MIX08: Sustainability is old news

International Student Design Project
Call for Entries launched 15 May 2008

MIX08 is Indigo’s cultural exchange project for tertiary design students from Icograda Education Network, Icsid Education Network, IFI Education Network, Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media and other institutions around the world. It invites students to collaborate with their peers, either within or outside of their schools, to formulate responses to the MIX08 brief in the form of a poster. The project encourages collaboration and discourse between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students around the world, or the participation of Indigenous people as advisors or mentors.

Context
The Kyoto Design Declaration was signed in Kyoto on the 28th of March 2008 by the Executive Board of Cumulus. The declaration states:

“A paradigm shift from technology driven development to human centered development is under way. The focus is shifting from materialistic and visible values to those, which are mental, intellectual and, possibly, less material. An era of ‘cultural productivity’ has commenced, where the importance attributed to modes of life, values and symbols may be greater than that attributed to physical products. Design thinking stands steadfastly at the centre of this continuum. Simultaneously, this development highlights the importance of cultural traditions and the need to extend and revitalize them.”

The Kyoto Design Declaration 2008
The Kyoto Design Declaration suggests that it is important, globally, to maintain and continue local or traditional practices. We are interested in sustainability as a form of collaboration and a design ethic. It is not just a green issue but one that is about relationships.

The Brief for MIX08 asks students to engage with their local traditional communities to respond to the following statement:

Sustainability is old news.

Reference
MIX08 follows on from the success of MIX06, which was a pilot program for the Icograda Education Network. The pilot ran as a student exchange project between the University of Hartford University in the USA and Monash University in Australia. The pilot program explored the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous culture within the context of national identity. Mix06 website.

Click Here to complete your entry form - Entries close - 5th September 2008

Conditions of Entry

Format
• 600x800px (Pixels)
• 72DPI (Dots per Inch)
• RGB, 8 Bit Ready
• Posters can be landscape or portrait format
• When saving, please "Save for Web"

Submissions
• MIX08 is open to tertiary level design students.
• A completed entry form must be submitted with each poster.
• A fee is payable for each entry. For members of the Icograda, Icsid and IFI Educations Networks and members of Cumulus the fee is €15. For all others the fee is €20 per entry.
• There is no limit to the number of entries submitted by each student or school but each entry must be accompanied with a separate entry form and fee.
• A 50 word description of your poster and a 100 word biography must also be included on your entry form.
• You are also welcome to include (but it is not compulsory) the words ‘Indigo MIX08’ on the poster
• The student, school and all collaborators must be credited on the entry form.
• All entries must be received by 22 September 2008.

Judging
• Up to 50 entries will be selected for the MIX08 exhibition.
• Only entries that comply with the submission guidelines will proceed to the judging stage
• Entries to be exhibited will be selected by a panel of judges. The decision of the panel is final.

Announcement & Exhibition
• The international media announcement and launch of the MIX08 exhibition will take place on 1 October 2008.
• The exhibition will be displayed on-line at the MIX08 exhibition on a dedicated section of the Indigo website www.indigodesignnetwork.org.
• Schools and other institutions wishing to stage the MIX08 physical exhibition should contact the organisers at info@indigodesignnetwork.org.

Intellectual Property
• All rights are retained by the designer. Entrants agree to absolve the organizers from any liability relating to confidentiality or intellectual property issues which may be raised by any other party.
• Entrants agree to the organizers publishing and exhibiting posters and the name of the designer and school in promotional material and associated publicity.
• The visual and written components of a finalist’s submission may be edited and used in promotional and media materials.
• Entrants should secure appropriate insurance cover for any component deemed valuable and entered into MIX08. The organisers will not accept liability for loss or damage to property of any consequent loss or damages which may ensue.

Check list: Compulsory components of your submission include:
• A completed entry form (each entry you make must be treated individually with its own entry form and fee)
• Poster artwork submitted by email in the requested format
• A 50 word description of your poster and a 100 word biography
• You are also welcome to include (but it is not compulsory) the words: MIX08 and Indigo on the poster

Please click here to fill in your entry form - Entries close - 5th September 2008

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