Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija receives the second annual Absolut Art Award, a €15,000 prize instituted by Absolut Vodka, to celebrate artists challenging conventions through the integration of art forms. Appointed chairman of the Absolut Art Award jury 2010, Christine Macel, Chief Curator at Centre Pompidou, will award Tiravanija in a ceremony in Stockholm on November 4.
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Procter & Gamble’s Future Friendly has partnered with RecycleBank in rewarding residents of Cincinnati, P&G’s hometown, for their green actions. The initiative comes as part of the city’s enhanced recycling program launched this week with a view to engage about 25% of local people in recycling movement. The four-phase rollout of new recycling carts began in September—the citywide implementation will continue through February 2011 and include participation with a range of companies and eco-organizations.
For the second consecutive year, Badoit, the Danone France carbonated water brand, has collaborated with students of École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs to develop a new limited edition line of the festive Christmas bottle. Following the «Avec Badoit, l’Art s’invite à table!» (With Badit, Art Invites Itself to the Table») slogan, this fall 40 participants came up with their concepts of the Badoit Green (Vert) and Badoit Red (Rouge) bottles to be on sale during the upcoming Noël season.
Blue Marlin is delighted to announce that it has picked up one silver and three bronze Pentawards including its seventh award for its much loved design for mineral water brand Isklar. The Pentawards is the only worldwide competition devoted exclusively to packaging design. The presentation took place during the Shanghai Expo in China on October 1.
Anthem Worldwide, a Schawk Strategic Design Company, whose integrated global network provides innovative solutions to articulate, unify and manage brand impact to create compelling and consistent brand experiences, announced its packaging design for Nestlé Noir received a Bronze Pentaward in the 2010 Pentawards Worldwide Packaging Design Competition.