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  Associations

bapla logo
British Association of Picture Libraries & Agencies
Everything you need to know about finding, buying and selling pictures.
www.bapla.org
 
    Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA)
Management and other resources for professional Australian graphic designers. Member organisation of Icograda.
www.agda.asn.au

Art Directors Club
International not-for-profit organization of leading creatives in advertising, graphic design, interactive media, broadcast design, typography, packaging, environmental design, photography, illustration, and related disciplines.
www.adcny.org

Adg-fad
Spanish Graphic Design Association
www.adg-fad.org

AIGA | the professional association for design
AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.
www.aiga.org

Association of Illustrators
The Association of Illustrators is a non-profit making trade association dedicated to its members' professional interests and the promotion of illustration.
www.theaoi.com

The Association of Photographers
The Association of Photographers is a non-profit making trade association for fashion, advertising and editorial photographers.
www.the-aop.org

 
  atypi logo ATypI
Founded in 1957, ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) is the only independent worldwide organisation dedicated to type and typography and provides the structure for communication, information and action amongst the international community through conferences, publications, competitions, discussion lists, country delegates, and other activities.
www.atypi.org

 
    Corporate Design Foundation
Non-profit educational and research organisation
www.cdf.org

The Design Council
www.design-council.org.uk

Ecological Design Association
The Ecological Design Association is a non-profit making registered charity launched in February 1991 by, amongst others, David Pearson, architect and author of the highly successful 'The Natural House Book'
www.edaweb.org

Icograda
International Council of Graphic Design Associations
The professional world body for graphic design and visual communication.
www.icograda.org

 
  istd logo ISTD
The International Society of Typographic Designers establishes and maintains typographic standards within the professional design and education communities, through the forum of debate and design, and by publishing and promoting the highest quality contemporary practice amongst its international membership.
www.istd.org.uk

 
    The Organisation of Black Designers
Non-profit national professional association dedicated to promoting the visibility, education, empowerment and interaction of its membership and the understanding and value that diverse design perspectives contribute to world culture and commerce
www.core77.com/obd/

RDG Ontario
The association of registered graphic designers in Ontario
www.rgdontario.com

The Société des designers graphiques du Québec
www.sdgq.qc.ca

SOTA
SOTA is a not-for-profit, international organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type design, typography, and the related arts.
http://www.typesociety.org

The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC)
We are a member-based organization of design professionals, educators and students. Through various Chapter and national activities, such as publications, seminars, events and design exhibitions, the GDC builds awareness of graphic design and its important role in people's lives.
www.gdc.net

 

  Design
Publications/
Publishers

Art Design Selection
French Site
www.artdesign.fr

CMYK magazine
www.cmykmag.com

Design Indaba Magazine
Composed exclusively for the design industry, the content of the magazine draws on influences from fashion, sculpture, art, architecture, products, interior design, landscape architecture, jewellery design, industrial design and more.
Find out more at www.designindabamag.com

e-site flash magazine
The first printed Spanish and online magazine focused 100% in flash development
www.e-site-es.net

Phaidon
Art book publishers
www.phaidon.com

 

  Education
Amsterdam University Library/Typographical Library
www.uba.uva.nl/en/exhibitions/old/typography.html

Billy Blue College of Design, Sydney, Australia
Billy Blue College of Design is an iconic Sydney institution delivering graduates for the design and communication since 1987. Billy Blue offers Higher Education degrees in Communication Design and Multimedia Design.
www.billyblue.edu.au

Design2context, ZŸrich, Switzerland
Institute for Design Research, ZŸrich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Master of Advanced Studies in Design Culture is an international part-time postgraduate course (65 ECTS credits). Project based and human centered, it explores interdisciplinary methods of critical design research and practice. APPLICATION-DEADLINE AUTUMN-SEMESTER: 05.07.2008.
www.design2context.ch
www.designculture.zhdk.ch

The College for Creative Studies, Detroit, US
The College for Creative Studies' two-year Master of Fine Arts degree programs in Design and Transportation Design are degrees that prepare students for leadership in design industries. In addition to acquiring comprehensive design training, partnerships with leading business schools enable students to acquire strategic business and leadership skills to prepare students for leadership in design industries.
www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu

The London Institute
www.linst.ac.uk

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, US
MFA in Design - the program offers an intellectually stimulating environment wherein students focus on the role and possible new uses of dynamic media in communication design
www.dmiboston.org

RISD, Providence, US
Rhode Island School of Design's Continuing Education offers a variety of summer programs and courses for credit, including the renowned Summer Institute for Graphic Design Studies, plus Art + Design courses and Study Abroad.
www.risd.edu/summer

York University, Toronto, Canada
York University offers a two-year Master of Design (MDES) for students interested in an experimental and investigative approach to design practice, theory and research within the parameters of Visual Communication.
www.design.yorku.ca

 
  Visual and Individual Design Experience
Visual and Individual Design Experience VIDE
VIDE organises and produces private, demand driven training in visual communication on masters level. VIDE is not accredited by government, a guarantee for an independent, inquisitive and critical attitude in design education.
http://www.viavide.com

 

  Events/Exhibitions    
   
 

13 January 2008 > 20 April 2008
JoAnn Verburg
Walker Art Center, Minnesota
www.walkerart.org

29 January 2008 > 1 June 2008
Cloth & Culture NOW
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East
Anglia, Norwich, UK
http://www.scva.org.uk

16 February 2008 > 18 May 2008
Worlds away: New Suburban Landscapes
Walker Art Center
Minnesota, USA
www.walkerart.org

15 March 2008 > 13 July 2008
China Design Now, Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington, London
The first exhibition in the UK to explore the recent explosion of new design in China, and the first to attempt to understand the impact of rapid economic development on architecture and design in China’s major cities.
www.vam.ac.uk

APRIL 2008

6 April 2007 > 31 March 2008
Fifty Years of Helvetica
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
New York
www.moma.org

4 > 6 April 2008
AIGA Design Educators Conference
Massaging Media 2: Graphic Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media
Seaport Hotel, World Trade Center,Boston, US
Massaging Media 2: Graphic Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media conference will gather a diverse group of presenters and attendees from around the world for a provocative conversation on how graphic design education is being affected by dynamic media.   Conference Chairpersons: Brian Lucid and Joseph Quackenbush
www.aiga.org

11 > 13 April 2008
Non-Latin Weekends
The Hebrew Script: Adi Stern
Type Directors Club Centre
www.tdc.org

15 April 2008 > 29 June 2008
Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book
Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington, London
http://www.vam.ac.uk/

16 > 18 April 2008
DMI Design/Management Europe 12 Conference “Design: The Linking Force”
Paris, France
This year, DMI’s European conference will explore the evolution of design thinking and strategy to the next level. An international roster of forward-thinking experts will provoke, educate, and share.
www.dmi.org

17 April 2008, 7pm- 8.30pm
D&AD President’s Lecture: Digital Pecha Kucha
Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London
Twelve digital creatives talk about pretty much anything at this fast and furious Japanese import.
www.dandad.co.uk
www.pecha-kucha.org

MAY 2008

5 > 11 May 2008
Icograda Design Week
Torino, Italy
Icograda conducts a variety of worldwide and regional design events, including congresses, workshops, symposia and exhibitions.
www.icograda.com

7 > 8 May 2008
The BAPLA Picture Buyers' Fair (PBF), Business Design Centre, London
With over 150 image agencies, libraries and archives of the finest professional photography in the world exhibiting this year, the BAPLA Picture Buyers' Fair (PBF) is the biggest show in the world for those looking for suppliers of quality images.
www.bapla.org.uk

12 > 14 May 2008
Gravity Free Conference
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
This year’s conference theme, “The Year of Dangerous Minds”, celebrates creative risk-taking. It explores the boldness of larger-than-life revolutionaries who redraw the boundaries with their own personal line in the sand and whose shock waves often reverberate well beyond their own disciplines.
www.msichicago.org

16 > 18 May 2008
European Design Conference 2008
Södra Teatern, Stockholm, Sweden
The annual ED-Conference brings together fifteen of Europe's most important design studios in a series of presentations and debates.
www.ed-conference.com

22 May 2008, 7pm- 8.30pm
D&AD President’s Lecture:
Sir Christopher Frayling in conversation with Tim Marlow
Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London
www.dandad.org

24 May > 6 July 2008
The 19th International Poster and Graphic Design Festival, Chaumont, France This year, The 19th International Poster and Graphic Design Festival pays tribute to master of Swiss modernity Josef MŸller-Brockman and focuses on today's Zurich scene whose abundance of graphics keeps on seizing and transgressing this heritage. The French designer, Paul Cox, is invited to inhabit the baroque space of the Chapelle des JŽsuites with his graphic tribulations. 127 selected posters from 2,200 received for the International Poster Competition will be on display.
www.ville-chaumont.fr

29 > 31 May 2008
TypoBerlin 2008
13th International Design Conference, Haus der Kulturen der Welt
TypoBerlin has established itself as a key European event for communication designers. From Neville Brody to David Carson, the list of TypoBerlin speakers over the past eleven years reads like an international "Who's Who" of graphic design.
www.typoberlin.de

29 May > 11 June 2008
Drupa 2008
Düsseldorf, Germany
With a 170.000 sq. m. space and over 1.800 exhibitors, Drupa is the biggest international print media fair in the world.
www.drupa.de

30 May > 22 June 2008
Holland Festival
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The 61st Holland Festival is the biggest international performing arts festival in The Netherlands.
www.hollandfestival.nl

JUNE 2008

4 > 8 June 2008
CEPIC Congress, Malta
The CEPIC Annual Congress is the largest picture agency event in the world. Hosted in a different European country each year, the venue for this year's Congress is Malta.
www.cepic.org

 

  Image Libraries
 
    Mary Evans
A richly diverse source of historical pictures on all subjects, Mary Evans Picture Library celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2004. Pre-history to the recent past - events, portraits, wars & conflicts, but also entertainment, children, transport, costume, medicine, botanical illustrations, and an unrivalled collection of material on folklore and the paranormal. Original archive of photographs, prints, illustrations, cartoons, postcards and ephemera brings you closer to history. Over 140000 images available online at www.maryevans.com. Direct download facility for 24/7 access to high resolution images. If you haven't time to search yourself, knowledgeable researchers are on hand.
www.maryevans.com

 
  science photo library Science Photo Library
www.sciencephoto.com/

 

  Paper
 
  munken logo Munken Natural Papers
An extensive range of environmentally considerate uncoated papers manufactured to provide creatives and publishers with a contemporary and versatile medium to enhance design.
www.munkenpapers.com

 
    Sappi
www.sappi.com

 
  zanders
 
Zanders Ikono

www.ikono.de

 

  Recruitment
     
  creative match logo Creative Match
Creativematch.co.uk - a comprehensive creative industry support network, providing a platform where creatives can trade. Find new contacts, add your details, and search for jobs or post news or press releases. All these services are FREE.
www.creativematch.co.uk

  Represent logo Represent
Represent is a recruitment company, dedicated to nurturing talent in the design industry. Our uniquely tailored approach aims to find the perfect match of applicant and position.
www.represent.uk.com

 

  Type
ABC Typography
A virtual museum of typography
abc.planet-typography.com

 
  agfa monotype logo Agfa Monotype
Agfa Monotype's flagship library of typefaces is acclaimed as the most comprehensive in the world. We offer unrivalled expertise in all aspects of custom font design and font technology development.
www.agfamonotype.co.uk

 
  faces logo Faces
'Faces is a typeface distributor supplying type from all the major foundries as well as wide range of interesting independents.'
www.fontsmith.com

 
  fontcraft

Fontcraft
www.fontcraft.com/eyeweb

 
  fontsmith logo Fontsmith
Creators of bespoke typeface designs, and logo types for Blue Chip companies around the world. Fontsmith now has it's own online type library.
www.fontsmith.com

 
  fontshop international FontShop International
www.fontshopping.com

 
    Font Pool
www.fontpool.com

 
    Font Shop Sweden
www.fontshop.se

 
  Garagefonts Garage Fonts
GarageFonts was established in 1993, primarily as a vehicle to distribute some of the first typeface designs created for Raygun Magazine. From the beginning, GarageFonts has been on the cutting edge of new typeface design, helping to change a once stodgy selection of available typefaces into a steady supply of visual excitement.
www.garagefonts.com

 
    Letterror
www.letterror.com

 
  linotype logo Linotype.com
The Linotype Library has one of the world's largest font libraries, offering more than 6,000 high-quality typefaces from the whole typographic spectrum. With it's easy-to-use font selection tools the font shopping portal www.linotype.com is the right place to find, try, purchase and download all the fonts you need.
www.linotype.com

 
  lucas fonts logo LucasFonts
Here you can license (direct download) typeface families designed by Luc(as) de Groot.
www.lucasfonts.com

 
    Public Lettering
a walk in central london
www.publiclettering.org.uk

PSY/OPS
www.psyops.com

Stereo Type
www.stereotypehaus.com

 
  process logo Process Type Foundry
Fine type for contemporary designers.
www.processtypefoundry.com

 
  the foundry logo The Foundry
The Foundry is an independent type foundry specializing in the design of an exclusive range of fonts available to designers worldwide.
www.foundrytypes.co.uk

 
    Typotheque.com
After more then two 'beta' years, Typotheque is now on-line, new and completed, offering exclusive fine-quality fonts, type utilities, type-related essays, interviews and reviews.
www.typotheque.com

 

  Technology
   
  Quark logo Quark
Quark provides design, production, and collaboration software solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. The award-winning QuarkXPress,
has changed the course of traditional publishing.
http://euro.quark.com/en/

 

  Other
   
    Art & Graphic Design Resource
www.deezin.com

 
  ae logo artificial environments
AE is a specialist design company which plans, designs and produces unique digital products and experiences for clients in the UK and accross europe.
www.ae-pro.com

 
    Belo Art
www.beloart.com

The British Library
www.bl.uk

Boag Associates
Communication problem solving
www.boag.co.uk

Canada's Advertising Intellectual Archive
www.ihaveanidea.org

Creativepro.com
The complete online resource for Creative Professionals.
www.creativepro.com

Creative Ireland
The Irish Creative Design Community
www.creativeireland.com

Designers World
Dutch Design Council
www.designersworld.nl

e-flux
e-flux (Electronic Flux Corporation) is a New York-based company dedicated to world wide distribution of information for contemporary visual arts institutions via the Internet
www.e-flux.com

Ethical Performance
Independent newsletter for socially responsible business
www.ethicalperformance.com

File Fx
http://www.filefx.co.uk

 
  fotosearch logo

 
  global design logo Global Design Online
Global Design Online is the focal point for international design. Main resources include a searchable Design Directory and a Design News Service.
www.globaldesignonline.com

 
  theispot logo Theispot.com, the Illustration Internet Site
Browse through Portfolios from over 1,000 of the world's top illustrators. Or search among 10,000+ quality Stock illustrations; then price, license and download the artwork in minutes. Shop our Gallery and add a unique original illustration to your personal art collection. And stop by Art Talk, our free illustrators' chatboards, for the hottest industry news.
www.theispot.com

 
    Walker Art Centre
www.walkerart.org

 


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