Icograda eNews 01/08

7th January, 2008

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Call for Entries: ZGRAF 10
BIO 21: 2008 dates announced
SEGD Announces "Green" publication

GALERIA:
Alphabet poster
Nalle Ritvola, GRAFIA -  Finland

OPINION:
Professional status: Is owning a studio every designer's dream?

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS:
Former Icograda Vice President named to Order of Ontario
Open positions: Graphic Design Faculty, VCU School of the Arts in Qatar
Basel School of Design's Summer Programme: Basics in Design and Typography

PUBLISHER'S CORNER:
IdN, Hong Kong; Emzin, Slovenia

ICOGRADA ENDOREMENTS:
2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards; Hong Kong International Poster Triennial; International Poster & Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont 2008; European Design Awards 08; Identity: Best of the Best 2008; ZGRAF 10; 21 International Poster Biennale; Tasmeem Doha; Graphex 2008; 23 International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno 2008; Colour Value: Icograda Design Week in Daegu; Changing the Change; Expo Ageing & Design Montreal 2008; Multiverso: Icograda Design Week in Torino.

NEW UPCOMING EVENTS:
Networks of Design 2008 Conference of the Design History Society; Graphis Design Annual; Design Event 08 (DE 08); Virtue, Truth, Beauty; Utrecht Manifest: 2 Biennale for Social Design; Singapore Design Festival; Design & Emotion 2008: Dare to Desire; :output: international competition for students in design and architecture.

HEADLINE STORIES

Call for Entries: ZGRAF 10

ZGRAF is an international triennial exhibition of graphic design and visual communications held in Zagreb, Croatia since 1975. ZGRAF is organised by the ULUPUH, the Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts, a Professional Member of Icograda.

Read this leading story at http://www.icograda.org/web/news.shtml

BIO 21: 2008 dates announced

The Biennial of Industrial Design (BIO) is a prestigious international exhibition of industrial design, visual communication and design concepts. It is one of the few events in the world to present, every two years, an expert selection of industrial design products and to promote, through well designed products by Slovene and foreign designers, contemporary trends in international design.

Read this leading story at http://www.icograda.org/web/news.shtml

SEGD Announces "Green" publication

SEGD (the Society for Environmental Graphic Design), an international non-profit educational foundation, has announced the publication of the SEGD Green Paper: Best Practices, Strategies, and Scenarios for Sustainability in Environmental Graphic Design.

Read this leading story at http://www.icograda.org/web/news.shtml

GALERIA

Alphabet poster
Nalle Ritvola, GRAFIA -  Finland

The poster is for my exhibition Alphabet Naturel du Benin. The works in the show were created during and after my scholarship work period in West-African town of Grand-Popo in Benin. I made the alphabet using local natural materials. The point I want to make is that we don't need very much to get by.

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

OPINION

Professional status:
Is owning a studio every designer's dream?

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

FROM PREVIOUS OPINION

64 and beyond: Design for the next generation
Of all humans who ever lived to age 65 half are still living. Which areas of communication design do you believe are most influenced by this new reality?

53% Health and medicine
19% Public safety
31% Transportation and wayfinding

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

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

Former Icograda Vice President named to Order of Ontario

On 24 January 2008,  Honourable David Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will invest 27 individuals in the Order of Ontario at a ceremony to be held at Queen's Park. This year’s honourees will bring to 460 the total number of recipients since 1987, when the honour was first presented. The Order of Ontario is awarded to Ontarians for excellence and achievement in any field. This year’s recipients include Albert Kai-Wing Ng – one of Canada’s best-known graphic designers, he founded the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario after a 10-year campaign for professional accreditation. This accreditation was the first of its kind in North America. Ng served as a Vice President of the Icograda Executive Board from 1995-1997.

For more information: http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2007/n20071219.shtml

Open positions: Graphic Design Faculty, VCU School of the Arts in Qatar

Focused within the print and digital environments, the ideal candidates can engage students in developing a dynamic knowledge base by synthesizing research skills, critical and creative thinking, with generative methodologies. These candidates are able to facilitate student capabilities in innovative and strategic problem solving that stems from a nexus of artistic vision, formal craft, systematic structuring, and practical skills. Also, these candidates will foster a learning environment where students develop their cross-disciplinary and collaborative working skills. Qualified applicants who have a record of achievement appropriate to VCU should submit two complete applications including: letters of interest with a resume, 12-15 examples of personal work and 12-15 examples of student's work, official transcripts, and the names of three references to: John DeMao, VCUArts Associate Dean for VCUQatar, VCU School of the Arts, PO Box 842519, 325 N. Harrison Street - Suite 201, Richmond, VA 23284-2519 and Dr. Charles Bleick, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, VCU School of the Arts in Qatar. PO BOX 8095 Doha, Qatar. Review of applications will begin January 16, 2008 and continue until positions are filled.

For more information: jdemao@vcu.edu and cbleick@qatar.vcu.edu

Basel School of Design's Summer Programme: Basics in Design and Typography

The fourth edition of the Basel School of Design's highly successful Summer Programme, Basics in Design and Typography, will be held from 29 June > 20 July 20 2008 in the heart of the Medieval City of Basel. Three Professionals from the 'Basel School of Design/Switzerland' will give a three week Workshop, in Co-Operation with Wolfgang Weingart.
For more information: http://basics.sfgbasel.ch

PUBLISHER'S CORNER

IdN: The Music+Image Issue
v14n6
http://idnworld.com
Hong Kong
 
Out of the Table of Contents: Graphic designer for music these days involves much more than just coming up with a pleasing visual for the album cover. Designers are collaborators with the featured artists, attempting to convey the sprite of their songs to a potential audience, often across a variety of media. We invited industry-insiders: designers, record-label owners and graphic performance artists to explain the relationship between eye and ear....Big Active / Ice-Cream For Free / Mathematics / Motive Records / The Rainbowmonkey / Ryoichi Kurokawa / Tappin Gofton; Exhibitionism: Helvetica 50th Anniversary; Creative Countries: Freedom Now in South Africa; Videogame: New Thrills on Need for Speed ProStreet

Emzin Arts Magazine: INTELLIGENCE
XVII, 3–4, December 2007
emzin@guest.arnes.si
Slovenia
Out of the Table of Contents: Interviews: Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell from British design and publishing group FUEL, young Slovene computer programming expert Mitar Milutinovi=E6 and Jeremy Campbell, writer and publicist from the United States; Five stories on books, writing and reading by the renowned Serbian writer Milorad Pavi=E6; Theory and reflection on intelligence by a number of prominent Slovene and foreign intellectuals and artists; Report: Seminar on graphic design: Days of British Design featuring Domenic Lippa and Harry Pearce from Pentagram and Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell from FUEL; Portfolio: acknowledged British illustrator and graphic designer George Hardie; Illustrations: Dmitry Kavko (Ostengruppe), Moscow, Neja Engelsberger and Damijan Stepan=E8i=E8, Ljubljana; Photographs: Thijs Wolzak, Primoz Korosec and Pandora Campbell; Photo of The Year 2008: announcement of the biggest Slovene photography contest for best authorial and press photo.

ICOGRADA ENDORSEMENTS

Events endorsed by Icograda meet international guidelines for best practises.
For more information see http://www.icograda.org/web/calendar

13 November > 2 May 2008
Call for Entries
2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
San Jose, United States
http://www.adaaentry.com/
http://www.adaaentry.com/contact.php

1 November 2007 > 31 April 2008
Exhibition
Hong Kong International Poster Triennial
Hong Kong, China
triennial@lcsd.gov.hk
http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/PDF/triappf.pdf

15 November 2007 > 18 January 2008
Competition
International Poster & Graphic Arts Festival of Chaumont 2008
Chaumont, France
http://www.ville-chaumont.fr/festival-affiches
http://www.artsgraphiques.affiches@wanadoo.fr

20 November 2007 > 15 February 2008
Competition
European Design Awards 08
Athens, Greece
http:// http://www.ed-awards.com
info@ed-awards.com

27 November 2007 > 15 January 2008
Call for Entries: Competition
Identity: Best of the Best 2008 
Moscow, Russian Federation
http://www.artgraphics.ru/best_eng.html
best@identity.su

1 December 2007 > 15 February 2008
Call for Entries: Competition
ZGRAF 10
Zagreb, Croatia
http://www.zgraf.hr
zgraf@zgraf.hr

12 December 2007 > 17 February 2008
Call for Entries
21 International Poster Biennale
Warsaw, Poland
http://www.postermuseum.pl/
biennale@postermuseum.pl

3 > 6 March 2008
Conference
Tasmeem Doha
Doha, Qatar
http://tasmeem.qatar.vcu.edu/tasmeem/
dduffett@qatar.vcu.edu

1 > 11 April 2008
Exhibition
Graphex 2008
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.gdc.net/graphex
graphex@gdc.net

17 June 2008 > 19 October 2008
Biennale
23 International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno 2008
Brno, Czech Republic
http://www.moravska-galerie.cz/en/biennale/23rd-international-biennale-of-graphic-design-brno-2008/

5 > 10 July 2008
Design Week
Colour Value: Icograda Design Week in Daegu
Daegu, Korea
http://www.icograda.org/web/calendar.shtml

10 > 12 July 2008
Conference
Changing the Change
Torino, Italy
http://www.changingthechange.org
contact@changingthechange.org

6 > 8 September 2008
Conference
Expo Ageing & Design Montreal 2008
Montreal, Canada
http://ageingdesignmontreal.ca/en/index.php
info@vdm-adm.ca

13 > 19 October 2008
Design Week
Multiverso: Icograda Design Week in Torino
Torino, Italy
http://icogradadesignweektorino.aiap.it/
aiap@aiap.it

UPCOMING EVENTS

For more events and information http://www.icograda.org/web/calendar

18 August > 28 January 2008
Competition
Summit Creative Award
http://www.summitawards.com/competitions/competitions/about-creative-awards/
sia@summitawards.com

1 November 2007 > 18 January 2008
Competition
red dot design award
http://www.registration.pd.red-dot.de/index.php?id=33
team@red-dot-award.com

7 November 2007 > 31 January 2008
Competition
2008 Sappi European Printers of the Year Award
Brussels, Belgium
http://www.sappi.com/PrintersOfTheYear
sue.griffin@sappi.com

7 November 2007 > 16 February 2008
Competition
FAB Awards: Call for Entries
London, United Kingdom
http://www.fabawards.com
info@fabawards.com

26 November 2007 > 6 September 2008
Call for Papers
Networks of Design 2008 Conference of the Design History Society
Cornwall, United Kingdom
http://www.networksofdesign.co.uk/
networksofdesign@falmouth.ac.uk

19 November 2007 > 7 January 2008
Competition
Graphis Design Annual 2009
New York City, United States
http://www.graphis.com
info@graphis.com

20 November 2007 > 4 January 2008
Call for Entries
Design Event 08 (DE 08)
Newcastle, United Kingdom
http://www.design-event.co.uk/downloads.htm
info@design-event.co.uk

23 November 2007 > 24 February 2008
Exhibition
Virtue, Truth, Beauty: Graphic Design by Shinnoske Sugisaki and Yoshimaru Takahashi
Hamburg, Germany
http://www.mkg-hamburg.de/mkg.php/en/sonderausstellungen/vorschau
service@mkg-hamburg.de

24 November 2007 > 11 February 2008
Biennale
Utrecht Manifest: 2nd Biennale for Social Design
Utrecht, Netherlands
http://www.utrechtmanifest.nl/en/
info@utrechtmanifest.nl

19 December 2007 > 31 January 2008
Call for Entries
Design & Emotion 2008: Dare to Desire
Hong Kong
http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/de2008/
sdsylvia@polyu.edu.hk

19 December 2007 > 15 February 2008
Call for Entries
:output: international competition for students in design and architecture
http://www.inputoutput.de
info@inputoutput.de

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Formed by Icograda at the request of the international design media, the IDMN is dedicated to establishing and promoting standards and ethics in design journalism. It creates a forum for sharing ideas and information, fostering discourse among participants and with Icograda, and contributing to the furtherance of a meaningful body of knowledge regarding design and the role that design plays in modern society. Bona fide design media receive a free listing and a website link, provided as a service to the international design community.