World Usability Day was founded in 2005 as an initiative of the Usability Professionals' Association to ensure that services and products important to human life are easier to access and simpler to use. Each year, on the second Thursday of November, over 225 events are organized in over 40 countries around the world to raise awareness for the general public, and to train professionals in the tools and issues central to good usability research, development and practice.

Cleveland Ohio Local Event (Design Dump's hometown)
NEOUPA, the local chapter of the global Usability Professionals’ Association, is celebrating World Usability Day Thursday, November 13 from 6-8:30pm at KeyBank’s Tiedeman offices by discussing how professionals in the community are infusing and advocating usability in the companies they work for and the Web work they do. The panel of presenters is from a variety of local organizations, including Ernst & Young, Cleveland Institute of Art, KeyBank, Progressive Insurance, American Greetings, and more. Additional details and registration can be found at www.neoupa.org.

The event is FREE but registration is required at www.neoupa.org. Food, networking, knowledge-sharing and the chance to win over $300 in prize giveaways are all part of the event.


 

Maggie Macnab, author of Decoding Design has generously donated two personally signed books to Design Dump as part of our ongoing FREE book give-aways. Thanks Maggie!

Decoding Design is a wonderful book about the understanding and using of symbols in visual communication. You’ll discover the hidden meanings inside common corporate logos and designs. You’ll be amazed at what you’ll learn. From the interactive cover—to the end, this book is full of samples and in-depth analysis of why we do the things we do.

Since 1981, Maggie Macnab has been creating symbols, visual metaphors and conceptual design for a wide range of clients. She has been published in every major design magazine including Communication Arts, Step by Step, Print, Graphis and the AIGA.

Entry Deadline | Nov 22, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
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Wolda, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, is the innovative graphic design awards scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world.

Milan, September 29, 2008 - Wolda is proud to announce the winners of its inaugural 2008 edition: 192 logos selected from almost 1100 entries submitted from 43 different countries around the world.

Wolda is the only award scheme in the world endorsed by more than 100 design associations and schools internationally. One of the reasons for its success is the innovative international three-tier jury consisting of 10 top designers, 10 marketing managers from major international clients and finally 10 members of the public, selected respectively by ICOGRADA, AQUENT and CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL.

All the winning entries for Wolda ’08 are displayed online at www.wolda.org and will be published towards the end of December in the 2008 annual, a substantial hard-bound volume of exceptional quality printed on SAPPI acclaimed papers by FONTEGRAFICA, named the “Sappi 2007 International Printer of the Year ” and recent winner of the Gold Ink Award.