The Design Council are currently working on updating their website and they need your help. Please read over the request below and if you feel compelled please send Kerri some images of you at work. Please let her know that you found out through us, so she can keep tracks on who’s helped her, and who’s not.

Here’s her email to us:
I am working with the Design Council to update their website. We are creating a new section called ‘How designers work’ featuring real designers. I wonder if any members of your network would like to be involved? Or perhaps you have a bank of images ready for use!

I am looking for images of designers at work practising any of the following skills/approaches:

1. Understanding users (inclusive, user-centred, ergonomics, co-creation);
2. Research (design research, using video and audio, observation, ethnography, market research, academic research design in universities);
3. Collaboration (using materials, technology, manufacturing/production, craft, sales);
4. Visualisation (sketches, presentations);
5. Prototyping (rapid prototyping, models);
6. and any other approaches or practices will be welcome!

The images need to be high resolution – about 300 dpi and at least 15cm wide. Full captions including project description, client, design agency, and year, are essential.

In all instances the pictures will be set in context with an explanation of what it illustrates, which design agency is associated with creating the work illustrated and, if necessary with photographer credits.

Initially the images will be used to illustrate content explaining what design is, but they may also be relevant to future content, on the website, and in Design Council publications, exhibitions, and on films, which the Design Council makes.

My deadline to send all images to the Design Council is Thursday 11th March 2010.

Kind regards

Kerri

Kerri Miles
Freelance Picture Editor, working for
Design Council
www.designcouncil.org.uk

07946 399396
kerri.miles@btinternet.com

Well with only one working day left till the talk we’ve now got these beautiful posters designed by Jonathan for his talk on Monday. Huge thanks to GF Smith for the Peregrina Silver stock and Push for their printing skills and inks.

If you haven’t got a ticket yet…what in the heck are you playing at??? Get your mouse cursor over to the LongLunch online shop and buy one now! In fact, buy two and bring a friend…. no hang on, buy ten and bring your whole creative department! http://longlunch.bigcartel.com/

We now need to add a disclaimer to say that the views expressed on the poster are not those of LongLunch, and LongLunch cannot be held responsible for the content of the poster design nor of the talk. (Just thought we should cover our backsides before some overpaid tosser of a lawyer sends us a strongly worded email on behalf of the brands Jonathan has used).

Just wanted to add a small reminder to the blog about Jonathan Barnbrooks talk in two weeks, in London. His last talk for us, in Edinburgh, was about 4 years ago so it’s going to be great to hear what he’s been up to these last few years. Tickets are available on our Big Cartel shop http://longlunch.bigcartel.com/

For all of you who enjoyed Anthony’s talk the other night, or if you missed it, head down to Analogue books tonight for the launch of his latest exhibition and book.

I’ve had a sneak preview at the work and it does not disappoint – typically graphic, bold, colourful and witty – and the book he’s produced especially for it is only £6. Bargain!

It opens at 7pm-9pm – and there’s free beer, so see you there!

Event 33
Anthony Burrill
Main lecture theatre
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Tuesday 9th February 2010
Tickets £8 / £6 NUS
Doors 7pm/start 7.30pm

For all of you who haven’t managed to get a ticket yet, you can pay on the door or online here.

For those of you who are already coming… this is going to be great!

Just been perusing the wares of our next speaker Tom Muller/Kleber and found this interesting site for photographer Jason Tozer.

It reminded of the great CLOSER series  Jason did with Blanka last year – still available to buy incidentally.

Tickets for Tom’s talk are on sale here.

The first batch of posters and tickets for Anthony’s talk have been sent out – hopefully all those who have bought tickets will have them now.

Any problems please let us know.

If you’ve not bought tickets yet, they’re available here.

I have just had the delight of taking receipt of Tom Mullers posters for next weeks talk (and his talk in Glasgow in May). They look brilliant si we must thank our new sponsors PUSH printers in SE1. The poster is black and PMS 811 (that’s a fluoro) on white PheoniXmotion supplied by GF Smith — so another thank you goes to them for once again giving us a great sheet to print these on. As always these will be free on the night and I’ll try and get some to Concrete Hermit tomorrow (Friday) so those east bound – as in snow bound – designers can go collect one to stick up in their offices.

I just opened up a package (expecting paper samples) to discover it was Mr Burrill’s poster – beautifully produced by screen printers Harvey Lloyd’s.

Now I know what you’re thinking, “the image’s look like a retouch”, but I assure you they’re not – the colours really are this intense.

Big thanks to Harvey Lloyd’s for doing such a cracking job and GF Smith for the Colorplan Citrine stock.

Posters will be making their way across Scotland’s studios next week.

If you’ve bought a ticket already – and put your company’s address on the order – keep an eye out for yours dropping through the door. Before someone else nabs it!!

If you’ve not got a ticket yet, they’re on sale here.

Happy New Year to you all – hope you had a good one!
And what better way to start 2010 than with a dose of graphic inspiration.

In February we’re bringing Anthony Burrill up to Edinburgh for two LongLunch events.

A talk on Tuesday the 9th and an exhibition on Thursday the 11th at Analogue Books.

More information and tickets to follow.
Looking forward to it already.