Press Releases
Browse through the Icograda press releases below to stay up to date on the latest news, events and partnership initiatives.
12 February 2008
Toronto (Canada) - Albert Ng, a Canadian widely regarded as the father of graphic design accreditation in North America, was one of 27 recipients recently invested in the Order of Ontario by the Honourable David Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
5 February 2008
Montreal (Canada) - The Icograda website is your resource for international design news. The portal attracts more than 14 million hits annually from an international, multilingual audience. Now, it has been redesigned to provide even more content, incorporating exciting new features and a cleaner user experience.
3 November 2007
Montreal (Canada) - On 25 October 2007, Prof. Hazel Gamec received the inaugural Icograda Education Award at Design/Culture: Icograda World Design Congress in La Habana, Cuba.
1 November 2007
Montreal (Canada) - Beginning in 1970, the Icograda President's Award has been presented on a biennial basis to honour an outstanding contribution to the work of Icograda. This year, Jacques Lange, Icograda President 2005-2007 selected Guy Schockaert as the recipient.
30 October 2007
Montreal (Canada) - The Icograda Executive Board of Directors for the 2007-2009 term was announced during the close of the Icograda General Assembly 22 on 26 October 2007.
16 September 2007
La Habana (Cuba) - The international exhibition "Posters for Cultural Diversity" promises to be one of the highlights of Design/Culture: Icograda World Design Congress 2007 next month.
5 September 2007
Montreal (Canada) - Design/Culture, the Icograda World Design Congress 2007 in la Habana, will close with the Icograda General Assembly 22, where delegates will elect the new Executive Board of Directors for the 2007-2009 term.
23 June 2007
Montreal (Canada) - Icograda is pleased to welcome the Gwangju Biennale Foundation as its newest Associate Member.
18 June 2007
La Habana (Cuba) - Jose Korn Bruzzone (Chile) will deliver the keynote address at the Education Conference from 20-21 October which opens the Icograda World Design Congress 2007 being held from 20-26 October in La Habana, Cuba.
17 June 2007
Montreal (Canada) - The impact of climate change is a heated issue, sparking controversy in political and scientific arenas. The 'Heated Issue' competition, developed by UNESCO's Design 21: Social Design Network, asked participants to create an educational campaign to raise public awareness of the problem of global warming our contribution to this phenomenon.


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