Part III: Poster power = Cuban Style
by Robert L. Peters, FGDC

In the July 1969 issue of Cuba Internacional, graphic designer Felix Beltran eloquently explained Cuban design ideals: "We must bear in mind that a new society is being established in Cuba and graphic art plays an important role in communicating the message to this society...If I were asked what the most important thing in Cuban graphic art is, I would reply that it is the transmission of its content to the people; for it is through Cuban graphic art that we can perceive our social objectives, our ideology, our political and economic perspectives."

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What is the most enticing aspect of the 2007 Icograda World Design
Congress in La Habana, Cuba?

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What type of Icograda event do you value most?

38%  Regional meetings. Exchange with other Icograda members.
11%  Icograda Design Week. A full week of programming.
55% Icograda World Design Congress. The biennial international congress.

Totals shown may be more or less than 100% due to rounding

Remembering Alan Fletcher

The Design Museum is saddened at the news of the death of Alan Fletcher on 21 September 2006. Alan Fletcher had already made a very generous donation of his archive to the museum, and was very much involved in the planning of a retrospective exhibition here. The exhibition Alan Fletcher: fifty years of graphic work (and play), scheduled to open on 11 November 2006, will go ahead as planned, and will celebrate the remarkable life and work of this influential figure of British graphic design.

For more information: http://www.designmuseum.org/design/alan-fletcher

A week-long celebration of design excellence and innovation, BODW last year alone attracted thousands of participants from more than 25 countries, as well as more than 70 high calibre speakers from across the design spectrum. Past speakers have included fashion designer Vivienne Tam, inventor James Dyson, renowned designer, restaurateur and retailer Sir Terence Conran, and architecture gurus Daniel Libeskind, Frank Gehry and Philippe Starck.

For more information: http://www.bodw.com.hk

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A new logo book by David E. Carter is seeking submissions from designers from around the world. The competition LOGO 2007 will result in The Big Book of Logos 5, which will be published in 2007 by HarperCollins of New York City. The book will be 400 pages and in full colour, and will be distributed worldwide. Carter has edited more than 110 books since 1972. (www.logobooks.com)

The deadline for sending submissions is 31 October, 2006.

For more information: http://www.graphicsbooks.org/LOGO.2007.html

360° Concept and Design Magazine,
2006.9 Issue 5,
China
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Out of the table of contents: Great Enjoyment; Erich Brechbuhl: Focus on the Essentials; Thoughts in Design; Meanings and Responsibilities – Hong Sung-il’s Creative Theme; Engaging Interaction Design; Anthony Smyrski, Design & Life; Feel Good, Play with Life; Free Spirit + Sensualism; Design, an Upward Climb – ZhangJian’s Philosophy; Italian Spirit of Design; More than a Building; Comprehensive Design Process; Practical Architecture; Keynote of Architecture; Pervasive Artist Gary Baseman; Fantasy of Disney; Listen and Look; Generation/CO1 Design 06 Show; Latest Events.