Coronavirus/COVID-19, Branded Environments, and March Events

Based on the postponement of the DSE partner event, SEGD Branded Environments will not be held in March. We are working with DSE on plans to reschedule. In addition, all SEGD Chapter events scheduled for March will be canceled or postponed.

The well-being and safety of our members and event participants are our top priority. SEGD will continue to monitor the coronavirus/COVID-19 situation and abide by guidance and recommendations provided by the CDC.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or call 202.638.5555.

SEGD Xlab Speaker Interview: Jackson Young

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In anticipation of SEGD 2021 Xlab (January 27, 28, and 29), SEGD is interviewing some of the Xlab’s guest speakers. Next up is Jackson Young, Digital Experience Design Director (consultant). Young will be presenting “To Screen or Not to Screen: Our Question for the Future” during Session 2 of Xlab on Thursday, January 28.

SEGD 2021 Xlab Speaker Interview Svetlana Legetic

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In anticipation of SEGD 2021 Xlab (January 27, 28, and 29), SEGD is interviewing some of the Xlab’s guest speakers. First up is Svetlana Legetic, CEO of Brightest Young Things and the Exactly agency. Legetic will be presenting during Xlab’s Session 1 “Endless Possibilities: Innovating Hybrid Experiences” on January 28.

SEGD 2021 Xlab Keynote Marco Tempest Announced!

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SEGD is thrilled to announce that Marco Tempest, Directors Fellow, MIT Media Lab will headline the closing Keynote on Friday January 29th at our first virtual Xlab Conference!

2021 SEGD Academic Summit Call for Papers

Every year, SEGD issues a Call for Papers inviting academics, educators, researchers and design professionals to submit paper abstracts that address the latest issues, trends and innovation relevant to the field of experiential graphic design. The submission deadline for the 2021 Academic Summit is March 1, 2021.

SEGD 2021 Xlab—Convergence of Experimentation at the Intersection of Digital and Physical

SEGD 2021 Xlab—Convergence of Experimentation at the intersection of digital and physical
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Just 1 Week Away! Branded Environments 2020

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It's back by popular demand—and only one week away! SEGD once again hosts “Branded Environments” (or BE), a two-day event highlighting the work of designers who create meaningful, memorable, and effective customer experiences around specific brands.

Wayfinding + Placemaking NOW Redux

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SEGD’s two-day mini-series, Wayfinding + Placemaking NOW, addressed the design of wayfinding systems and public spaces that feel safe and welcoming in our current global crises: the health pandemic, social unrest, economic volatility, and environmental decline. This is the moment when designers are being called on to reimagine public spaces, and present solutions for engaging and connecting to the places that surround us. The responses were illuminating.

Global Discussions on Designing for Safety

Watch: CDO/Creative Lead Ingūna Elere, and Chief Business Officer Dagnija Balode, of Design Studio H2E (Riga, Latvia) talk about the current pandemic's affect on design paradigms, part of the second day of Wayfinding + Placemaking NOW. The Global Roundtable Discussion begins at 11:15 AM EDT on Thursday, September 17.

Video of 2020 SEGD W+P: Ingūna Elere and Dagnija Balode

2020 SEGD Wayfinding + Placemaking NOW, Coming Sept. 17-18

2020 SEGD Wayfinding + Placemaking NOW, Sept. 17-18

How do professionals who design and build experiential spaces create spaces that engage and connect people, when gathering is a risk and possible futures are unclear? SEGD’s two-day event fosters dialogues on designing public spaces that feel safe and welcoming amid the current global turmoil.

Senior Experiential Designer Russell Dow	Art Director and Exhibition Designer Aki Carpenter	Founding Partner Mark VanderKlipp
Architectural Designer Gabi Sarhos	Designer Dai Hyun Song	Sr. Environmental Graphic Designer Maria Felenyuk

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