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[Image: Museum of Arts and Design (New York), an Honor winner. Dynamic wayfinding and interpretives designed by Pentagram]

2009 SEGD Design Award winners: Activating public spaces with environmental graphic design

Washington, DC (United States) - Pedestrian-centered improvements to the Brooklyn Bridge, a light installation at a bus terminal in Hell's Kitchen, and supergraphic portraits of Irish literati at the Dublin Airport were among the winners in the Society for Environmental Graphic Design's (SEGD) 2009 Design Awards Program.

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[Image: Cover of the publication, The Case for Export]

Design Victoria releases resource for designers, 'The Case for Export'"

Melbourne (Australia) - Design Victoria has launched a new publication, The Case for Export, which aims to assist Victorian designers to get their export plans off the ground and overseas. This resource provides a collection of case studies featuring emerging and established designers who share their learnings, positive and negative regarding their expansion overseas, while demonstrating the skills required to export design services.

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[Image: Talking Design: Design And Progressive Change poster]

Talking Design: Design And Progressive Change

Brisbane (Australia) - The Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Queensland is hosting a Talking Design Public Lecture supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the State Library of Queensland. Don Ryun Chang (Korea) and David Berman (Canada) will talk about the role of design in a changing world.

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