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Design Thinkers 2011 and the “Exquisite Corpse”

To celebrate how design connects us, we've invited some of our favorite visual communicators to participate in our own version of Exquisite Corpse. This time-honored exercise typically sees collaborating contributors blindly adding to a composition in sequence. No one sees what another has drawn, except for what's necessary to connect one portion to the next.

 

Leading up to DesignThinkers 2011, this large-scale, collaborative work will grow, piece by piece, on all communication materials. It will become our own kind of exquisite body: one collective, interconnected work. Let's connect at DesignThinkers 2011 to see where it takes us.

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2012 Dates coming soon!

We invite visual communicators everywhere to assemble in Toronto this fall for the Association of Registered Graphic Designers' 12th annual DesignThinkers Conference, as we discuss the unique insight and problem-solving processes of the designer.

News

  • DesignThinkers Open Doors Tonight!
    November 1, 2011
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  • 2011 DesignThinkers Scholarship winners announced
    October 31, 2011

    This year RGD gave away $3000 in scholarships sponsored by Adobe Systems, Harlequin and Somerset Graphics to RGD Student Members to attend DesignThinkers 2011.

     

    Student Members and Provisional RGDs were invited to submit a video that explained, in two minutes or less, how they thought attending DesignThinkers would benefit them.

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  • Win a $1000 scholarship to attend DesignThinkers 2011‏
    September 21, 2011

    Student and Provisional RGD Members are encouraged to apply for a $1,000 scholarship to be put toward conference registration and expenses by submitting a short video. The entry deadline is October 11.

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  • Icograda Endorses DesignThinkers 2011
    June 21, 2011

    The International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda) recently endorsed DesignThinkers 2011.

     

    Icograda is the world body for professional communication design, with Members in 67 countries and regions worldwide. Founded in 1963, it promotes communication designers' vital role in society and commerce and unifies the voices of graphic designers and visual communicators worldwide.

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  • Parcel joins DesignThinkers 2011 team as Official Design Partner
    June 12, 2011

    RGD is thrilled to announce that Parcel Design will design the marketing and communications for DesignThinkers 2011. The Toronto-based branding and design agency, heavily focused on identity systems, print packaging, new media and story development, is known for creating highly integrated, tactile solutions with a strong sense of character. With three principles at the base of all of their marketing programs - simplicity, clarity and consistency - DesignThinkers attendees are sure to see no less in the design and theme for RGD's 12th annual conference.

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  • RGD works with The Pixel Shop on an iPhone app for this year’s Conference
    May 20, 2011

    Earlier this year, RGD was approached by Pixel Shop founders, Vince Galante R.G.D. and Tim Smith R.G.D., who offered to sponsor the development of a DesignThinkers  iPhone app. We are thrilled that 2011 will mark the first year that this type of technology will be integrated into our annual Conference! Expect release in mid-September. Stay tuned on DT news by joining the DesignThinkers Facebook and LinkedIn groups, and using the Twitter hashtag #rgdDT

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  • Smallbox and Parcel collaborate on a new DT website
    May 20, 2011

    The DesignThinkers 2011 website, designed by Parcel, our DT 2011 Design Partner with back-end development by RGD Web Partner Smallbox Software Inc., went live in June. “Smallbox is excited to partner with RGD and Parcel Design on the site for DesignThinkers 2011. A dynamic and engaging website has become a marketing requirement for any successful conference. So much happens before, during and after DesignThinkers that the website is an essential resource for attendees to plan, connect and reconnect. We're really pleased with the new site and we look forward to meeting you at the conference later this year,” said Shawn Bouchard of Smallbox in Vancouver.

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  • DesignThinkers 2011 Feedback
    With DesignThinkers 2011 wrapped and plans already underway for 2012, we are pleased to present a few thoughts that we have received from some of the attendees.
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