All wrapped up
If you are quick you can still get to Packaging Innovations at the NEC. Running from 16 – 17 February over 400 exhibitors will be present along with industry experts and 50+ free seminars. As the UK is the world’s sixth largest packaging market there are certain to be some innovative ideas on show to help give products a competitive edge.
Register online at www.easyfairs.com/piuk
Awarding innovation
R&D magazine is looking for companies involved in technical innovation to enter its 49th annual R&D 100 Awards. Open to industry, academia and government departments, entries must be received by 28 February.
Download an entry form at www.rdmag.com/Awards/RD-100-Awards/R-D-100-Awards/
Design conferences
Intersections 2011 is a 2-day conference at the Eden Project on 2 and 3 March. Examining the relationship between business change and the new opportunities for design practice, the conference will bring together leading industry figures offering insights from IDEO, Think Public, Elmwood, More Associates, Forpeople and Thomas Matthews.
For tickets go to http://intersections2011.com/get-tickets
A national conference promoting the value of design to business and the wider community is being held at The Sage, Gateshead on 15 and 16 March. Confirmed keynote speakers at Design means Business include Aston Martin, Dyson, P&G, King of Shaves, Nissan, and Hasbro.
To book go to www.designnetworknorth.org
Professionals working in product design consultancies and in-house teams can join a unique conference dedicated to industrial design on 18 and 19 May at London’s ExCel Centre. Speakers for the Product Design + Innovation Conference include Unilever, Philips Design Centre, Black & Decker’s European Research and Development Centre, Maddison Design and Tangerine.
Register at www.pdesigni.com
The first ever South Coast Design Forum Conference, Design and the Modern Interior, takes place in Chichester on 14 April. More details will be on the SCDF website very soon, www.scdf.org.uk
SCDF 5th Anniversary
The deadline for submissions to the SCDF 5th Anniversary book has been extended to 31 March. The Forum is looking to include creative ideas around the number 5 and entries will be collated into a book which will then be available to purchase. Send your high resolution file, PDF, JPEG or EPS, 180 x 180mm to Richard Wolfströme at richard@scdf.org.uk together with your name, company, email, website, creative director, designer, photographer and any other required credits.
Designs of the Year
The London Design Museum will host all 90 nominees in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 from 16 February – 7 August. Intended to pick out the best architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport designed worldwide in the last year, the overall winner will be announced on 15 March.
Loco logos
Sometimes it can be easy to forget how important logo design can be to those outside the design community. For a quick reminder that even Steve Jobs doesn’t get it right all the time have a look at The Guardian’s list of top five logo disasters in 2010 www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/dec/30/g2-2010-review-logos#/?picture=370125228&index=0
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