Cuba's Eusebio Leal Spengler to deliver 2007 Icograda Foundation lecture

The 2007 Icograda Foundation lecture will be delivered by Cuba's Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler. An internationally recognised figure, Dr. Leal has been invited to share his personal experiences as La Habana's City Historian and UN Goodwill Ambassador, with a particular focus on the preservation of Habana Vieja and its contribution to protecting cultural diversity. The lecture will take place on 25 October 2007, the first evening of the Icograda General Assembly 22, at Cuba's Museo Nacional Bellas Artes.  

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Tybrid
Oded Ezer, ICD – Israel

Tybrid - Oded Ezer's typo hybrids, is a new work created specially for an invitational poster exhibition themed "My favorite Game" in Greece. The 4 squares (each 50x50 cm) forming together the Hebrew word for 'Typography'.

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

What does your best client expect from you?

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

Trophies or trinkets?
Why you enter award schemes.

27% Peer evaluation. I measure my design skills against my peers.
37% Revenue generation. The prize money is part of my business model.
39% Business development. My clients expect award-winning work.

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

2007 UCDA Design Conference - ROOTS
29 September - 2 October 2007
Toronto Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The UCDA Design Conference-ROOTS-provides you an opportunity to get an in-depth look at some of the issues facing designers and communication professionals both in and out of educational institutions. All creative, marketing, and communications professionals are invited to attend the UCDA Design Conference. At the conference you'll discover ideas, tools and techniques to make you more effective while inspiring creativity. You'll find a wealth of information with 30 sessions covering five tracks (technology, inspiration, practice, education, and sustainability), and over 20 speakers. See the latest award-winning work at the design show, and interact with design, publishing, and creative experts at our networking events.

For more information: http://ucda.com/conference.lasso

The Design Week Committee is a voluntary group formed by members of the IDI, RIAI, ICAD, Design Ireland, GDBA and The Design Tower.
 
For more information: http://www.designweek.ie

International Association of Societies of Design Research, School of Design,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, presents Emerging Trends in Design
Research.

Sponsored by the Design Research Society, Japanese Society for the Science
of Design, and Korea Society of Design Science, this large bi-annual
conference is interdisciplinary including architects, communication,
environmental, interior, and product designers who resonate to the themes of
collaboration, creativity, culture, emotion, history, interaction, methods,
perception, sustainability, teaching, technology, and user behaviour with an
interest in how research can improve professional performance and advance
knowledge in design.

Keynote speakers include: Kees Dorst (University of Technology, Australia),
Kun-Pyo Lee (Korea  Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South
Korea), Larry Leifer (Stanford University, USA), Steven Kyffin (Philips, The
Netherlands), Henry Steiner (Steiner&Co, Hong Kong), Surya Vanka (Microsoft,
USA).

For more information: http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/iasdr/

d[x]i, Número 26,
Junio Septiembre 07
http://www.dximagazine.com
Spain

Out of the table of contents: Centelles, Les vides d’un fotògraf 1909 – 1985; 52a Bienal de Venecia/Paradiso Spezzato; Doppelgä Nger. El doble de la realidad; Extensiones-Anclajes. Una perspectiva del momento actual del arte en Asturias; El Taller De Los “Objetos Naturales;” Murcia Apuesta Por El Diseño; Noche Con Premio Para d[x]i En Los Laus 2007; Listos Para Leer. Diseño de libros en España; Maratón Con Bless: De Madrid a Karlsruhe; Dios Maradona; DEV: Diseño/Evolución – un magazine de la asociación de diseñadores de la comunidad valenciana; Gandía Blasco El Cambio es Posible; Alta Voz; Frida For Ever; Fest der Schönheit: La fiesta de la belleza; La Clase de Aeróbic; Gabi Beltrán- Batallas; Récord urbano – totalook de Yiyí Gutz.