Featured Sites
design:related Social-based website that brings together creative people from different disciplines (and parts) of the design world. With the integration of portfolios, user-created inspirations, articles and interviews (future), design:related serves to motivate designers to share ideas, inspire, and be inspired.
Community
idgrid “Short form for a grid of ideas. consider this an online sketchbook, supported by people from cross-disciplines who are interested in sharing ideas, processes and news influencing design.”
Added May 13, 2007
Events
Aspend Design Summit “Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke founded the International Design Conference in Aspen more than fifty years ago. He and his wife Elizabeth envisioned Aspen as a place where leaders from throughout the world could gather to share ideas. ... Paepcke established the IDCA as an opportunity to bring together designers, artists, engineers, business and industry leaders—at the same time each year and in a single event.”
Added July 2, 2002
BIL Conference “Has been created as a free space for people with ideas to come together and share them. Our event is self-organizing, emergent, and anarchic. Nobody is in charge. If you want to come just show up. If you've got an idea to spread start talking. If someone is saying something good, stop and listen.”
Added November 1, 2008
Breather “Brings together artists, architects, interior designers, graphic designers, landscape architects, and other individuals concerned with design and its effects. The unique benefit comes from the interdisciplinary cross-pollination in both the audience and the presenters. Members of the design community are invited to "take a Breather in Decatur," to be stimulated outside their usual routines, and to benefit from the ideas and practices of other design disciplines.”
Added August 26, 2007
Gravity Free “Unique multidisciplinary design conference. Every May, in a design-rich location, hundreds of designers from around the world gather to share two and a half days with the most passionate designers, design thinkers, and innovators on the planet.”
Added December 17, 2007
IdeaFestival “A world-class event that attracts leading and highly diverse thinkers from across the nation and around the globe to explore and celebrate innovation, imagination and cutting-edge ideas.”
Added December 15, 2007
Lift “Is about teaming talented observers, explorers, and builders with people whose work depends on understanding current challenges and creative solutions presented by emerging technologies. Attendees will face cutting edge business models, bold predictions, radical thinking ideas to inject into their own part of the planet.”
Added December 30, 2005
Overlap—Exploring new methods for business and innovation “Overlap is an un-conference for anyone who wants to learn more about merging business practices with design-centric problem solving and customer understanding. Overlap will be held May 26-28, 2006 in Pacific Grove, California.”
Added May 19, 2006
Pop!Tech “A one-of-a-kind conference, a community of remarkable people, and an ongoing conversation about science, technology and the future of ideas.”
Added December 11, 2007
PUSH “Known for its bold look into the future, intellectual rigor and multidisciplinary focus, the PUSH Conference probes the connections among change, culture and business to explore what's pushing the future in new directions. Through presentations by leading thinkers and artists, PUSH inspires participants to arrive at 'best questions'—the first step in driving innovation and strategy within their organizations.”
Added January 1, 2006
TED “Stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).”
Added December 11, 2007
The Entertainment Gathering “A series of conferences that draw together the best creative forces in our society.”
Added March 1, 2009
Organizations
Cumulus “International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media”
Added April 18, 2008
Design Council “To 'inspire and enable the best use of design by the UK, in the world context, to improve prosperity and well-being.'”
Added March 27, 2004
The Advanced Design Institute “Works to facilitate a deeper and broader understanding of design as activity and culture. Design activity is the way individuals and organizations continuously create our world. Design culture provides the societal context that supports design activity. In a time of dramatic change and of increased complexity, design culture is more timely and crucial than ever.”
Added January 15, 2008
Practice
DesignCollaboration.org “Space for design tutors to reflect, review and explore collaborative learning in design teams. Contains case studies of student collaborative projects, aimed at helping tutors share best practices relating to planning, managing and assessing issues of collaborative work. In addition, the website also contains practical resources for design tutors to use with students in order to foster collaborative learning.”
Added January 1, 2010
Publications
Netdiver Magazine “Devoted to tutoring, empowering and stimulating creativity as well as excellence in design projects by the international community involved in the industry and beyond! Feed your eyes!”
Added July 6, 2007
Designer’s Quest(ionnaire)
Seven questions focused on the hard-working design practitioner—whether independent or in-house.
Design Thought Leader
Blog dedicated to fielding compelling ideas in the practice and theory of design—whatever the discipline. Read more.
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