Superseed is Visiting Designer at Boston's SMFA

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) in Boston invited Margo Johnson, Executive Director, Superseed, to speak and present work as a visiting designer.

Margo met with faculty, Chantal Zakari, Carl Sesto and students in the the Text and Image Arts program which studies visual communication through graphic design, artists’ books, interactive Web, and multimedia while encouraging students to develop a personal voice.

Margo's presentation covered her career background, education, teaching, influences and her current business, Superseed.

The theme: "The need for creativity in the future U.S. economy" exposed students to a current news topic -- how businesses are seeking the creative thinking process of artists and designers.

She shared her approach, outlook and visual samples as inspiration to her design process. Discussion evolved on topics such as BusinessWeek's site on Innovation, web 2.0, marketing, trends, thesis, Emigre, typography, CalArts, art and photography.

Remix Event attracts visionaries and leaders in global design management

I've heard rave reviews of this annual DMI event in the past. Learn, share and network with international attendees and diverse leaders in global design management, executives, visionaries, product designers, creative directors, branding experts, artists and technology innovators. DMI Remix will have attendees from IBM, Philips, eBay, Harvard, Bose, Microsoft, Ziba Design, Anthem, CVS, ELEVEN - just to name a few.

I am attending. They have set up a social network blog site on Ning.com for the Remix event where you can view the attendees.

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Social Networking Device Idea Hunt

Big Idea Group conducts "Idea Hunts" for innovation-seeking companies. Hunts are searches for innovations or technologies in a particular area. Sponsors of past Idea Hunts include Staples, Thomson, Bell Sports, eToys, Dremel, and more.

These are opportunities for inventors to create innovations that a sponsor is actively seeking. Besides offering the chance for licensing contracts, Hunts often involve monetary or merchandise prizes.

A really interesting approach and detailed method of entry. Check out the latest two hunts (with a deadline of aug 5, 2008) >

Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film.

What is Pangea Day? Learn more > and don't miss the interactive map of worldwide event hosts where you can attend a local viewing > or host one here >

You can also watch at a digital cinema > or on tv > Pangea Day is on Saturday, May 10th (11am-3pm US West Coast, 2-6pm US East Coast, 7-11pm in UK, 8pm-midnight in Europe and much of Africa, 9pm-1am in the Mideast, 11.30pm-3.30am India, etc.).

In 2006, filmmaker Jehane Noujaim won the TED Prize, an annual award granted at the TED Conference. She was granted $100,000, and a wish to change the world. Her wish was to create a day in which the world came together through film. Pangea Day grew out of that wish. I like this video of her acceptance speech about the inspiration behind Pangea Day: Jehane Noujaim's TED Wish

Nanomaterials and branding?

An intriguing material, Sony’s flexible OLED full color display film prototype (image at left), a flexible plastic electronic display brings possibilities for branding and material reduction.
See article: What’s driving innovation in food packaging
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