June 09: News in Design
Posted by §Damian M. on 24th Jun, 2009
Beijing Typography Exhibition 09
The Beijing Typography Exhibition 2009 is being held under the theme of "Typography, Unity with New Life." Keynote Speakers such as Sol Sender (US), Patrick Whitney (US), and Pan Gongkai (China) will be present.
Online registration is now open. Delegates from around the world can now register to attend the pre-Congress workshops from 19-24 October in a dozen cities around China, and the international conference and education conference, from 24-30 October 2009.
Register before 31 July and take advantage of great discounts. Professional, academic, student and group rates are available for qualifying delegates.
Learn more at: http://www.beijing2009.org/
IDA Poster of the Year Comp 09
The International Design Awards is inviting designers worldwide to showcase their creative talents. The poster competition is open to graphic designers as well as architects and designers of products, fashion, and interiors.
Whether the poster is your creation, or your work was featured in it, you are invited to enter your noteworthy designs for the Poster of the Year Competition.
Learn more at: http://ida.us/08/poster_competition.html Deadline: August 15th, 2009
Image Space Object 6: Tools for Transformation
At Image, Space, Object, small teams of participants and studio mentors work together to create multi-dimensional environments, human interactions and brand strategies.
User-centered narratives serve as a starting place for the design of graphic, interaction, product and environmental experiences. Learn more at: http://www.imagespaceobject.com/
E4 Grandmaster Flash Comp 09
E4 announced the launch of Grand Master Flash, the second annual Flash web game developer's challenge with a top prize of £5,000.
This year the competition is presented in association with Adobe, and there is also a copy of the ultimate multimedia toolkit software, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection, up for grabs.
To enter, budding or experienced Flash developers are asked to build a new game from scratch (or dust down one they've created in the past year) and upload it for consideration.
The closing date for entries is August 17th, after which an E4 panel will choose a shortlist of their favourites to go head to head in a public vote. Submit your entries today at: http://www.e4.com/grandmasterflash/
Europe by Designers
Europe by Designers is an international artistic project by HUG United whose aim is to unveil a multitude of images of Europe from the inside and from the outside.
See the 52 contributors selected by the jury at http://www.europebydesigners.com/
RESOURCES
Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books
"Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books" is an insightful compilation of the best design books of the last 100 years.
It covers a huge range of material historic titles from pioneering type foundries to the best of recent monographs from today's leading studios and provides a unique insight into the evolution of graphic design in the twentieth century.
Classic graphic design manuals by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Josef Muller-Brockmann are included, alongside pioneering instructional titles on advertising and the impact of the avante-garde. Pre-order this book today at Amazon.com and save 35% off the list price.
Virtual Design E-Seminar: New Ways at Anticipate and Exceed Customer Expectations
Sponsored by IDSA and Dassault Systems (DS), this on-demand e-Seminar provides a sneak peek at - and be inspired by - compelling pilot programs being run at well-known French design schools that address these very issues.
In this e-Seminar, you'll also discover the intuitive design-dedicated solutions portfolio DS is building to help designers like you express creativity, turn more ideas into real products and develop the innovations your customers are waiting for - while supporting sustainable "green" development.
As a bonus, with your registration you will gain access to a white paper written by Quadro Design Associates entitled "Design is the Differentiator." Registration is Free! Secure your seat today:
http://www.plmv5.com/idsa/
Hype for Type
Looking for some fresh typefaces? Checking out Hype for Type, a new type foundry. Not only will you get some great typefaces but there's work there to inspire any designer, just see their blog.
http://www.hypefortype.com
Not Safe For Work (NSFW) Tag
A new tag is proposed to describe links that may not be safe for work. Is it me or does this show how times are changing. See more here: http://www.zeldman.com/2009/06/08/not-safe-for-work-tag-in-html-5/
Veer Marketplace
This is one of my favourite places to be. I'm not sure why, it might be Veer's creative style, their cool merchs or because I like their site. They've not too long back launched their marketplace which now sells images for at least $1.
http://www.veer.com/products/marketplace/
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