Posted by Tommaso Minnetti
on May 16th, 2013

Projects / Competitions / Gender Equality Now!

Celebrating the 125th Gender Equality Now! exhibition

On 13 May opened a Gender Equality Now! exhibition in Paris held in collaboration with La Poste at their headquarter offices.
The event marks the 125th time that the 100 winning posters were displayed in public since last 10 December premiere, which also took place in Paris.
In the last five months the posters travelled the world several times around, going from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
Although we seldom mention all these events as we don't like too much to boast about it, it seemed a good time to celebrate our most successful exhibition tour so far.

Posted by Tommaso Minnetti
on May 15th, 2013

Projects / Workshops / Draw me Democracy

Pakistani elections press cuttings round-up

A year ago Will Georgi and Tommaso Minnetti, two of the project co-founders, were in Karachi for a Draw Me Democracy workshop. The people they met and the students they had the privilege of working with were truly inspirational.

A week after the Pakistani general elections, we can say that the work done that week has been truly worth it. The posters made to promote the right to vote during the workshop were featured on many national newspapers.

Here we present you a little press cuttings round-up, made with the articles that were published on influent Pakistani information outlets such...

Posted by Hervé Matine
on April 21st, 2013

Projects / Workshops / Mediterranean Women and Democracy

News from Tunisia - Mediterranean Women and Democracy

Our very own Hervé has just come back from a workshop held at Institut Superieur des Beaux Arts de Sousse, Tunisia that he gave together with illustrator Paula Troxler. The workshop is the first of a series that will travel to Lebanon, Morocco and Turkey. They're part of a project that aims to create cultural bridges between France and countries in the mediterranean that traditionally constitute a significant part of France's immigrant population. The workshops focus on topics like democracy and gender equality and have been made possible thanks to the support of the Ile-de-France region.

Posted by Tommaso Minnetti
on April 18th, 2013

Projects / Competitions / A Home For Everyone

Monthly Brief #2: A case study on El Alto, Bolivia

It took more than a month, but finally our second monthly brief instalment is out!
The issue we wanted to tackle this time is the right to adequate housing. It's a phenomenon that matters for its sheer numbers (900 million people around the world live in a slum) and because it shows no sign of slowing down, as people are still moving to cities looking for wealth and a better life, often finding none of either.

Rather than amassing some statistics, we thought we’d give you a local viewpoint. So we asked our friends Susana Machicao and Victor Hugo Ordoez Kock from La Paz, Bolivia to create...

Posted by Tommaso Minnetti
on March 30th, 2013

Projects / Workshops / Draw me Democracy

"Draw me Democracy!" exhibition premiere at United Nations headquarters

"Draw me Democracy!" draws to a close with a final exhibition in Geneva hosted at the United Nations headquarters.

Opening on 4 April, a selection of the most interesting artworks produced during the 16 workshops will be displayed, ending on 26 April 2013. Details about the event are available at the United Nations Democracy Fund Facebook page, click here in case you would like to know more.

We marked this important occasion by publishing a 192 pages book, printed by Escourbiac, containing the 100 best posters as selected by a jury panel comprising the same instructors that held the 16...

Posted by Will Georgi
on March 10th, 2013

Projects / Competitions / A Home For Everyone

A Home for Everyone Contest Now Open!

As we hope you’ve noticed, we’ve now published two briefs for A Home for Everyone – with two more to come – and we’re pleased to tell you that from today the contest is open for entries.

Regulations are now available in English on our website (in PDF format) at this link. They will soon be available in other languages as well.

As in previous years, you enter the contest via our website. It’s still free to enter, you can still enter up to 10 (original) posters and it still should be very easy for you to upload your poster if you’ve read the regulations in advance....