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SEGD is “Minding the Gap”

segd — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:10:25 +0000

Leading environmental graphic design professionals from North America, Europe, and beyond will meet to share ideas, strategies, and resources during SEGD’s first-ever international symposium October 22 in London.

“Minding the Gap: Views on EGD from Both Sides of the Pond” will focus on the broad contemporary practice of environmental graphic design, the range of disciplines represented in the SEGD community, and the role of EGD in the built environment.

“The scope and impact of EGD continues to evolve and expand, and this is a perfect moment for North American and European designers to meet, exchange ideas, and focus on what lies ahead for our profession,” says David Gibson, information designer and principal of Two Twelve (New York). Gibson and Alexandra Wood, principal of Holmes Wood (London) are co-organizers of the event.

The opening session will highlight the breadth of EGD, from wayfinding to environments and exhibition design. After opening remarks by Lee Skolnick, Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership (New York), presentations will include David Gibson on wayfinding; Laurence Madrelle of LM Communiquer (Paris) on environments; Gary Shelley of Casson Mann (London) on exhibition design; and Jason Bruges, Jason Bruges Studio (London) on art and lighting design.

"Mirror, Mirror" at the V&A was a 2009 interactive lighting installation by Jason Bruges.

The symposium will be held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, where environmental design has helped shape the visitor experience and provide context for one of the world’s most diverse museum collections. Moira Gemmill, the V&A’s director of projects, design, and estates, will lead a panel featuring contemporary designers working for the museum, including Lucy Holmes of Holmes Wood; Agnieska Glowacka of Glowacka Rennie Architects (London); Frans Bevers of Opera Amsterdam; and Christopher Bagot of Softroom Limited.

Holmes Wood (London) have designed a broad range of communications at the V&A, from wayfinding to exhibition graphics.

A panel discussion hosted by the Sign Design Society, led by SDS President Michael Wolff, will showcase design for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Recent winners of the SEGD Design Awards program will highlight the day’s final session. 2010 winners including Tim Fendley of Applied Information Group (London), designers of the Legible London pedestrian wayfinding system, and Nuno Gusmão, principal associate of P-06 Atelier (Lisbon), which won awards for the Theatre and Auditorium of Poitiers, Bikeway Belém, and Museu Fundação Oriente, will present their work.

The Legible London pedestrian wayfinding program, Applied Information Group

The symposium will close with a “Looking Ahead: View from Both Sides of Pond” discussion between Pentagram partners Daniel Weil (UK) and Michael Gericke (New York).

The symposium will highlight EGD’s multidisciplinary nature and its reach into all aspects of design for the built environment, says Alexandra Wood, a member of the SEGD Board of Directors.

Bikeway Belem, P-06 Atelier

The event is open to designers, clients, developers, fabricators, technology providers, and other professionals connected with environmental graphic design or allied disciplines including architecture, graphic and interior design, information and interaction design, wayfinding, and signage design.

“SEGD offers an incredibly valuable array of educational resources to those of us practicing environmental graphic design,” says Wood. “Encouraging a formal dialogue among colleagues ‘across the Pond’ is a great first step toward sharing SEGD resources globally.”

Following the symposium, on October 23 SEGD will host a roundtable discussion with various European design organizations. For information on this event, contact ann@segd.org.

“Minding the Gap” is made possible in part by lead sponsor Principle Group.

For more information or to purchase tickets for the symposium, visit the SEGD website. –P.M.K.

iPad: renew your SEGD membership and you might win one!

segd — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:45:31 +0000

Renew your SEGD membership any time before September 15 and you’ll be in the running to win a 16GB Apple iPad! It doesn’t matter when you last renewed – or lapsed. Everyone who renews before September 15 is eligible for the iPad raffle.

Not a member? Want to see what cool thing we raffle off next year? Click here to join! Click here to see the benefits of membership.

Got questions? Click to email or dial 202.638.5555. — A.M.

Haute (LED) couture

segd — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:37:43 +0000

As you can see from the post below, the SEGD Dynamic Environments 3 event is in full swing in New York City. Surely, somebody in the group is sporting the Galaxy Dress, which is “composed of 24,000 LEDs, each measuring two by two millimeters, attached to four layers of chiffon and forty layers of crinoline. The whole thing can be powered by a few iPod batteries for up to an hour. It’s one of the recent creations of CuteCircuit, a design firm specializing in ‘wearable technology.’” (Thanks to Neatorama for the blurb!) — A.M.

Top five reasons to love the venue of the next SEGD Conference + Expo

segd — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:28:38 +0000

5. The Gaylord National Hotel brings the outdoors in (if it’s rainy) and the indoors out (if it’s sunny), thanks to a starship-sized atrium rooftop. Really, it’s like a Holodeck in there.

4. It’s located on a beautiful stretch where the Potomac feeds into the Chesapeake. Gorgeous views.

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2. The mixed-use National Harbor will give you lots to talk about. LOTS.

1. I can see my house from there!

A.M.

Peep dis

segd — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:10:30 +0000

It’s only THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON POSSIBLE to attend the 2010 SEGD Conference + Expo in Washington, DC! Peeps & Co. is opening their first retail store

Torn Curtain download at National Harbor, just steps from the conference site! Mark your calendar for June 2-5. You might want to arrive a day early to stock up on Peeps. — A.M. Hard Rain full movie

Come early, stay late.

segd — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:06:47 +0000

Since you’ve already put the next SEGD Conference + Expo on your calendar (June 2-5 in Washington, DC), here are some leads to DC’s best parks and outdoor spaces

. See you there! — S.N.

Gear up for San Diego!

segd — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:20:31 +0000

So you’ve snuck out of the SEGD Conference + Expo to get a little sun. But how much is too much? Apply sunscreen to yourself and to this UVSunSense

wristband to find out. When the sunscreen is no longer working, the wristband turns purple. Better the wristband than you.– A.M.

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