July 11, 2005

(Im)Material Exchange

IIID/AIGA Summer Academy 2005 (July 11-23, 2005 - Free University of Bolzano, Italy EU)
In harmony with the 8th UN Millennium Goal 'Developing a Global Partnership for Development', the focus of the IIID Summer Academy are the Cap Verde islands situated in the middle of the Atlantic. Once known as a Portugese station for the slave trade between Africa and America, the Cap Verdes became independent only in 1975 and are struggling hard to improve the economy of the islands and the well-being of its citizens. We asked ourselves: How could information design assist? What for instance could we do to provide school leavers in this underpriviledged part of the world with opportunities leading to a better future? Part of idX (the IIID Information Design Exchange project) within the EU/USA Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training, the summer academy is open to information design students and professionals.

Start date: July 11, 2005 08:16 PM

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