To award and foster excellence and widespread influence in Art, Design and Technology, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) and Intel Corporation have launched a new special research fellowship program. The Intel Research Fellowship @ CIID recognizes and resources outstanding researchers who extend the impact of research in interaction design, artistic practice in technology and creative inquiry in communications and media. The Fellowship will be offered to practice-based researchers in art, design and technology, and will support the development of self-led projects that push boundaries in practice and thinking in these areas.

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The Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of China and China Productivity Center (CPC), together with their collaborators are inviting graphic designers around the world to enter the 2013 Taiwan International Graphic Design Award competition. The organizers are looking for innovative works in the categories “Poster design” and “CI (Corporate Identity) design”, offering a prize of US$ 5,000 for the top winner. The competition is hosted to publicly select outstanding works with international standard, effectively promote the capacity of Taiwan’s commercial design, advance opportunities for the local commercial design services to interact with international counterparts, as well as establish Taiwan International Design Award brand.

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