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The Backstory of Designism 2.0: An Event in 3 Parts: SEE:: TALK:: ACT

WHAT/WHEN/WHERE:
December 13, 2007. 4:45-9:30 pm @ADC Gallery, New York.
The ADC invites those interested in how design and advertising can be used
for the public good to join Designism 2.0: An Event in 3 Parts:
SEE::TALK::ACT. This includes the unique opportunity to hook up with some
organizations that need visual communication professionals help to make the
change.

WHY:
In 2006, the Art Directors Club initiated Designism as a panel discussion in
which creative professionals in design, branding, writing and advertising
debated the role and responsibility of their fields to instigate and power
change, to motivate the public to shift paradigms or take direct action in
society.

The first Designism, says Executive Director Ami Brophy, ³tapped into a
great desire among participants to take action from within their fields².
Hence Designism 2.0.

ACTIVISM FROM A DESIGNER¹S POINT OF VIEW:
In 2005, Milton Glaser decided to re-designate himself as a
³Designer/Citizen². In an essay written during the UN World Summit, he
declared, ³There has been no better time for all of us to assume this role.
We are all at risk, but we can choose how to react to our circumstances. We
can reject the passivity and narcissism that leads to despair, and choose to
participate in the life of our times. Things have changed and there is much
work to do.²

Every design publication and blog has asked its readers and its editors to
think about how to ³go green² or direct their abilities toward the
challenges that face humankind today. This event gives us a chance to act,
to interact, to trade ideas, and to make working relationships that will
answer the important questions.

For more information, contact Maggie Hohle, ADC PR Liaison, Design
Community: maggietext@comcast.net
To RSVP: http://www.adcglobal.org/adc/events/calendar/.

DESIGNISM¹S 3 PARTS: SEE::TALK::ACT

SEE (4:45-6:00 pm)
Kay Sloan, President of Massachusetts College of Art + Design (MassArt),
will open Designism 2.0. Elizabeth Resnick, Chair of Communication Design at
MassArt will present her co-curated exhibit of powerful sociopolitical
posters, Selections from The Graphic Imperative. Ji Lee of Droga5, will show
work from his provocative Bubble Project. In conclusion, Corbis, a sponsor,
will outline two projects that reward pro bono work: complimentary access to
images from their Bettman Archive and their Creativity for Social Justice
Award.

TALK (6:30-7:50 pm)
Satirist and authorTony Hendra will read Designism¹s manifesto.
TALK will be moderated by Steven Heller, speaking with Designism masters
Milton Glaser; Janet Kestin, Co-Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy Toronto,
and the developer of the Dove Real Beauty, Evolution and Onslaught
campaigns; and IDEO¹s Ellen Sitkin, former Environmental Graphic Designer at
the American Museum of Natural History as well as a recent participant in
John Bielenberg¹s Project M, an intensive program that aims to inspire young
creatives to see a way to make a positive impact on the world. Also joining
the panel will be the uncompromising journalist Michael Wolff, and the
designer and maker of short films Andrew Sloat, who works primarily on
projects for cultural and nonprofit clients.

In conclusion, Ami Dar, founder and executive director of Action Without
Borders, which runs Idealist.org, will explain how this nonprofit connects
people, organizations and resources to help people ³live free and dignified
lives in a healthy environment.²

ACT Reception (8:00-9:30 pm)
Facilitating the forging of relationships:
Creative professionals + Nonprofits + Young creatives = Designism

To RSVP: http://www.adcglobal.org/adc/events/calendar/

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