Design/Culture: Posters for Cultural Diversity
    
Inspired by the desire to promote reflection on peoples' rights to preserve the cultural diversity, and to explore the new challenges posed by the globalisation of communications, the Icograda World Design Congress 2007 will include an international poster exhibition 'Posters for Cultural Diversity'.

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Nip n' tuck
Jasna Bolanca Popovic, HDD - Croatia

Lizzie feels the pressure to undergo cosmetic surgery on her approach
to her 40 birthday but is resisting it but ultimately gives in. She later
faces a mental breakdown due to her over obsessiveness with her
cosmetic surgery enhancements and her suspicious thoughts of her
philandering husband.

View in Galeria http://www.icograda.org/web/galeria-current.shtml

Design - A Cultural Carrier
by Professor Dr. Jordi Montana

Everything in human society that does not come directly from nature is designed by man. Even natural products are normally presented in packaging and display specially designed brand names and logos. It is inevitable that both the designer and the person who commissions the design (the latter, be it a company or other kind of public or private organisation, also taking charge of production and the other creation and communication of images) will put across their own culture and the culture of their organisation. In this case culture can be defined as the set of values, beliefs and attitudes shared by the members of the organisation. Moreover, there is feedback creating another culture, an object and image culture, derived from the products, services and brands themselves.

Read this story http://www.icograda.org/web/feature-current.shtml

Must design always consider its cultural context?

In this week's Feature, Professor Dr. Jordi Montana makes the statement,
"Design has to take cultural roots into account and transmit them."
We want to know your opinion.

State your opinion http://www.icograda.org/web/opinion

How much time do you devote to pro-bono work?

Last week's Feature highlighted Sappi's Ideas that Matter programme.
We asked how much of your time you devote to pro-bono work as
a practising designer.

21%  Less than 5%.
21%  Between 5-10%.
61%  More than 10%

Totals shown may be more or less than 100% due to rounding

Call for abstracts: Icograda World Design Congress 2007

The Icograda Education Network (IEN) Conference will take place during the first two days of the Icograda World Design Congress, from 20-21 October 2007. It will bring together the worldwide community of communication design educational institutions. The event will include invited and refereed papers on design education and culture. Icograda is inviting abstracts from the international design community.

For more information: http://havana.icograda.org/web/

IFG Ulm is once again inviting entries for its promotional programme on the topic of “Designing politics – The politics of design”. A sum  of EUR 50,000 is available to be awarded, and above and beyond that the award-winning projects will be supported by mentors at IFG Ulm.

Architects and designers and researchers from those and related  disciplines can submit their project applications through the IFG Ulm  website from 31.01. to 31.03.2007.

In 2006, IFG Ulm received 97 applications from 26 countries. In a  multi-stage, transparent process, 3 projects from Jerusalem,  Johannesburg and New York City were selected for awards. The high  level of international interest and the high quality of the  applications submitted showed that IFG Ulm has closed a gap with this  
programme and its focus. For that reason, the programme is being re-opened in 2007.

For more information: http://www.ifg-ulm.de

IdN, Font Promotional Issue: Wordaholics
Volume 13 No. 6
Hong Kong
http://www.idnworld.com

Out of the table of contents: Pick of the month; Feature: Playing with words; Creative City: The art of life in Minga; Idea: If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, try these!; Video Game: Another piece of Cakey; Motion Gallery: Unscrambling Philip Dick’s scramble suit; Vinylation: All you need to know about vinyl toys; Music: Still that jazz.