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[VIC] Premier's Design Awards 2008

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edited April 2008 in notices
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="4" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">PREMIER’S DESIGN AWARDS 2008 – <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Entries Open!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Entries close 5pm 7<sup>th</sup> May 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">Winners announced 16 July 2008 at Melbourne Museum<o:p></o:p></span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Be recognised as a designer of excellence in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Victoria</st1:state></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The PREMIER’S DESIGN AWARDS are a biennial awards program developed by the Victorian Government to recognise excellence in design practice in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Victoria</st1:state></st1:place>. The awards will be a highlight of the State of <st1:state w:st="on">Design Festival</st1:state> held in <st1:city w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:city> and across <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Victoria</st1:state></st1:place> from 16 – 24<sup> </sup>July 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Assessed by an international and local judging panel, the Premier’s Design Awards have been redeveloped in 2008 to set a new industry standard through the awarding of a series of PREMIER’S DESIGN MARKS.  These Marks will reward</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> designers and practices that have developed their skills and their creative processes to respond to the new more demanding market conditions, producing exemplary approaches and outcomes that are perceived by the profession, clients and the community as a contribution to a sustainable future.<o:p></o:p></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The 2008 PREMIER’S DESIGN MARKS will be awarded in the following categories:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Industrial / Product Design

Architecture

Interior Design

Graphic Design

Multimedia Design

Landscape Design

Exhibition Design

Set Design

Textile Design

Fashion Design

Hand Made Objects<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Submissions for the PREMIER’S DESIGN AWARDS must be within one of the recognised categories of Commercial, Cultural or Self-initiated.<o:p></o:p></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Nominations are also being called for the PREMIER’S AWARD FOR DESIGN LEADERSHIP. The recipient must be an individual who has led <st1:state w:st="on">Victoria</st1:state> by design, profoundly influencing <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Victoria</st1:state></st1:place>’s design industry. Nominations close 5pm WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;" class="section1"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The recipients of the 2008 Premier’s Design Marks and the Premier’s Award for Design Leadership </span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">will be announced at the <span style="text-transform: uppercase;">State of <st1:state w:st="on">Design</st1:state> </span>Festival opening, Wednesday 16 July 2008, at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Winning projects will be published in the official 2008 Premier’s Design Awards Catalogue and exhibited at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Melbourne</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place> from 17 July – 3 August 2008 </span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">as both a physical record and a method of communicating the ideas and skills of the awarded designers. </span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Opportunities to tour the Premier's Design Awards internationally are being explored.</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font><b><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;">How to Enter</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">For more information on eligibility, judging, entry requirements, category explanations, Premier’s Design Marks, nominations, terms and conditions, please visit <a href="http://www.stateofdesign.com.au/premiersdesignawards"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.stateofdesign.com.au/premiersdesignawards</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold;">Entries Close 5PM MONDAY 7th MAy 2008</span></font> </b></p>
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