Symposium

23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2008

Graphic Design, Illustration and Type in Books, Magazines, Newspapers and Digital Media
Graphic Design Next

Theatre Reduta, Zelny trh 4, Brno, CZ
18 - 19 June, 2008

In connection with the opening of the 23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno 2008, the traditional international lecture symposium will take place in the Theatre Reduta, Zelny trh 4, Brno. Lectures by leading professionals - graphic designers, typographers and theoreticians from European countries, the United States and Japan, supplemented by slide and video projections, will be presented in Czech, Slovak and English languages. Interpretation to and from English will be provided.

Topic covered by the symposium: WHAT IS NEW IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AND VISUAL CULTURE

The programme will bring an opportunity for the participants to address issues which are recent and future reality for graphic designers: The relationship between art and graphic design, responsibility for one's work in the context of social environment. Experimental and self-initiated projects, the relationship between scholarship and practice: from books to blogs, politics to publishing, editorial projects for established clients to research-based projects for themselves. How is the graphic design going to look like in the near future? Importance of personal experience as a particularly potent filter in developing a design methodology. Understanding design as a cosmopolitan practice, one that unites different cultures and periods. Prominent forms of symbolic signature and identification technologies which are less studied in design. Respect and responsibility for identity in visual communication. Type in the environment, the process of working in every possible medium from postage stamps through to public art via the moving image.
The possibility to confront one's own position and discuss these issues with lecturers coming from several countries with a different historical and social position and background will definitely be a stimulating experience for all the participants in the symposium.

Příhláška na sympozium 2008
Sympozium 2008
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