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How to Cook Docomodake?

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Come to the opening of “How to Cook Docomodake”, a temporary gallery space and exhibition opening on Friday October 19th, 2007 in Nolita. At this occasion, Docomodake, the iconic mushroom character created by telecommunication company Docomo in 2005, will be presented to America through a group exhibition featuring the works of 16 Japanese artists, each assigned with the mission to cook Docomodakes according to their personal recipes including painting, illustration or photography. The show was curated in Japan, and we were commissioned to bring it to life in New York.

How to Cook Docomodake?
October 19th to 28th, 2007
201/203 Mulberry Street (Btwn. Spring and Kenmare)
Opening on Friday October 19th, 6 to 8pm

Carousel–Wednesday, October 17th

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Dixon Place presents…

CAROUSEL
Cartoon slide shows & other projected pictures
presented by a glittering array of artists, performers, graphic novelists, & other characters.

Hosted by R. Sikoryak

Featuring:
Leela Corman
Emily Flake
K. Thor Jensen
Doug Skinner
Brian Michael Weaver
Craig Yoe
and more!

Wednesday, October 17
8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)

Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Fl, between Houston & Prince

Tickets: $12 or TDF; $10 student/senior

Advance tickets & more info:
www.dixonplace.org
(212) 219-0736

Downright @ Pink Elephant Projects (featuring Illustration Alums & Faculty)

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“DOWNRIGHT”
curated by Jashar Awan
October 5 – Nov. 17, 2007

PEP is excited to present Downright, an illustration show, curated by our own Jashar Awan. In anticipation of the December release of Taschen’s Illustration Now 2, in which Awan is featured, we asked Jashar, an artist whose work has been seen in many galleries and in popular publications such as The New York Times, Vibe, and The New Yorker, to put together a show of his favorite comtemporary illustrators. The outcome is a gathering of 40 artists pulled together in one spot, PEP. From highly renowned artists to rising stars, the show is not to be missed.

Featuring Illustration Faculty & Alums: George Bates, Jordin Isip, Phillip Fivel Nessen, Chang Park
Pink Elephant Projects (PEP)
64 Washington Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205
347.266.5872
http://pepgallery.com/

Graniph x IdN Design Competition

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IdN 15th Anniversary Design Competition
3rd Episode: Universe
In collaboration with Graniph, “Universe” is the theme of the 3rd episode of IdN 15th Anniversary graphic competition; and here are the prizes on offer!

1 x Gold winner receives US$3,000.00
3 x Silver winners receive US$1,000.00
10 x Bronze winners receive US$100.00

*All winning designs will be considered to be reproduced in Graniph Tees! 

The Design T-shirt stores by Graniph were founded in 2001 and started a new era to fuse art and fashion through T-shirts as a media. Based in Tokyo they are creating Graniph inhouse designs, working with Japanese artists and copyrighters and also collaborating with artists, illustrators, photographers and typography designers, as well as movie and music productions from around the globe.

Deadline:
December 1st, 2007

What & How to Submit:
Raster: 300 dpi / Jpeg / min width of 150mm
Vector: AI / EPS format outlined
Details: Name and website(if any)
Email your entries (3 maximum) to 15@idnworld.com

For more details, please visit: www.idnworld.com/15 and click “Universe”
Supported by: www.graniph.com

AN EVENING WITH INGO FAST

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Society of Illustrators, October 3rd, 6.30pm, tickets $10 ($6 for students)

Illustrator Ingo Fast’s year long, slow trip around the world posed difficulties not only in respect to the various modes of transportation he chose, but also in how he would continue his work as an illustrator. Often it wasn’t just the work itself or how he would carry it (e. g. cramped on a bus or train, balancing his drawing pad on a sailboat, finding a quiet corner in a hotel lobby or working in the children’s playroom of a public library). Also a challenge was discovering which means of communication would be available to transmit his sketches and illustrations: from slow dial-up internet connections to not too stable satellite phone-to-laptop hook-ups.

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