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Stockholm 2008
15-19 Oct 2007
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The second edition of the ED-Festival includes several exhibitions, a 3-day conference, an award ceremony, a formal reception, two design walks and open houses. The events are organized by different organizations but coordinated to those five days, enabling guests from all over Europe to see the best of Stockholm’s graphic design scene during their visit. It will be a smörgåsbord (buffet) of graphic design events from dawn till dusk (and dusk comes very late in Sweden in May). Bon appetite!
Enjoy five days packed with events in beautiful Stockholm: one of Europe’s main design hubs!
Schedule
15th
Exhibition
exhibition
Conference
Conference
exhibition
exhibition
16th
conference
D-Conference day 1 at Södra teatern
exhibition
studio walks
studio walks
conference
exhibition
exhibition
exhibition
17th
conference
exhibition
studio walks
studio walks
parallel events
exhibition
exhibition
exhibition
exhibition
18th
conference
exhibition
Creatives Behind the Lens photo exhibition at Södra teatern
Ceremony
ceremony
party
exhibition
exhibition
exhibition
exhibition
19th
exhibition
exhibition
Ceremony and Party
Formal reception
Stockholm City invites all foreign conference participants and an equal number of Swedish counterparts to a formal reception in Stadshuset (the City Hall). This is the same hall as used for the Nobel Prize dinners. It will include a buffet and a guided tour of the city hall. Time: 18:00-20:00,
Party
After the ceremony all participants are invited to the official Winners Party at the Sodra Bar. The event is organized by Corbis, Scanpix and European Design
Ed-Awards Ceremony 2008
Stockholm City invites all foreign conference participants and an equal number of Swedish counterparts to a formal reception in Stadshuset (the City Hall). This is the same hall as used for the Nobel Prize dinners. It will include a buffet and a guided tour of the city hall. Time: 18:00-20:00,
Conference
Fabrico Próprio Book Launch
Fabrico Próprio means “Own Production”, an expression used by most Portuguese cafés and patisseries in their shop signs, windows and packaging. It is a warrant of freshness and quality, but also of uniqueness and prestige of the baked goods they sell – most of them sweet, one-portion cakes. “Fabrico Próprio
Marcus Gärde at Konst-ig
The art and design bookshop konst-ig has invited Marcus Gärde from BachGarde for a talk and an exhibition. Talk Marcus Gärde will give a talk about proportions and geometry in graphic design and typography and their relationship to grid systems. Gärde is the author of “Typografins väg” and heads the
Shoptalk by Future Design Days
at Nordic Light Hotel, May 15 Program 17.30 Registration and refreshments 18.00 FutureDesignDays Retail Session S H O P T A L K How digital movements merge to the physical world and engage dialogue instead of monologue. 20.00 Dinner Sign-up Post your interest at futuredesigndays.com Address Nordic Light Hotel Vasaplan
Web design – the Swedish experience
by CAP&Design Welcome to a seminar on the subject where Swedish agencies are the best in the World: web design and web development. Meet some of Sweden’s most prominent web creators and share some of their philosophies and experiences. Why do Swedish web agencies get all those awards for their
Erik Spiekermann
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Erik Spiekermann Location: Berlin, Germany Website: www.spiekermann.com Background Erik Spiekermann, born 1947, studied History of Art and English in Berlin. He is information architect, type designer (FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Info, FF Unit, LoType, Berliner Grotesk and many corporate typefaces) and author of books and articles
Kokoro & Moi
Speakers: Teemu Suviala, founder Location: Helsinki, Finland Website: www.kokoromoi.com Case Change of identity, from Syrup Helsinki to Kokoro & Moi. “Kokoro” is japanese for Heart/Mind, “Moi” french for Me and finnish for Hello/Bye. The name reflects our philosophy in design: when you connect ideas that haven´t been seen together before
R2 design studio
Speakers: Lizá Defossez Ramalho and Artur Rebelo, founders Location: Porto, Portugal Website: www.r2design.pt Case Unfinished Trajectories Graphic Instalation in Casa da Música, Porto Reflection based on visitors’ emotions and other viewpoints, suggested by the spaces of the Casa da Música. ⁄ The objective is to list, classify, contextualise, build relations
Ostengruppe
Client: Cultural Center DOM Location: Moscow, Russia Websites: www.ostengruppe.com, www.ostengruppe.com/mobile Case: DOM: Full art directorship It is an on-going project of visual support for cultural center DOM. The project has been art-directed for the last 5 years and covers logo development, catalogs, posters (more than 200 for the period), CD-covers,
Grandpeople
Speakers: Magnus Voll Mathiassen & Magnus Helgesen Location: Bergen, Norway Website: www.grandpeople.org Case: Beast per music The case: Powerblytt Myths Product: 12″ vinyl series, compilations Music Type: Electronic pop music, remixes Short about the case: Powerblytt Records is a newly started small Norwegian label for electronic pop music. Grandpeople is
Henrik Nygren Design
Speaker: Henrik Nygren Location: Stockholm, Sweden Website: www.henriknygrendesign.se Background Henrik Nygren was active in Stockholm design and advertising agencies from 1983-1991, and subsequently launched own company. Henrik Nygren Design mainly deals with analysing the client’s market potential, with strategy in accordance with this potential and the design and production of
Propeller
Speaker: Christian Altmann Location: Stockholm, Sweden Website: www.propeller.se Case: 3D + 2D, A interdisciplinary approach. Client: Looft Industries AB Background Propeller was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1995 and is one of Scandinavia’s top design agencies – a highly creative group of product, interaction and graphic designers with an articulated
designersunited.gr
Speakers: Dimitris Papazoglou & Dimitris Koliadimas Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Website: www.designersunited.gr Case: Redesigning “Makedonia” Newspaper The project took place in Thessaloniki during the four months of May to August 2007. “Makedonia”, one of the most historic Greek newspapers, will be celebrating its 100 years in 2012. Redesigning a newspaper is
Petpunk
Speakers: Gediminas Siaulys & Andrius Kirvela Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Website: www.petpunk.com Case: Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009 (…or how we try to survive somewhere between East & West) National tourism campaign Medium: Animated clip Broadcast area: International Topics: 1. East vs West experiences and influences. Local culture background
Labomatic
Speakers: Pascal Béjean & Frédéric Bortolotti Location: Paris, France Website: www.labomatic.org Client: Theatre National de la Colline www.colline.fr Background The group’s five member are all coming from different backgrounds (graphic design, fashion, architecture, fine arts, and computer) and skills. Their work concerns mainly projects from the cultural sector (such as
Gorilla
Speaker: Richard van der Laken Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Websites: www.volkskrant.nl/gorilla, www.designpolitie.nl Case: De Volkskrant Since october 2006 De designpolitie maintain a visual column on the front page of De Volkskrant, one of Hollands main newspapers. Together with Lesley Moore and Herman van Bostelen they are the collective ‘Gorilla’. In
46xy
Speaker: Letizia Abbate Location: Milano, Italy Website: www.46xy.it Case: Domus vs Abitare. Make a design magazine Domus and Abitare are two historical design magazines, famous all around the world. We had the chance to project both of them and to follow their art direction. With our case we want compare
Graphic Thought Facility
Speaker: Andrew Stevens, founder/director Case: Big client/small client/same client The name of the Restaurant is Oki-Nami (meaning Big Wave). They created the identity for this restaurant in 1993. It was one of our first ‘big jobs’ in that they were involved in defining an attitude to the whole environment –
Laboratorium
Speaker: Ivana Vucic and Orsat Frankovic, founders Location: Zagreb, Croatia Website: www.laboratorium.hr Case: Packaging ego Or how to dig identity for creative clients How to work for artists? How to design with materials that already has strong visual identity? Should we sometimes tame our personal creative drives? It includes different
Goldstudio
Speaker: Ole Lund, founder Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Website: www.goldstudio.dk Case: Art vs. Design Background GOLD is a multidisciplinary creative studio with primary focus on design, communications and art. GOLD is represented in Copenhagen, Denmark (GOLDSTUDIO-CPH) and New York, USA (GOLDSTUDIO-NYC). GOLD is composed of a spectrum of competencies and individuals
Exhibitions
Creatives Behind the Lens
Corbis, Scanpix and European Design are proud to celebrate photography with the European creative industry. The Creatives Behind the Lens contest is open till May 5th; submit up to 3 photographs and compete for a little bit of fame within the creative industry in Europe. A panel of professionals from
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Nationalmuseum Website: www.nationalmuseum.se The exhibition devoted to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm is the first comprehensive presentation of the French artist in Sweden for forty years. The exhibition will include some 200 items: drawings, posters and oil paintings. We meet a small but highly imposing artist who
Kolla! Graphic Design and Illustration exhibition
Kolla! Graphic Design and Illustration exhibition in cooperation with Svensk Form Kolla! is presenting the winners of their Swedish graphic design and illustration award in the facilities of Svensk Form. Kolla! Kolla! is an annual competition for graphic design and illustration organized by Föreningen Svenska Tecknare, the Swedish Association of
Forsbergs exhibition
Final exhibition, 15-19 May Website: www.forsbergsskola.se Forsberg School of Graphic Design The school was established in the Autumn of 1993 by Pia Forsberg and Pelle Lindberg. Both have long vocational experience within the industry. The Forsberg School is a 2-year vocational training course in Graphic Design, Advertising, Copywriting, Fashion Design
Studio Walks
City Centre
This design walk starts outside Södra Teatern and let you visit three interesting design agencies in the city center. Each of them has promised to welcome you into their office, answer your questions and exhibit some previous work. This is a chance to meet great designers eye-to-eye on their home
Gamla stan/Söder
This design walk starts outside Södra Teatern and let you visit four interesting design agencies at Södermalm and Gamla Stan. Each of them has promised to welcome you into their office, answer your questions and exhibit some previous work. This is a chance to meet great designers eye-to-eye on their