Product Design + Innovation Conference
Top designers will be gathering for the Product Design + Innovation Conference on 18 and 19 May. Running at London’s ExCel, speakers at the 2-day conference include Simon Colbeck, Head of Technology, Marks & Spencer; Peter Cooke, Design Lead, British Airways and Henrik Otto, Senior Vice President, Global Design, Electrolux.
Go to visit www.pdesigni.com for a full programme, blogs and product design news.
Plastics Industry Awards
Consumer Product Design and Industrial Product Design are just two of the categories in this year’s Plastic Industry Awards, now in its tenth year. Entry deadline is 10 June, for details go to www.plasticsawards.com
New online publication
Innoventique is a new, free, online publication created to highlight news within the business and innovation community. Editorial coverage will include case studies and examples of best practice, including those of British Design Innovation. To submit news and articles go to www.innoventique.co.uk For information about sponsorship and advertising opportunities email advertising@innoventique.com
Creative Industries KTN
Creative Industries KTN is the UK’s national knowledge transfer network for the Creative Industries and part of the Technology Strategy Board’s family of Knowledge Transfer Networks. Led by the University of the Arts London, the network includes the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Imperial College London and TIGA, the trade association for games developers.
Membership is free, to join go to https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/creativektn
ASA does social networking
The Advertising Standards Authority’s online remit has been extended to cover marketing communications on businesses’ websites and in other online space under their control, including social networking sites. For more information on the code and how it applies to business got to www.businesslink.gov.uk/onlinemarketing
South Coast Showcase
The South Coast Design Forum is staging a design showcase to celebrate five years of its existence. Running from 3 – 7 May, the showcase takes place at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts in Chichester and will feature design businesses from across the south coast. It aims to demonstrate the impact and influence design has all around us from architecture and built environments to illustration, photography, product and graphic design. Email info@scdf.org.uk for more information or go to www.scdf.org.uk/news.php for details of all current events.
What’s makes a good logo?
The power of a good graphic device can be quite remarkable. Creative Review has just published its 20 favourite logos and The Guardian’s Patrick Burgoyne pays homage to a selection at www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/28/logo-design-creative-skill
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