Ten Images for Ithaca 2010

Ten images for Ithaca is an international poster competition that started nine years ago. It began as a small local event but now Ten Images for Ithaca is one of the most important poster design competitions worldwide. Last week it was announced this year's theme, prizes and deadline:


Theme: Labels
1st prize 1000 €, 2nd prize 600 €, 3rd prize 500 €
Deadline: 21 May 2010

"A label is any kind of tag attached to something so as to identify the object or its content. Labeling means naming. It is human instinct to group things with what they are most similar and name them as a whole. We live in a world filled with labels antagonising each other to win our preference. There are labels associated with consumer products and fashion. People voluntarily label themselves in order to have a sense of belonging to a group, but there also labels that people use to categorize others stemming from feelings of racism and xenophobia, political and religious discrimination, etc. What is the role of these labels in your life? How can a label describe the world you live in? Can a label give the infinite set of experiences, beliefs and desires that summarise each human being? All of the above are just a few of the many ways one can approach this year’s competition theme “Labels”."

The ten best entries will be printed into banners with dimensions 200 x 60 cm and will be hung along Ithaca’s promenade for the entire summer of 2010. Their creators will have free accommodation in Ithaca on the weekend of the exhibition’s opening (July 2010).

More info here.
Poster design by the design shop.

Spyros Simotas @ I See You

Spyros Simotas is another photographer that takes part at I See You, the portrait exhibition that is opening tonight together with Ten Images for Ithaca in Athens (Melina - Cultural Center). Spyros takes fresh and vibrant pictures of people dancing or drinking or generally having fun indoors and outdoors. You can see more of his work at flickr where he has posted more than 5.700 pictures. He also has a blog.

Ugne Straigyte @ I See You

Ugne Straigyte is a photographer and illustrator from Lithuania. Her photographic work includes many portraits in a domestic melancholic scenery or in nature that in some way it always looks very personal and some times private. Ugne participates with this picture at "I See You", a photo exhibition that is opening in Athens this week (Thursday, 17 Sept. @ Melina @ 19.30). "I See You" is part of Ten Images for Ithaca. More of her work: flickr, site.

Cathy Cunliffe

I met Cathy Cunliffe when we where both working for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. Cathy as a photographer and me as a designer. Since then we have collaborated in various projects like this or at the Design Walk where Cathy is the official photographer. Cathy is currently participating at the group photo exhibition "I see you", a parallel event of "Ten Images for Ithaca". The show is on until July 26 in Ithaca, Greece and then it is going to be shown in Athens, in September 17-20, at the Melina Cultural Center.

Yann Faucher

This is the second photo I post by Yann Faucher, a London based photographer. This is the first one. Yann is taking part at the "I see you" photo exhibition in Ithaca and Athens, Greece. This show is part of "Ten Images of Ithaca" exhibitions.

I

The results of the Ten Images for Ithaca poster competition have just been announced. This year's theme was "I" and the winner of the first prize is Lorans Duplan from France. If you want to see all ten winners plus the names of the finalists check out this.

Ten Images go Silver!

I said that in this blog I'm going to share images I find on the net. Well, this one I didn't find on the net, I found it in our studio (the design shop). The catalogue we designed last year for the Ten Images for Ithaca exhibition, won this years Silver Award on it's category at the European Design Awards in Zurich. We also got to Bronze Awards (for this and this). We are very happy!

Dream machine

There are only a few days left for the deadline of this years Ten images for Ithaca poster competition. This year's theme is "I". Last year's theme was "Dream" and this is the winning poster designed by Lena Daniilidi, a Greek designer leaving is Barcelona. If you want to see all ten winners from last year visit here. If you want more info on this years competition click here.

Ten images for Ithaca

I have to admit that I am sentimentally attached with this competition. Apart from that though Ten Images for Ithaca is a poster design competition that has gained international reputation. Check the website to see some brilliant posters - winners from the past years. This year's subject is "I", a very challenging theme! The deadline is on the 20th of May and the first prize 1.000 Euros. For more info click here. Poster design by the design shop.