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Segunda Llamada poster design competition 2011, Mexico
Theme: Actions for sustainable use of water

Received from Gustavo Morales Ainslie
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With the aim to raise awareness over the current environmental situation: Segunda llamada, The Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana and Natura Mexico extend the invitation to participate in the 2. International poster competition with the theme: Actions for sustainable use of water Brief Water plays an essential role In social wellbeing, emnomic development and the preservation of ecologic wealth of our country and the rest of the world. For this reason, our actions should be streamlined to promote its effident use, to save, care of and preserve water: only in this manner we will make water an attainable source of wellbeing and prosperity for all human beings at every region in the planet. Posters should convey messages that encourage society and the public in general to undertake the following: Actions that result In a decrease of water consumption. Actions that improve efficiency in its use. Actions that contribute to disseminate information to create a culture that cares forr and values water. To get some examples of actions for water sustainable use, visit: www.segundallamadaeng.wordpress.aim/actions Bases Participation is open to professionals and students within the areas of design, visual communication and related careers. Direct relatives of the Jury and organizing committee cannot participate. Proposals will be subject to selection by a Jury made up by professionals in the areas of graphic design, visual commu- nication and specialists in the subject. Jury Lourdes Zolezzi / Mexico Luba Lukova / United States Parisa Tashakori / Iran Rene Wanner / Switzerland Felix Beltran / Mexico Eric Olivares/Mexico Susana Machicao / Bolivia Juan Carlos Darias / Venezuela Javier Herrero / Spain (Natura Mexico) Luis Carlos Herrera / Mexico (UAM-Azc) Gustavo Morales Ainslie / Mexico Works will be assessed according to the following concepts: Conceptual contribution Graphic Quality Theme approach originality Message conveyance clarity The Jury's decision is final and incontestable. The Jury may select a reduced number oF works or declare one or several awards void, if deemed that works do not meet the expected quality. Entries Receipt Participants will submit their entries via e-mail to: concurso@segundallamada.com Proposals will be received as of May 23rd 2011 at 23:59 hours of Mexico City CDT (GMT - 6hrs) Specifications To participate in the competition, participants will send their entries including the following: A) POSTER Size: 60x90cm (3545 x 5313 px - 150 ppi) horizontal or vertical. Black ink or grayscale. JPG. Grayscale mode. not heavier than 5MB. B) LOW RESOLUTION POSTER 900x600px - 72 ppi JPG. Grayscale C) BRIEF JUSTIFICATION 500 characters maximum. Without name or alias. Format: .doc D) CONTACT INFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE ACTION PROPOSAL Full name, age, address, country, telephone number, e-mail address and a proposal of a sustainable action for water use which the participant undertakes in his/her daily life. (Format: .doc) The best proposals will be published in Segunda Llamada's website and social networks. If an entry does not consist of all four parts, it will not be considered for entry Anonymity Works shall not bear any signature, alias or author's credit. Participant's posters and contact information will be kept separately, and will only be gathered together after the Jury's final decision. Restrictions If text Is Included, this should be in Spanish. Posters will be original works created for the competition and shall not be published or submitted to previous competitions or projects. Posters will not include any logo of companies, services. products or organizations. Participants will be liable for the work origin and if including someone etse'swork or non-original themes, these should count on the creator's authorization. Submitted posters will be relevant to the brief in order to be eligible to participate. Posters which do not meet the afore mentioned criterion will be excluded from the competition upon the Jury's best Judgment. Selection and Awards The Jury will select 25 finalist works to become part of poster itinerant sample and the publication of a catalogue. Three first awards and honor mentions will be granted upon the Jury's decision. The catalogue will be freely distributed to selected participants and Jury's members. Results will be published on Monday, June 20th 2011 at the website: www.segundallamada.com Subsequent information relevant to the awards ceremony, catalogue publication and exhibitions will be announced on www.segundallamada.com website, as available. Awards FIRST PLACE: WACOM Intuos 4 Medium tablet, kit of Natura products and Segunda llamada T-Shirt. SECOND PLACE: Kit of design books, kit of Natura products and Segunda llamada T-Shirt. THIRD PLACE: Kit of design books, kit oF Natura products and Segunda llamada T-Shirt. IMPORTANT Prize transportation or shipment expenses will be on account of those residents living outside Mexico City. Rights and Dissemination Segunda llamada is a non-profit educational and awareness project; therefore, participants will assign their exhibition, dissemination and reproduction rights through the website of Segunda llamada, printed media and exhibitions. Each participant will maintain his/her author's rights and will receive full credit on the corresponding posters or technical records. Organizers will not use the designs for commercial purposes without the previous written authorization of the respective authors. Final Clarifications Segunda llamada, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, and Natura Mexico may not necessarily agree upon the opinions and standpoints conveyed on posters and these will be the sole and exclusive responsibility of their authors. Any situation not provided for on these bases that may arise will be resolved by common agreement by the jury's members. Credits Segunda llamada is a social and environmental awareness project, www.segundallamada.com COORDINATED BY: Gustavo Morales Ainslie gusOsegundallamada-com COLLABORATOR Damaris Caballero dam@segundallamada.ocim WORKS RECEIPT AND MODERATION: Claudia Villacorta concurso@segundallamada.com With the support of: UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA METROPOLITANA Unidad Azcapotzaico Science and Arts for Design (CYAD) Division M. Luis Carlos Herrera Gutierrez de Velasco Research and Knowledge Department M.Alejandro Ramirez Lozano NATURA MEXICO Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Area Javier Herrero BETTER WORLD TRANSLATORS Luz del Carmen Chavarria / Bety Dabdoub betterworldtranslators@hotmall.com www.traductoresbw.com Design: Gustavo Morales Ainslie Photography: www.gofrm.com Please do not print this document. Help us distributing it digitally. Mexico city. February 2011 SEGUNOA LLAMADA Sustainable actions far a better future. www.segundallamada.com