Icograda eNews 10/07

13th March, 2007

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Icograda endorses Good 50x70
Icograda Education Network welcomes Philadelphia University
Rob Wallace appointed to the DMI Advisory Council 

GALERIA:
Logo for AZADEGAN Advertising Center
Hossein Abdolmohammadzadeh, IGDS - Ira

FEATURE:
2007 Call for Entries: Sappi Ideas that Matter

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

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS:
Call for abstracts: Icograda World Design Congress 2007
Design exhibition: Leonardo Sonnoli
Creative Waves 2007: Visualising Issues in Pharmacy

PUBLISHER'S CORNER
Creative Quarterly, United States

ICOGRADA ENDORSED EVENTS:
Young Package 2007; EULDA: European Logo Design Annual; HiBrand 2007: Non-Standard Brand Strategies; Call for Absracts: Icograda Education Conference; 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

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

HEADLINE STORIES
    
Icograda endorses Good 50x70

Icograda is pleased to announce its endorsement of Good 50x70, a new Italian-led project to promote innovation in the field of social communication. The project's aim is to raise awareness in young designers about the relevance of social communication. It is open to students and creatives (graphic designers, art directors, copywriters, photographers, etc.) under the age of 35.

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

Icograda Education Network welcomes Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, in Amman Jordan, is the newest member of the Icograda Education Network. Formed in 1999, the university offers a four year undergraduate programme in Graphic Design and introduced an Interior Design programme in 2006. The design department has a student enrolment of 260, with a faculty of seven.

Read this leading story at http://www.icograda.org/web/news.shtml
     
Rob Wallace appointed to the DMI Advisory Council

The DMI Board of Directors has approved the nomination of Rob Wallace, Managing Partner, Wallace Church, Inc., to join the DMI Advisory Council. Wallace has more than twenty years of expertise in all visual branding strategy and design issues for national and global brands. His core expertise is the ability to synthesise brand identity strategy and design to create brand experiences that drive consumer purchase behaviour.

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

GALERIA

Logo for AZADEGAN Advertising Center
Hossein Abdolmohammadzadeh, IGDS - Iran

The circle form in this logo shows the Center and the affect of brush at the side of circle shows the activity of this Center.

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

FEATURE

2007 Call for Entries: Sappi Ideas that Matter

Ideas that live in people's minds are destined to remain precisely that - ideas. But ideas that are put down on paper make the inspired leap from being a figment of the imagination to becoming catalysts that change people's lives, their communities and the world they live in.

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

OPINION

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

This week's Feature highlights Sappi's Ideas that Matter programme. We are interested in how much of your time you devote to pro-bono work as a practising designer.

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

FROM PREVIOUS OPINION

Blurring the lines: a what is a poster?

18% Posters produced solely for exhibition are an art form.
10% Posters, mass produced or not, are a unique medium.
75% The context drives the meaning. Posters can serve different audiences.

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://icograda.org/web/news-display.shtml?pfl=www/news-single-recent.param&;op2.rf1=588

Design exhibition: Leonardo Sonnoli
Gallery Avla NLB, Trg republike 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Opening: Thursday, 15 March 2007 at 20:00.
 
Leonardo Sonnoli (Trieste, 1962) was awarded a Diploma from the High Institute of Industrial Arts of Urbino and received his professional instruction and training at the Tassinari/Vetta Studio of Trieste. From 1990 to 2001 he worked as a Creative Director for the Pesaro-based Dolcini Associati Studio. There, he was involved with the visual identity of private and public companies, with the communication of cultural events, signal systems and exhibition graphics. In 2002, he founded CODEsign along with Paolo Tassinari and Pierpaolo Vetta. Now, he is a partner of the Tassinari/Vetta Studio. His posters are held in major international public collections (National Library of France in Paris, Museum of Decorative Arts in Zurich). His works have been exhibited in several exhibitions in Bonn, Chaumont, Ningbo (China), in Tehran. Moreover, he has published his works in respective catalogues and international journals. He has been awarded silver medal by the Art Exhibition of Toyama (Japan) and received the "Mention of Honour" recognition at the XIX Premio Compasso d'oro/Adi, the Merit Award of the Art Directors Club of New York and the Golden Bee award in Moscow. Sonnoli is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (2000-), being elected as a President for Italy (2003), and member of the AGI International Executive Commitee. He is teaching at the Faculty of Design and Arts of the IUAV University of Venice, living and working between Rimini and Trieste.
The exhibition is organised by Emzin institute of creative production. It will be on display from 15 March 2007 to 11 May 2007, every workday between 08:00 and 18:00.

Creative Waves 2007: Visualising Issues in Pharmacy (VIP)

The VIP project will challenge a diverse body of students and educators to address important global health issues, by producing detailed research reports and subsequent graphic and visual communication campaigns for implementation in specific local hospitals and health centres in Kenya, Africa. Over 50 pharmacy students and 50 design students will join forces for three months (April - June) with project convenors, teachers and special guests worldwide, to work collaboratively within Omnium’s fully online learning environment. Participants will form valuable connections with colleagues in distant parts of the world, receiving regular feedback and support from peers, teachers and established professionals, using the Internet as their sole communication tool.

For more information: http://creativewaves.omnium.net.au/vip/outline/

PUBLISHER'S CORNER

Creative Quarterly
Volume Two, Number Four
http://www.CQjournal.com
United States

Inside this issue are interviews with photographer Fredrik Broden, design firm Studio Output from the UK, sculptress Heloise Crista and illustrator Noah Woods as well as a How-to by UK's McFaul. In addition there are articles on promoting yourself, interviewing techniques and survival skills for freelancers. The book review covers the new AVA books Basic Design Series. 

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

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

15 November 2006 > 9 March 2007
Competition
XVII Premio Quórum 2007
Mexico City, Mexico
www.quorum.org.mx
info@quorum.org.mx

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

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

12 > 13 March 2007
Seminar
Design Research for Product Service and Information
Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/education/seminars/udr.htm
dmistaff@dmi.org

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

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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