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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Superseed to speak at Business Incubator - WomenBiz Roundtable

Event: Superseed.com Director, Margo Johnson, to speak at the WomenBiz Roundtable at the Amoskeag Business Incubator on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 6:30 PM.

Do-It-Yourself Marketing - How is your business engaging in marketing efforts on a tighter budget? Learn from a creative agency expert about how you can help your business improve awareness or increase sales using new do-it-yourself marketing tools. Get ideas, share ideas and discover new ways to do your own simple low cost branding, marketing and design.

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33 South Commercial Street Manchester, NH 03101

Conference Report Published on Synergy of Design, Brand, Business

Read Margo Johnson's report of the "DMI Conference: Synergy of Design, Brand, Business" on the DMI (Design Management Institute) website. Conference videos and pdf presentations from all speakers available free with membership. >

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) >

Synergy of Brand, Design, Business

Just spent last week at DMI’s Brand/Design 20 Conference, where experts explored synergy, collaboration, and strategy. With attendees at around 125, the event was just the right size for a more intimate gathering. I was impressed with the valuable insight from speakers and diverse attendees. Instead of showing off glitzy end results, speakers gave a peek behind the scenes into operational process, collaboration methods and how design thinking is becoming more integrated into business strategy in more and more large corporations. I look forward to more events from DMI. Each presentation can be purchased online as conference recordings on the DMI website.