The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has announced the winners of the Heineken Young Scientists Awards. This is the first year that the Academy is presenting this program and selects 5 winners, who receive EUR 10,000 and a work of art designed especially for the awards.
festivals and competitions
Umbro provided seven artists with the opportunity to recreate their countries football crest and now they are giving the same chance to budding designers everywhere. In their line, the World Champions Collection, the company tasked the creators to come up with a unique idea for their homeland’s football crest in celebration of this summer of soccer.
Chrysler comes as a family oriented vehicle in their most recent summer campaign that launched during National Family Week on May 31st. The project created by 438 and SHARP agencies, participated in the celebration and all of the events culminating with the grand prize give away of a seven seat Dodge Journey on the last day of June.
To complement the summer concert season, Nikon announces the launch of «NikonLIVE» as part of its sponsorship of the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater with Live Nation. The site will provide music fans with great content, including tips about shooting concerts and images by professional photographers while integrating music, photography and social media enabling fans and artists to share personal concert experiences.
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, announced the winning design in its Linux.com Store T-shirt Design Contest, «The People’s Product.» The design won by a large margin with 57 percent (4,501) of all votes cast, with the other five finalists sharing 43 percent of the vote among them.
Canon EOS in collaboration with Leo Burnett Sydney launched a campaign for the DSLR camera, targeting the very wide range of skill levels in the photography community. The innovative project created a photochain that allowed consumers to continue and build with links of their own. Print advertising, television commercials, and online media were used to direct people to a website to participate. Viewers at the site could also start their own chains, comment on others, and invite friends and family to get into the movement as well.