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 CITIN: Creative Industries Champion AnnouncedThe UK's creative industries are set to be strengthened at the cutting edge of technology and innovation with today's announcement of a new Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) which will champion their interests with Government and the technology sector.A KTN is a national network in a specific field of technology or business application, which brings together people from businesses, universities, research, finance and technology organisations in order to stimulate innovation through knowledge transfer and sharing of ideas. Funded by the Technology Strategy Board and led by University of the Arts London, the Creative Industries Technology Innovation Network (CITIN) consortium includes the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Imperial College London, and Tiga, the trade association for games developers. This partnership bristles with a wealth of expertise, networks, experience and passion that makes it uniquely suitable to implement this KTN. CITIN aims to become a national and international centre of excellence, driving technology innovation across the creative industries. CITIN will work with all sectors of the creative industries, from architecture to video games, from fashion to film, TV and new media. It will clarify the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing technology landscape and bring together creative industry companies, technology providers and researchers to exploit this potential, drive innovation, and secure the UK's international competitiveness. more CITIN: Creative Industries Champion Announced added by Levent OZLER |
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 U2 Understanding Users: Conference on User-centred DesignWe all want our customers to be satisfied with our products.The process of creating a successful user experience requires empathy with the user, insight into the needs, wants and limitations of the end user and a willingness to be open to new solutions. On May 22 2008, the first conference and intensive training on user-centred design in Brussels, U2 Understanding Users, will emphasise the importance of user-centred design and other cutting-edge methods and their applications for industry, as well as discuss practical tools for working user-centred design principles into product development and keeping them there. The activities of this user-centred design conference are geared towards fulfilling the needs of product developers, design and consumer researchers and practitioners, planners, marketing and branding strategists and other managers and executives interested in the latest advanced methods and approaches to user-centred design practice. event (ended) current design events more info www.ucd... (202) added by Levent OZLER |
 Speakers Confirmed for IFA's 9th Global Conference in MontrealThe organisers have confirmed almost all key note speakers to IFA's 9th Global Conference on Ageing next September.For instance the first plenary panel of the conference, on the morning of September 5, titled The New Paradigm - Ageing and Design, will bring together Dr. Chris Luebkeman and Ms Valerie Fletcher, in addition to Mr. Gordon Lishman, Director General of Age Concern in England. Dr Luebkeman is director and leader of Arup's global Foresight & Innovation, a global design and business consulting firm. Based in London, UK, he is currently working with some of the world's leading corporations to develop scenarios to better understand the opportunities that change is creating in the built environment. Ms Fletcher is Executive Director of the Institute for Human Centered Design in Boston, Massachusetts (formerly Adaptive Environments). The Institute's mission is to advance the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities. Valerie is currently overseeing projects ranging from universal design, at the urban scale, in public transit, mixed use development, and residential and school design. more Speakers Confirmed for IFA's 9th Global Conference in Montreal added by Levent OZLER |
 IDSA Members Visit Bayer MaterialScience Design CenterMore than 80 members of the Industrial Designers Society of America toured the Bayer MaterialScience Design Center of Bayer's Color Compentency Center at its Newark, Ohio, plastics compounding facility.The tour was offered to IDSA members in conjunction with the IDSA Mideast District Annual Conference held in Columbus, Ohio. The BMS Design Center, which opened in June 2007, brings ideas utilizing BMS' LEDA compounded color technology to life. LEDA compounded resin technology is one of five Fantasia color and special effect technologies - the industry's most complete, one-stop solution for color and special effects for plastic part design. LEDA compounded color technology adds colorants and special effect additives right in the plastic pellet to yield molded-in colors and effects, including metallic, sparkle, shimmer, pearlescence and glow-in-the-dark. The Design Center offers customers a hands-on experience and encourages them to be actively involved in the design process. Customers work hand-in-hand with dedicated BMS personnel as they create precise color matches and select special effects to meet their product design needs within a matter of hours rather than days or weeks. The tour offered the IDSA visitors a similar experience. more IDSA Members Visit Bayer MaterialScience Design Center design directory IDSA > Industrial Design Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
 DBA Design Effectiveness AwardsThe DBA's annual Design Effectiveness Awards are both prestigious and authoritative, the only award scheme that uses commercial data as a key judging criteria.Year after year, winning case studies demonstrate that successful projects require the integration of the design brief with business aims and objectives from the outset. This sets the stage for a transparent and accountable relationship between client and designer that provides the best creative and commercial environment for success. The case studies also serve to demonstrate the excellent value for money and return on investment that a coherent, well-thought-out and professionally executed design strategy can achieve. In a crowded marketplace, there is no place for one hit wonders; good design and good business are a longterm relationship. competition (ended) current design competitions more info www.dba... (281) design directory Design Business Association > Design Organizations added by Levent OZLER |
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