Event categories: Third-party event
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Place Collect UK Exchanges: Art in the public realm
Date: 13 September 2024More info Join us online to talk about the role of street art in bringing life and vibrancy to urban neighbourhoods. We’ve got three different speakers lined up, ready to bring diverse perspectives to the conversation. Come along to hear about Enfield Council’s public art programme, Global Street Art’s London Mural Festival,…
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Sustainable city: Can we move away from driving?
Date: 17 September 2024More info Join our next FF2030 event chaired by the network’s co-founder Arthur Kay to discuss SDG 11 ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’ Explore how UK entrepreneurs can contribute to achieving SDG 11 by making cities and communities more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. How can we develop transportation systems that are accessible,…
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2024 SEGDVoices: Designing intentional spaces
Date: 29 August 2024More info Presented by Maria Papiez. Maria has 20 years of experience in architecture, science, and education. She is a registered architect with degrees in environmental chemistry and biology, and a passion for sustainable design grew from her mutual interest in the built and natural environments. Maria will discuss health and equity…
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TRB Webinar: Tactile wayfinding – improving access for people with vision disabilities
Date: 11 September 2024More info New research reveals how different tactile walking surface indicators (TWSIs) can be used in complex transportation settings where other cues may be inconsistent, confusing, misleading, or missing to provide wayfinding information to people who are blind or visually impaired. TRB will host a webinar that will discuss the requirements for…
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Type Tuesday: My favourite font
Date: 10 September 2024More info Eye magazine’s popular Type Tuesday returns in September with Catherine Dixon, Erik Spiekermann, Greg Bunbury, Holly Catford, Kuchar Swara, Melanie Mues, Sallie Morris and Violetta Boxill. Eye has asked eight designers to choose their ‘favourite font’ and then tell us why. There will also be a panel discussion, with time for questions from the audience, plus a bar and a pop-up shop…
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Investigating the typographic punches of John Baskerville
Date: 9 September 2024More info The Baskerville typeface is familiar to billions of readers and users of standard computer software across the world. However, the story behind its creation by John Baskerville (1707-75) is much less widely known. This is despite the fact that he was England’s foremost printer, and what he called his “small…
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Please design responsibly: Redefining the role of the designer
Date: 14 September 2024More info Speakers will address: Does the role of the designer need to be redefined and reconsidered to reflect the environmental, social and technological developments and challenges of our time? Knowing your worth: what is the real world impact of creativity and design and how can this be quantified, valued and enhanced?…
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Type Tasting: A taste of time
Date: 20 September 2024 Discover how typography narrates time, place and memory. Time-travel from 2,000 years ago to modern London in this multi-sensory tasting talk with locally-sourced food and drink tasters. You’ll take part in a sense-hacking tasting experiment that demonstrates how you taste with your eyes, ears and brain. Your host is Sarah Hyndman,…
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British Cartography Society: Annual Conference 2024
Start date: 4 September 2024End date: 5 September 2024 This year’s Conference programme has something for everyone. It includes speakers from the Financial Times, Ordnance Survey, Office for National Statistics, Mott MacDonald, EDINA and GeoPlace as well as internationally recognised consultants with the World Bank and some of the latest PhD research. They will present…
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Designing for planet
Date: 10 September 2024More info Join Minnie Moll, Chief Exec of the Design Council and special guests for a journey through the UK Design Council’s 80 year history and their mission to galvanise designers for the green transition.