| 27 August 2008 | to | 29 August 2008 |
Get the answers you need to move your freelance business forward at the first and only conference for the creatively self-employed. Marketing, client retention, proposals, contracts, time management, work/life balance … it’s all covered, by creative-business experts who’ve built successful solo careers themselves. You can bring your portfolio, proposals or marketing materials for a one-on-one business review as well!
This conference is sponsored by HOW and will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago on 27-29 August 2008. Visit the site to learn more about the speakers and schedules.
The character of a neighborhood is a reflection of the people who live there. When people feel connected to a place, they feel more connected to one another. The community becomes an extended family and life more meaningful. Thus, Re:Vision is looking for urban planning approaches where revamped environments bring current residents together, particularly families. This is a chance to repair the essential relationships between social work, nature and urban infill with ideas that value humanistic thinking and imagination over bulldozers. Ponder the kinds of structures and landscapes that typically exist in run-down areas and transform them into eco-wise spaces that make life better. How might you overcome the inevitable resistance to change, and harness the community’s human resources? Introducing eldercare and childcare programs or sustainable landscaping with useable harvests might be just what’s needed. The best plans, no matter their originality or scale, will aim to positively affect neighboring blocks as well.
DESIGN 21: Social Design Network announced the top three winners of the Power to the Pedal online design competition this week from 222 entries worldwide. The online social design network, which promotes better design for the greater good through its members and non-profit partners, challenged designers to create a new bicycle accessory or add-on for existing bicycles that would improve the cycling experience and promote the use of bicycles as a primary means of transportation. The competition was open for 12 weeks and attracted entries from 41 countries and over 200 designers. Designs were judged by a panel of DESIGN 21 judges based on overall effectiveness, creativity, practicality, aesthetics and how well it responds to environmental concerns. Members of DESIGN 21 were also invited to vote online for their favorite design for the Most Popular award.
You are invited to investigate the future design of the work environment – this is your opportunity to showcase your creativity to the Australian design community. Now in its second year, Workstation of the Future 2008 is recognized as one of the most exciting design competitions in the country.
At last, a class created for Mac-based designers ready to learn Adobe Photoshop. In this weekend class, students will work on individual Mac computers in a lab setting. Students will learn Photoshop basics, including simple color correction and photo retouching tips and tricks. We’ll cover color adjustment, layers, color correction, image retouching, filters, and special effects. Learn the difference between low resolution and high resolution, and which is the ideal resolution for your job. Become proficient in Adobe Photoshop in just two days with art director and graphic designer Patricia Ryan (Hachette Filipacchi, American Media, Rodale).
The purpose of the Portfolio Prize (sponsored by Canon) is to identify trends in contemporary photography and specific artists whom we can help by bringing their work to a wider audience. In choosing the first-prize winner and runners-up, the Aperture Foundation is looking for work that is fresh and that hasn’t been widely seen in major publications or exhibition venues.
CUP is seeking designers for the next issues of Making Policy Public. They are looking for designers who are interested in using communication design to illuminate pressing issues of our day. Designers chosen through the juried submission process will receive full attribution for their work, an honorarium of $1000, and publicity through CUP. CUP will manage the design process and provide design support as needed.
createurope: THE FASHION ACADEMY AWARD aims to demonstrate the vitality of the European fashion scene by way of a competition that invites young fashion designers at the beginning of their careers from all over Europe. It intends to help them get their feet off the ground, start their own business and unite them with other young colleagues from European countries in the form of intercultural dialogue. At the same time, the competition links the many European educational facilities in the fashion world and hereby fosters the exchange of faculty and students.