Rebeca Méndez received a Gold Award from Graphis, The International Journal of Visual Communication, for her poster design for OPEN: A Gathering of Open Source Users, Advocates and Developers. A workshop led by UCLA, D|MA professor Casey Reas.

Rebeca Méndez and Adam Eeuwens invited Amsterdam-based collective MACHINE to give a lecture and workshop at UCLA, D|MA, culminating on a VJ and DJ performance on Thursday, May 1. Lecture: April 28, 2008. 5:30PM. VJ Performance: May 1, 5:30 – 10PM. Special Guest Lecturer Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman. Info at: www.dma.ucla.edu

Mendez’s Peace Over Violence Integrated Brand Identity Design was awarded a Merit Award from the 86th Annual Awards Competition and was exhibited in the following venues: North America: The Art Institute of Atlanta; and April 3 – April 22, 2007, College for Creative Studies. Asia: February 5 – March 2, 2007, Creation Gallery G8, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan; March 16 – April 13, 2007, Zeroone Design Centre (of Kookmin Unversity), Seoul, Korea. South America: August 16 – September 12, 2007, Panamericana Escola de Arte e Design, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Europe: March 8 – April 4, 2007, London College of Communications, School of Graphic Design, London, UK; July 10 – August 30, 2007, Designers of Madrid Association (DIMAD), Madrid, Spain; August 2007, Association for Promotion of Visual Culture And Visual Communication (VIZUM), Zagreb, Croatia.