Wednesday, 19 June 2013
To help promote a series of UN International Days, prestigious European design schools and academies produce short videos part of a partnership between UNRIC and Fabrica, the Benetton research centre on communication.
The schools belong to a network established by Fabrica to promote youth creativity. Video content produced by the students is promoted by the UN and showcased on Benetton storefront Live Windows.
Network of Design Schools | Live Windows | Links
To mark World Environment Day, 5 June.
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Our next screening will be for World Refugee Day, on 20 June.
In 2013:
| World Water Day (22 March) | World Press Freedom Day (3 May) |
| International Mother Language Day (21 February) |
International Women's Day (8 March) |
2012 - In our first year partnering with Fabrica creatives and their network of schools, we marked the following 12 United Nations observances:
Click on the links to see what was done for each observance. All our video content is available on our dedicated vimeo video album 
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→ Complete list of schools that have submitted content featured by the United Nations family.
Since February 2011, Fabrica has collaborated with major art and design universities and academies to promote youth creativity. Throughout the year students produce content on local and international issues. Selected content is then shown on Live Windows, ensuring that students, their schools and the issue being covered, receive high levels of visibility.
Currently Fabrica cooperate with institutions such as London Metropolitan University and Central Saint Martins in London, IED and Elisava in Barcelona, Mediadesign Hochschule and Macromedia Hochschule für Medien und Kommunikation in Munich, British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow, Parsons Paris and Ecole de Communication Visuelle in Paris, to mention just a few.
Among other, students are given the opportunity to develop creative content in the fields of graphic animation, video and interactive applications. They are offered greater visibility through the Live Windows, located in international and fashionable settings such as Brompton Road in London, Tvserskaja Ulitsa in Moscow, Piazza Duomo in Milan, Portal de l’Angel in Barcelona etc. The visuals always credit the author and the educational institution where he/she is studying.
More than 100 creative submissions from students have so far been selected for publication on the Live Windows (about a third of the total received).
Live Windows is a project conceived and developed by Alfio Pozzoni, research and innovation director at Fabrica.
Live Windows is an experience design research project applied to front store communications. Positive experiences live longer and are more likely to be shared and remembered. Fabrica believe in good mood; their goal is to entertain people on the street. Fun and body movement are the key to a more intense experience.
The user becomes the protagonist of the place. This is a show-like experience with actors, stage and audience. Opposite the store windows an audience gathers on the street, sharing the fun and enjoying the show.
Size matters! The size of the media-wall is essential for a richer experience and a deeper visual impact. Fabrica’s media-walls are the size of the store windows, often as large as 6 x 3 metres.
Live Windows have already been implemented in major flagship stores in Milan, Barcelona, Munich, London, Paris, Shanghai, Moscow and New Delhi, among others.
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Network of Schools
Live Windows challenges students to think, and develop, a new language for urban communication.
All our Videos
World Environment Day
5 June, 2013 - produced by students at ECV Atlantique, France.
World Environment Day
5 June, 2013 - produced by students at ECV Atlantique, France.
World No Tobacco Day
21 May, 2013 - produced by students at Design Akademie Berlin, Hochschule für Kommunikation und Design GmbH.
World No Tobacco Day
31 May, 2013 - produced by students from the Deutsche Meisterschule für Mode Designschule München, Germany.
World Press Freedom Day
31 May, 2013 - Live Window produced by Fabrica resident creatives.
Director/designer : Gastón Lisak
Musician: Jhon William Castaño
World Water Day
22 March, 2013 - produced by students at UCA Farnham.
Int. Mother Language Day
21 February, 2013 - produced by students at UCA Farnham, United Kingdom.
Human Rights Day
10 December, 2012 - produced by students from MHMK, Berlin, Germany.
Int. Day of Non-Violence
2 October, 2012 - produced by students from the Mediadesign Hochschule, Germany.
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