INTERNATIONAL ORGAN DONATION POSTER COMPETITION
2nd INTERNATIONAL ORGAN DONATION POSTER COMPETITION” (APRIL 12th – SEPTEMBER 10th, 2017 )
Deadline: July 10th, 2017
COMPETITIONBACKGROUND Dumlupınar University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Visual Communication Design which has hosted many artistic activities of Turkey in national and international areas realized the "1st International Organ Donation Poster Competition" in 2015 with the "Turkish Transplant Foundation" which is a stakeholder organization. Successful designers and artists from all over the world have shown the importance of organ donation, which is the theme of the competition, with effective works they have prepared. The competition has been the first in the world by this theme. The catalog of works prepared after the competition has been distributed to thousands of foreign participants in scientific events organized abroad within the scope of the International Transplant Network (ITN) project coordinated by the Turkish Transplant Foundation. In addition, the catalog has been sent to all institutions related to art and design in Turkey. Apart from that, First 100 posters also have been shared in social media environments. Both designs and competition idea have been highly appreciated in international arena and community of transplantation. Also, It has once again shown the power of communication used in poster design at international level with the activities realized within the scope of this project, the designs, exhibitions and the catalog of works. It can be viewed detailed information, news about the competition and the catalog of works from http://www.posterland.org/. The feedback from the competition has shown that this and similar studies should be continued in order to "increase public awareness on the international scene today that organ donation is a global problem". From this point on, we are carrying out the "2nd International Organ Donation Poster Competition", which is the continuation of this work we started together with "Turkish Transplant Foundation" in 2015. The award ceremony of the competition will be held at the Congress of the International Society for Organ Donatio