BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: Design Strategy Events PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080924 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:London Design Festival 2008 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/788369/ ] Now in its sixth year\, The London Design Festival has established itself as a major event on the international design calendar\, appealing to an increasingly wide audience\, from consumers to professionals to students and all those with a keen interest in design. For 2008\, the Festival promises an even greater array of creative events\, imaginative exhibitions and installations taking place across London\, involving a diverse range of talents\, from established innovators to rising stars. Sir John Sorrell\, Chairman of the London Design Festival said “The sixth London Design Festival this September comes at an opportune time for everyone who believes design can solve problems\, drive innovation\, build profits\, create beauty and lift the spirits. It promises to deliver an inspirational experience to Londoners and visitors from across the UK and around the world”. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/788369/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/788369/ DTSTAMP:20080612T161307 LAST-UPDATED:20080612T161307 CATEGORIES:Festivals ORGANIZER;CN=KateAndrews:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/258346/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/43032/":London UK @ London\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:London UK ADDRESS:London CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: GEO:51.4041;-0.114988 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/43032/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080915T191500 DTEND:20080915T203000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Sam Hecht In Conversation DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/768468/ ] "One of the founding members of London based design office Industrial Facility\, and responsible for the selection of objects in the current show ‘Under a Fiver’\, Sam Hecht will be discussing his achievements\, recent projects and attitudes towards design." URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/768468/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/768468/ DTSTAMP:20080606T235656 LAST-UPDATED:20080606T235656 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=nico_macdonald:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/6287/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/17254/":Design Museum @ Shad Thames\, London SE1 2YD\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Design Museum ADDRESS:Shad Thames CITY:London SE1 2YD REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: GEO:51.511;-0.0734948 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.designmuseum.org/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080916T183000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Text visualisation: two approaches DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1022242/ ] Information Design Association evening meeting. This meeting will look at ways to visualise the structure of text. The two speakers bring different approaches to a similar issue: Stefanie Posavec: "'Writing Without Words' was the project completed for my final year on the MA Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design\, London. The intention of this body of work was to explore various methods of visualising literature without using words. I wanted to find a way of communicating the complexity found in literature as well as highlight the similarities and differences in the writing styles of various authors.The structure of a novel\, punctuation\, parts of speech\, and words per sentence were used to generate the final complex patterns. Any piece of literature can be visualised using these approaches\, but I chose to focus on the novel On the Road\, by Jack Kerouac\, because of its importance to me growing up in Denver\, Colorado – a key city within the novel." Piotr Michura (a doctoral student at Reading University): "Text visualization is a term coined to describe the application of information visualization techniques to textual material. It is defined as an attempt to reveal structures of texts analyzed by computer applications and present them in a meaningful way. It allows the researcher to track patterns of data otherwise difficult to extract from the multitude of data produced by a computer. Using text mining tools the researcher can extract specific information\, find unpredicted relationships or deviations from usual patterns\, find gaps\, and generally explore the data. The outcome is the creation\, validation\, or rejection of novel interpretations of literary texts. There is a constantly growing amount of textual material available for literary researchers in forms of digital archives\, libraries\, collections. Within the community of literary scholars dealing with these kind of resources there is a growing interest in applications able to support complex tasks\, which go far beyond merely accessing\, searching\, and retrieving relevant documents from the collections." IDA on Twitter: http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1022242/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1022242/ DTSTAMP:20080819T030614 LAST-UPDATED:20080819T030614 CATEGORIES:Other ORGANIZER;CN=bshepherd:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/255641/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/206498/":The Brand Union @ 11-33 St John Street\, London\, England EC1M 4AA UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:The Brand Union ADDRESS:11-33 St John Street CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE:EC1M 4AA URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/206498/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080917T190000 DURATION:PT0S TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Better by Design: In conversation with Dick Powell DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1030612/ ] Better by Design: In conversation with Dick Powell Thursday 17 September 2008\, 7.30pm\, Imperial College London In association with The London Design Festival Dick Powell is one of Europe's best-known product designers and CEO and Founder of Seymourpowell\, who count amongst their many achievements\, winning design awards from D&AD President's Award to DBA's Design Effectiveness Award. Dick was president of the D&AD in 2006 and with his business partner\, Richard Seymour\, has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes\, including a series of six programmes called 'Better by Design' for Channel 4. He challenges designers and business leaders with the idea that design (and design thinking) plays a powerful role in the origination of new products\, particularly in bringing focus and relevance to innovative concepts. How do designers think? How does creativity work? How can businesses create a climate for creative thinking and for fostering innovative ideas? These issues will be unpacked and liberally illustrated\, with examples and anecdotes - from bras and toilets\, to vehicles and appliances. More details Venue Lecture Theatre 220 Mechanical Engineering Imperial College London Exhibition Road South Kensington London SW7 5BN Directions and map This event is free\, but space is limited\, so please reserve your seat by emailing events@designlondon.net. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1030612/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1030612/ DTSTAMP:20080822T061636 LAST-UPDATED:20080822T061636 CATEGORIES:Other ORGANIZER;CN=Kim Partridge:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/186434/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23168/":Imperial College\, South Kensington @ Imperial College\, Queen's Gate\, South Kensington\, London\, England SW7 2AZ UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Imperial College\, South Kensington ADDRESS:Imperial College\, Queen's Gate\, South Kensington CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE:SW7 2AZ GEO:51.5101;-0.17208 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/23168/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080928 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Designers Saturday DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1052734/ ] "Designers Saturday returns on Friday 26th September and Saturday 27th September 2008 in central London. For the first time in over 20 years a group of world leading office furniture design companies will be opening their showroom doors to showcase innovation in office design. The event will take place around central London." URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1052734/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1052734/ DTSTAMP:20080828T091145 LAST-UPDATED:20080828T091145 CATEGORIES:Festivals ORGANIZER;CN=nico_macdonald:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/6287/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209988/":Around London @ Around London\, London\, England UK END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Around London ADDRESS:Around London CITY:London REGION;X-ABBREV=london:England COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=uk:United Kingdom POSTALCODE: GEO:51.3889;-0.158397 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/209988/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081004T185200 DTEND:20081004T180000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20090126T000000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Design for the Other 90% DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/898568/ ] The Professional Gallery of the Ontario College of Art & Design hosts a collection of design solutions addressing the basic needs of poor and marginalized populations not traditionally serviced by professional designers. The exhibition\, organized by the New York-based Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and curated by Cynthia E. Smith\, explores a growing movement among designers to design low-cost solutions for the “other 90%” — that is\, the 5.8 billion people (out of the world’s total population of 6.5 billion people) who have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted. Design for the Other 90% looks at how individuals and organizations are finding unique ways to address the basic challenges of survival and progress — for example\, nearly half of the other 90% do not have regular access to food\, clean water\, or shelter. “Unconventionally\, this exhibition highlights products that are economically self-sustaining\, yet affordable to people living on a dollar a day — inexpensive irrigation systems for farming\, for instance\,” says Charles Reeve\, Curator of the Professional Gallery. “The new forms of ingenuity here focus on pressing issues like poverty relief and environmental sustainability\, both of which are key themes in what we teach and research here at OCAD.” Launching as part of OCAD’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche programming\, Toronto is the only Canadian stop for the touring exhibition. An extensive website\, including a blog\, discussion forum and additional resources is available at http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/. In addition to the exhibition at the OCAD Professional Gallery\, the Design Exchange will present a complementary program of exhibits and events as part of Design for the Other 90%. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/898568/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/898568/ DTSTAMP:20080714T122411 LAST-UPDATED:20080714T122411 CATEGORIES:Performing/Visual Arts ORGANIZER;CN=smulholland:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/46253/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/20882/":Ontario College of Art & Design @ 100 McCaul Street\, Toronto\, Ontario M5T1W CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Ontario College of Art & Design ADDRESS:100 McCaul Street CITY:Toronto REGION;X-ABBREV=on:Ontario COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=ca:Canada POSTALCODE:M5T1W GEO:43.6538;-79.3912 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.ocad.ca END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081120 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Adobe MAX 2008 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/473261/ ] MAX is an experience unlike any other\, an opportunity to connect with thousands of designers\, developers\, partners\, executives and Adobe staff for education\, inspiration\, and community. Mark your calendar. You will not want to miss the opportunity to participate! URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/473261/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/473261/ DTSTAMP:20080414T111847 LAST-UPDATED:20080414T111847 CATEGORIES:Commercial ORGANIZER;CN=kadavarius:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/122168/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/1398/":Moscone Center @ 747 Howard Street\, San Francisco\, California 94103 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Moscone Center ADDRESS:747 Howard Street CITY:San Francisco REGION;X-ABBREV=ca:California COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=us:United States POSTALCODE:94103 GEO:37.7841;-122.401 URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://www.moscone.com/ END:VVENUE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081127 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Service Design Conference 2008 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1015544/ ] The Service Design Network is hosting its first annual international conference. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1015544/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1015544/ DTSTAMP:20080817T012212 LAST-UPDATED:20080817T012212 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=nico_macdonald:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/6287/ LOCATION;VENUE-UID="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/22602/":Amsterdam @ Amsterdam\, Amsterdam\, Noord-Holland NL END:VEVENT BEGIN:VVENUE X-VVENUE-INFO:http://evdb.com/docs/ical-venue/draft-norris-ical-venue.html NAME:Amsterdam ADDRESS:Amsterdam CITY:Amsterdam REGION;X-ABBREV=nh:Noord-Holland COUNTRY;X-ABBREV=nl:The Netherlands POSTALCODE: URL;X-LABEL=Venue Info:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/22602/ END:VVENUE END:VCALENDAR