Archives: Events
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Festival of Place: Social Impact 2024
Start date: 26 February 2024End date: 27 February 2024More info Understanding place-based impact: How to measure it and make it happen Social Impact focuses on the latest research, metrics and examples of how to make a positive difference through work on place. It features speakers from the field of investment, social measurement, academics, thinkers and…
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Pathfinder pop-up
Date: 15 February 2024More info Design Age Institute invites you to explore the latest products, services and environments that have come through our 2023 Pathfinder Innovation Programme. From mobility scooters to navigation systems to apps that support improved health, wellbeing and connection, discover the latest change-making projects, using investment in good design to support happier and…
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Reading type specimens from Cicero to Spoonie Highdiddel Ladies’ Cicerone with Paul Shaw
Date: 11 June 2024More info Most designers—and before them, printers—have looked at type specimen books. They have looked at typefaces to see how beautiful (or ugly) their letters are. And they have looked at typefaces set in a mass to see how legible they are. But they have not read type specimen books. They have not read the words,…
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Living with TYPE with Ellen Lupton
Date: 14 March 2024More info Does autospacing make your tummy hurt? Does Papyrus make your eyes roll? Once exposed to the art of typography, many individuals never recover. Ellen Lupton will share stories about people who learned to live with type and lead productive, possibly happy lives. Meet Type Mom (Ellen’s beloved alter ego), and…
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Clerkenwell Design Week 2025
Start date: 20 May 2024End date: 22 May 2024More info During CDW, new design projects, street spectacles and temporary installations feature prominently around Clerkenwell. They are created to challenge visitors’ perception of design application, as well as to inspire and entertain. CDW exhibition venues showcase a curated mix of leading brands and emerging talent covering furniture,…
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2023 AHI Awards webinar
Date: 23 January 2024More info A free webinar showcasing the winners of the 2023 AHI Engaging People Awards. Learn the secrets behind their success. Changes in a Lifetime: Climate Cafés at Stromness Museum, Orkney Natural History Society Museum – Community conversations about changes in people’s lives that could be attributed to climate change, inspired by the museum…
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Putting the Fun Back In Functional
Date: 18 January 2024 Thursday, 18 January 2024 (1pm GMT) Urgent.Agency talk In this talk, Urgent.Agency’s Michaela Pihl Olsen and Rose Marie Zeynoun shone the spotlight on two aspects that often shape our understanding of wayfinding and inclusive design. Firstly, the perception gap surrounding wayfinding: how it is commonly perceived versus what it actually entails.…
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UCL Bartlett School: Human-centric lighting principles and soundscape design for enhanced environments
Date: 22 January 2024More info This presentation will share the latest scientific evidence of the dynamic intersection between the visual and non-visual pathways and the critical role of light in modulating sleep, mood and metabolism. We will review recent examples of the applications of these principles to healthcare, educational and workplace settings. Finally, we will…
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Interchange 2024
Start date: 27 February 2024End date: 28 February 2024More info Join OS at @InterchangeUK this February and take part in our roundtable where we will discuss how location intelligence could improve operational efficiency for the transport ecosystem.
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Winning type: elevating design expression with type
Date: 16 January 2024More info Join us for an evening of networking and delving into emerging trends in Typography in 2024. Type is one of the most important communication tools, yet widely misrepresented and misunderstood. D&AD will host a panel of industry experts representing Typography, Type Design & Lettering, Graphic Design, and Magazine & Newspaper…