llamada, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana campus Azcapotzalco and Natura Mexico extend the invitation to participate in the 2nd international poster competition with the theme: Actions for sustainable use of water. Click to download call for entries and the 2009 catalogue. More information about the jury. Poster design: Gustavo Morales Ainslie / Photography by: Jan Grarup – … Read more
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