GLIDE is a biennial, virtual conference that disseminates cutting-edge research on topics related to interaction between designers and global communities. The purpose of a virtual format is to bridge cultural and geographic divides in an eco-friendly way.

The theme of GLIDE’10 is the facilitation, consequences, and challenges of cross-cultural collaboration—like participatory or user-/human-centered design—with indigenous and underserved communities and the effect of such on human/user experience.

You may submit full or poster paper proposals on topics related to the conference theme for synchronous or asynchronous presentation on October 27, 2010.

SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES:

Submit a 500-word abstract in pdf or word format by February 15, 2010 online at glide10.org/proceedings. You must first create a user account. Then, follow instructions for submitting your abstract. Visual instructions can be found on the the “Submissions” page of the conference website: glide10.org. Proposals will undergo an iterative, blind peer review process according to the following schedule:

* Deadline for all abstract submissions: March 15
* Notification of acceptance with comments: April 15
* First draft full and poster papers: June 15
* Notification of acceptance with comments: July 15
* Final draft full and poster papers due: August 15

All accepted, full and poster papers will be published in an online proceedings on the conference website.

GLIDE is an interdisciplinary conference and welcomes submissions from all disciplines that study design including architecture, human-computer interaction, technical communication, information technology, computer science, and other disciplines.

For more information, please visit glide10.org or contact the conference chair Audrey Bennett at bennett@rpi.edu.

GLIDE’10 is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the AIGA UP ST NY Chapter.

Register for GLIDE’10 before 3/15 and receive a discount.

Conference Chair:
Audrey Bennett
Advocacy Chair, Board of Directors
AIGA UP ST NY Chapter

Associate Professor of Graphics
Department of Language, Literature, and Communication
Rensselaer
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180-3590
E: bennett@rpi.edu
T: (518) 301-4583
F: (518) 276-4092
U: www.rpi.edu/~bennett

DYF Schedule
Week 1: CREATING IMAGES THAT REFLECT OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE
Images are all around us. Professionals like graphic designers create many of the images we encounter in our day to day lives. The tools graphic designers use to create images include cameras, hand drawing tools (e.g. pens, pencils, markers, crayons, paint, etc…) and computer software (e.g. InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator or their Opensource equivalents). In this workshop, we will create images using those tools as well as a new suite of web-based tools called Culturally-Situated Design Tools that enable the mathematical creation of images that reflect our cultural heritage.

Activities:
Pre-test
Discuss image exemplars from graphic design that are math-based
Introduction to CSDTs
Create images for fun with CSDTs

Week 2: MATH-BASED PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGNING IMAGES
Graphic designers sometimes use math concepts like reflection, dilation, repetition and translation to generate visually-pleasing images that reflect their cultural heritage.

Activities:
Using squares of varying sizes, cut from black construction paper, visually interpret the four rudimentary math principles—reflection, dilation, repetition, and translation—on 8 x 8 inch squares.

Use a beadloom to create multi-colored and math-based visual patterns.

Week 3: TEXT AS IMAGE
Graphic designers use display fonts to communicate ideas visually through text. The Graffiti Grapher CSDT allows graphic designers to mathematically create a graffiti display font.

Activities:
Hand draw the letters of your first name, initials, first and last names, or nickname and color in the letters. Then, use the Graffiti Grapher to simulate your hand drawn sketch.

Weeks 4-7: BRANDING IMAGES ACROSS DIFFERENT MEDIA
A good image can be used across different print and digital media. When images are used this way, a unified visual expression occurs that brands the image in the public’s memory.

Activities:
Introduction to image formats (e.g. gif, jpeg, png, tiff, pict), resolution, and image conventions (e.g. poster, postcard, sticker, business card, etc…)
Introduction to Inkscape, Scribus, and Paint.net

Create a set of images from each tool in the CSDTs suite. Then, choose one of the images to create the following:
1. a sticker
2. a stamp
3. a postcard
4. a poster
5. a t-shirt
6. a cd-case cover
7. a flipbook (show step by step how an image forms over 25 iterations)

Week 8: DISPLAYING YOUR IMAGES
Graphic designers put a lot of effort into designing portfolios that show off a collection of their best images. A portfolio is a container for their images. It can be a carrying case, a book, or a website.

Activity:
Design a book portfolio that showcases all of the images you created in the DYF workshop.
Introduction to grids
Design a cover for portfolio

Share your passion for design with high school aged youth who are under-represented in our profession. Register to be a mentor.