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ABOUT DAA
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 industrialised countries.
HIV has nothing to do with me !?
If you’re not gay or from a poor, African village, you might think HIV has nothing
to do with you. And you’d be wrong.
Until there’s a cure, prevention and protection
are the keys to stopping HIV.
LATEST NEWS
International HIV/AIDS Awareness Education Center |
Get to know the new DAA education center!
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The first DAA bed linen collection |
The first DAA bed linen collection will be in stores in Europe from June onwards!
  
The collection consists of duvet covers and matching pillowcases, designed by 8 celebrities, such as singer Kate Ryan, electro band Vive la Fête, designers Bas Kosters and Percy Irausquin. The collection is manufactured by Mistral Home Textiles.
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DAA in YouTube |
Check the trailer of the Blissfully Lost
documentary, including interviews with
DAA's founder/director Ninette Murk,
by visiting DAA in 
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Baggit! |
Students of the Royal Lyceum in Antwerp in the course "Economy Project" started a mini enterprise Baggit for this school year. Their goal is transforming an existing product into something original. This year they opted for an ecologically produced bag, which means that you can use it time and time again.
It's traditional for the school to donate the profits of their Economy Projects to a charity - and this year they picked "Designers Against Aids" as the beneficiary.
Click to buy your bag online.
Thank you from all of us here!
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DAA Cause in Facebook |
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International fashion and logistics company Belspeed won the Gazelle prize |
Our shipment partner Belspeed NV/SA won the first prize at the Gazelle Transport & Logistics event.
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Not Just a Label introduces DAA |
"I have always had my doubts when it comes to non-profit organisations, and have always questioned whether the money that we donate actually goes to the people who need it (...)"
This is just the beginning of what it seems to us a really nice article about Designers Against AIDS -in such a cool website as Not Just a Label. Have a look and get aware about these wonderful people.
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World AIDS Conference in Mexico has given some interesting information keys regarding the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide |
The Conference confirmed that HIV incidence in the US has increased by 40% thanks to new tests. Therefore prevention is and will be where all the international actors should meet to stop the illness and protect the ones who are still not infected. The Conference went deeper into the idea of "Positive prevention" that wants to involve HIV-positive people in the fight against AIDS, to let them know that their sexual behaviour can make a change.
*aidsmap.com
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Cheek(y) Image |
Our Canadian friends from Cheek magazine have produced this image specially for Designers Against AIDS.
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NEW COLLECTION
UPCOMING
EVENTS
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Gareth Pugh, Bernhard Willhelm, Preen, Jeremy Scott, Alexandre Herchcovitch and Cosmic Wonder Light Source create perfumes for DAA |
Fragrance company Symrise -in collaboration with creative agency Metaproject and Joseph Quartana of Seven New York -will next month release the fragrance collection 'Six Scents', six new fragrances created by Gareth Pugh, Bernhard Willhelm, Preen, Jeremy Scott, Alexandre Herchcovitch and Cosmic Wonder Light Source. The 'Six Scents' project has been founded to raise money for our first creative International HIV/AIDS Awareness Education Center, to be opened in Antwerp Belgium next year.
The 'Six Scents' perfumes will be sold worldwide, also online; Seven New York, Reborn Montreal, Colette Paris, Lala Berlin, Park Vienna, JUS Stockholm, Henrik Vibskov Copenhagen/Oslo, Day & Night St Petersburg, Doshaburi Barcelona, RA Antwerp, Joyce Hong Kong/Kowloon, Daily Projects Seoul, Assin Melbourne - and many more to follow soon!
As there are only 2000 bottles of each scent available, we'd advise you to get your hands and nose on one (or more) as fast as you can.
Six-Scents
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SCARY NEW HIV/AIDS FIGURES IN THE STATES |
The United States, where 1.2 million Americans are currently living with the HIV/AIDS virus, is one of the countries most affected. And new rates show that the number of HIV/AIDS new infections is much higher than the U.S. government was expecting: the country had 56,300 new HIV infections in 2006, almost 20,000 more cases than the last 12 years' figure. 34% of the newly infected people are aged between 13-29 and 27% of all the newly infected are female.
The new calculation is a result of a better blood tests and new statistical methods that provide a better way to understand how fast the disease is growing.
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Lee Cooper charity auction in Paris benefitting the Red Cross and DAA |
Denim brand Lee Cooper is 100 years young this year and to celebrate this fact, they organise a charity auction in Paris on September 29th at Drouot Montaigne, with all proceeds going to the Red Cross France and to Designers against AIDS, for their HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention work. Up for auction are special denim-themed pieces by artists and designers such as JC de Castelbajac, Playboy (a wonderful denim bunny outfit plus an artwork handsigned by Hugh Hefner), Chicks on Speed, Marc Atlan, Pia Myrvold, Alain Mikli, Iro Ito, Jade Jagger, Landrover (a brand new jeep with denim covered seats, anyone?), Marshall amps and many, many more- 100 pieces in total and each of them unique. You can download the Auction Book, and if you can’t make it to Paris on September 29th, you can call or mail to Drouot with your highest bid on the piece(s) you’d like to buy and they will do the rest (for details see the Auction Book).
Hope to see you there.
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International HIV/AIDS Education Center, Antwerp
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