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Designers have developed a language for selling their wares, but why is so much of it so unintelligible? Heller critiques the lingua franca of promotional writing.

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Deadlines

• Sharing Dreams 5 | Compartiendo Sueños 5: Call for Entries May 23, 2008 | National Design Center
  AIGA’s Center for Cross-cultural Design (AIGA XCD) invites you to participate in the fifth annual collaborative design exhibit that brings together American designers with designers...
• Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism: Call for Entries June 2, 2008 | National Design Center
  Think your words are worth $10,000? The Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism seek to increase the understanding and appreciation of design, both within the profession and...

Events

• IIT Institute of Design Strategy Conference May 22-23, 2008 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  IIT Institute of Design, AIGA’s Leading Collaborating Partner, will hold its annual Strategy Conference, an international executive forum addressing how businesses can use design to explore...
• Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders July 27 - August 1, 2008 | Yale School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut
  Developed by the Yale School of Management and AIGA, ”Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders“ uses case studies, lectures, guest speakers and study groups to give creative leaders...
• Image, Space, Object 5: People Centered Design: Tools & Inspiration August 7-10, 2008 | Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, Colorado
  At “Image, Space, Object 5”, a Rocky Mountain/High Ground Workshop in partnership with AIGA, small teams of participants and studio mentors work together to create multi-dimensional...
• Design Legends Gala 2008 September 18, 2008 | New York City
  The fifth annual Design Legends Gala will be held on Thursday, September 18 at Chelsea Piers in New York City. www.aiga.org/events-gala
• Social Studies: Educating Designers in a Connected World October 17-19, 2008 | Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
  This AIGA design educators' conference, sponsored by Adobe Systems, addresses the social life of design. Graphic designers work with clients, institutions, users, and communities to make things...
• Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference October 23-25, 2008 | New York City
  As business shines a spotlight on design, “Gain” provides shining examples of design’s impact on business success. Featuring case studies from a variety of industries, “Gain”...
• AIGA Design Conference October 8, 2009 | Memphis
  The AIGA Design Conference 2009 heads to the land of the blues, gospel, jazz, soul and R&B. Memphis, the town the King called home. More information and to register

Exhibitions

• Everyday Design: Great Finds from Around the World June 12 - August 15, 2008 | AIGA National Design Center gallery
  Curated by the AIGA Center for Cross-cultural Design, this exhibition displays items of everyday use from diverse cultures in more than 30 countries, encouraging visitors to make their own...
• idarg: Identidad Argentina | Argentinean Identity June 12 - August 15, 2008 | AIGA National Design Center mezzanine
  Buenos Aires designers Hernán Berdichevsky and Gustavo Stecher of imagenHB have created a new symbolism for the constantly evolving country of Argentina, presented in this exhibition....

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