Tom Ising on Graphic Design

Latvian Art Directors Club ir very proud to invite you to Tom Ising lecture on Graphic Desig this Friday, on the 28th of May in Riga, Maskavas street 12-2, Dirty Deal Teatro, 2nd floor. Afterwards we all go to Tom Ising and print&design competition map contemporary exhibitions opening, Baznicas street 14.
About Tom Ising:
worked for "jetzt" the magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
and later co-founded with Martin Fengel the munich based design agency
HERBURG WEILAND. Since then, he works from there as an art director
for magazines (Burda, Springer, Gruner & Jahr, etc.), book publishers
(Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2001, Heyne, Delius Klasing) and companies such
as Mercedes-Benz, Swiss Re, Allianz, Stiftung Warentest, etc .

Angus Hyland

Latvian Art Directors Club ir very proud to invite you to Angus Hyland lecture/seminar in Riga. Cinema KSUNS, Elizabetes str. 83/85, on the 26th of May, 11am.
About Angus: studied graphic design at the London College of Printing
and the Royal College of Art. After running his own successful studio for ten years, Angus became a partner at Pentagram London in 1998.
He has worked with a wide range of private and public sector clients
including AkzoNobel, Asprey, BBC, British Council, British Museum, Canongate Books, Cass Art, Citibank, Crafts Council, Documenta 11, EAT, Getty Images, Grant Thornton, Matter, Nokia, Penguin Group, Phaidon Press, Royal Academy, Sage, Sainsbury’s, Samsung, Shakespeare’s Globe, Tate Modern and 100% Design.

The Berlin School of Creative Leadership is currently accepting

The Berlin School of Creative Leadership is currently accepting
applications for the next Executive MBA Program with a start date of May
10, 2009 in Berlin.
The application deadline is April 9, 2009.
For more information see: http://www.berlin-school.com/en;executive-mba.htm
This year they are also particular pleased to announce two full-tuition
scholarships.

Sir John Hegarty

LADC izdevās dabūt uz Rīgu neticamo - Sir John Hegarty. Kad pie mums bija Diks Povells, mēs viņam prasījām, vai nevar palīdzēt ar
Džona Hegartija kontaktiem, un viņš atbildēja: “Es varu, bet es arī
brīdinu - jūs nekad mūžā nedabūsiet Džonu uz Latviju. Viņš ir pārāk liela
mēroga zvaigzne. Kā Miks Džegers. Viņš pat izskatās pēc Mika.”

Miha Pogačnik

Miha is a concert violinist and the Cultural Ambassador of Slovenia, his seminar that was held in Riga on the 1st of December 2008 "Leadership as Masterpiece: A Musical Strategy?" has become widely popular all over Europe.

Miha uses classical music masterpiecies to inspire thinking outside of the traditional borders of rationality. He invents a new connection between intellect and emotions as an important factor to influences
management skills and creative thinking.

Menno Kluin

On the 13th of November Riga was visited by by Menno Kluin who during just two years time has managed to become known as the "most awarded Art Director" of our time. He came to Latvia to give a lecture and a workshop on the topic of contemporary art direction.

Paula Scher

On the 29th-30th of October as a part of the Latvian „design month” LADC was organizing a lecture and a workshop with the graphic design icon Paula Scher!
She has been the backbone of graphic design already for more than 30 years!
Iconic, elegant and inspiring – her works are known all over the world. Also most of you have probably already seen her in the film Helvetica!

Artemy Troitsky

On LADC’s request Riga was visited by Artemijs Troickis. His seminar at cinema “KSuns” was attended by an impressive amount of people all interested in the topic of the lecture about music’s, internet’ s and intellectual property’s future in the contemporary world. The lecture can also be watched online http://www.youtube.com/LatvianADC.

Dick Powell

Dick Powell was in Riga on the 8th of July to conduct a lecture!
He is one of the Europe’s most famous product designers. After finishing the Royal College of Art in 1984 he co-founded with Richard Seymour the design consultancy “Seymour Powell”.

Michel de Boer

On the 28th of May Michel de Boer, the creative director of „Studio Dumbar”, who has more than 25 years of experience in corporate, brand identity and design held a seminar in Riga.

Laurie Anderson

On the 23rd of April, in collaboration with Positivus Music, LADC had the opportunity to organize a meeting with one of contemporary art’s most unique personalities – Laurie Anderson.

ADwards

On the 13th of March took place already the third LADC organized festival of creative excellence – ADwards. All the winners of 2008 can be seen on the website www.adwards.lv

Russell Davies

For the first time Russell Davies, the brand strategist for „Nike”, in Riga!

David Carson

One of the most famous graphic designers - David Carson was in Riga on the 9th of November to conduct a lecture and a workshop!

Philippe Apeloig

On the 25th of October at the cinema "KSuns" the presentation of the ADWARDS 2007 annual and a lecture from the outstanding french graphic designer Philippe Apeloig.

Bob Gill

On the 14th of September another LADC guest Bob Gill arrived in Riga to hold a lecture and a workshop!

David Foldvari & Paul Hughes

On the 2nd and 3rd of August took place the annual LADC creative camp led by two prominent specialists from the advertising field - David Foldvari and Paul Hughes.

Jan Wilker

On the 6th and 7th of June all LADC members and enthusiasts had the opportunity to participate at the seminar and workshop of Jan Wilker.

Tomas Bacoccoli

On the 22nd of May LADC in collaboration with StarFM held a seminar hosted by the marketing and sales director of MTG radio and the managing director of more than 54 radio stations - Tomas Bacoccoli.

Stefan Sagmeister

On the 1st and 2nd of February, 2007 we had the great pleasure of hosting one of the world’s most famous graphic designers - Stefan Sagmeister!

Tony Hertz

On the 10th of January LADC hosted creative director and radio station’s “Hertz Radio” owner Tony Hertz to hold a seminar and a workshop.

Klaus Merz

On the 14th of December an LADC organized a photo workshop held by the talented photographer and prestigious “Miami Ad School” lecturer Klaus Merz.

Dr.Edward de Bono

Dr. Edward de Bono is thought to be the leading authority in the field of creative thinking. In Riga he conducted a 4 and half hour long seminar – “The skill of creative thinking: Lateral Thinking".

Felipe Taborda

LADC proudly announces that Felipe Taborda arrives in Riga in June. He is one of the most interesting graphic designers from Brasil. He lives in Rio de Janeiro and the atmosphere of this hot city can be seen in his posters.

ADwards

On the 21st and 22nd of March took place already the second festival of creative excellence - ADWARDS. All the winner entries can be seen on www.adwards.lv.

Hermann Vaske

Renowned director, documentary filmmaker and advertising guru, Hermann Vaske was live on stage in Rīga on December 3.
Noted director, writer, producer, advertising guru and professor of communication, Hermann Vaske who is renowned for his interviews, research and analysis into the creative minds of authorities from every realm of life arrived in Rīga in December to give a 5 hour seminar.

Ries Straver

On August 24-25, the LADC organised a creative video workshop led by Ries Straver that was part of the International Video Art Festival “WATER PIECES 05”.
One of the most talented video artists of his generation, Straver is a graduate of Benetton’s renowned ‘Fabrica’ Communications Research Centre, as well as a frequent collaborator with top European agencies including Publicis.