A conference like that is worth any ticket price since the experience and knowledge gained can take your career to new heights. And, not to oversell it, but Adobe Max did a fantastic job of achieving this rare form of conferencedom. In March, Adobe reached out to myself and my business partner, Nick Grant, asking if we could speak at Max about infographic design. Honored for the opportunity, we gladly accepted the assignment… and the 8:30 am Tuesday morning... CONTINUE READING

Discount: $100 Discount Code: HOWDES13 Location: San Francisco, CA When: June 22-26 2013 Thanks to HOW Design, GraphicDesign.com are able to offer our readers a discount of $100 to this years HOW Design Live conference which takes place between June 22nd and 26th in San Francisco. All four events will take place at Moscone West, located at 800 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103. There are a total of four events that take place concurrently over a period of... CONTINUE READING

Now that the afterglow of New Year’s resolutions has faded excitement at the prospect of more time in the gym, better eating habits and becoming more organized may be waning. But before you (and I) throw in the towel here is one that I think designers will find inspiring and fun—Bill’s Design Talks. Organized by Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and made possible in part by the Adobe Foundation is, Bill’s Design Talks a conversation and presentation series that... CONTINUE READING

Monday, January 7th marks the end of the Quay Brothers exhibit Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist’s Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) previously reviewed here. But apropos of the proverb “every ending is a new beginning” the exhibition will culminate in the United States premiere of the Quay Brothers’ new film, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Spanning multiple disciplines including animation, graphic design, illustration and film, the Quays work has a surreal, dreamlike... CONTINUE READING

Swansea Metropolitan University is hosting the AOI Images 36 Best of Illustration Exhibition next January as part of the Images 36 tour. The exhibition coincides with the second Varoomlab symposium, entitled “Spatialising Illustration” which also takes place on the campus. The AOI Images 36 Best of British Illustration Exhibition is hosted by the Swansea Metropolitan General Illustration BA (Hons) and will run for six weeks from 11th January to 14th February 2013. “Images” is the flagship programme for the... CONTINUE READING

Date: February 2-7, 2013 City: San Francisco, CA Venue: SPUR, 654 Mission St. Discount Amount: 25% Discount Code: GRDesign DeveloperWeek will turn the City of San Francisco into a one-week tech university and tech start-up incubator. The first annual DeveloperWeek 2013 Conference February 2nd – 7th combines a 4-day educational conference, technology-specific app development contests, developer tech exhibitors, startup lightning pitches, and keynote talks from the top engineers across app development, data science, and mobile apps. Topics covered in... CONTINUE READING

Churchill Downs, the world’s most legendary racetrack, has conducted Thoroughbred racing and presented America’s greatest race, the Kentucky Derby, continuously since 1875. Churchill Downs released the official event logos for Kentucky Derby 139 and Kentucky Oaks 139. Both logos were designed by SME for the fifth consecutive year. SME explored a contemporary vision for the design of the 2013 event marks with the bold use of negative space creating a lighter, less traditional feel than previous iterations. Each logo... CONTINUE READING

Location: Las Vegas, MGM Grand Dates: April 30 to May 2 2013 Discount Code: GraphicD10 (to receive a 10% discount) Whether you are a developer, product person, an entrepreneur or a designer, this is a great event from not only an education perspective but also in terms of inspiration and networking. The 2nd annual Future Insights Live is a multi-track, 4-day tech conference, featuring an optional workshop day and 3 conference days. A combination of their existing shows –... CONTINUE READING

Event: The Creativity Workshop Discount Code: GD2013 Discount Amount: $200 (Europe and Dubai) and $100 (New York) The Creativity Workshop: Creative Writing, Drawing, Photography, Storytelling and Memoir has been attended by graphic designers from all over the globe since 1993. The Workshops take place in some of the most inspiring places in the world: New York City, Dubai, Barcelona, Istanbul, Prague, Florence, Crete, and Provence! Upcoming Creativity Workshops: 2012 • Dubai December 6 – 9 2013 • Istanbul March... CONTINUE READING

I spent last Monday November 12, 2012 at the sold out An Event Apart (AEA) conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This was my first time at AEA. Admittedly, I had some reservations about how relevant An Event Apart would be for me personally since I’m an SEO and usability professional and not a full-time designer. But I’m a fan of a good conference and a designer friend of mine raved about the event a year or... CONTINUE READING