Angela Morelli is an Italian information and graphic designer based in London. This month she gave an incredible talk (above), The Global Water Footprint of Humanity at TEDxOslo, where she shared her research into the water crisis and eloquently illustrates the value of information design to communicate global issues.
UK design magazine Design Week sees it’s last printed edition hitting the shelves this week. Publisher Centaur Media has axed the print editions of the design weekly, and New Media Age magazine. Both titles will now continue as web-only publications. Read more at Telegraph.co.uk and Journalism.co.uk.
Throughout 14-17 September 2011, IDSA presents it’s 2011 International Conference in New Orleans. The theme for this year is Community. With speakers including Clay Shirky (New York University), Yancey Strickler (Kickstarter) and Allan Chochinov (Core77) it’s looking like a great event, on a very relevant theme. For a full insight into the lineup and to get your tickets, visit...
With over 25 years experience, Dave Holston has worked in the fields of design management, advertising, marketing and public affairs for some of the world’s largest organizations—helping them take a strategic design approach that integrates planning, research, implementation and evaluation. Throughout his career, Dave has focused on positioning design as key component of business success. He is the author...
Check out this fascinating interview — Change for the Letter — with illustrator and typographer Alex Trochut from Gestalten.tv. For more interviews and discussions on visual culture, Gestalten.tv’s video archive is well worth a browse.
Published on his blog back in April, designer Jamie Wieck’s “The 50 Things Every Graphic Design Student Should Know” — or as it’s become better known in certain circles, “The 50″ — is in the words of Wieck himself, “a condensed primer for students and graduates-to-be.” The list of 50 illustrated tips range from: You are not the first;...
Presented by AIGA San Francisco, cause/affect is a biennial, international design competition that celebrates the work of designers and organizations who set out to positively impact our society. Founded in 2006 by Alice Bybee and Matt Cooke, cause/affect continues to celebrate and recognize design work that promotes and/or supports social good. To mark the 2011 cause/affect call for entries,...
Plikums.lv recently interviewed Eike König — founder of multi-disciplinary creative hub HORT — about his career, work and design. Worth a watch; some wise words and interesting insights. (Found on becausestudio.co.uk/blog)
UK based agency Media Collective had created this affordable and compact handbook to help designers and design students with the transition from screen to print. A Print Handbook for Designers is full of printed experiments, examples, and a whole load of handy reference material. Find out more and order your copy at www.printhandbook.com
Matt Pyke, digital artist and founder of British design collective Universal Everything talks to Crane.tv about his current exhibition at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris.
