The Australia Council for the Arts has recently released the below tender.

Creatives’ Tender: Australian presence at Venice Biennale 2011 concept development, graphic design and production

The Venice Biennale is widely regarded as the most important and prestigious event on the international contemporary arts calendar for countries to showcase their contemporary visual artists. Australia has been consistently represented at the Biennale for more than three decades. The featured Australian artist for the 2011 Venice Biennale is Hany Armanious, who will present a selection of new and existing works.

Over 70 countries participate in the Venice Biennale. The event attracts 30,000 key international curators, critics, collectors and artists to the three-day Vernissage (preview) period alone, and a further 265,000 visitors (including school groups and young adults) to the six-month exhibition.

The primary goal of Australia’s participation in the Venice Biennale is to increase the profile of the featured artist, secondly, to profile contemporary Australian art internationally and thirdly, the Australia Council as the managers of Australia at the Venice Biennale.

The Australia Council’s Market Development division is seeking inspired proposals from graphic design agencies to undertake the concept development, graphic design, production and delivery of collateral to be produced for the Australian presence at the Venice Biennale 2011.

To download the tender document, click here

Please note – this is a revised version of the tender document as of Wednesday 27 April 2010.

The deadline for receipt of proposals is 5pm (EST) 21 May, 2010.

For further information, please contact:

Anne-Louise Wirth

Project Manager, Visual Arts and Venice Biennale

Market Development

(02) 9215 9002

a.wirth@australiacouncil.gov.au

The Annual Design Awards 2010 are now open for entry. Today we received the following notice from the Annual Design Awards. It is open to anyone in the world. It would be great to see a Queenslander win one of the catagories if not all of them.

The awards present a wonderful opportunity for graphic designers to have their work judged by luminaries in the industry like David Carson, Chuck Anderson, James Verdesoto (designer of the Pulp Fiction movie poster), Nik Ainley and Laura Smith. These people and more will be judging entries.

The awards exist to discover and celebrate outstanding talents in the design world and to reward creativity with a meaningful honour. Entry fees are low and a portion of the profits will be donated to Cancer Research UK. Every entrant will feature in the new Designers Directory, have the chance to feature in the yearly book that will be published to showcase the best designs, and have access to the website notice board where designers can promote their business, special offers, job vacancies and more.

CATEGORIES INCLUDE:
Best Logo Design
Best Billboard/Poster Design
Best Logo Design
Best Non-Flash Website Design
Best Flash Website Design
Best Product Packaging Design
Best Movie Poster Design
Best Self Promotion
Best Poster/Billboard Design
Best Music Album Cover Design
Best Newsletter/Flyer Design
Best Book Cover Design
Best Digital Art
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Danielle Lewis is an upcoming Brisbane Fashion Designer. Graduating from a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Fashion Design) at QUT in 2005, Danielle has found herself hot on the Brisbane fashion scene. Since then Danielle has shown several collections in Brisbane for charity and commercial events and has recently launched her designs through popular social networking site Facebook. Danielle also writes popular fashion blog BrisbaneThreads. BrisbaneThreads collaborates with Brisbane nightclub photographers to follow current and emerging fashion trends in the state – and how you can get the look.

Danielle’s designs reflect the latest trends whilst always remaining fashion forward. All garments are produced in strictly limited runs ensuring you remain an individual.

Her latest collection draws inspiration from the work she has been doing with her fashion blog. Studying Brisbane nightlife and watching young club-goers put their own individual spin on current fashion trends, has led to the evolution of “Into the Night”. A bold collection featuring luxurious black jersey and silks encrusted with Swarovski jewels…A sneak peak of the new collection will be on display for your viewing pleasure, exclusively at the Creative Drinks Christmas Event.