Want to travel the world and write it off to your business? Here are conferences to pique your interest in the many facets of the design profession. Conferences offering GDC members a special rate are noted below.
Transforming Design
Design Management Europe 14
21-22 April 2010
London, UK
Design is now recognized as an enabler of business transformation, because design leads change, which is critically needed to save and solve our future.
http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/conference/europe10/conference.htm
2010 GDC National Annual General Meeting
23-25 April 2010
Coast Coal Harbour Hotel
Vancouver BC
http://www.gdc.net
This is not a conference, but of interest to members, particularly BC and VI chapters. The AGM is in Vancouver this year just before Icograda Design Week. Members and guests are welcome to attend as observers but must pre-register. Contact for information.
Design Currency: Defining the Value of Design
Icograda Design Week in Vancouver
26-30 April 2010
Vancouver Convention Centre
Vancouver, BC
http://www.designweekvancouver.ca/index.php
This is the major design conference in Canada for 2010. Don’t miss it! 25+ guest speakers from around the globe present you with the opportunity to experience current design thinking. Reshape your understanding of the value of design. Presentations, conversations and workshops. GDC members are members of Icograda, Region A. Choose from professional, academic and student registration rates.
DESIGN 2010: 11th International Design Conference
17-20 May, 2010
Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia
Visit website.
Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) Conference + Expo
2-5 June 2010
Gaylord National Hotel
Washington, DC
http://www.segd.org/news/next-conference.html
How Design Conference
6-9 June 2010
Denver, Colorado USA
Register by the March 12 Early-Bird deadline and save $200!
http://www.howconference.com/register
Create. Connect. Community. Whether you need creative inspiration or hard-hitting instruction, the HOW Conference provides all the tools you need to build a successful career and create outstanding designs. The information you’ll get at HOW will have an immediate impact on your work.
Lending Grace to Language: 4th International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication
17-19 June 2010
University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
www.ictvc.org
Straight to Business: Icograda Design Week in Madrid 2010
21-25 June 2010
Madrid, Spain
http://www.icograda.org/events/events/calendar583.htm
Design Research Society (DRS) international conference Design & Complexity
July 7-9, 2010
School of Industrial Design,
Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec
DRS 2010 is open to the whole range of design disciplines and contemporary inquiries in design.
http://www.drs2010.umontreal.ca
Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders
25-30 July 2010
New Haven, Connecticut
Presented by AIGA and Yale School of Management
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/business-perspectives
TypeCon 2010: Babel
17-22 August 2010
Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Presented by the Society of Type Aficionados
http://www.typecon.com
ATypI: The Word in Dublin
ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale)
8-12 September 2010
Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
http://www.atypi.org
CONNECT: UCDA Design Conference
2-5 October 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://ucda.com/conference.lasso
GDC members receive partner rate/discount. (Discount code found on GDC Members only website)
Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference
14–16 October 2010
Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers,
New York City
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/gain-conference-2010
RGD Ontario: Design Thinkers 2010
11-12 November 2010
255 Front Street, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
11th annual international conference focusing on the role of design in shaping business, society and the future health of the planet.
http://www.designthinkers.com
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January 31, 2012January marks the launch of the GDC’s Annual Chapter Member Surveys
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January 25, 2012New Group Benefits Plan includes dental, medical, life, disability and critical illness insurance.
January 20, 2012Sales from font to support GDC design education programs.
January 16, 2012Deadline of January 20, 2012
January 13, 2012All the news that is design-worthy!
December 12, 2011Donate and your name will be entered to win!
December 01, 2011GDC Fellow, graphic designer, illustrator, artist, NSCAD Professor Emeritus and mentor, Horst Deppe, has passed away at the age of 82.
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November 30, 2011GDC@50 Poster Sale to Benefit GDC Foundation
October 27, 2011Learn about how graphic design is adding value, supporting and activating sustainability within our own community.
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September 28, 2011Wait, summer's over already?!?!...
July 27, 2011A bit of light summer reading...
July 26, 2011GDC co-founder and Canadian design pioneer passes away
July 25, 2011Memories of GDC Atlantic past-president and maritime designer
June 17, 2011Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) is a not-for-profit professional organization that supports women in the screen-based industries—film & television production, film & television distribution, broadcasting and digital media—to build, advance, and sustain their careers nationally and internationally.
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May 04, 2011Icograda President Elect, Leimei Julia Chiu, talks with Creative Review about how design can make a difference in Japan's rebuilding and reconstruction efforts.
April 27, 2011Happy World Graphic Design Day!
April 20, 2011The Critical Role of Information Design in Emergencies
April 14, 2011BEYOND: the un-convention
April 05, 2011Foundry Creative tells the story of how this incredible book came together.
March 31, 2011In July of 2009 the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada submitted a proposal to Statistics Canada recommending that the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) definition of Graphic Design (industry 541430) be updated to include website design.
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March 21, 2011A message from Icograda President Russell Kennedy on how Icograda's network can contribute to the relief and reconstruction efforts in Japan.
March 18, 2011The Institute for Information Design Japan asks for our help. Please pass this on to those with scientific knowledge and work together to provide the visual information so desperately needed.
February 23, 2011Happy New-ish Year!
December 22, 2010Changes to the GDC Membership categories will be fully implemented by January 1, 2011. What does this mean for you?
December 17, 2010Last issue of 2010!
December 06, 2010Study Demonstrates Canadian Businesses Using Design Increase Success, Reduce Risk
November 19, 2010Supporting and Inspiring Design
November 05, 2010Sustainable graphic design resource Re-nourish launches the Sustainable Design Auditing Project (SDAP) to develop open-source metrics for measuring the environmental, social and economic impacts of the graphic design supply chain.
October 21, 2010Is summer over already?!?!
September 17, 2010The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) is pleased to announce its adoption of a new honourific and designation for its professional members: CGD (Certified Graphic Designer).
August 10, 2010Help us help RGDON make this survey truly national in scope.
July 20, 2010Canadian design students excel and impress!
July 14, 2010Extraordinary meeting called to vote on constitutional amendments.
June 17, 2010Web, print, multi-media, product, even bike frames and tea towels! Graphex recognizes the best in Canadian design.
June 17, 2010No vuvuzelas here!
May 26, 2010GDC announces new National Executive for 2010–2012
May 26, 2010Renowned designer 64th individual to receive GDC's highest honour.
May 01, 2010The best source for designers and businesses looking for work or services.
April 30, 2010Adobe is offering GDC members special pricing on CS5
April 26, 2010Design Currency ad promotes value of design to Canadian business
April 14, 2010The 2010 Graphex Awards will be a party to remember!
April 13, 2010GDC members get reduced rates to this incredible international conference.
April 06, 2010So many conferences. So few airmiles...
February 28, 2010Gold medal news for Canadian designers!
February 26, 2010GDC National Sustainability Committee launches new section on gdc.net
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