“I’ve always found the most memorable moments I’ve had at the SND competition have been the post-judging conversations about the design work we’ve experienced together.”
— Frank Mina, Assistant Managing Editor, Diversity, Design and Data Visuals, The Seattle Times
Update
The Design Museum is now available for viewing and feedback.
Watch a quick tutorial to learn how to navigate the design museum and use Mural.
When you first see a design or graphic, what is your first reaction to it? Do you admire all of it or just one aspect? Do you see an idea you want to steal for a future project? Do you wonder why the designer made one decision over another?
Occasionally you might be able to ask the designer these questions. You can reach out on social media or maybe you know the designer personally already. But most of the time, we don’t have the opportunity to have deep conversations with the designer, to understand their process and decisions.
For the September Creative Conference Call, now YOU can be privy to those inner thoughts and designer decisions.
Our September event will be an interactive session for attendees and speakers that actually begins BEFORE the Creative Conference Call.
Enter The Design Museum.
September 29, 2021 at 12pm ET
Register for this Session
SND Members: As a member of SND, you will be automatically registered for this session. Registrations are sent to the email on file with your SND account.
Students and Educators: If you are not currently an SND member but want to attend a session for free, contact us at events@snd.org and we will set up your registration for you for free.
Please note: Registering for this event will allow you access to the recording, even if you can’t attend live.
Non-Members: If you are not currently an SND member and would like to become one, sign up for an SND membership and then complete your registration. Or please feel free to register per session as you like.
How It Works
In September, we selected four pieces of work from those submitted be designers. Now it is your turn to critique the work displayed.
For the next three weeks prior to the call, you can enter the Mural board and check out the work. Leave comments anonymously on sticky notes of things you like, questions you have about a design choice, color selection, anything you want. Don’t want to be anonymous? You can sign your name on your sticky note and we’ll bring you into the discussion during the live call.
Pssst. if you are the designer… you can’t reply to the comments or questions left. Yet.
On Sept. 29 the Creative Conference Call will be a speed critique. We will look at each piece of work in the Design Museum individually. For each piece we will facilitate a 5-minute conversation to discuss the comments, questions and thoughts left on the Mural board. Anyone on the call is welcome to join the conversation. After 5 minutes, we will speak directly with the designer to hear their thoughts, what went into the design and how the design came to be.
Then we’ll move on to the next piece and repeat.
About This Series:
The concept: A moderated 60-90 minute conversation with various guests on specific design and industry topics. We will explore interesting projects from around the world, talk with makers and visual leaders, and allow time for questions and less formal networking among registrants.
When: The third Wednesday of every month at 12pm ET starting May 19.
The Creative Conference Calls series is free to all current SND members, as well as students and educators. Not an SND member but want to attend? Don’t worry, each session will be available to attend for a small registration fee of $10.
Can’t make a session live … we have you covered. The series will be recorded and available for registrants to watch on playback after the live presentation, whenever they like.