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More and more information is being visualised.
Diagrams, data and information graphics are utilised wherever increasingly complex elements are present, whether it is in magazines, non-fiction books or business reports, packages or exhibition designs.
Data Flow presents an abundant range of possibilities in visualising data and information.
Today, diagrams are being applied beyond their classical fields of use.
In addition to archetypical diagrams such as pie charts and histograms, there are manifold types of diagrams developed for use in distinct cases and categories.
These range from chart-like diagrams such as bar, plot, line diagrams and spider charts, graph-based diagrams including line, matrix, process flow, and molecular diagrams to extremely complex three-dimensional diagrams.
The more concrete the variables, the more aesthetically elaborate the graphics - sometimes reaching the point of art - the more abstract, the simpler the readability.
The abundant examples in Data Flow showcase the various methodologies behind information design with solutions concerning complexity, simplification, readability and the (over)production of information.
In addition to the examples shown, the book features explanatory text.
On 256 pages, Data Flow introduces a comprehensive selection of innovatively designed diagrams.
This up-to-date survey provides inspiration and concrete solutions for designers, and at the same time unlocks a new field of visual codes.
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DesignThinkers, the annual conference of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario), attracts over 1,000 participants and a full line-up of fascinating speakers.
It is Canada's largest, most important graphic design event.
DesignThinkers is an occasion to listen, learn and interact with peers from across the country.
Now entering its 9th year, DesignThinkers is a journey into the creative process and a celebration of strategic design thinking.
DesignThinkers 2008 will take place at various venues across Toronto with the two main days taking place on 28-29 October at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC).
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The ReBrand 100 Global Awards announced its call for entries.
Juried by an esteemed panel of international business leaders, ReBrand 100 is one of the the highest recognitions for brand rebuilding and redesign in the business arena.
The 2009 ReBrand 100 is open to any rebrand launched anywhere in the world between January 2006 and September 2008.
The rebrand can be for an enterprise-wide initiative, a single component of a brand or for a brand extension.
Entries submitted can be from in-house corporate professionals, design firms, clients, architects, business strategists, advertising agencies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies.
The rebrand may have been for a product, service, an entire company, non-profit organization, an individual, a city, a country, or a physical environment.
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The results of the red dot award: communication design 2008 have been finalised.
In the competition, which is one of the most important and largest design competitions worldwide, the international jury of experts had to sift and assess a deluge of in total roughly 6,000 submitted works from 39 countries.
Out of these entries, which were all from the field of communication design, 343 received the "red dot" distinction, and the "red dot: best of the best" for particularly outstanding design achievements was awarded 38 times.
This year for the first time a design company or communication agency will receive the honorary title "red dot: design agency of the year" for continuously above-average design achievements.
The winner of this honorary award as well as the winners of the special awards "red dot: grand prix" and the "red dot: junior prize", which comes with a prize purse of 10,000 euros, will be announced at the awards ceremony on 3 December 2008 in the gala hall of the Casino Zollverein.
All prize-winning works will be presented to the public in an exhibition taking place at the red dot design museum in Essen, Germany, from 4 December 2008 to 11 January 2009.
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AIGA China is a partnership with Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) to support design education in China.
The office's initial program includes developing a network of educators within China, opening discussions with them concerning the design curriculum for the future and sharing resources with them.
AIGA will also explore setting up a social networking capability that will assist students in posting portfolios, since one of the pressing needs in China is to find ways to expose students in remote campuses to others' work.
The AIGA Design Archives will be available as a teaching resource for instructors.
In addition, AIGA is translating a number of publications for use in China, beginning with the "Design Business and Ethics" series, since a critical element in bringing the next generation of China's designers into the world design economy will be to develop their understanding of the business and ethical practices in the United States and abroad.
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