Maryam Hosseinnia Shares her Experience of Continuing Education

Lately, I’ve been grappling with the following questions: how do experienced designers reach out for creative inspiration? What about professors who bask in the dynamic arena of academic exchange fuelled by young blood?
How important is it for a visual communicator to foster an evolving spirit of creativity in [...]

Join us in October as we travel into the heart of China’s design scene.

We’ll visit Hong Kong, Shanghai, Suzhou and Beijing. It’s a trip not to miss.
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“Images for Human Rights: Student Voices”: A Model Design Education and Public Outreach Project from the Art Center of Design.
How do young artists and designers address human rights?  How does the next generation of visual thinkers engage in a dialogue about freedom, human [...]

Entry #1

At the San Diego Y-Conference earlier this year, I gave a presentation outlining the social and political upheavals prior to the establishment of our office, Smart Design.  The presentation got the attention of the CrossCultural Junction, and an invitation to join as an ongoing contributor.

Reflections on self-validation and the role of “Social Design”

The latest stop in the AIGA XCD Road Show was Querétaro, where we picked up up some new friends at Déjando Huella, edición número 12.

Introduction
Every decade, it seems, there are valiant standard-bearers for effective visual communication of data, information, and knowledge, of facts, concepts, and emotions,  who arise and publish guidebooks for business people, computer and information-technology professionals, and others who have not been exposed to the philosophy, principles, and techniques of information design and information visualization.
Currently, Edward Tufte [...]

Men wanted!
A startling trend, affecting half the American population, is happening and happening fast. According to Guy Garcia, in his book “The Decline of Men, How the American Male is Tuning Out, Giving Up and Flipping Off His Future,” the dominant American male, as we know and love him, may soon be extinct.
In this thoroughly [...]

Measuring the Power of the Visual.
This poster by Chaz Maviyane-Davies was the first to run in the 30 Reasons internet campaign. Mr. Maviyane-Davies is originally from Zimbabwe, and for more than two decades has taken on the issues of consumerism, health, nutrition, social responsibility, the environment and human rights.
Join us in evaluating the role of [...]

A True World Language
When Europeans initiated their first fully-documented oceanic voyages, they unleashed centuries of cruelty, suffering, destruction as well as wealth, opportunity and unprecedented cultural cross-fertilization. The first Portuguese, Spanish, English and Dutch explorers unwittingly transformed European culture by importing textiles, porcelains, sculptures, prints, painting and manuscripts that at first befuddled and ultimately conquered [...]