Greenpeace Design Awards
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The Greenpeace Design Awards is a poster design award presented annually by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
and UniLife Inc, in association with the University of South Australia
. The awards honour excellence in design
with a strong focus on environmental
concerns and are open to the global creative community.
in November 2008, in recognition of the role visual communication has played in Greenpeace's non-violent direct action. The inaugural awards were launched on 1 March 2009.
The awards "acknowledge the achievements of the most innovative and creative individuals whose work best reflects environmental concerns in a visually striking and iconic way"
Entrants to the awards have the opportunity for their work to be considered for use in major Greenpeace Australia Pacific
campaigns in a variety of media including campaign posters, t-shirts, banners, flyers or other media.
The judging panel for the awards is made up of creative professionals working in the fields of graphic design
, illustration
, photography
and visual communication
. Greenpeace representatives are also represented on the judging panel.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is the regional office of the global environmental organization Greenpeace. Greenpeace Australia Pacific one of Australia's largest environmental organisations.-Origins and Formation:...
and UniLife Inc, in association with the University of South Australia
University of South Australia
The University of South Australia is a public university in the Australian state of South Australia. It was formed in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and Colleges of Advanced Education. It is the largest university in South Australia, with more than 36,000...
. The awards honour excellence in design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
with a strong focus on environmental
Environmental policy
Environmental policy is any [course of] action deliberately taken [or not taken] to manage human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources, and ensuring that man-made changes to the environment do not have harmful effects on...
concerns and are open to the global creative community.
About the Awards
The Greenpeace Design Awards were established in AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in November 2008, in recognition of the role visual communication has played in Greenpeace's non-violent direct action. The inaugural awards were launched on 1 March 2009.
The awards "acknowledge the achievements of the most innovative and creative individuals whose work best reflects environmental concerns in a visually striking and iconic way"
Entrants to the awards have the opportunity for their work to be considered for use in major Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is the regional office of the global environmental organization Greenpeace. Greenpeace Australia Pacific one of Australia's largest environmental organisations.-Origins and Formation:...
campaigns in a variety of media including campaign posters, t-shirts, banners, flyers or other media.
The judging panel for the awards is made up of creative professionals working in the fields of graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and visual communication
Visual communication
Visual communication as the name suggests is communication through visual aid and is described as the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon...
. Greenpeace representatives are also represented on the judging panel.