Out Impact's AIDS Awareness 2007

FEATURED AIDS ARTISTIC PROJECT: Designers Against AIDS

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/designersagainstaids

Designers Against AIDS

Where: Antwerp, Belgium

Mission: "Designers Against AIDS (DAA) is a project of non-profit organisation Beauty Without Irony and was founded in 2004 to raise AIDS awareness in the international media and towards the general public, more specifically towards young people in the industrialized countries. We do this by asking famous and emerging fashion designers, musicians, artists and other celebrities to create designs that we then print on items such as T-shirts, sweaters, bags, hoodies, condom boxes, ring binders, etc. The T-shirts and sweaters of all DAA collections are made of organic cotton in a Fair Trade community in India with the help of German company Sense Organics. The DAA logo -that is part of every item- features our website url, enabling people to find recent information on HIV/AIDS on the 'Links' page. We also take part in events, exhibitions, fairs and festivities and collaborate with interested artists, organisations and brands - drawing more attention to the cause as we go."

Vision: "Young people in the industrialisd world need to be informed about HIV/AIDS as infections are on the rise everywhere again, the last big campaigns were 20 years ago, the disease doesn't only strike in Africa and the existence of antiretroviral medicines doesn't mean that AIDS is just another chronic disease; And most importantly: in the majority of cases infection can be prevented. As we live in a celeb culture, we might as well use that for a good cause."

Formed: 2004

Serving: The World (specifically the industrialised world- Europe, UK, US, Japan, Russia, China...)

Special Events: See www.designersagainstaids.com Re-launched December 1st, some pages will be available in 7 languages.

Non-profits You Support: Staying Alive Foundation (on Facebook), YouthAIDS

Artists You've Worked With: Created a print for a 'Designers against Aids' T-shirt:

Bernhard Willhelm, Marina Yee, Spastor, David James (goalkeeper Manchester City & British National Team, Kimiko Yoshida (photographer/artist), The Cardigans, Scissor Sisters, Robert Smith of The Cure, Faithless, Rogan Gregory, Katharine Hamnett, Playboy, Chicks On Speed, Henrik Vibskov, Lost Art, Dead, Little Red Riding Hood, Robots United (Christophe Charon), Christophe Coppens, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Vive la Fête, Miss Kittin, Peaches, Hooverphonic, Nice Collective, Hemingwaydesign, Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein, Frankie Morello, Bas Kosters, Percy Irausquin, Monique van Heist, Wolf van Benthum, Violetta & Vera Pepa, Sandrina Fasoli, Girls from Omsk, Romy Smits, Dirk Bikkembergs, Sven Van Hees, Dimitri from Paris, Duck, Nina De Man, Bernard Gavilan, Jean-Paul Knott, Milk & Cookies, Smos & Baby Bee, Buscemi, Christoph Broich, Tom Barman, Elvis Pompilio, Gomma Records, Mingface, Mari Otberg, Jean-Yves Dushime, Patricia de Miranda, Erwin Olaf, Jade Jagger, Rufus Wainwright, Good Charlotte, Justice, Timbaland, Rihanna, My Chemical Romance, Ziggy Marley, Tiga...

Customized an existing 'Designers against Aids' T-shirt:
Tim Van Steenbergen, Michaël Verheyden, Jenny Mörtsell, Natalie Hunter, Ada Rajszys, China Lane, Marko Galovic, Jon Audarson/Dead, La Casita de Wendy, Analik, Diane Pernet/Pierre Marie Agin, Dino Dinco, Lukas Mäthger, Revital Avidar, Marion Vidal, Nico Uytterhaegen, Daniel Riera, Molara, Dominic Sio, Kimberly Lloyd, Carolin Lerch, Christian Wynants, Gentry Lane, Carlos Diez, Josep Abril, Jodie Hruby, Jamal Hammadi, Ninette Murk, Klaus Stockhausen, Jarno Viitala, Ion Fiz, Sharifa Jamaldin, Kleren Maken De Man, Romy Smits, Sandrina Fasoli, Alex Murray-Leslie (Chicks On Speed), Lieve Van Gorp, Ti & Front, Christoph Froehlich, Dodi Reifenberg...

Contact:

Beauty without Irony/Designers against Aids
Ninette Murk/Javier Barcala
Bredabaan 260
2170 Merksem, Belgium
+32 3 237 33 82 - mintred@pandora.be www.beautywithoutirony.com




	FEATURED AIDS ARTISTIC PROJECT: Designers Against AIDS MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/designersagainstaids Where: Antwerp, Belgium Mission: "Designers Against AIDS (DAA) is a project of non-profit organisation Beauty Without Irony and was founded in 2004 to raise AIDS awareness in the international media and towards the general public, more specifically towards young people in the industrialized countries. We do this by asking famous and emerging fashion designers, musicians, artists and other celebrities to create designs that we then print on items such as T-shirts, sweaters, bags, hoodies, condom boxes, ring binders, etc. The T-shirts and sweaters of all DAA collections are made of organic cotton in a Fair Trade community in India with the help of German company Sense Organics. The DAA logo -that is part of every item- features our website url, enabling people to find recent information on HIV/AIDS on the 'Links' page. We also take part in events, exhibitions, fairs and festivities and collaborate with interested artists, organisations and brands - drawing more attention to the cause as we go." Vision: "Young people in the industrialisd world need to be informed about HIV/AIDS as infections are on the rise everywhere again, the last big campaigns were 20 years ago, the disease doesn't only strike in Africa and the existence of antiretroviral medicines doesn't mean that AIDS is just another chronic disease; And most importantly: in the majority of cases infection can be prevented. As we live in a celeb culture, we might as well use that for a good cause." Formed: 2004 Serving: The World (specifically the industrialised world- Europe, UK, US, Japan, Russia, China...) Special Events: See www.designersagainstaids.com Re-launched December 1st, some pages will be available in 7 languages. Non-profits You Support: Staying Alive Foundation (on Facebook), YouthAIDS Artists You've Worked With: Created a print for a 'Designers against Aids' T-shirt: Bernhard Willhelm, Marina Yee, Spastor, David James (goalkeeper Manchester City & British National Team, Kimiko Yoshida (photographer/artist), The Cardigans, Scissor Sisters, Robert Smith of The Cure, Faithless, Rogan Gregory, Katharine Hamnett, Playboy, Chicks On Speed, Henrik Vibskov, Lost Art, Dead, Little Red Riding Hood, Robots United (Christophe Charon), Christophe Coppens, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Vive la Fête, Miss Kittin, Peaches, Hooverphonic, Nice Collective, Hemingwaydesign, Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein, Frankie Morello, Bas Kosters, Percy Irausquin, Monique van Heist, Wolf van Benthum, Violetta & Vera Pepa, Sandrina Fasoli, Girls from Omsk, Romy Smits, Dirk Bikkembergs, Sven Van Hees, Dimitri from Paris, Duck, Nina De Man, Bernard Gavilan, Jean-Paul Knott, Milk & Cookies, Smos & Baby Bee, Buscemi, Christoph Broich, Tom Barman, Elvis Pompilio, Gomma Records, Mingface, Mari Otberg, Jean-Yves Dushime, Patricia de Miranda, Erwin Olaf, Jade Jagger, Rufus Wainwright, Good Charlotte, Justice, Timbaland, Rihanna, My Chemical Romance, Ziggy Marley, Tiga... Customized an existing 'Designers against Aids' T-shirt: Tim Van Steenbergen, Michaël Verheyden, Jenny Mörtsell, Natalie Hunter, Ada Rajszys, China Lane, Marko Galovic, Jon Audarson/Dead, La Casita de Wendy, Analik, Diane Pernet/Pierre Marie Agin, Dino Dinco, Lukas Mäthger, Revital Avidar, Marion Vidal, Nico Uytterhaegen, Daniel Riera, Molara, Dominic Sio, Kimberly Lloyd, Carolin Lerch, Christian Wynants, Gentry Lane, Carlos Diez, Josep Abril, Jodie Hruby, Jamal Hammadi, Ninette Murk, Klaus Stockhausen, Jarno Viitala, Ion Fiz, Sharifa Jamaldin, Kleren Maken De Man, Romy Smits, Sandrina Fasoli, Alex Murray-Leslie (Chicks On Speed), Lieve Van Gorp, Ti & Front, Christoph Froehlich, Dodi Reifenberg... Contact: Beauty without Irony/Designers against Aids Ninette Murk/Javier Barcala Bredabaan 260 2170 Merksem, Belgium +32 3 237 33 82 - mintred@pandora.be www.beautywithoutirony.com			Meet Dillon, our special friend affected by HIV Ashley Judd, Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS YouthAIDS Global Ambassador, Ashley Judd's Asia Diary * Every day, 14,000 people contract HIV * 40.3 million people now live with HIV * AIDS kills one child every minute Featured Performer Raising Awareness for AIDS: Annie Lennox The Concept Behind "Sing": More Videos Please purchase "Sing" by clicking here Annie's Call to Action: More Videos Please purchase "Sing" by clicking here

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