Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001).
On that day, fans around the universe proudly carry a towel in his honour.
We will gladly announce here any event you organize on Towel Day. Just mail us. Some ideas: a get-together over drinks, a party, movie viewing, book reading, exposition, concert, flash mob... or why not something completely different? More ideas
On Towel Day, carry a towel. Where? Everywhere!
Proudly show the world you've observed Towel Day. You're encouraged to upload a picture on Flickr (tag it "towelday") or a video YouTube. There's also a Flickr Towel Day group.
What's happening on Towel Day 2012?
*UNIVERSE-WIDE*
The Literary Platform is hosting an international competition inviting creatives to produce an animation that illustrates an audio recording of Douglas Adams talking in 1993 about the Evolution of the Book, from the ‘hardware problems’ of writing on rocks, to scrolls, to the bound book and finally the silicon chip.
Entries will be judged by Stephen Fry, Bob Stein (SocialBook, Inc), Ranjit Dhaliwal (The Guardian) and Merlin Nation and Chris Angelkov (Atyp).
The public will be able to vote for their favourite animation in order to help the judges get down to a longlist of candidates.
The judging panel will then choose their winner, and the winning entrant will be announced on Towel Day 2012.
The winner of the competition will win an iPad2 loaded with Douglas Adams books and apps and a Don’t Panic towel to carry on Towel Day.
Selected entrants will also see their work hosted on The Literary Platform and exhibited at a launch event to tie in with Towel Day.
Entry deadline: 15 April 2012
Winner announced: Towel Day (25 May 2012)
More info
Gbanga, the Swiss-made location based game for iPhone/iPad, is celebrating Towel Day with three very special cross-dimensional quest. Gbanga combines a virtual world with reality, allowing you to explore a hidden dimension using just your mobile phone (and a towel). Players are invited to accomplish three geo-based missions: the Strag Quest, A Towel Is All You Need, and All You Need Is A Towel, which must require relocation to various parts of the universe, and the use of various hitchhiking skills. So get ready for The Towel Day Journey taking places between May 23 - June 5!
Gbanga is free to play on iPhone and iPad, the plans are on display at: www.gbanga.com/towelday
More is coming up. Know something we don't? Mail us!
Thank you all for being part of this & always remember: DON'T PANIC!
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