Exhibitions

There are various Exhibitions, shows, films, workshops and lectures happening constantly in the field of graphic design. From the 13th - 21st of September, The London Design Festival will be taking place across London. This will be the 12th festival which has been an annual event since 2003. It is one of the most important design events in the world and is made up of over 300 events and exhibitions staged by hundreds of partner organisations from around the world. The festival is summised on their website as such:

"The London Design Festival was conceived by Sir John Sorrell and Ben Evans. Building on London's existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city's creativity, drawing in the country's greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design." -  http://www.londondesignfestival.com/

Just over a year ago the UCLA put on an exhibition called "Graphic Design - Now in Production" at the Hammer Museum. It was the largest exhibition on the subject in decades and looked specifically at how graphic design has broadened its reach and become less of a specialised profession and more, something that people use regularly and plentifully. Because of it's scope and the people in charge or conducting the exhibition I imagine it would have been especially interesting to attend. (http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/218)

Eye Magazine (http://www.eyemagazine.com/events) and Creativelectures.com (http://www.creativelectures.com/tag/graphic-design/) were a rich source of information when it came to looking for events relating to graphic design and would be a good place to start when looking for exhibitions, lectures and workshops in future as they both provided a long and concise list of all of these things.