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Last year, at the request of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al Missned, we added a two-day design workshop to precede the conference. Her idea was to involve our students, with the assistance of professionals in the design field, to address practical problems in Qatar. Students from Doha and Richmond, led by Tasmeem presenters, focused on the issue of housing for low-wage laborers. They visited labor camps and spent two days brainstorming and developing solutions to the problem. The workshop was extremely successful, and the students appreciated the opportunity to work with the presenters and get to know their peers from other parts of the world. The presenters appreciated the opportunity to get to know the students and gain some insight into the culture and the school and our special mission.
This year we are doubling the number of students participating in the workshop. We will have six groups addressing the design problem of navigation and “wayfinding” in Doha. The topic applies not only to finding one’s way around town, but also to the history and culture of this rapidly changing country. Local business leaders will make brief presentations addressing the topic. The students will then have two-and-a-half-days to develop solutions. Each day, two groups will make 20-minute presentations on the outcomes of their workshops.
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Alia Al-Shamsi
Alia Al Shamsi graduated from Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, in 2004 with a Bachelor of Photography in photojournalism. She was part of the Dubai 24 Hours documentary in 2003, and her works were also featured in the accompanying coffee table book. She was also one of the winners of the Qatar Al Thani Awards in 2004. She has worked for almost two years as a photojournalist for two local newspapers, covering local and international events such as the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005, and India Fashion Week in New Delhi in 2006. She was the youngest participant in the Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia di Brescia 2006, “A Female Perspective” at the Santa Giulia Museum. Joe Farace of Shutter Bug magazine wrote of Al Shamsi in the August 2006 issue: "...you'll enjoy her travel images of Italy that transcend both her gender and nationality and would be just at much home in the pages of National Geographic."
www.alia-alshamsi.com
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Stephen Banham
Called a “typographic evangelist” by Eye magazine, Stephen Banham is the founder of Letterbox, a typographic studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Banham has written and produced 12 publications on typography, notably the Qwerty series, the Ampersand series and Fancy. Since 2005 he has run a very successful public forum series on graphic design and typography known as Character, the most recent of which hosted the Australian premiere of Helvetica. His design work has been covered in almost every type annual, as well as magazines such as Eye, Emigré, Adbusters, Face and Typo amongst many others. He has spoken at international design events from Barcelona to Beirut and New Zealand to New York. Coupling a love for words, as well as what they look like, he has written for various international typographic magazines. He has been a lecturer in typography since 1991, and holds a master’s degree in design research.
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Dan Boyarski
Dan Boyarski is Professor and Head of the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, where he has been for 25 years. He teaches courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in typography, dynamic information design, and interaction design. Boyarski is interested in time-based communication, visualizing complex data, and how type, image, sound, and movement may be combined for effective communication. He has conducted research for organizations such as Samsung Electronics, Nortel Networks, Carnegie Museum of Art, and Microsoft. In the spring of 1999, the Design Management Institute awarded Boyarski the Muriel Cooper Prize for “outstanding achievement in advancing design, technology, and communications in the digital environment.” Boyarski received an MFA degree in Graphic Design from Indiana University and later spent two years at the School for Design in Basel, Switzerland, studying design and animation.
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Jill Dumain
Jill Dumain attended the University of California at Davis and majored in Textiles and Clothing. Her studies at Davis included textile science, marketing and production. After she graduated she began working in the Fabric Laboratory at Patagonia Inc. testing and analyzing the technical fabrics in the line. Two years later, she moved into Fabric Development to work on the development of Patagonia's natural fiber fabrics. This position led to her interest in the environmental aspect of her job, and is reflected in the organic cotton project which she has lead since 1994. From 1997-2003, she was the Director of Fabric Development overseeing all material development for the company. She was promoted to Director of Environmental Analysis in 2003, and helped lead the development of the Common Threads Garment Recycling Program. Dumain was elected as Chair of the Board of the Organic Exchange in September 2006. During her tenure at Patagonia, she has traveled extensively through Asia, Europe and the United States.
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DeeDee Gordon
DeeDee Gordon, renowned youth culture expert, and co-founder of youth marketing company Look-Look, Inc., has been at the forefront of youth culture and trend research for over 15 years. While working as Director of Research and Product Development for ad agency Lambesis, Gordon and colleague Sharon Lee, broke new ground in youth market research by creating the famed L Report, the first national marketing research report to track trend diffusion among youth. In 1999, Gordon and Lee became pioneers in solutionsthe field of research by taking youth culture research “on-line” and co-founded Look-Look, Inc. a one-of-a-kind research, marketing, and trend on-line consulting company specializing in youth culture. Today, Look-Look has the “largest” global community of 14 to 35-year-old youth who report on their own culture. Using proprietary panel and database technology, the company maintains a constant two-way dialogue with trendsetting and mainstream young people from around the world. Clientele such as Coca Cola, Mercedes, Calvin Klein, Nike, Inc., Unilever and Sony Pictures come to Look-Look for expertise and instant access to information on global youth culture. As co-president at Look-Look, Inc., Gordon oversees all research analysis, product development and creative direction for client accounts and Look-Look consumer products, and with co-president Lee, directs the marketing of the company. In the fall of 2003, Gordon and Lee launched Look-Look Magazine, a unique publication that provides a forum and opportunity for young artists, photographers and writers around the world to have their work published. All profits of the magazine go to the Look-Look Arts Foundation, established to assist young people in pursuing their passion for the Arts. Recognized internationally for being a leader in youth culture, Gordon’s research and reputation are featured in numerous media outlets such as Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, Good Morning America, CNN, The New Yorker, Vogue, Time, Los Angeles Times and The New York Times Magazine. Most notably, Look-Look, Inc. was featured on PBS’s Frontline Special Merchants of Cool which is used in marketing curriculum for numerous college classrooms today.
www.look-look.com/look/index.html
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Sadik Karamustafa
Sadik Karamustafa studied graphic design at the Fine Arts Academy, Istanbul and completed his MA and PhD studies at Mimar Sinan University, where he has been an associate professor since 1989. After working in advertising agencies and publishing companies, he founded his own design studio in 1979, and in 2000 founded Karamustafa Design Ltd. with his daughter Ayse. From 1983 to 1995, he worked for the Turkish Society of Graphic Designers as board member, secretary general and president, and from 1995 to 1999 he served as a vice president for Icograda. In 1997, he initiated Grafist, an educational-based international graphic design event held at Mimar Sinan University. He has won more than 40 national awards for his posters, book jackets, logos and brochures. In 2000, Karamustafa was awarded a special prize at the Fourth Asia Graphic Poster Triennial in Seoul, and an Honorary Diploma at Plovdiv International Fair Poster Exhibition in Bulgaria. An exhibition of his works was organized in DDD Gallery in Osaka, Japan in 2002, at the GGG Gallery in Tokyo, and the Nagoya Design Museum in 2003. |
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