Past events - Chartered Society of Designers

ADAPTr Events – Practitioners in Conversation

16 December 2016, 6.30 -8.30pm

Ambika P3
35 Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5LS

This edition of ‘Practitioners in Conversation’ launches the book ‘Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies’ by Heike Rahmann and Jillian Wallis and is followed by presentations and a discussion round with participants of featuring architecture and landscape architecture offices, including Neil Porter and Mary Bowman from Gustafson Porter, Enriqueta Llabres and Eduardo Rico from Relational Urbanism and Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero from EcoLogic Studio.

Click HERE for more information and to register for this free event

A Life in Letterpress

09 December 2016

The Lighthouse, Glasgow

This exhibition is a major retrospective of Alan Kitching’s life and work based on his much anticipated monograph published by Laurence King, titled: Alan Kitching: A Life in Letterpress. It will span the six decades he has spent at the forefront of typographical design.

Building and Energy Fair

8-11 December 2016

Bern expo, Switzerland

Building & Energy Fair is a 4 day event being held from 8th December to the 11th December 2016 at the Bern Expo in Bern, Switzerland. This event showcases products like construction and renovation, modern timber and renewable energy, sustainable and energy & much more etc. in the Building Construction, Power & Energy industries.

CSD Forum for Professional Designers

03 December 2016, 16.00pm

InnoCentre, Meeting room 3 & 4, G/F, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

If you are a professional designer working in Hong Kong then this is a forum you should not miss.

The Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) will be hosting an open forum for all practising designers in any design discipline to explain the Pathway to Chartered Designer.

The Register of Chartered Designers is operated by CSD and any designer may apply. You do not have to be a member of CSD.

Achieving the status of a Chartered Designer gives you a recognition equivalent to that of the other professions: architecture, engineering, accountancy, surveying, etc. It demonstrates to your employers and clients that you are a ‘recognised professional designer’ as proven to the internationally recognised Royal Chartered professional body for designers.

Frank Peters FCSD, the Chief Executive of the Register of Chartered Designers will give a presentation and answer questions. This will be followed by a chance to network and socialise with other designers from different design disciplines and organisations.

The event is FREE but places will be allocated on a first come basis.

Please RSVP to membership@csd.org.uk to confirm your place.

Plastics Packaging in the UK : A Roadmap for the Future

01 December 2016, 10.00 - 15.00

BPF House, Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JE

What will the future hold for the Plastics Packaging industry in the UK? The BPF Plastics Packaging ‘Roadmap for the Future’ event will explore this crucial theme in this one day seminar. Corporate giants Marks and Spencer will join Defra and WRAP in discussing their future strategies and directions for their UK operations.

This event will provide a valuable opportunity to network and to discover what government and your customers are planning and how it will affect your industry.

This seminar is aimed at plastics packaging professionals from plastic producers and distributors as well as industry representatives who wish to update their knowledge of the plastics packaging industry.

For more information and to register to attend click HERE

Business of Design Week

30 November 2016

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 Expo Dr, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

This year the Business of Design Week (BODW) has a strong line-up of speakers, from ARCHITECTS, BRANDS, TECHNOLOGY to talk about innovation and enterprising creativity, and strategic deployment of design, digital, art and technology for business strategy, branding, experiential customer engagement etc.

There will also be a new FASHION ASIA 2016 HONGKONG Forum (28-29 Nov) where around 300 brand creators, strategists, designers, marketers, buyers, media and industry professionals gather to discuss fashion disruption and revitalisation.

Furthermore, if you are a member of the Society you can get 50% off tickets. Simply log into the Members Area and select offers, here you will find a promotional code.

The Spirits Summit

24 November 2016, 8.30 - 19.00pm

The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Scotland

The Spirits Summit will create a unique forum for anyone involved in specifying, designing or manufacturing packaging for whisky, gin, rum, vodka, tequila or any other spirits. It will aim to inform and inspire designers, developers and manufacturers of spirits packaging on the key issues they face today.

From case studies on packaging development from major spirits brands to the retail environment, consumer trends and sustainability issues, The Spirits Summit will bring fresh insight on the big questions facing packaging for the sector.

Alongside a full conference programme, The Spirits Summit will feature a tabletop exhibition and will showcase many of the market’s top packaging suppliers. As an attendee, you will have many opportunities to meet, network and do business during frequent breaks, lunch and networking sessions.

An exclusive 40% off tickets is available for CSD members only. Simply log into the members area and select ‘offers’, here you can find the discount code and further information.

Plastics Recycling — Pioneering Ideas and Regional Views

23 November 2016, 10am - 15.40pm

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ

This crucial seminar will focus on regional views on recycling policy with speakers from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Attendees will discover the different approaches to recycling from the different regions, their ideas, the impacts and what the future holds.

The afternoon session will showcase pioneering ideas from the recycling industry including an examination of the future of films and case studies on farm waste, zero pellet loss and steel coil edge protection.

Aimed at senior and middle managers from all parts of the plastics recycling supply chain this is your chance to network with your peers, share ideas and to make sure that you and your staff are briefed on the very latest recycling techniques.

For more information including the days schedule, list of speakers and how to book tickets click HERE

Sleep – The Hotel Design Event

22-23 November 2016

Business Design Centre, London

This year, the global hotel design event will be exploring the ‘Science of Tribes’ throughout the exhibition, conference and concept installations exclusive to Sleep.

Sleep 2016’s industry-leading Conference will bring top-level insight together with international and local perspective to discuss and debate the topics that matter. Opened by Sharon Pasricha, Founder and CEO of Ennismore, this year’s programme will see Adam Tihnay speak on a panel on cruise ship design, an industry unpicking of the meaning of wellness and the general managers of leading hotels – from the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane to the eagerly anticipated L’Oscar Hotel – revealing their experiences of “living with design”.

Click HERE for more information on the event and to register.

Designable 2016

17 November 2016, 9am - 17.00pm

Kings Place
90 York Way
London
N1 9AG

For one day only, the Designable event will bring together some of the best and brightest brains in disability inclusivity to discuss the issue, highlighting opportunities for brands to truly make a difference, to those considered different.

Speakers include: Liz Jackson: TED resident & Founder of The Inclusive Design + Fashion Collective, Jonathan Allan: Sales Director at Channel 4, Ramy El-Bergamy: On-screen Diversity Executive at Channel 4, Rie Nørregaard: Co-Founder of OMHU and world renowned inclusive designer, Susan Scott-Parker OBE: CEO, Business Disability International and many more.

For more information and to register for this FREE event click HERE

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