Imagine A World Without Environmental Graphic Design

How would you know where you are?

How would you find the route to your destination?

How would you know you have arrived?

How would you know whose building this is?

Do you use landmarks to navigate?

What if you don’t know the language?

Perhaps you need to go shopping

Or you want to have some fun

Or learn something new

What do we mean by environmental graphic design?

What do we mean by environmental graphic design?

Communications that exist in the three-dimensional built environment

What do we mean by environmental graphic design?

Design elements that communicate stories, messages, information or feelings

What do we mean by environmental graphic design?

The visual solution to a particular problem

Environmental Graphic Design is used to activate, inform, and organize the places where people live, work, play and learn.

SEGD has helped foster the discipline of Environmental Graphic Design in North America.

SEGD now has 1600 members in 33 countries with 21 chapters worldwide.

SEGD is the global community of people working at the intersection of communication design and the built environment.

Our members include:Architects & Graphic DesignersInterior & Retail DesignersIndustrial & Digital DesignersBranding & Experience ConsultantsFabrication & Production SpecialistsDesign Educators

Why doesSEGD exist?

EDUCATE

Professional Development“For what I have gained in professional expertise and networking with design comrades, my investment in SEGD has paid off many times over!”

SEGD member, Montreal, Canada

Academic Programs

University of LeicesterSavannah College of Art & DesignParsons the New School for DesignRocky Mountain College of Art & DesignDrexel UniversityCornell UniversityUniversity of CincinnatiMassachusetts College of Art and Designand others

Research

CONNECT

Annual Conference 2000 Portland 2001 Miami 2002 Denver 2003 Las Vegas 2004 Philadelphia 2005 New Orleans 2006 Hollywood 2007 Boston 2008 Austin 2009 San Diego 2010 Washington 2011 Montreal 2012 Manhattan-Brooklyn, June 8-9, 2012

Chapter Events Atlanta Boston Brisbane Charlotte Cleveland Dallas Denver Edinburgh Houston Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles Minneapolis Montreal New York Oklahoma Philadelphia San Francisco Seattle Toronto Vancouver

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Workshops and Programs

INSPIRE

Global Design Awards

Award-winning Magazine

Innovation Events

New York, November 3, 2011

What is the mission of SEGD?

PUBLIC AWARENESS

DESIGN EXCELLENCE

DESIGN EDUCATION

STANDARDS OF PRACTICE

RESEARCH

COLLABORATION

COMMUNITY

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