Archives: Events
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Straight Forward – How Wayfinding Works and Why Strategy Matters
Date: 11 July 2024 Thursday, 11 July (1pm BST) Wherever people gather, wayfinding can be the difference between order and chaos. It’s the unsung hero of the built environment. For wayfinding to work properly, it needs to have a strategy. Creating a wayfinding strategy means thinking about: architecture (how buildings and spaces work); graphic design;…
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Introducing SignAgent Build
Date: 18 July 2024More info Join us on at 1 pm ET (12 pm CST / 6pm BST) to learn how SignAgent Build bridges the gap between sign designers, managers, sign builders, and installers. During this session, Alex Keen (Director of Customer Success, SignAgent) will demonstrate how sign designers and managers can now place orders and track production…
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RGS-IBG Annual Conference: On your bike: geographies of cycling (with Rita Martelo)
Date: 28 August 2024More info Talk by Rita Martelo, SDS member, currently doing a PhD. Talk topic: The mobility paradigm is shifting towards sustainable and greener modes of transportation, with the bicycle gaining popularity across many European cities as one of the transformative modes of urban mobility. Bicycle maps can play a crucial role in…
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TypeCon 2024
Start date: 24 July 2024End date: 27 July 2024More info TypeCon is the conference for everyone who loves type & lettering.
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AI: Threat or opportunity
Date: 10 July 2024More info Join this NLA Debate exploring AI: a threat to built environment jobs or a valuable technology improving efficiency? According to an upcoming report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Built Environment from Future Places Studio, the London Property Alliance, and Gardiner & Theobald, 37% of architecture and engineering tasks could…
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RGS with IBG: Annual International Conference
Start date: 27 August 2024End date: 30 August 2024More info The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2024 will be chaired by Professor Stephen Legg (University of Nottingham, UK). The Chair’s theme for this year’s conference is Mapping. The conference will explore mapping in all its forms, in a world that is saturated with maps, from historical cartography to the…
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Herb Lubalin Lecture: Writing systems, archeology and type design
Date: 15 July 2024More info There are more than 293 writing systems in the world. All have evolved organically over time or transformed to different geographical preferences, revealing a compelling narrative of human history. Each of these writing systems is a unique testimony to the richness of cultural and writing history and poses a multifaceted…
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St. Bride Foundation: The Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture – Adventures in episodic type design
Date: 17 October 2024More info Seven years ago, David Jonathan Ross decided to stop releasing fonts the old fashioned way, and started emailing a new font out to his friends and colleagues each and every month. He is the first to admit that a Font of the Month Club is a goofy and impractical idea,…
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Inclusive design: creating fair, safe, healthy places
Date: 3 September 2024More info This event will explore how we can create a built environment where everyone, regardless of their economic circumstances, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual identity, physical ability, nationality or religion, can participate fully in all available opportunities, activities and more in order to make ensure economic, social, health and physical equality along…
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Accelerating towards a net zero built environment
Date: 4 September 2024More info Join us for an enlightening journey into the world of sustainable construction at Accelerating towards a Net Zero Built Environment, where industry experts will gather to explore groundbreaking innovations and strategies reshaping the industry. This dynamic event is dedicated to unravelling the complexities of decarbonisation, including how we can address…