Arjowiggins Creative Paper Launches International Design Contest
Arjowiggins Creative Papers [Client] , the world’s leading manufacturer of creative eco-sustainable papers, has launched a new international design contest in partnership with Design Week. The aim is to encourage and promote new talent within the UK and global design community by providing a platform to showcase work inspired by the world’s leading range of creative papers – the Curious Collection.
Inspired by the Curious Story, created by top fashion photographer Grégoire Alexandre for last year’s rejuvenation of the Curious Collection, the contest is looking for a range of entries including illustration, printed artworks, 2D computer generated graphics, 3D sculptures and models that capture the imagination of designers in the UK and across the world.
Open to both professionals and students, the brief for the contest is for designers to create a visual representation of their own Curious Story, where the paper is the hero. Like Grégoire Alexandre’s story of a girl’s vivid journey through different, colourful paper worlds, entries should reflect the curious nature of the designer as well as showcasing originality.
Designs need to be created using papers from the Curious Collection, or featuring them as the centre of the story, and must be submitted via www.yourcuriousstory.com – where a picture of the design work will be posted. In order to receive samples, designers will be required to contact their local distributors or send an email to an address indicated on the website, including a brief description of their planned submission. The deadline for submissions at the international level is September 30th, 2010.
For more information about the contest or to view the ‘Curious Stories’ of renowned artists and designers such as Grégoire Alexandre or Le Creative Sweatshop, please visit www.yourcuriousstory.com
‘Printworks Showcase’ Interior Design Competition – Deadline 14 April 2010
Win the chance to design the show apartment of Glenn Howells Architects’ new London development, Printworks.
Urban regeneration developer, First Base, has teamed up with icon to run a competition for a creative and high quality interior design solution to a two-bedroom apartment, due for completion later this year.
The entries will be judged by a high-profile panel consisting of our very own Jenny Gibbs, President of British Institute of Interior Design, icon’s editor Justin McGuirk, the architect Glenn Howells, Brian Studak of Universaldesignstudio and Sean Cook, Head of Design at First Base.
Judges will be looking for an overall interior decoration concept that includes all interior finishes and furnishings.
The competition is open to both professionals and students, and prizes will be awarded to both. The winner and runner-up entries will be published in the July issue of icon.
All entries have to be submitted online by 14 April. For full details on the entry process, judging criteria and prizes, and to download the floorplan go to: www.printworks-showcase.com
Unique fashion collaboration showcases rejuvenation of Rives Paper Collection
Arjowiggins Creative Papers unveils collaboration with designer Jean-Pierre Braganza at London Fashion Week
An exclusive creative partnership with top fashion designer Jean-Pierre Braganza has been unveiled at London Fashion Week to mark the upcoming rejuvenation of the Rives Collection – a distinct and daring range of directional papers combining elegance and quality from Arjowiggins Creative Papers.
Cutting-edge designer Jean-Pierre Braganza has worked with Arjowiggins Creative Papers to create pieces for his Autumn/Winter 2010/11 collection using the new Rives papers in ‘Le Bleu’ and ‘Le Noir’. Both are new additions to the range, continuing the longstanding relationship between the Rives Collection and the world of high fashion.
The designer crafted two signature accessories to his new collection – an exquisitely engineered corset and a structured cuff-style bracelet, which were revealed on the catwalk at his show at the Bloomsbury Ballroom on the opening day of London Fashion Week.
A former protégé of Karl Lagerfeld, Braganza is renowned in fashion circles for his signature architectural shapes and bold use of colour. He says of the collaboration: “I have always pushed the boundaries and explored ways of working with alternative materials, and the new Rives Collection presented an interesting challenge in sculpting fashion pieces from paper which complement elements of my new collection.”
Please find more information here www.tinyurl.com/RivesLondonFashionWeek
Launch of Curious Cosmic brings a new dimension to creative papers
Arjowiggins Creative Papers, a world leader in creative eco-sustainable papers, recently launched Curious Cosmic – a new matt metallic stock specially developed to inspire designers creating high impact printed work.
The paper comes in a range of eight shades created by top trend expert Li Edelkoort, each inspired by the latest fashion and design trends. As well as the incredible shades available the exclusive finish and texture of the paper is a real selling point. Using different printing techniques can enhance the different qualities of the paper, making the range versatile as well as aesthetically pleasing. For example, a simple varnish can accentuate the metallic tones of the paper.
To highlight the daring and unconventional personality of Curious Cosmic, a selection of bespoke materials will be distributed to designers and printers including; a new mailer with imagery from French fashion photographer Gregoire Alexandre, an innovative range chart designed to fit into the existing Curious Collection waterfall swatch book and a unique six-sheet sample pack offering designers insight into the endless creative possibilities of the range.
For more information about the range and its availability visit www.curiouscollection.com
Paper Trees
Arjowiggins Creative Papers commissioned the talented young designer Matthieu Missian to create a paper cut-out sculpture to communicate the message that we can all take steps to protect the world’s forests and help to address climate change.
This was part of a new initiative by the world’s leading manufacturer of creative eco-sustainable papers to support the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The initiative includes a partnership with the World Land Trust to protect one hectare of Brazilian Rainforest for each state leader that attends.
Arjowiggins Graphic launch video to raise designers awareness of recycled paper
Arjowiggins Graphic, a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental recycled papers, has created a new video to reveal paper’s impact on the environment and encourage the selection of recycled stocks in a thought-provoking way.
The video was designed to promote the launch of Arjowiggins Graphic’s new website – www.recycled-papers.co.uk – which provides news, information and opinions on recycled papers
Click here to find out more.
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