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	IdN v13n6: Font Promotional Issue Wordaholic - Can you type-cast them? When a font designer no longer only designs fonts for their own sake, but fonts with particular applications, such as for posters or other promotional items such as catalogues, and a graphic designer will custom-make fonts for specific projects: album covers, fashion campaigns, etc. Where does one stop and the other start? We invited seven font/graphic designers and asked them this question. Some of their answers surprised us. We also spotlight a film director who has recently made a documentary film on one of the most common font types: Helvetica. Featured artists: Cape Arcona Type Foundry / Byggstudio / Misprintedtype / Grandpeople / Neubau / Michael Cina / Buro Destruct Creative City: The art of life in Minga Idea: If beauty is in the eye of beholder, try these! Video Game: Another piece of Cakey Motion Gallery: Unscrambling Philip Dick's scramble suit Vinylation: All you need to know about vinyl toys Music: Still that jazz *Special DVD contents includes usable fonts from Buro Destruct! Detailed information is on the revamped IdN website: www.idnproshop.com
	15th Anniversary To celebrate IdN's 15th anniversary and to bring the design community closer, we are now holding a graphic design competition. It is the chance for you to flex your creative muscles by embellishing IdN's new logo with black and white graphics, drawings, motion graphics, installations, animations, websites or photography. Nope.... we are not getting nostalgic and mooning over the good old days of black and white. We simply believe that black and white with an edge is much stronger than colour overdose. So roll up your sleeves and fuel black and white with originality. Detailed information is on the revamped IdN website: www.idnproshop.com
	Jeremyville Sessions Out Now! Following the success of the hit publication Vinyl Will Kill!, the first book in the world on the designer toys phenomenon, and being nominated in Wallpaper as the book of the month; the metamorphosis is Jeremyville Sessions. Jeremyville Sessions provides an insiders' look into special Jeremyville collaborative projects and its processes involved with over 300 international artists and companies. Find out from Jeremyville Sessions as to why collaborations are fast becoming the number 1 vocabulary in today's design movement; and why the process is more complex and subtle than it may seem. Book specifications: 304 pages, hard back Perforated tear-out stickers Poster DVD Video Detailed information is on the revamped IdN website: www.idnproshop.com
	CANDY in association with VEER present SweetTalkNYC Saturday March 17th 2006 St. Patrick’s Day in NYC. 12pm - 9pm Admission: $20 (Strictly limited capacity). Venue : Centre for Architecture, NYC Featuring: BrenB. Michael Gillette. Timothy Saccenti. Elisabeth Arkiphoff. Michael C. Place / Build. Dalek. Glen E. Friedman. & more to be announced... Straight after... CANDY presents St. Patrick's Day SpecialEdition Afterparty at SOLAS, NYC. More information at www.candyculture.net
	Inkthis is pleased to announce their second exhibition, featuring a huge collection of designers and illustrators from across the world. The theme of this year's event is Dreams & Nightmares, it was chosen due to its creative potential as the subject can be related to by all its viewers. It’s something that everyone has experiences but is different in an infinite amount of ways. Contributors include the likes of Jeremyville, Electric Heat, Jon Burgerman, Sanna Annukka, Genevieve Gauckler, Saiman Chow and many more. LCB Depot, Leicester 8th - 23rd March 2007 Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm Launch night 8th March, 6:30 - 9:30pm, Over 18 only / ID required Coningsbry Gallery, London 6th - 12th May 2007 Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm Launch night TBA, Over 18 only / ID required All information can be viewed at www.inkthis.co.uk
	Enlarge and Shape Your Future with Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design Information Seminar on March 1, 2007 As a design professional, you constantly need to enhance interdisciplinary skills and cultural experience, extending creative, analytical, critical and strategic thinking for career advancement across boundaries are essential. The Hong Kong Polytechnic's School of Design 1-year Master of Design (MDes) Programme is now inviting applications. The MDes programme has four disciplines: Education, Interaction, Practices, and Strategies (2-year weekend study mode). We offer Full Tuition Scholarships on a competitive basis for foreign students. The School enjoys a unique geographic location in Hong Kong (a doorstep to China) with an East-meets-West aura and English as the medium of communication. There are over 80 international and overseas-educated faculty members at the School and it attracts foreign students from North America, Europe, China and Asia to study and experience life in this cosmopolitan setting. There is no need for candidates to apply for scholarships, qualified students will be informed by the School separately. Applying by 9 March 07 for September 07 intakes, increases your opportunity to receive a scholarship. Check out http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/master Apply online at http://www.polyu.edu.hk/admission Information Seminar registration http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/seminar/ Enquiry sdweb@poly.edu.hk
	Unprosperous & Unbroken The investigation of the Chinese young designers' present situation Be the director of your own story No matter which country you are from, as long as you are in China; No matter where you are, as long as you are Chinese; As long as you are engaged in the job related to art and design; As long as you have such friends dealing with such kind of work; No limit to the kind of work; You only need to love to narrate; Then you are the director! Form: CD, DVD (data plate), DV tape Submission Deadline: May 20th, 2007 More info on: www.upnub.com
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