Thousands of designers converged on San Francisco for the IDSA/ICSID Connecting ’07 Congress. ICSID holds a biannual Congress in collaboration with a member organization in a host country, this year with IDSA, and the last one held in the US was in 1985. Lunar was thrilled to welcome the worldwide design community to San Francisco and opened its doors for an open house, held a fabulous party, and participated in panel discussions during the conference.
RE: FRESH
Lunar Design and I.D. Magazine hosted an upbeat party for Connecting ’07 attendees at the Limn Gallery. Designers from around the world gathered for the event, taking in the ambiance, the music Josh Jones ensemble and supporting Acterra at the carbon neutral event. Click here for party pix.
At Re:Fresh, Lunar's John Edson and Zoe Corneli talked with designers attending the Connecting'07 conference about sustainable design, creating environmentally friendly products and using design to make a difference. Live footage is available on the Lunar blog.
LUNAR DEVELOPS A TARGETED BRAND FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CONSCIOUS MARKET
Lunar Design developed a ‘Zero is good’ brand strategy for Ayala herbal water, reaching out to a targeted audience that is often overlooked in the current health and wellness market, tapping the baby boomer enthusiasm for healthy living. Click here to read more
PHILM
LUNAR RETHINKS FLASH DRIVES FOR PHILM AND TRANSFORMS A COMMODITY PRODUCT INTO A PREMIUM B2B SOLUTION
By combining proprietary content and best-in-class partners, Lunar collaborated with Philm to transform conventional USB flash drives into a premium solution for leading companies. Ferrari and Baume & Mercier were just a few of the high profile companies interested in connecting powerfully with their customers. Click here to read more
INTERACTION '08
CONVERGENT DESIGN CONCEPTING:
HOW TO INTEGRATE ID AND IxD THINKING
Coming up soon is Interaction08, the first annual conference thrown by the Interaction Design Association. Lunar’s Director of Interaction Design, Gretchen Anderson, will be speaking there, along with other industry pundits such as Alan Cooper, Jared Spool, Bill Buxton and more. The conference will be held in Savannah, GA, USA on February 8-10, 2008. Early registration ends December 15. Click here to register and see the program
COMPOSTMODERN
Lunar Design will be a sponsor of the upcoming sustainability conference, Compostmodern. The event will be held on January 19th, 2008 in San Francisco, and will bring together the design community to address sustainability issues facing the industry and how designers from various fields are addressing them. Click here for more information