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Cut&Paste wants YOU for Digital Design Tournament 2010

Cut&Paste 2010 Digital Design Tournament

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HISTORY
Cut&Paste’s first live digital design tournament was a single competition in New York City in 2005. Since then, Cut&Paste has increased the number of participating cities through out the years and introduced the arenas of 3D and Motion design to the competitions. 2010 is expected to draw some of the best talent and biggest crowds to date.
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CALL FOR COMPETITORS
Cut&Paste returns for its annual Digital Design Tournament, this battling in ten of the worlds brightest design stages to challenge 2D, 3D and Motion competitors! This years Call for Competitors is open for entries so show off your skills in any of the three formats in fast-paced, single-elimination rounds, each with a unique theme and time limit.

Cut&Paste wants YOU for Digital Design Tournament 2010
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TOUR SCHEDULE
For 2010, Cut&Paste will focus on an increased quality in experience and engagement with the design community, selecting ten cities to feature the competition before the Global Championship in New York.

NORTH AMERICA
NEW YORK
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES		 EUROPE
BERLIN
LONDON		 SOUTH AMERICA
SÃO PAULO		 ASIA
BANGKOK
TOKYO
SEOUL		 GLOBAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
NEW YORK

For specific dates: CLICK HERE
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COMPETITOR DEADLINES AND SELECTION PROCESS
Cut&Paste will accept online entries until the deadlines below. Select competitors will be invited to Test Rounds, short weekend events that serve as both auditions and a chance to get to know the candidates. This is a show of one’s design skills, experience what live design feels like, and potentially earn a spot on stage. To learn more about Test Rounds, CLICK HERE.

DEADLINES:
North America: SEPTEMBER 10TH
Europe | Asia | South America: OCTOBER 15TH
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GRAND PRIZE
One Grand Prize Winner from each of 2D, 3D, and Motion Design competitions in each city will receive an expenses paid trip to New York City for the Global Championships with more prizes to be announced soon.
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FITC San Francisco – August 17-19, 2010

FITC | Design & Technology Events FITC Newsletter: San Francisco 2010

10 Reasons you need to be at FITC San Francisco. Including a real sweet discount.

We are so excited about the upcoming event that we decided to put together the top reasons we think you should be there! Here they are…

1. Hang with Passioniate People. Remember when work was fun?

There is nothing as exciting and invigorating as spending 3 days with people who get it, people who love it, and people who are as excited as you. People like our speakers, our attendees, our sponsors, and our volunteers. So come, if for no other reason than to recharge your creative inspirational batteries. Don’t believe us? Check out the FITC Toronto highlight reel!

2. Flash legend and Creator of FFFFOUND, Yugo Nakamura, On Stage For The First Time In 5 years!

He’s one of the biggest names in the interactive design community and he’s only speaking at FITC San Francisco. In his presentation, Yugo will talk about what he has been working on, the ideas that sprung from those works, and what challenges they plan to tackle in the future.

3. Co-Creator Of Processing, Ben Fry

He’ll cover the latest incarnation of the Processing project, which targets Android devices. It’s designed for rapid iteration and to streamline how you develop and prototype. On the other hand, it provides a simple platform for building applications that make use of the affordances of mobile devices–touch input, location and tilt sensors, always-on network access, and portable, high-resolution screens.

4. Adobe Under the Hood Sessions. 12 of them. Straight from the Experts.

With FITC San Francisco being in Adobe’s head office home town, we really wanted to involve Adobe in a cool way, so together with Adobe we put together 12 sessions on a diverse range of topics covering Flex 4, OSMF, Flash CS5, AIR, LCCS, Flash Catalyst, and more.

5. The Influxis Voodoo Lounge. Oh Yeah.

Free Beer. Live DJ. An unconference vibe. Off the beaten path presentations. Interviews. Experiments. Live coding. All streamed live for the world to watch. Only at FITC San Francisco. This is sure to be EPIC!!!!

6. It’s Not Just About Flash

We love Flash, regardless of what Apple says. But we also love other technologies. So we have presentations on a whole wack of topics: HTML5 • Android • FLEX • RIA’s • Robotlegs • Processing • LCCS • Catalyst • HYPE • AIR • Geolocation • Multi-screen • Union • Social Media API’s • OSMF • Away3D • Unity3D • Papervision3D

7. Creator of Se7en title credits, Kyle Cooper

Kyle’s accomplishments include over 150 film title sequences including Se7en, all three Spider-Man films, Across the Universe, Zathura, Dawn of the Dead, Mission: Impossible, Braveheart, Tropic Thunder, The Mummy, The Incredible Hulk, and many more. We’ve spoken to a few insiders who tell us that for Se7en, Kyle locked himself in a room and proceeded to scratch on film pieces for hours. What ended up on screen is actually Kyles blood. Amazing.

8. Touch, Touch, Touch!

FITC San Francisco isn’t just about watching cool shit, it’s also about trying out cool new shit! You can get your hands on the latest cool interactive devices and frameworks like Arduino, the Litl WebBook, Hype Framework, Robot Legs, Android, and tons more.

9. Be A Part Of The First Ever Game Of 600-Player Pong!

This is no joke, programming dynamo Colin Moock will be make the word premiere of a game he’s created using Megaphone and all attendees of FITC San Francisco will be able to join in on the fun.

10. Save Some Cash Money

Yes, we saved the best for last. We know you want to go. And we want to help you get there. So here’s $200 off any ticket. Do it. Discount code: tenreasons

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FITC Mobile Social Rolls Into Amsterdam, Sunday, February 21, 2010

FITC Mobile Social Rolls Into Amsterdam, Sunday, February 21, 2010
On Custom Bikes Created by Anita Fontaine and Geoff Lillemon of Champagne Valentine


Toronto, Canada [February 1, 2010] –Bikes, technology and culture intersect at The Felix Meritis European Centre for Arts and Sciences, Sunday, February 21, 2010, when FITC Amsterdam and Bike Hugger team-up to present FITC Mobile Social, a group ride that combines community and conversation with artistry on two wheels.

Led by DL Byron on a bike designed by interactive artists Anita Fontaine and Geoff Lillemon of Amsterdam-based Champagne Valentine, FITC Mobile Social will begin at the Felix Meritis at 14:00 hours and end at WorkCycles Jordaan around 17:00 hours.

“Amsterdam is the back drop for the first Mobile Social of 2010 and the kickoff of our meet-ups on bikes,” says Bike Hugger’s DL Byron. “We’re excited about being at FITC and riding the Champagne Valentine bikes!”

“We wanted to make the most psychedelic bike in Amsterdam but we couldn’t decide on one color so we decided to use them all,” says Geoff Lillemon, Creative Director, Champagne Valentine.

FITC commissioned two bicycles from Champagne Valentine based on artwork developed by the duo for this year’s event graphics. Technical execution of the concept was done by Fietskoning. The bikes will be on display at Felix Meritis during the two-day run of FITC Amsterdam, an annual conference for interactive designers and developers.

Champagne Valentine is Anita Fontaine and Geoff Lillemon, interactive directors originally hailing from Australia and the US respectively. They specialize in expanding the digital terrain by combining facets of interactive, new media, motion and gaming to create compelling and technologically advanced works.

They have created bespoke interactive work for clients such as Comedy Central, Diesel, vh1, T-mobile, Scion XB, and (RED). As internationally recognized new media artists they also exhibit their works, developing custom installations and applications for galleries like the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City and the Gallery of Modern Art in Australia. They live and work in Amsterdam.

DL Byron is the publisher of bikehugger.com and the Principal of Textura Design, Inc an agency that specializes in creative and interesting approaches to social media. He’s a full-time blogger, inventor of the consumer product Clip-n-Seal, and coauthor of Publish & Prosper: Blogging for Your Business, a New Riders book.

For more information or to sign-up for FITC Mobile Social, go to http://bikehugger.com/mobile-socials/fitcamsterdam/

About FITC Amsterdam:
FITC Amsterdam takes place Monday, February 22 and Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at the Felix Meritis European Centre for Arts and Sciences and The Dylan Hotel. Tickets range from € 129 (student) to € 599 (“The Works”) and can be purchased from the FITC Website at http://www.fitc.ca/events/tickets/?event=101

FITC Amsterdam Sponsors:
Adobe, Powerflasher-FDT, Rich Media Institute, Mediamachine, SpryFlash, IdN, Influxis, The Dutch Adobe User Group, EasyToBook.com, Campaign Monitor, Soulbase, Us Media, Red5Server, Fuel Industries and 100% FAT.

About FITC:
FITC is an international events company based in Toronto serving the design and technology community with events designed to inspire, educate and challenge. An international success story, FITC has taken its winning formula to Chicago, Hollywood, New York, Amsterdam, Seoul and Tokyo, Japan. Over the last seven years, FITC has produced more than 20 events on three continents and hosted over 700 presenters and 10,000 attendees.