Seminar on graphic design

Seminar on graphic design

JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Graphic Designers, in cooperation with PT Paperina Dwijaya, which represents the America-based Simpson Paper, will hold a two-day seminar on graphic design, on April 24-25, at the President Hotel, Central Jakarta.

The seminar, which will start at 2 p.m. on both days, will present renowned American graphic designer Woody Pirtle of Pentagram, a design consultancy office.

In a statement made available to The Jakarta Post, secretary general of the association, Irvan A. Noe'man, stated that Pirtle is one of the designers of big projects, such as those for IBM Corporation Publication, Northern Telecom and United Airlines.

Some of Pirtle's designs are now in the permanent collections of Washington D.C.'s Congress Library, New York's Cooper-Hewitt Museum and Neue Sammlung Museum in Munich, Germany.

The seminar, which is free of charge, is targeting Indonesian graphic designers who work in advertising companies, printed media and also graphic design students. (als)