Watch it work:

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 The Chinatown Film Festival needs the help of talented young students! We want to involve university and school students in our one-of-a-kind cultural event by providing young people the opportunity to create our signature logo. The CFF will be holding a logo design contest starting March 23rd, 2007 and ending June 30th, 2007. The design with the most innovation and creativity will become the official logo of the CFF. This means that your work will be featured throughout the entire festival, the CFF website, and any other materials produced by the CFF.
    The logo will be our festival’s visual representation, the symbolic face of our hopes and goals. It will be a vital part of the CFF’s success and will appear in major media coverage of our event. As the CFF continues to grow, our logo will be internationally synonymous with not just the events of our festival, but the purpose of our festival: connecting cultures in new and exciting ways.
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The Academy of Art University’s annual Spring Show is the place to be Thursday, May 24 to meet graphic designers, creative directors, industry professionals and students, and the public is invited to attend. The works of the School of Graphic Design’s emerging talent will be showcased. A deluxe, airplane-hangar-sized venue is this year’s new location for the festivities so there will be plenty of room to celebrate the future of art and design.

Student scholarships will be awarded by a distinguished panel of judges: Camilla Bravo (Judging Chair) of Kodak Gallery, San Francisco, David Salanitro of Design Ranconteur at Large, Marc English of Marc English Design, Houston, Marc Woollard of IDEO, San Francisco, Jim Mousner of Origins, Houston, and Ray Ueno of Savage Space, Seattle.

When: Thursday, May 24th

Where: 601 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA (Shuttle service will be available to the Spring Show from the Academy of Art University at 79 New Montgomery.)

Time: 3pm design industry and media preview; 7pm general public; 8pm student scholarships announced; 8:30pm evening reception

For more details visit http://media.academyart.edu/gr/springshow/

Just a reminder that the popular American Graphic Design Awards entry

deadline is Friday, May 18.

You can get more information or download an entry form at…

http://gdusa.com/contests/agda2.php

We are very selective when it come to trade shows and we are not participating to that many throughout the year, nevertheless it was lot’s of fun to be part of the annual Abrakadoodle conference in VA this past weekend.

It is always great to meet face to face with clients and hear first hand their feedback.

Although this post is not related to printing, you might find it fun. Most of you will have to buy a mother’s day gift this week, and we have found this great idea we’d love to share with you. Get Mom or Wife or anyone else eligible, a PERSONALIZED iPods!!! How cool is that? Above all personalization is free but you have to order by tomorrow 5/4!

Need it by Mother’s Day? Shop the Apple Store

Study Reveals How Attendees Would Redesign the Convention Experience

Two years of attendee focus groups reveal top five trends.

Impact Unlimited, a leading provider of brand communications for events, meetings and exhibits worldwide, presented the results of its two-year focus group on attendees’ perceptions of exhibits and conferences at the recent Mid-Winter Health Care Exhibitor Association in Baltimore.

Impact Unlimited commissioned several on-line focus groups to study attendees’ experiences with and perceptions of tradeshow exhibits and healthcare events. The study comprised 60 attendees that had attended medical conferences within the past two years and analyzed their thoughts on how exhibitors could help them improve their show experience. In addition, Impact Unlimited highlighted strategies for exhibiting pharmaceutical, equipment, and device companies designed to help them align their convention strategies with the results from the focus group. As a result Impact Unlimited identified the five major trends within attendees’ conference experiences. (more…)