Icograda eNews 11/07

20th March, 2007

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Design/Culture: Posters for Cultural Diversity
Call for entries: 9 Tehran International Poster Biennial 2007
Beijing Industrial Design Center joins Icograda 

GALERIA:
Nip n' tuck, Jasna Bolanca Popovic, HDD - Croatia

FEATURE:
Design - A Cultural Carrier
by Professor Dr. Jordi Montana, Design Issues in Europe Today

OPINION:
Must design always consider its cultural context?

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS:
Call for abstracts: Icograda World Design Congress 2007
Designing Politics – The Politics of Design

PUBLISHER'S CORNER
IdN, Hong Kong

ICOGRADA ENDORSED EVENTS:
Young Package 2007; European Logo Design Annual; Good 50x70; HiBrand 2007: Non-Standard Brand Strategies; Design Camp 8; European Design Conference; Chaumont International Poster and Graphic Design Festival; 9 Tehran International Poster Biennial; Encuentro LatinoAmericano Diseno en Palermo; Design/Culture: Icograda World Design Congress; Hong Kong International Poster Triennial; Guangzhou Design Week 2007.

NEW UPCOMING EVENTS:
Singapore Design Festival 07; ATypI 2007 Conference; Jan van Eyck Academie Research position; Plus International Design Festival; New Maya Hieroglyphs; Plus International Design Festival: Moving Type; Corporate Creativity & Innovation Skills; Improving and Measuring Design’s Role in Business Performance; 3rd Information Design International Conference 2007; Imagine iT; UCDA Design Summit 2007; Managing Creative Staff; Information Design Conference 2007; Better Food Exposition.

HEADLINE STORIES
    
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'.

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

Call for entries: 9 Tehran International Poster Biennial 2007

Further to the successful and spectacular 8 Tehran International Poster Biennial 2004 which, in addition to introducing Iranian graphic design to the world, also saw many Iranian designers reach acclaim, the 9 Tehran International Poster Biennial is being organised by the Visual Arts Affairs Office with the cooperation of Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) and the Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts and the Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute. The Biennial is endorsed by International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda).

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

Beijing Industrial Design Center joins Icograda

Icograda is pleased to welcome The Beijing Industrial Design Center as an associate Member. The Center joins 18 other associate Members in 14 countries. In total, Icograda's membership includes 197 members in 57 countries.

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

GALERIA

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

FEATURE

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

OPINION

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

FROM PREVIOUS 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

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

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/

Designing Politics – The Politics of Design

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

PUBLISHER'S CORNER

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.

ICOGRADA ENDORSEMENTS

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

12 December 2006 > 30 March 2007
Call for Entries
Young Package 2007
Brno, Czech Republic
http://www.designcentrum.cz/index_e.asp
design@designcentrum.cz

28 February > 18 May 2007
Call for Entries
European Logo Design Annual
Milan, Italy
http://www.eulda.com
areti@eulda.com

10 March > 10 May 2007
Competition
Good 50x70
http://www.good50x70.org
giorgia.rossaro@good50x70.org

16 > 17 March 2007
Conference
HiBrand 2007: Non-Standard Brand Strategies
Moscow, Russian Federation
http://www.artgraphics.ru/hibrand2007.html
hibrand@identity.su

13 April 2007
Deadline: Call for abstracts
Icograda Education Conference
La Habana, Cuba
http://www.havana.icograda.org
secretariat@icograa.org

4 > 5 May 2007
Conference
Design Camp 8
Wanganui New Zealand
http://wsd.ac.nz/designcamp8/index.html
F.McMillan@ucol.ac.nz

9 > 11 May 2007
Conference
European Design Conference
Athens, Greece
http://www.ed-awards.com/
info@ed-awards.com

12 May 2007 > 24 June 2007
Exhibition
Chaumont International Poster and Graphic Design Festival
Chaumont, France
http://www.ville-chaumont.fr/festival-affiches/index.html
artsgraphiques.affiches@wanadoo.fr

17 June > 22 July 2007
Competition
9th Tehran International Poster Biennial
http://www.tehran-poster-biennial.com/regulation.asp
secretariat@tehran-poster-biennial.com

31 July > 3 August 2007
Conference
Encuentro LatinoAmericano Diseno en Palermo
Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
fido.palermo.edu/servicios_dyc/encuentro2007/index.html
moriana@palermo.edu

20 > 26 October 2007
Congress
Design/Culture: Icograda World Design Congress
La Habana, Cuba
http://www.havana.icograda.org
secretariat@icograa.org

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

29 November 2007 > 4 December 2007
Exhibition
Guangzhou Design Week 2007
Guangzhou, China
http://www.gzdesignweek.com
info@gzdesignweek.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

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

1 January > 6 July 2007
Competition
Concurso De Afiches “La Mirada De Nosotros – LatinoAmerica Hoy”
Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://fido.palermo.edu/servicios_dyc/encuentro2007/03_foro_escuelas/bases_concurso.html
concurso.afiches@gmail.com

16 January > 1 June 2007
Call for Submissions
Sappi: Ideas that Matter
http://www.sappi.com/SappiWeb/Initiatives/Sappi+Ideas+that+Matter/Sappi+Ideas+that+Matter.htm

20 January > 25 April 2007
Exhibition
The New Italian Design
Milan, Italy
http://triennale.waylog.it/index.php?lang=_eng&;id=1&tbl=0&idq=347
biglietteria@triennale.it

22 January > 31 March 2007
Exhibition
Edward Wright: Design Work
Reading, United Kingdom
typography@reading.ac.uk
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/typography/

24 January > 15 March 2007
Call for Papers
Arab Women Graphic Designers and Visual Communicators
Beirut, Lebanon
http://www.lau.edu.lb/centers-institutes/iwsaw/raida.html
myriam.sfeir@lau.edu.lb

31 January > 31 March 2007
Competition
Designing Politics – The Politics of Design
Ulm, Germany
www.ifg-ulm.de
info@ifg-ulm.de

1 February > 1 May 2007
Competition
Chartered Society of Designers Student Awards 2007
http://www.csd.org.uk/awards/student_awards07.jsp
http://www.csd.org.uk/contact_us/contact_us.jsp

1 February > 13 April 2007
Call for Entries
Moscow Youth Festival of the Social Advertising
http://www.artstart.info
resident@artstart.info

1 February > 13 April 2007
Call for Submissions
Rockport Publishers Design Matters: Publishing
http://rockpub.com/entries.asp
shokkanen@capsule.us

1 February > 15 April 2007
Call for Research Proposals
Jan Van Eyck Academie
Maastricht, Netherlands
http://www.janvaneyck.nl
info@janvaneyck.nl

15 February > 15 April 2007
Call for Applications
Visualising Issues in Pharmacy
http://creativewaves.omnium.net.au/vip
vip@omnium.net.au

1 March > 27 April 2007
Call for Abstracts
Second MX Design Conference 2007
Mexico City, Mexico
http://www.dis.uia.mx/conference/2007
jorge.meza@uia.mx

1 March > 25 May 2007
Call for Submissions
Singapore Design Festival 07
Singapore
http://www.designsingapore.org
eugene_ng@mica.gov.sg

2 March > 16 September 2007
Call for Proposals
ATypI 2007 Conference
University of Brighton, United Kingdom
http://www.atypi.org/news_tool/news_html?newsid=384&;from=/
secretariat@atypi.org

1 March > 27 April 2007
Call for Papers
Second MX Design Conference 2007
Mexico City, Mexico
http://www.dis.uia.mx/conference/2007

1 March > 13 April 2007
Call for Applications
Jan van Eyck Academie
Post-academic Institute for Research and Production (Researcher position)
http://www.janvaneyck.nl/_devices/frames_applications.html
leon.westenberg@janvaneyck.n

7 > 31 March 2007
Call for Papers
Plus International Design Festival
Birmingham, United Kingdom
http://www.youplusus.net
conference@youplusus.net

9 > 30 March 2007
Seminar
New Maya Hieroglyphs
London, United Kingdom
frida@ideas-frescas.com
http://www.laprensa.com.sv/cultura

10 > 30 March 2007
Call for Papers
Plus International Design Festival: Moving Type
http://www.youplusus.net
conference@youplusus.net

12 > 15 March 2007
Conference
Corporate Creativity & Innovation Skills
Cairo, Egypt
http://www.ice-egypt.com.eg/ice26/index.html
ice1@link.net
 
14 > 16 March 2007
Conference
Improving and Measuring Design’s Role in Business Performance
Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/conference/europe07/conference.htm
dmistaff@dmi.org

14 March > 14 May 2007
Call for Papers
3rd Information Design International Conference 2007
Curitiba, Brazil
http://www.sbdi.org.br/congresso2007/ingles/call.htm
conference2007@sbdi.org.br

22 > 24 March 2007
Conference
Imagine iT
Bologna, Italy
http://www.typevents.com
info@typevents.com

22 > 24 March 2007
Conference
UCDA Design Summit 2007
Philadelphia, USA
http://ucda.com/events.lasso?event_id=51
info@ucda.com

29 > 30 March 2007
Seminar
Managing Creative Staff
Boston, United States
http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/education/seminars/mcs.htm
dmistaff@dmi.org

29 > 30 March 2007
Conference
Information Design Conference 2007
Greenwich, London, England
conrad@ideograf.demon.co.uk
skype: conradtaylor
http://www.informationdesignassociation.org

30 March > 25 May 2007
Exhibition
Better Food Exposition
Brussels, Belgium
bie.luyssaert@designvlaanderen.be

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