1. Home
2. Education
3. Adobe Design and Film School Connection

Design and film school events

Learn about upcoming conventions, training opportunities, festivals, online panel discussions, and other events that focus on film and design. Mark your calendar if you see an event that could help you in your work as a faculty member or student in a higher education design or film program. Be sure to check the list of all Adobe events under Resources at right.

Upcoming events

School of Visual Arts Summer Program in Italy/Masters Workshop: Design History, Theory and Practice in Rome and Venice
May 24-June 6, 2009
Venice: Foundazione Claudio Buziol (May 24-30)
Rome: La Sapienza, University of Rome (June 1-6)

Spend two weeks studying visual communication (especially typography) in Venice and Rome, the birthplace of Western typographic tradition. This workshop will foster multidisciplinary activities in architecture, fashion, literature, theater, and cuisine. Collaborations with Italian design organizations and businesses will result in projects and products for publication and production. Students must be at least college level seniors studying graphic design or design professionals.

New Media Consortium (NMC) Summer Conference
June 10-13, 2009
California State University, Monterey Bay
Monterey, California
The NMC Summer Conference attracts an audience of highly skilled professionals who want to explore the innovative use of new media and technologies for teaching, learning, and creative expression.

2009 HOW Design Conference — Darn Good Design
June 24-27, 2009
Austin, Texas
Take this opportunity to focus your design career, build your business skills, learn the latest software, network with your peers, and fuel your creative energy. Visit HOWconference.com for complete details and to create your own customized program.

Creative Freelancer Conference August 26-28, 2009
San Diego, California
Introducing a business conference for designers, copywriters, illustrators, photographers, and other creative freelancers. Industry veterans will share pricing strategies, marketing techniques, and other best practices for maximizing your freelance income. The Creative Freelancer Conference is presented by HOW and Marketing Mentor. For information, visit creativefreelancerconference.com.

New Designers
Part 1: July 9-12, 2009
Part 2: July 16-19, 2009
Business Design Centre, London N1, England
New Designers brings together the very best in UK graduate design, showcasing the work, energy and talent of the next generation of designers from all disciplines, from architecture to animation, graphics to glass, furniture to fashion. This show attracts a prestigious design-conscious audience of over 18,000 professionals, public, media, and education, all eager to see what’s new.

See OnDemand panel discussions by and for design and film educators

Introduction to Color Management

Howard Simkins of Sheridan Institute of Technology and Higher Learning and Tom Ashe of the School of Visual Arts discuss the fundamentals of color management.

Digital Print in Project-Based Design Education

Lorraine Donegan of California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and Michael Josefowicz of Parsons The New School for Design share how digital print facilitates project-based learning in their design courses.