London (United Kingdom) - Neville Brody has been named as the new Head of the Department of Communication Art & Design at the Royal College of Art, taking up the position on 1 January 2011. He will be succeeding Professor Dan Fern, who retires at the end of the academic year.

Chaumont (France) - 21st International poster and graphic arts festival of Chaumont invites design professionals to enter for this year's International Poster Competition and selection of the best French Posters, and invites students to enter the "Students, All to Chaumont!" Competition.

Ljubljana (Slovenia) - From 25 March - 6 May 2010, EMZIN, the Institute of Creative Production, presents an exhibition of graphic design work by award-winning Russian designer, Andrey Logvin.

Tehran (Iran) - Persianissimo, an exhibition of contemporary Iranian graphic designers' works, is now touring the world, displaying posters selected by Majid Abbasi.

Singapore - In response to the world's changing demographics, Singapore's National Design Centre for Ageing, >60 Design Centre, is organising the International Conference on Design for Ageing (ICODA) to be held in Singapore for the first time.

Melbourne (Australia) - IMPACT, the world's leading event for contemporary print culture, will head south of the equator in 2011, to be hosted by the Faculty of Art & Design at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. The Call for Papers and Proposals is open now until 30 July 2010.

Vancouver (Canada) - Building on an already exciting lineup of design leaders from around the workd, Design Currency: Icograda Design Week in Vancouver has announced the addition of three new presenters to the schedule.

Vancouver (Canada) - Participants at Design Currency: Icograda Design Week in Vancouver are all invited to take part in a silent auction and support Architecture for Humanity, a global network of building professionals bringing design, construction and development services to communities in need.

Vancouver (Canada) - How is design shaping, and being shaped by, our global community? This will be the topic for the keynote session of Design Currency: Icograda Design Week in Vancouver, which kicks off a two-day international conference. The session is being presented with the support of the Vancouver Economic Development Commission (VEDC).

San Jose (United States) – The jury members have been announced for the 2010 Adobe® Design Achievement Awards. For the second year, Icograda has partnered with Adobe to select an independent panel of seven outstanding international designers and educators from the Icograda network.