Recap: “Inclusive Design in Practice at the Smithsonian”

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SEGD recaps our most recent SEGDVoices session on Inclusive Design in Practice at the Smithsonian with Beth Ziebarth.

When hearing the phrase “accessible design,” people tend to think in architectural terms. Wheelchair ramps. Toilet handrails. Water fountains of differing heights.

Passenger Experience - The Critical Factor in Wayfinding + Placemaking

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The 2023 SEGD Wayfinding + Placemaking Symposium will feature the panel discussion “Passenger Experience - The Critical Factor in Wayfinding + Placemaking” on Friday, April 28. Register now to hear from panelists representing design, client and manufacturer: Ryan Kellogg, Gensler DXD Creative Director at Gensler, Ryan Taylor Business Consultant at Delta Air Lines, and Todd Green, Global Transportation Manager at Nanolumens.

The 2023 SEGD Global Design Awards Jury Process

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The 2023 SEGD Global Design Awards Jury process is officially complete. Our nine expert jurors gathered together over two and a half days to deliberate over 334 project entries to determine which projects best represent design excellence in 2023.

Connecting people with places using augmented reality with Director of Product Management at Niantic, Tom Emrich

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This year, SEGD is offering a limited webinar series in collaboration with Josh Goldblum, CEO Bluecadet, to showcase insights from design thought leaders and highlight provocative experiential projects and design processes. Join us for our next webinar on Thursday, March 30 at 1pm EDT as we explore augmented reality and how it can connect people with places with Tom Emrich, the Director of Product Management at Niantic.

Trailblazing Women in EGD: Robin Perkins

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As a celebration of Women’s History Month and SEGD’s upcoming Wayfinding and Placemaking symposium, we are highlighting speaker Robin Perkins. Robin is a Founding Partner of Selbert Perkins Design and a 2011 SEGD Fellow. Cybelle Jones, CEO of SEGD, interviews Robin about her professional journey and the highlights of Robin’s career in design. To hear more about Robin’s recent projects, join the SEGD community in Los Angeles on April 27 and 28 for the 2023 SEGD Wayfinding and Placemaking symposium.

Call for Papers for the 2023 SEGD Academic Summit

2023 SEGD Academic Summit: Call for Papers

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The SEGD Academic Summit is a forum for trends in design education research, projects, and curriculum innovation for design academics, students, and researchers. This event is great for industry members as well to reconnect with the new ideas that are coming from researchers today. Every year SEGD invites community members to submit to a Call for Papers, and those papers selected will be presented at the SEGD Academic Summit. This year’s deadline to submit paper abstracts is coming up fast on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 12 pm ET. That’s only one week away! Why should you submit to the 2023 Academic Summit call for papers? Keep reading to find out!

Successful Efforts by the SEGD Accessible Design Task Force

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The SEGD Accessible Design Task Force and our friends at ISA are pleased to share that the desired outcome to defeat five key proposed changes to the International Code Council’s ICC A117.1 was successful. This first round of review included changes that would have increased visual character height in signage to 1”. This summer, the first draft of the next edition to the Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities manual will be available to the public for review, and will exclude the strongly opposed language.

2023 SEGD Conference 50th Anniversary Experience Washington DC: Look Both Ways

2023 SEGD 50th Anniversary Conference Washington D.C.

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Over the last 50 years, Experience Design has evolved from experiential graphic design to a truly interdisciplinary approach that combines designers, content creators, interaction and information specialists, architects, fabricators and others who have a hand in shaping content-rich experiences. To celebrate this evolution, SEGD’s 50th anniversary will joyously celebrate the present moment by equal parts honoring the legacy of the profession and by looking forward to all that is to come.

Announcing SEGD EXP: A reinvention of our legacy program for our Emerging Experiential Professionals

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The SEGD Young Designers Committee is excited to announce that our legacy program has made a shift and name change to SEGD EXP - the SEGD Emerging Experiential Professionals. It is ever more important to ensure there is a unique space within the larger SEGD community where students and emerging professionals have the opportunity to connect with peers through programmed events, social media channels, opportunities for new relationships, and actively participate in and foster mentor/mentee relationships that will last throughout their careers.

Welcome to Bronzeville: A Youth-led Journey into the Heart of South Side Chicago

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Art Processors partnered with spoken word artist Harold Green and the Flowers for the Living Foundation in Chicago to develop the “Streets of Bronzeville” walking tour. This innovative location-aware app contains multiple guided walks through the Bronzeville neighborhood through the words and voices of the young people who call it home.

Creative Director Jo Hohlbein	Designer Amanda Davidson	Brand Identity and Experiential Graphic Designer Jessica Grant
Principal Patrick Angelel	Associate Partner and Communications Director Kurt Koepfle	Principal Emritus David Vanden-Eynden

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