Icograda Design Week in Seattle
9 - 15 July 2006
Seattle, USA
As part of the 8th International Digital Design Exhibit in Havana, Cuba from June 21st - 23rd, 14 designers - 7 from the U.S. and 7 from Cuba will represent their respective design communities with the help of AIGA's Center for Cross Cultural Design and Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau. They'll used the language of culture that they know best: visual design, the spoken word, and digital technology to reach across borders using visual communication in order to communicate with diverse audiences.
The designs from each of the 14 artists will be exhibited during the event at the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinema (ICAIC) in Havana, and seen in a 32 page book published exclusively for the event by Centro Cultural Pablo de La Torriente Brau. This project has also been posted on the Web here as well as on the AIGA site.
These events in Havana are sponsored by The Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau and with the support of the Historiador de la Ciudad de La Habana (the City Historian), HIVOS, ENET / ETECSA Cubas' Portal, and the collaboration of the Union of Cuban Artists and Writers (UNEAC), the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinema (ICAIC), and the Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas.
2006 Shared Dreams - EL AMOR CONQUISTA TODO
The theme of this year's event is SHARED DREAMS / LOVE CONQUERS ALL. Written commentaries from the designers accompany their submitted designs, focusing on their visions for how love brings disparate cultures together.
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