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| Every Day Design: Great Finds From Around the World June 11-August 15, 2008 |
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 Everyday Design: Great Finds from Around the World
Ordinary objects gathered from 30 countries provide an
intriguing
glimpse into the daily routines of people living in
the many diverse
cultures featured this fascinating exhibit.
Everyday Design invites visitors to travel through its images of products, packaging, signage and other items to participate in the daily life of people in Brussels and Tokyo, Beijing and Harare—among many other cities throughout the world. Visitors are encouraged to make their own comparisons between the images of the objects they see displayed and those items they use in their own daily lives. People in different parts of the world may live dissimilar lives in some respects, but in many other ways our lives and our daily routines are remarkably alike. In Everyday Design, objects easily overlooked as being too ordinary are seen in a new light. They are celebrated for the simple beauty of their materials and their inspired, utilitarian design. These items may cause visitors to expand their ideas about design. As technological advances continue to bring the global community closer, some people remain isolated. It is hoped that Everyday Design will forge new avenues of insight, appreciation and communication between people of diverse cultures. The Everyday Design exhibit, curated by AIGA XCD, seeks to reach out to the global community and to promote a greater understanding of design. The exhibition opened to a full house on April 4 in Los Angeles at the MODAA gallery. It moves on to NYC for its East Coast opening at the AIGA National Design Center June 12–August 15, 2008. Join us for the NYC opening party on June 11 www.aiga.org or get a small taste online at: www.everydaydesign.org. |
| Call For Entries: Sharing Dreams 5 / Compartiendo Sueos 5 November 17-23, 2008., Havana, Cuba |
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 AIGA's Center for Cross Cultural Design (AIGA XCD) invites you to participate in the 5th annual collaborative design exhibit along with designers from Cuba during the 10th Anniversary of Centro Pablo¹sGuitarra Limpia Program in Havana, Cuba, November 17-23, 2008. This year marks the first open call to students. We will be inviting students to participate this year along with practicing design professionals. Application Submissions due Friday, May 23. Fees due June 15. Posters due August 1. For more information, please visit our website www.shared-dreams2007.com and view our invitation on Facebook. |
| Across States: Across Cultures, a student exchange program of AIGA XCD Summer 2008 |
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 CrossCultural Design can be experienced at home in the United States as well as abroad, and AIGA XCD addresses the issue of intersecting cultures among our future leaders, targeting schools throughout the United States. Our mission is to strengthen and enhance the artistic and crosscultural conversation between students from nationally accredited institutions.
Across States: Across Cultures kicks off with the New World School of the Arts in Miami, The University of Tulsa, University of Oklahoma and Rogers State College, involving undergraduate third-year students currently enrolled at their home institution. Selected by faculty in their respective arts program, students will spend two weeks on each campus. Obtaining course credit for the program will be at the discretion of each university or college. The project is intended to illustrate the "visual culture" of the participant's state: the student becomes an anthropological designer who uses images and text to convey their impressions of their new surroundings. The impressions will translate into a senior project or journal-sketchbook that will become part of a group exhibit. For more information, please contact AIGA XCD Education Directors Maggy Cuesta at mcuesta@mdc.edu or M. Teresa Valero at teresa-valero@utulsa.edu. |
| Go deep into the heart of China’s flourishing design scene Design Expedition to China, May 2008 |
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 After an exciting whirlwind tour of approximately 15 design agencies, studios and
art programmes,
AIGA XCD Expeditioners are back, tired but inspired.
Stay tuned for a full fledged account of our escapade and click through our links for visual overload. In the meantime, here's what we discovered: 1 million designers will be graduating this year in China, versus 40,000 in the USA. What do these numbers mean to our community? Another thought: the quality of work generated by the Design Community in China is as good as any top-notch hub in the US, implying that we have a lot to share... Could this be the beginning of an AIGA "designer diplomat" programme? |
| Ohio University design students in Cholula! Talking Cholula February–March 2008 |
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 For five days, a group of 20 design students from Ohio University will conduct a visual dialogue with the inhabitants of Cholula , Mexico, on ěthornyî topics of social concern.
This is part of AIGA XCD—Ohio University's exchange; a ten-week-long study abroad program, where US-based students will design five public space interventions intended to prompt a bi-cultural conversation about such issues as national identity, racism, immigration, local culture and globalization. Through the studentsí designs, Americans and Mexicans will have the opportunity to share their views on a range of contemporary social problems. |
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