Fabrica and Forma, Centro Internazionale di Fotografia (international photography center) are proud to launch the third edition of the F Award - International Award for Concerned Photography.
The 2010 Members of the Jury are:
Peter Galassi, Chairman of the Jury, Director of Photography at MOMA, New York
Monica Allende, Director of Photography, The Sunday Times Magazine
Enrico Bossan, Director of Photography, Fabrica
Melissa Harris, Editor, Aperture
Roberto Koch, Director, Contrasto
Paolo Pellegrin, Photographer Magnum Photos
Urs Stahel, Director of the Museum of Winterthur (Zurich)
The most interesting project will be awarded with an economical contribution of 20,000 euro and with the possibility to do an exhibition and to publish a book.
A special section, F25, for photographers under 25, will see the winner awarded with a one year scholarship at Fabrica.
Submissions will be accepted until May 31st, 2010.
The competition entry form will be available soon at www.fff.ph
Fabrica will be hosting a workshop held by Todd St. John, founder of HunterGatherer, a design, illustration, animation and production studio which has earned international recognition for its spare but inventive projects.
Véronique Vienne, independent French design professional, writer and educator at the School of Visual Art in New York, will be attending the final presentation to write a critical essay inspired by the results of the workshop.
On March 30 at 6 pm Todd St. John will give a public lecture about his activity.
The Child Injury Prevention Campaign, conceived by Fabrica for UNWHO and UNICEF, will appear in the Visual Design section of ADI Design Index 2010, the annual featuring the best products of Italian design.
ADI Design Index represents the pre-selection for both the Compasso d'Oro Award, the first and most recognized award in its field, and, since 2009, for Premio dei Premi, an Award given by the Italian Ministery for Public Administration and Innovation.
For more info: http://www.adi-design.org/default.asp
The collaboration between Fabrica and the design gallery Secondome started in 2008, and continues in 2010 with two new collections of objects for the home.
The glass collection is composed of a series of cake plates where the elegance of glass and simplicity of form come together to emphasize the elements on the object:
Diagonal by Catarina Carreiras plays with diagonal lines;
Voilà by Valentina Carretta is reminiscent of the tail and legs of a cat;
Sprinkles by Yukihiro Kaneuchi seems to be covered with coloured sugar;
Happy by Yukihiro Kaneuchi is to wish a happy life;
Tree tray and tree dome by Jaeun Park, is about the cake becoming the foliage.
The ceramic collection is the fruit of a workshop between Fabrica’s designers and a majolica master craftsman in the Puglia region, Italy. The ancient savoir-faire of the artisans meets the creativity of today’s designers who, applying their own experience and culture to the creation process, give birth to new experimental forms:
Arms family by Jade Folawiyo reminds us of African handicraft;
Pegada by Goncalo Campos, uses geometrical shapes playing with delicate soft lines;
Ribbon by Yukihiro Kaneuchi, is a ribbon wrapping itself in a vase;
Ruota by Valentina Carretta, is about material contrast, taking the wheel out of its context to become a fragile object.
A plant, with a mouth-shaped flower, whose roots go down into the earth: this image was conceived by Fabrica, Benetton's creative lab, upon invitation by Unesco, in order to celebrate the International Mother Language Day on 21st February.
The message is clear: mother language is a delicate flower with ancient, deep roots that has to be protected and celebrated, because the cultural identity of groups and individuals develop from it.
For this reason miltilingualism and cultural diversity are key elements that have to be preserved for the sustainable development of both local and global culture.
This message goes back to some of the central concepts of Fabrica: consideration of the rest of the world, respect for the diversity and equality of all cultures.
Fabrica was chosen as Design Sponsor for the Unesco International Days. This image is the first step of a co-operation which will continue into the future.
