Design 21: Social Design Network

Programs

Reference Links

• A Brief Message
• AIGA Center For Sustainable Design
• Adbusters
• Alzheimer100
• Bruce Mau Design
• BuyAMeter.org
• Changing the Climate
• Composite Projects
• Design Against Crime
• Design Can Change
• Design For The Future
• Design For The Other 90%
• Design of the Times
• Design Your Life
• D.School
• EcoLabs
• ExxonSecrets
• Facebook Design Group
• FLOWmarket
• Future Farmers
• Good Magazine
• Intersections07
• Inventive Reception
• Lovely as a Tree
• Massive Change
• More Associates
• SocialDesignSite
• The Designers Accord
• The Movement Design Bureau
• ThinkPublic
• Thomas Matthews
• Utrecht Manifest
• World House Project

Reading:

• The Designer’s Dilemma: Valerie Casey, 2007
• Towards Creative Activism: Creative Review, 2007
• The Price of Juice: Rick Poynor, 2007
• Conceptual Design: Building a Social Conscience, AIGA: Nick Currie, 2005
• In Search of Ethics in Graphic Design: Paul Nini, 2004
• There is such a thing as society: Andrew Howard, 2001
• What Learning Needs. The Challenge for a Creative Nation: The Design Council, 2001
• First Things First: Rick Poynor, 2000
• Idealism: An Ideal Design is Not Yet: Max Bruinsma, 1999
• Waiting For Permission: Michael Bierut, 1992
• Graphic Intervention: Steven Heller
• First Things First: Ken Garland, 1964

News & Events

EVENT LISTING:

SEPT 2007

• SOCIAL ISSUES IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Until Sept 19.
• 6th International Colloquium on NonProfit, Social & Arts Marketing 7 Sept
• LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL : 15-25th Sept
• RE-DESIGN 15-23 SEPT
• GREENING OF DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION : 20th Sept
• TENT LONDON : 20-23 Sept
• Slow Water 21 Sept - 4 Oct
• Wake Up To Sustainability 21 Sept
• The ID Design Research Conference Sept 21-22

OCT 2007

• DESIGN IN DENIAL? : 1 Oct
• DOTT 07 FESTIVAL : 16-28 Oct
• DESIGNBOOST : 17Oct-17Nov
• INTERSECTIONS 07: Design for a new era : 25- 26 Oct

NOV 2007

• CREATIVE CLUSTERS 2007 : 9-14 Nov
• EYE FORUM NO.3: Education and Design : 13 Nov
• ECCA: How to get your ethical/social project up and running: 15 Nov
• ECCA: Climate of Change: November 09
• ECCA: Embrace the spirit of the Avant Garde: November 09
• Illustration in the Age of Anxiety November 10. New York
• ECCA: Creative Collaboration: November 13
• The D&AD Awards 2008 Deadline: November 14.
• Social Enterprise: building companies with a conscience: November 15
• Make Time for A Green Cause: November 16-18 New York.
• How to Design and Sell Greener Products November 17. New York
• Recycled Design Workshops at The Eco-Design Xmas Fair: November 23
• DESIGN 21: "Stories from the Field" Logo Competition: Deadline: November 26
• Design Korea November 29 - December 6

DECEMBER 2007

• EcoDesign 2007: December 10-13. Tokyo, Japan

JAN 2008

• The War for Talent: The Other Climate Crisis - Sir Ken Robinson. 22nd London, UK.
• The Creativity and Innovation Business with Richard Gerver. 23rd. London, UK.

JUNE 2008

• Winterhouse Award for Design Writing and Criticism Submission Deadline: June 2, 2008.
• The State of Design Criticism Today Tuesday 24 June / 6-7:15pm @ London College of Communication.

JULY 2008

• New Views 2: Conversations and Dialogue in Graphic Design. Symposium = July 9 – 11, London College of Communication, London. Exhibition = July 9 – 21.
• Changing the Change 10-12 July. Torino, Italy
• The State of Design 2008: Victoria's Design Festival
• DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY Conference Sheffield, UK, 16-19 July.
• DesignInquiry ’08 July 20 — 25, Vinalhaven, Maine

OCT 2008

• SOCIAL STUDIES: AIGA Educators Conference Maryland Institute College of Art, 17-19 OCTOBER 2008.
• Global Leadership and Change: Lessons in how to change the world. An afternoon with Sir Bob Geldof. Wednesday 22 October 2008,
• Research into Practice 2008 31 October. Royal Society of Arts, London.

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I Am Here, by Alex Ostrowski

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Over the past week, I had the pleasure of meeting the multi-talented Graphic Designer Alex Ostrowski...

Posted June 23, 2008
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