Edited by Karolina Jakaite

 The year 1961 saw the establishment of the Design department, then called the Department of Artistic Construction of Industrial Products, at the Vilnius Academy of Art. Marking this occasion, one of the 2011 issues of Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis is dedicated to texts on design, which span both Lithuanian and international contexts. 

Audrius Klimas

A trademark is a distinctive sign by which one intends to announce oneself to the world and distinguish oneself from others. In most cases a trademark indentifies the business it belongs to, the producer of the product, the provider of the services or simply the sender of the message.