As an international organisation, Icograda has championed the value of design and best practices for the procurement of design services for almost 50 years.

While new fashion branding launches in Russia and Asia to entice more people to smoke, the government of Australia seeks to erase branding and make cigarette packaging highly unappealing. A critical reminder of packaging design's impact on consumer perception.

In honour of Grafist 15, Sadik Karamustafa shares his story of the inception and development of this international design week. Grafist 15 runs 2–7 May 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Experimenting with his curriculum, Eric Benson discovers how to bring sustainability beyond an imposed project requirement, to a real consideration for his students in graphic design.

Icograda is honoured to announce the members of the Icograda Design Education Manifesto update Steering Committee. Led by Icograda Vice President Omar Vulpinari and Manifesto Co-chairs Ahn Sang-Soo and Audrey G. Bennett, each steering committee member has been invited to contribute a 1000 word essay on the future of design education.

A message from Icograda President Russell Kennedy on how Icograda's network can contribute to the relief and reconstruction efforts in Japan.

Comparing the evolution and adaptation of life on this planet to the that of businesses and organisations in the current consumer market, Charles Bezerra makes the case for innovation as a tool for survival in his article from DMI's Viewpoints.

When sent the catalogue to an exhibition of posters on AIDS, Professor Lanny Sommese was struck with the importance of such a showcase. In this feature from novum magazine, Lanny shares some of the powerful and informative images from this exhibition with us.

For as long as most of us can remember issues surrounding the protection of creative works when pitching concepts or submitting tenders & proposals to industry has been fraught with problems. Maxine J Horn tells us about Creative Barcode's solution to these issues.

In this interview from TAXI, Iliyas Ong looks at 'design thinking' with IDEO president, Tim Brown. Brown explains how design thinking is a way to leverage innovation and address bigger challenges and issues worldwide, a tool essential to the success and growth of any organisation.