SEGD offers monthly teleconference course; all courses can be taken in real time or purchased as a CD. All courses last approximately 80-90 minutes and are eligible for AIA credit.

Register online or by contacting SEGD at segd@segd.org or 202.638.5555.

SEGD Courses on CD are sponsored by VectorWorks and Ostrom Glass & Metal Works.

Be a course sponsor!
Sponsoring a teleconference course or developing a teleconference course is a great way to support course development and increase your visibility with the membership of SEGD. Contact Craig Berger at 610.658.0406 or craig@segd.org for more information.

Attention academics!
Developing a course in EGD? Ask SEGD for help! We can package teleconference and one-day workshop CDs for any course you are developing - at a discounted rate.

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Information Design Techniques
Theme: Information Design
1:00pm EST

Information design has become an important part of environmental graphic design with facilities looking to see how environmental graphics can fit inside an overall information plan. Focusing on information and communication design as a holistic concept from web to print to environmental graphics, this course is appropriate for environmental graphic designers who want to expand their design approach. Topics will include:

• Information mapping
• Information design for healthcare facilities
• Information design for transportation
• Information design for interpretive parks and facilities
• Integrating information planning into your projects

Speaker: Holly Ruskie, Conifer Research; Tom Esch, San Jose International Airport

Thursday, July 31, 2008
Branded Environments: Theory and Practice
Theme: Exhibition & Experience Design
1:00pm EST

Branded environments have grown from a narrow specialty area to a rigorous design process impacting areas as diverse as hospitals and airports. Learn how branded environments developed into a mature design process, survey brand environment techniques employed today, and review how brand environments are employed in healthcare, exhibitions, and other building types.

Speakers: Kelly Kolar, Kolar Design; Mary Dietrich, Kolar Design; Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Shikatani Lacroix Brandesign

September 4, 2008
ADA Audit
Theme: Sign Codes

September 9, 2008
Green Best Practices
Theme: Sign Codes

September 25, 2008
Billing Practices for More Profit
Theme: Business Practice

October 28, 2008
Advanced Software Review
Theme: Documentation

November 20, 2008
Legibility Research Review
Theme: Legibility & Human Factors

December 16, 2008
Wrapping the Building
Theme: Exhibition & Experience Design