Glyptodon Community Bank by Graham Parker Ansell
We kick the week off with the next finalist in this year’s GFL “Make Change” competition, asking designers to re-imagine the time tested piggy bank in new and creative ways:
The cast brass Glyptodon Community Bank by Graham Parker Ansell was designed to collect funds for local charities. While on public display for one month following the earthquake in Haiti, nearly $500 was collected and donated towards relief efforts. Theft-proof and weatherproof, the bank contains a bell which dings when a donation is made. Ansell resides in Albuquerque, NM.
Finalists’ designs will be displayed in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center’s Crystal Palace lobby during the summer 2010 NYIGF. Two awards (a “Peoples’ Choice Award” based on voting by market participants, and a “Designer Distinction Award” as determined by a panel of professional designers – Mark Blackwell, Sandy Chilewich and Evette Rios) will be presented.
Proceeds from the competition will benefit the charitable efforts of Gift For Life and its sole beneficiary, DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, one of the largest funders of HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the U.S. Since its founding in 1984, DIFFA has mobilized the resources of the design communities to provide more than $38 million to hundreds of AIDS organizations nationwide. For more info about DIFFA, click the “About GFL” tab at the top of this page.
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