Next Monday, October 20th, Partner Emanuela Frigerio will be mentoring young teen designers at the Teen Design Fair, held during Design Week at the Cooper-Hewitt. Emanuela appeared at the Fair last year as well, when the firm was nominated for the National Design Award. Young designers can ask Emanuela about a career in design, what it’s like to be a designer, and how they can get involved. The design disciplines covered will include architecture, landscape, interiors, fashion, graphic design, branding, media, games and products.
Jonathan Alger will speak next month about the Griffith Observatory project (pictured below) and other museumless exhibits at the symposium of the Festival of Museum Design. Billed as “Europe’s biggest-ever museum design event,” it takes place in London on 14 October, 2008.
Steff Geissbuhler will give a “Design Hero Lecture” next week at the AGI Student Conference in Chicago, on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.
From AGI Chicago: On September 23-28, 2008, over 1000 of the world’s top designers, students, educators and graphic arts professionals will converge in Chicago for the 2008 AGI Congress and AGI Student Conference. Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) will bring their annual Congress to America for only the third time in fifty years. Billed as the global design event of 2008, the event will present lectures, exhibitions, and a host of unique interactions with the world’s most notable leaders from the design profession. The student program invites students and design educators from throughout the world to engage in a variety of lectures, special programs, workshops and exhibitions. AGI members will participate in side-by-side activities with the attendees, sharing knowledge, practical insights and hands-on instruction.
More about AGI worldwide here. See you in Chicago.
Next week, Steff Geissbuhler will speak about the firm’s new brand identity for the Greater Hudson Heritage Network at the annual conference of the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH). Steff’s lecture will be on Friday, September 12, 2008 in Rochester, New York.
Steff is delighted to speak at AASLH. The organization gave C&G Partners three separate honors in 2007 for the “John Adams Unbound” exhibit at the Boston Public Library: the Award of Merit, a “WOW” Award from the Leadership in History Awards Committee, and a “We, the People” special designation.