Early bird registration: Icograda World Design Congress 2007

Book now for the best rates and to guarantee your registration! The Congress will offer a memorable gathering of the international design community. We invite you to share a week of dynamic programming and explore the possibilities of the relationship between culture and design. La Habana will be the international capital of graphic and communication design in October 2007 - a place for designers, consultants, design managers, buyers of design services, educators and students to gather, to share, and to learn.

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Organised by the Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), the HKDA Awards has been a who's who of design excellence in Hong Kong and Asia Pacific for over 30 years. It is a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary award for professional designs in the fields of graphic, product, spatial and new media. The theme of the HKDA Awards 07 is "Design. No Junk Food." It is a statement on the value of design, and a trumpet call to all professional designers throughout Asia Pacific bring forth your works of excellence to this longest-standing platform of acclaiming exceptional design solutions in the region.

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Tennis Australia Brand Identity
Brad Moore, AGDA - Australia

A new brand identity for Australia’s peak tennis organisation and global representative, Tennis Australia. Comprising vibrant blue, green, yellow and pink strokes that perfectly reflect the energies of a tennis ball in play, the new brandmark positions the wonderful world of tennis as an accessible and fun sport for all Australians.

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

There are few other professions in which ethics and social responsibility are as sincerely measured as in the field of graphic design. I believe that is why design can change: because of people like you.

Have you ever participated in a sustainability audit?

This week's Feature explores one firm's quest for a more sustainable practice. We want to know whether you have incorporated sustainable practice into your business planning.

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

How many languages do you design for?

14% One only.
76% 2 > 4
13% 4+

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

Design for All India is planning a special issue of its newsletter dedicated to Graphic Design and Design For All. All the articles should be in Microsoft Word format with supporting images (if required) in JPEG format. The central idea of the article should be on Universal Design/ Design For All/ Inclusive Design/ Barrier-free Design. Authors may submit contributions to dr_subha@yahoo.com or mr_sunil1959@yahoo.com  before 1 July 2007.
  
For more information: http://www.designforall.in

Creative Voice is a new website raising global awareness about social issues through creative expression. With so many issues happening around the world affecting our daily lives, life as we now know is changing. It is time for the creative people of this earth to have a voice, to share their concerns and opinions and to let everyone know that "we care". Just because you're an artist, designer, illustrator, etc doesn't mean you can't have your say about the global issues happening around us. Politicians, celebrities and public figures say their views about important global issues like Global Warming, so now it's time for all the artists' of the world to be heard through creative expression of these issues.

For more information: http://www.creativevoice.info

The Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) announced the selection of Chris Calori and David Vanden-Eynden, founders and principals of Calori & Vanden-Eynden/Design Consultants in New York City, as the 2007 SEGD Fellows. C&VE is an internationally-recognized, award-winning design firm specializing is the planning and design of signage, wayfinding, and identity programs for a wide variety of facility types. Fellows are selected for promoting the highest values in environmental graphic design, and significantly contributing to the direction and growth of the field. Past SEGD Fellows include Garry Emery, Richard Poulin, Wayne Hunt, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar, and Massimo Vignelli.

For more information: http://www.segd.org

étapes: international
Issue 8, April 2007
http://www.etapes.com/international
France

Out of the table of contents: News: Images; Typography; Signage; Publishing; Visual Identity; Typography; Publishing; Communication; Posters; Communication; Product & Packaging. Substance & Style: Objects, Contd.; Business and Banditry; Palace Occupation; Barbara Says, Champions of Portuguese Graphic Design; Design & National Identities; “Fortune”, A Story of Art and Money; Guerilla Marketing: Ad Pirates Ahoy!; Skills Transfer; 2006 Design Graduates. Time for Text: Retrospective: The amateur curator; Tracker: Graphic designer: noun, feminine; Context: Thoughts on Graphic designer: noun, feminine; Reflections on Images: Gulliver in Japan; Books.