Tuesday, March 31, 2009

See Paper, Get Credit

If you go to the opening Thursday evening (described below) and write a one-page description of what you saw there, you may get up to five points extra credit added to your worksheet scores. You have turned in two worksheets for 10 points each. To get five points your paper has to be well written and insightful.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Hello All! Helpful Graphic Designer Apps for iPhone

Hello everyone. I found this link that has some helpful apps for graphic designers who own the iPhone. Well I do, so i thought it was pretty neat.

http://www.designtalkboard.com/design-hardware/iphoneapps.php

Monday, March 23, 2009

Design for the Other 90% Wednesday, April 8 at CDC

Design for the Other 90%: Health and Wealth Generation for $1-a-Day Consumers
By Dr. Paul Polak
Wednesday, April 8, 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Center for Disease Control
Auditorium A, Harkin Center, Building 19
1600 Clifton Road, NE at CDC Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Government-issued photo ID is required for entry.
In conjunction with the Global Health Odyssey Museum’s current exhibit, Design for the Other 90%, Dr. Paul Polak will describe practical solutions for generating both income and health for the world’s $1-a-day people. He will address the challenges in alleviating poverty and achieving health equity.
Dr. Paul Polak isn't your everyday global poverty fighter. He is the founder of International Development Enterprises, a development organization that has moved over 17 million people out of poverty. By talking directly to people earning less than $1/day, he's learned that they are viable entrepreneurs and consumers. The practical solutions to their poverty, outlined in his book, Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, rest upon this revolutionary ideal. Dr. Polak, therefore, is fomenting two revolutions to end poverty; one in design and one in big business. The first, executed by his non-profit organization, D-REV: Design for the Other 90%, aims to reverse the fact that the world's best designers spend 90% of their time serving the interests of the richest 10% of customers. The second, led by his new for-profit venture, Windhorse International, aims to demonstrate how big businesses can profitably design and market their products and services to $1-$2/day customers. He might be 75, but this trouble-making psychiatrist, writer, and entrepreneur won't rest until poverty is a thing of the past.

RSVP required by Thursday, April 2, 2009 to Louise E. Shaw at lshaw@cdc.gov or call (404) 639- 3657. To comply with CDC security requirements, please provide your full legal name and country of citizenship with your reply. Vehicle inspection required, so please allow time to enter the building.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

There's no Escaping GRD...

Since we've been talking about information design in this class, and just finished a project on it in Laura's class, I thought this may be interesting to some.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_design

To me, it's interesting how wikipedia sometimes explains things. If you go to the link above, wikipedia describes information design when dealing with graphic design, history, statistics, technology, etc. I feel like there is a disconnect between them. I understand that information design does have a role in history, statistics, etc., but when it comes down to it, it is always graphic design. And they fail to mention that. Maybe I'm nitpicking, but it is a common theme, I've noticed, that people do not realize graphic design is really everywhere.