Link | blog.developmentxdesign.org
SVA - Design for Social Change
Impact: Design for Social Change is an advanced program that will run on two parallel tracks; the first will educate students on how to conceive and execute their own projects for social change with a focus on funding projects that are not client-based.
Link | SVA
World Design City Summit
From February 23 to 24, 2010, mayors, representatives, policymakers, and design experts
across the globe will converge on this summit under the theme of ‘Design and Cities.’
Participants will have the opportunity to look at global cities’ advanced design policies and
industries while seeking better ways to improve the lives of urban citizens.
Link | WDC Summit
Designers in Residence
Museum residencies allow emerging designers to develop - artistically and commercially - in a sympathetic environment. Examples from the Design Museum and the V&A in London are featured in this recent article.
Link | Design Week
European Design
The 3-day European Design Conference gathers speakers from all over Europe and participants from all over the world. Its focus lies on communication design case studies. With presentations from speakers coming from 15 different countries, it is a unique celebration of European design. Famous designers and design agencies from around the continent “dissect” a project of theirs in order to offer the audience an exclusive glimpse of what goes on inside their creative minds.
Links | ED Awards | ED Festival 2010 (28-30 May 2010)
Design USA
Design USA: Contemporary Innovation commemorates the tenth anniversary of the National Design Awards and showcases the winners recognized during the first decade. In addition to honoring Lifetime Achievement and Design Mind winners, the exhibition is organized according to five themes that are fundamental to the various disciplines: CRAFT,EXPERIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MATERIALS, and METHOD.
Link | Cooper Hewitt
