Icograda eNews 29-30/04
International Council of Graphic Design
Associations
Conseil International des Associations de Design
Graphique
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form Magazine Joins IDMN, Offers Special Subscription Rate to
Icograda
ZGRAF 9 International Graphic Design Triennial: Call for
Entries
G A L E R I A :
Hi Office,
Agenzia Fantoni (www.soluzionifantoni.com)
F E A T U R E
:
Competitions: What designers should watch for when taking part in
international design award schemes or design competitions - Part 2
O P I N I O N :
As a designer, do you encourage or
minimise consumerism?
M I S C E L L A N E O U S N E W S
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EIDD researches accessibility of PDF files to blind readers
P U B L I S H E R S ' C O R N E R :
TYPO 09, 3x3,
The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Design Philosophy Papers Collection
One
A G E N D A :
'Design(ing)
Network(ing)' Exhibition; DiGiT 2004 Conference; Adriena Simotova: Drawings for
Texts; Creativity Workshop - Venice; 5th Creativity and Cognition Conference -
Deadline for Papers; The 4 City Tour
2004
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H E A D L I N E S T O R I E S
form Magazine Joins IDMN, Offers Special Subscription
Rate to Icograda
The European design magazine, form,
has joined the Icograda Design Media Network (IDMN). Published by Birkhauser
Verlag AG, the internationally distributed bimonthly magazine focuses on
industrial, graphic and interaction design. As a participant in the IDMN,
form is offering a special 20% subscription discount to Icograda Members
and participants in the Icograda Networks.
Read this leading story http://www.media.icograda.net/web/news.shtml
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ZGRAF 9 International Graphic Design Triennial: Call for
Entries
ZGRAF is a triennial international exhibition of
graphic design and visual communications held in
Zagreb, Croatia, since
1975. Throughout its history, ZGRAF exhibitions have brought together designers,
theoreticians and critics, the aim being to think through the basic problems of
design in contemporary society. Designers around the world are invited to submit
works for ZGRAF 9 by 1 October 2004. The event is endorsed by
Icograda.*
Read this leading story http://www.icograda.org/web/news.shtml
*Icograda
endorsement is a guarantee that the design event complies with approved
international
guidelines.
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G A L E R I A
Hi Office, Agenzia Fantoni
(www.soluzionifantoni.com)
By Daniele Saguto
A
website for a famous Italian office furniture factory. The spirit of the whole
project replicates the one coming from shapes and colors of the product itself.
This work has been presented to the national AIAP meeting held last June in
Trani, Italy.
Please view in Galeria http://www.icograda.org/web/galeria-current.shtml
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N E W I N F E A T U R E
Competitions:
What designers should watch for when taking part in international design award
schemes or design competitions - Part 2
By Helmut
Langer
International Design Award Schemes (continued):
If the
competition conforms to the international guidelines and regulations, and you
are thinking of participating, find out the total costs (including any follow-on
costs, should you be among the winners, and not forgetting the sometimes not
insubstantial postage costs for abroad). Then you think over if these costs are
in proper relation to the difficult-to-assess prospects of success (inclusion in
the exhibition, annual etc., or receipt of an award or prize)...
Read
this story http://www.icograda.org/web/feature-current.shtml
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O P I N I O N
In the age of consumerism,
graphic design has the power to convince consumers to acquire material things
they don't really need. However, design can also be used to minimise
environmental impact, visual pollution and overconsumption.
As a
designer, do you feel you encourage consumerism or minimise
consumerism?
Share your opinion http://www.icograda.org/web/opinion
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F R O M P R E V I O U S O P I N I O
N
Designers entering the job market or changing jobs may find
that having a broad range of technical skills, theoretical knowledge and design
interests is better than specialising in one or two fields. Is this
true?
Generalist or specialist: Which designer will be hired
first?
Designers with a broad range of skills will probably find a
job first. - 48%
Designers with specialised skills will probably find a job
first. - 16%
It doesn't matter - a designer with a good attitude will find a
job first! - 39%
Totals shown may be more or less than 100% due to
rounding.
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M I S C E L L A N E O U S N E W S
EIDD
researches accessibility of PDF files to blind readers
How do visual
communications impact on blind people? Do graphic designers ignore their needs?
Screen readers enable blind people to read texts on their computers, but they
have different versions, just like all other software¡¦ and they are not always
mutually compatible. EIDD, the European Institute for Design and Disability, is
researching the implications of ensuring the accessibility of PDF files - on
screen readers, on successive versions of software and on the graphic designers
who generate the PDF material for inclusion in websites. If you would like to
know more about how to make your PDF and other files truly accessible to
everyone, or would like to take part in the developing discussion and
construction of knowledge and methods, contact Cearbhall O'Meadhra, who is a
blind designer as well as the President of the Irish section of EIDD, at president@idd.ie
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P U B L I S H E R S ' C O R N E R
TYPO
09
Czech Republic
redakce@magtypo.cz
http://www.magtypo.cz
Out of
the Table of Contents: typo.interview - Interview with Dutch writer and designer
Jan Middendorp, author of the book 'Dutchtype'; typo.action - Typo on Typo (a
report from the ninth international conference of Typo Berlin); typo.theme -
Iconophilia and Graphic Hedonism (introduction to the 21st International
Biennale of Graphic Design Brno 2004); typo.project - E-A-T (Experiment and
Typography: Exhibition project Concept) Traveling exhibition of Czech and Slovak
experimental typography (1985-2004); typo.phenomenon - Egyptian: a monster that
could be humanised - history of development of slab-serif typefaces; typo.photo
- Keep Umzimkulu Clean (a collection of typographic pictures from South Africa
2003).
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3x3, The
Magazine of Contemporary Illustration
United States
info@3x3mag.com
http://www.3x3mag.com
Feature
articles ?Brian Cronin, Russell Cobb and Jean-Philippe Delhomme. 3x3 takes a
look inside each artist's studio and showcases some of their most recent work.
ICON ?Daniel Schwartz; CareerTalk ?How to Get Work; Showcase ?Adam McCauley,
Alberto Ruiz, Fiona Hewitt, Dan Page, Autumn Whitehurst, Tracy Walker and Anson
Liaw; The Gallery ?Hanoch Piven, Kenneth Andersson, Gerard du Bois, Steven
Guarnaccia, Carig Frazier, Michael Schwab, Rafael Lopez, Greg Mably, Istvan
Banyai, Cathleen Toelke, Joshua Gorchov and Ward
Schumaker.
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Design
Philosophy Papers Collection One
Australia
teamdes@teamdes.com.au
http://www.desphilosophy.com
Out
of the Table of Contents: Ezio Manzini Scenarios of Sustainable Wellbeing;
Augustin Berque The Idea of Disurbanity; Tony Fry The Sustainment and its
Dialectic; Will McNeill Approaching the Sustainment with Heidegger; Aidan
Davison Rapt in Technology; Tony Fry Televisual Designing; Cameron Tonkinwise
Beauty-in-use; Abby Lopes Mellick The Politics of Design Conversations; Victor
Margolin Revisioning Design Practice. [88 pages, B5 format, perfect bound,
celloglaze cover $27.00 (Aust) plus postage, ISBN 1 920855 40 8, can be
purchased
online.]
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A G E N D A
Worldwide Listing of Design
Events
For more events and information http://www.icograda.org/web/calendar
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10
August > 18 September 2004
'Design(ing) Network(ing)'
Exhibition
Garanti Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey
MunevverEm@garanti.com.tr
The designer has
become a network navigator. Sometimes the network is a means to an end for
research and creativity; sometimes it is the point itself in the form of
design-centric online communities and studios. Who becomes a designer, how they
practice their profession and what they produce are all now intimately driven by
the network. Curated by Tom Klinkowstein, this exhibition features well-known
designers of virtual design: Core77, Doors of Perception, Media A, D-Fuze, ESP
Trendlab, Urban
Probe
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12 > 14
August 2004
DiGiT 2004 Conference
Sydney, Australia
http://www.digitexpo.com
Think
and work beyond the extraordinary. DiGiT 2004 is a 3-day conference that will
bring you up to speed on the latest cutting-edge design topics. You can learn
how to:
- Think outside the office space
- Learn from the mistakes you
make
- Design for an interactive environment
- Build your business
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Build creative and unique solutions for every project
This year DiGiT brings
you nine workshops ranging from intermediate to advanced
level.
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2 > 12
September 2004
Creativity Workshop - Venice
Venice, Italy
http://www.creativity-course.com
The
Creativity Workshop is dedicated to teaching people about their creativity and
how to use it in all aspects of life, work, and creative expression. In a
non-competitive, nurturing atmosphere, the Workshop helps participants develop
creative skills, expanded sense perception, innovative problem solving, inspired
brainstorming, and new ways of looking at life as exciting and transformative.
The 9-day Creativity Workshop in Venice will cost USD $1975 and includes tuition
and 10 nights
accommodation.
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Until 5
September 2004
Adriena Simotova: Drawings for Texts
Prazak Palace,
Brno, Czech Republic
http://www.bienale-brno.cz
Adriena
Simotova's illustrations from 1967-2003 concentrate, as does her free art from
the period, on existentially formulated issues of the human condition. The
artist's approach to illustrations was moulded by her encounter with the poetry
of Vladimir Holan. The exhibition is not limited to final illustration products,
but allows viewers a glimpse into the artist's creative process. It follows the
thread of her communication with the interpreted work and the placing of her
visual style into accord with the essence of the illustrated text. Exhibition
concept: Pavel
Brunclik.
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1 October
2004
5th Creativity and Cognition Conference - Deadline for
Papers
Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, United
Kingdom
http://research.it.uts.edu.au/creative/CandC5
http://www.creativityandcognition.com
Call
for submissions: The main theme of the conference is the creative process and
the creation of artefacts - understanding creative practice, art works employing
digital media and creativity support tools. The conference series provides a
forum that strengthens the growing community of researchers and practitioners
who deliver new concepts and tools for interacting in a creative context. There
are three types of submission:
- Full papers on a nominated conference
theme
- Proposals for demonstrations related to a nominated theme
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Proposals for digital works to be exhibited.
Accepted papers, works and
demonstrations will be published in the conference proceedings. The conference
will take place 12-15 April
2005.
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19, 21, 23, 25
October 2004
The 4 City Tour 2004
Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and
Vancouver, Canada
info@flashinthecan.com
http://www.flashinthecan.com
FlashintheCan
Design and Technology Events has partnered with Macromedia to present The 4 City
Tour across Canada. Based on the success of the annual FlashintheCan Festival, a
gathering of creative professionals in the interactive media and broadcast
industries, this new and exciting event will attract professionals - from
creative directors to flash developers and designers- who are hungry for both
networking and business opportunities. The event features:
- 4 Canadian
cities in 8 days: Toronto (19 October), Ottawa (21 October), Montreal (23
October) and Vancouver (25 October)
- 1 full day of inspirational and
educational new media content
- 24 presentations. Each City is one day, one
track, with six presentations
- Presenters from Canada, the US and around the
world
- Mixer in each
city.
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