I LOVE GRAPHIC FESTIVAL | Call for Poster Competition

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I LOVE GRAPHIC FESTIVAL

The 1st Graphic and Visual Communication Festival in Cyprus.

Webpage ‘I love graphic‘ (www.ilovegraphic.net) completes its first year since it was created and celebrates this event by organizing the I love graphic Festival.
The webpage was created with the sole aim to act as a window of communication between artists and those working or dealing with Graphic Arts and Visual Communication, by offering them a platform as well as recognition and acknowledgement. It also aims to introduce the general public to the Art of Visual Communication, by creating a field of free expression.

The festival will take place on Sunday, 29th May and it is under the auspices of the Mayor and the Youth Board of Aglantzia.

Poster Competition

Among the various events, the festival will also host a Poster Competition; the … best posters which will be selected by a special committee will be included in a future exhibition. All the “artists”; those working with new technologies, graphic designers, animators, motion designers, as well as students from public and private universities, are required to visualize their idea on the subject +motion / +κίνηση. All works must be submitted in electronic form (JPEG or PDF), by 18th of April 2016.

The Festival will also include a series of lectures and a presentation of animated graphics from the International Motion Festiv-Cyprus, as well as other events.

For more information visit the webpage, www.ilovegraphic.net

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Maria Papaefstathiou

VISUAL DESIGNER since 1996 and blogger since 2010. Living in Athens, Greece. She has been focusing her research on poster design and particularly on social poster design and portrait design. Her main poster project is a series of posters celebrating great personalities of traditional and popular culture in Greece and Jamaica. These include actors, singers, musicians, poets etc. This is an ongoing project. “I believe that design is a powerful tool that we designers can use to spark enthusiasm, change mindsets and bring positive actions to our world and our culture”. FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF GRAPHICART-NEWS.COM BLOG. She carefully curates high-quality designs, illustrations, and art, from all over the world that will teach and provoke other designers. Many consider her blog to be an exceptional educational tool. CO-FOUNDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGGAE POSTER CONTEST which was launched on December 2011, partnering, the creative activist Michael Thompson aka Freestylee. (www.reggaepostercontest.com)