The Dog & Pony Show
Final Exam students present their graduation plans in each 3:20 min in a Dog & Pony Show! In the royal presence of external exam advisors: Kate and Marcin from Noviki (PL).
Final Exam students present their graduation plans in each 3:20 min in a Dog & Pony Show! In the royal presence of external exam advisors: Kate and Marcin from Noviki (PL).
Nuit Debout, “Night up” is a French social movement that began on 31 March, arising out of protests against proposed neoliberal labor reforms known as the “El Khomri Law”. The movement is centred at Paris’s Place de la République but has spread to other cities and towns in France and in Europe.
A group of students from Sciences-Po Paris has revived the controversy over the veil inviting those who wish to cover their heads with a headscarf. An initiative that, according to them, “incites debate”, not to conversion.
King’s Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27 April, the date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander. The holiday was first observed on August 31st 1885, the fifth birthday of Princess Wilhelmina, heir to the Dutch throne.
In 1890 the holiday acquired the name Queen’s day, first celebrated on 31 August 1891.
In September 1948, Wilhelmina’s daughter Juliana ascended to the throne and the holiday was moved to Queen Juliana’s birthday. The holiday was celebrated on this date from 1949.
“This election was not without controversy and I’m so proud that London has today chosen hope over fear and unity over division. I hope that we will never be offered such a stark choice again. Fear does not make us safer, it only makes us weaker, and the politics of fear is simply not welcome in our city.”
— Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London (05.05.16)
Germany’s renewable energy sector is among the most innovative and successful worldwide. Net-generation from renewable energy sources in the German electricity sector has increased from 6.3% in 2000 to about 30% in 2014. For the first time ever, wind, biogas, and solar combined accounted for a larger portion of net electricity production than brown coal in the first half of 2014.
On Sunday 15 May 2016 at 14:00, renewables supplied nearly all of domestic electricity demand.
Final Exam students present their graduation project and their progress in the royal presence of external exam advisors: Kate and Marcin from Noviki (PL). From that presentation they get either a green, orange or red light to achieve their project. Graduates love green.
EU nations refuses to back a limited extension of the pesticide glyphosate’s use, threatening withdrawal of Monsanto’s Roundup and other weedkillers from shelves. A decision has to be made by the end of June. Europe loves Green.
Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones.
According to The Guardian, by 2014 it had become both “the biggest drama” and “the most talked about show” on television.
S06E05 - “The Door” directed by Jack Bender, written by D. Benioff & D.B. Weiss - May 15, 2016 - US viewers: 7.89 millions.
Paris flooding is declared a natural disaster: some artworks at the Louvre in Paris are moved to protect them from possible flooding after the Seine burst its banks following days of torrential rain.
“When giving itself to the public, the graphic object triggers its imminent disappearance.(...) We could say death constitutes every graphic design object. Death as a disappearance from the fields of visibility and that of uses.”
—Vanina Pinter, Papillon(s)
Posters are meant to disappear. They are made to be set in a specific context: here, now. Indeed, they promote events that always have a beginning and finishing date. Therefore, what actually remains from a poster once the news it is sharing has passed? Its design perhaps. And even this is not certain. Everything that is material is eventually doomed to disappear. That is a fact. So, how can graphic designers relate to the destiny of their productions?
This stands for the poster as an object. Regarding the medium, what it shows is another issue of the same kind. Nowadays, with the fast development of communication, everybody can write and give their views and thoughts on the world around them. The flow of information grows at an outstanding speed. Does this readiness damage the lasting quality of the information? Does it impact its relevance? In the ocean of content spread by the new media what is actually worth preserving?
The project is a poster installation that argues the value of information and questions the practice of Graphic Design. Is Graphic Design doomed to become as instant as the news has apparently become?
(N)EVER AFTER celebrates the future of the poster as an ephemeral design object but also discusses what is valuable information.