Barbara Glauber's tour kicks off in one week!

17th August, 2009

"In a discipline framed by culture wars and wannabes, Barbara Glauber is that rare thing: an unpretentious, intelligent and gifted designer with a robust understanding of -- and profound love for -- the intricacies of form. Consummately original, a diligent thinker and maker, Glauber's books and exhibitions are vivid evocations of ideas brought richly to life through humor, sensitivity and grace. I would hate her if I didn't love her so much." - Jessica Helfand, Founding editor of Design Observer and partner, Winterhouse

AGDA is excited to announce that Barbara Glauber, New York designer and past AIGA board member will be touring the 7 AGDA state chapters from August 17th as part of the AGDA International Speaker T our program.

As the principal of graphic design studio Heavy Meta, Barbara designs publications, exhibition and information graphics, identities, and other projects for a client list which includes Atlantic Records, the Museum of Modern Art, The New York Times, the Whitney Museum, Yahoo! and the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Aside from designing for her arts and entertainment industry clients, she has edited, curated and designed exhibitions; judged competitions; taught classes and workshops; and directed creatively.

She has served as chair for the American Center for Design 100 Show and occasionally works as creative director on large scale projects with the Brand Integration Group of Ogilvy & Mather.

She is a founding partner of the Smoking Gun website and is on the faculty at Yale University as critic in graphic design, alongside luminaries such as Tobias Frere-Jones, Irma Boom, Karin Fong, Matthew Carter and Michael Bierut.

Her work is in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and has won numerous awards.

Barbara Glauber loves typography and chocolate; during her talk, titled ‘Heavy Meta', passions will be exposed, methods unveiled and stories shared - a presentation that will provoke, inspire and delight.

So keep your eye out for local news which will confirm venues, times and rsvp details.

For all other enquiries please contact: secretariat@agda.com.au

To register online it's important to click on the correct State event and Date listed below.

Dates:
17 August - Perth
19 August - Adelaide
20 August - Melbourne
24 August - Hobart
26 August - Canberra
27 August - Brisbane
1 September - Sydney

Thank you to Finsbury Green, Raleigh Paper, Billy Blue College of Design, RMIT University School of Media and Communication, and Autodesk for their generous support.