ICOGRADA | WORLD GRAPHICS DAY

01 April 2008

WORLD GRAPHICS DAY

Montreal (Canada) - 27 April, Icograda's anniversary, was designated World Graphics Day in 1995. It is an opportunity to recognise communication design and its role in the world. Celebrations large and small have marked the occasion in ways as diverse as the community that Icograda represents.

What drives Icograda is a shared passion that design can be a medium for progressive change. Wherever my travels take me around the globe, I see this belief translated into action through the projects and programs of our Members. We call it 'leading creatively'.

To mark World Graphics Day 2008, we want to know how you use design to effect change in the world around you. It can be on any scale - local, regional, national or international. From raising awareness at your daughter's school to working with your clients in our global marketplace.

Tell us about how you translate 'leading creatively' into action — about the kind of change design can facilitate.

Brenda Sanderson is Icograda's Managing Director. For additional information on World Graphics Day, see this week's Feature.

Comments:

Robert L. Peters said:

Greetings, Ico-colleagues. I'm planning to plant some trees to commemorate World Graphics Day this year. If you'd care to join me (locally in Manitoba, Canada) or virtually, elsewhere, please let me know. You can contact me via www.robertlpeters.com Best wishes, Robert L. Peters

10:04 AM | March 30, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Brenda Sanderson said:

Rob, wonderful to hear that you are continuing the tree planting tradition. The link between World Graphics Day and tree planting is almost a decade old. In August and November 1999, the Marmara region of Turkey was devastated by two earthquakes. More than 15 000 people died and 200 000 were left homeless. GMK, the Turkish Society of Graphic Designers and CEKUL, the Foundation for the Protection and Promotion of the Environmental and Cultural Heritage, came together with Icograda to initiate the 'Icograda Forest' as a response to the disaster. Sadik Karamustafa coordinated the project on Icograda's behalf. Two empty fields were designated and designers from around the globe were invited to contribute USD $5 for each tree planted by CEKUL on their behalf. Proceeds from the campaign were contributed to a housing project initiated by CEKUL in the Marmara earthquake region. Since this initial project, trees have been planted in Australia, South Africa, and now, Canada.

10:52 AM | April 01, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Jacinto Salcedo said:

We are planning to launch a project about gender and graphic design on Graphic Design Day. www.biograficas.com will feature Latin American women graphic designers. The first group are of ladies from Argentina, Brasil, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela.

11:56 AM | April 03, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Daniel R. Smith said:

I co-curated an exhibition linking designers from Seattle, USA and Havana, Cuba, which opens April 17th at el Centro Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales. Working with designers and curators from Cuba, we put together a concrete example of how we in the U.S. can work across boundaries despite embargoes, trade sanctions, etc. imposed by our own government. It's called The Seattle-Havana Poster Show and it runs through May 17th. If you happen to be in Havana, stop in for World Graphics Day. More information at www.seattlehavana.com.

12:44 PM | April 03, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Marina Garone Gravier said:

I co-organized, with BioGraficas (History of the Women Graphic Designers at Latin America), Cultural Spanish Center at Mexico (belonging to Spanish Embassy) and other gender and design Mexican institutions, a cicle of round tables about Women Publisher, Printers and Graphics Designer (April 9, 16 and 30). On that context, in April 30, we will held a round table about Women Graphics Designer focusing in Educational Training. You can see all the program at http://www.marinagarone.com/cartel_mas_viudas.gif or at http://generomexico.colmex.mx/MESAS_DISCUSION.jsp . All are invited, at least to visit

1:45 PM | April 03, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Brenda Sanderson said:

Marina, your series of roundtables on gender and design is timely and fascinating. Great to see Icograda Education Network (IEN) members involved in this project. You might be interested in the survey that Icograda and Icsid collaborated on in 2005 relating to women and design. The report can be downloaded here: http://icograda.org//smallbox4/file.php?sb45644434b0337

2:20 PM | April 03, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Stuart Alden said:

Hello all, I just finished up a 6 week screen printing class with 10-12 year old kids that was part of a non-profit who works to bring art into public schools. Even though the purpose was to teach them how to screen print, I introduced the idea of "…is not a robot" - meaning, they have the ability to make their own choices in life. So in creating the posters I asked them "what do they care about in the world?" So on the weekend of World Graphics Day my small gallery will have their work up. You can see images of the kids and their posters at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14868235@N02/sets/72157604374187083/ As designers we have the ability to do some good things. And I feel it is our responsibility every chance we get to help not only our clients, but students of all ages think about the world around them and how the decisions we make, can effect all our lives. Thanks. stu.

7:49 AM | April 04, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Nick Kapica said:

Last year SV Associates http://www.staendige-vertretung.com celebrated World Graphics Day with an evening of informal discussion, drinks and food. The success of this evening resulted in a series of evenings with design colleagues throughout 2007 and has now lead to us initiating »Blast« a new conference on multidisciplinary design. This year SV Associates will be celebrating with a World Graphics Day Brunch in the studio. Attendees have been asked to bring a piece of work as a discussion point exploring the role of design in our everyday lives. If you would like to attend the brunch or learn more about the conference please mail The Korrespondent (k@svberlin.com). Nick

10:41 AM | April 08, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Marina Garone Gravier said:

Thanks Brenda for your kindness comments. We will be included the link to these report, in Link section of Biograficas Project web page (www.biograficas.com, on line next April 27th). We want to encorage analitical studies about the Latin American Women Designers Situation. I also wan to invited: 1) women graphic designer “from” or “working on” Latin America and 2) researchers and design historians (males and females) to join us in our second stage. We are looking for increase these project adding new countries and showing more of our visual richness. You can contact us at: mgarone@biograficas.com or info@biograficas.com thanks and ¡viva el diseño!

10:17 AM | April 11, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Claudio Sotolongo said:

Hello, in Havana the students of graphic design at ISDI are working in a project about cultural identity and graphic design. To celebrate this day we will have a discussion meeting after the opening of the exhibition Seattle-Havana, and a party in Old Havana. The project blog is http://designingtheworld.blog.com/ and it gathered 5 teams of 5 differents schools around the world with the aim of exploring the visual environment, the cultural practices and the cultural identity that surrounds designers.

7:37 AM | April 17, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Milen Jacob said:

Hi Brenda, We had met in Design Local, Mumbai. I have been helping a local organisation of artists(mostly they are not designers as such, but come from fine arts background and make a livelihood making signages and display hoardings) and when I told them of the World Graphics Day, they have decided to put up a live art demonstration(the members and other artists throw their creativity on a big canvas) in the town square in Kottayam, India.

6:37 AM | April 21, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Tony Heywood said:

Hello. A momentous month for design, communication and creativity! In Australia the recent 2020 Summit’s 1,000 participants including a representation for “Towards a Creative Australia” took the opportunity to put forward ideas on how our country can better inspire and channel creative output for the benefit of the Australian population. The case was ably presented by John Redmond - Dean, Faculty of Art and Design Monash University supporting the concept of 'Creativity is central to sustaining and defining the nation, fuelling the imaginations of citizens, nurturing our children and nourishing healthy communities. Indigenous culture is central to this'. This was an inspired opportunity, one that seems so rare particularly in a country that has often turned its back on a wealth of creative talent. A great pity that more countries aren't inspired to support such initiatives as World Graphics Day and nurture creativity at all levels in their community. For more information and to leave messages of support see www.heywoodinnovation.com.au

5:44 AM | April 23, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Gonzalo Tellez Liendo said:

Cochabamba, Bolivia Universidad Privada Boliviana UPB Pupils, teachers and ex-pupils of the career(race) of Graphical Design meet in a commemorative event chats and debates it brings over of the course of the profession in a country that incorporates this work of recent form and to resolve(remind) the forms in which it is possible to improve and help with the design the social and professional development. Thank you for bearing in mind this event.

8:38 AM | April 23, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Brenda Sanderson said:

Thank you to everyone who participated in marking World Graphics Day 08. The spirit of collaboration, as active participants in our community, personifies what it means to 'lead creatively'. Personally, I spent the day in Saskatoon as a juror for the 2008 GDC Scholarships. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with some of my Canadian colleagues and to get a glimpse of the next generation of designers who are poised to make their mark on our profession.

10:36 AM | April 28, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

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4:27 PM | November 10, 2008 PST (GMT - 8)

Yvonne Sarue said:

Hello, I'm a brazilian graphic designer, and I'd like to know where the World Graphics Day will taka place in 2009

3:33 AM | February 09, 2009 PST (GMT - 8)

Alex Luna said:

Hi: I´m a teacher in graphic design at Grafisk UtbildningsCenter in Uppsala, sweden. We´re planing to celebrate the world graphic day 09 by printing a set of postcards done by our students. We´re going to have a stand in the center of our city with an student exhibition and wi´ll inform the public about our roll as designers. The event is organized by our schooll and the swedish graphic industry. more info alex_luna(at)guc.se

12:54 AM | April 17, 2009 PST (GMT - 8)

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