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 Haptica Braille Watch by David ChavezAction on the 2008 Submissions Front These are critical weeks here at Spark--and also at more than a few design firms and their agencies, as the entries to Spark '08 are prepared and shipped. We are here to help, and happy to do what we can to make the process smooth and simple. Here's a sampling of designers, architects, firms, orgs and institutions that have successfully uploaded entries in the last few weeks: Addis Creson, Berkeley AGK Media Group, LA Ammunition Group, SF Anderson Anderson Architecture, SF Antenna Group, Berkeley Art Center College of design, Pasadena Azevedo Design, Inc. Birsel+Seck, NYC blueoculus, La Jolla BMW, Munich Brandcom, Vienna Buggy Bubble, Toronto Bullfrog & Baum, LA California College of the Arts, SF Collette Collins Design Cresyn, Seoul Daekwon Park Daedalus Excel Product Development, Pittsburg David Wiener Ventures, Park City DeathByArchitecture.com, Santa Monica Definitive Design, Langhorn Dell Computer, Austin Della Valle Bernheimer Architecture, NYC & Austin DES Architects + Engineers Design Center at Kean University, NYC Design Continuum, Boston Designstream, Winchester Ecco Industrial Design, NYC E-Link Design & Communications Ltd Eleven, LLC Essential Design, Boston Fitch, Singapore Fluxxlabs Design, NYC 4240 Architecture, Chicago Fuego North America, SF fuseproject, SF Gee + Chung Design, SF Glocal Product Design GreenHeart Global, Oakland Human Touch Humanscale, NYC Institute of Textiles and Clothing, HK Hornberger + Worstell Architecture, SF Hyundai Motor America IDEO, Palo Alto Isay Weinfeld Architecture & Design, Sao Paulo James Dyson, London Jream Image Bravura Studio Karim Rashid, NYC Ketchum, Playa del Rey Kennedy Architects, Seattle K Seven Design, Flagstaff Littleonline, Charlotte Lunar Design, Menlo Park Lyx, Stockholm Mad Studios, Hong Kong M)Arch, Santa Monica Metaphase Design Group, Clayton Miele, Inc. Moen Incorporated, Hamilton NMC Medialab, Taipei Nola Pictures, NYC One & Co, SF On The Inside Design Ooi Lee Lim Design, Wanchai Orange22 Design Lab, LA Osborn Design Oval Design, Hong Kong Pentagram Design, SF Phiaton Photosound Communications Pilgrim Home & Hearth Poly Univ. School of Design, Hong Kong Public Design Lab Puur Design Studio, Eindhoven Robert Falls, Fairview Park Rogers Marvel Architecture Roland Cernant Design, Pforzheim School of Visual Arts, NYC School of Design, Kowloon Sea Whispers Sebastian Eilert Architecture, Miami seven02 design, Palo Alto Siegel Gale, NYC Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Chicago Smart Design, SF & NYC Soyun Design, Tarzana Spot On Square LLC, Omaha Stuart Karten Design, Marina del Ray Studio 440, Hollywood Sturgess Architecture, Calgary Susan Grant Lewin, NYC SZ Sunzone, Guang Dong SZE For Lo, Hong Kong Taewan Kim Design, Paeongtaek City Teague, Seattle Theatre, Osaka Thos. Moser, Auburn trapezum! Davis Urban Mapping, SF usoarquitectura, Mexico City VariousArchitects, Oslo Venice Consulting, Santa Clarita Volume, SF Whirlpool, Benton Harbor Zaha Hadid, London RECENT .jpg) PRESS & NEWSBrightest Sparks Show Their Flair: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1211004.htm New Green Release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1144204.htm New Transportation Release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1087324.htm June 24th Release http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1049724.htm Latest SparkNewsNow newsletter http://campaign-archive.com/?u=64b074b70a858bce23d6f6808&id=9d7f18a1b6&e= New Partners! Curve Magazine www.archinect.com Hong Kong Designers Association www.designtaxi.com New Sparks Spark is delighted to announce the addition of several new members to the Spark Council and Board Communities. These people join our Communities to help chart Spark's ambitious path to better serve designers, and help designers better serve our society. The Spark Community Boards act as a sounding board and reflect the interests of their communities. Members also add special professional expertise to help support Spark efforts in important areas. We welcome these great new friends: Chee Pearlman is one of the most recognized names in the world of design. Chee is Program Director for The Art Center Design Conference (Serious Play, May 7-9, 2008), was founding Chair and Producer (10 years) of the Chrysler Design Awards and former Editor-in-Chief of I.D. Magazine. She will be a wonderful asset to SparkWorld and the Advisory Council. Mark Charmer is an ex-Hill & Knowlton hand, bringing to Spark a sparkling vitality, fountain of ideas and deep knowledge of world commerce. His consultancy specializes in Public Development issues-- in particular water resources and mobility. Check out his valiant and successful efforts at Akvo and Movement Design Bureau. Steve Smith is a financial maven with a long-abiding interest in "world-changing design." His latest project is called "Toward Consilience," tasked with taking existing complex data sets and turning them into software that people can use to solve real world problems. Thus, we'll have a new tool to help financial structures better understand (and finance) the mega changes needed to address issues like global warming. Steve is Senior Managing Director at Ritchie Capital, past Managing Director, GE Equity and Managing Director, Ventures at GE Capital. Steve is joining the Spark Development Group initiative, chaired by frog design co-founder Patricia Roller. Manuel Saez, one of America's best young product designers, has work in the current exhibit at MoMA and is the recipient of over 59 top awards--including two Sparks, and one of our predecessor competition's Designing Worlds. His design and development firm, manuelsaez ltd., is based in New York City and Guangzhou, China, and dedicated to creating "beautiful comfort." Christian Banfield is a UK based photographer and filmmaker with a vibrant practice. His clients range from Sony to Nokia and H-P. Christian also directs commercials and creates corporate films through his production company "schmick TV. " He has joined Drew Takahashi, Dave Gottlieb, Robert Yuhas, John Pattyson and Jared Hendler on our SparkTV and DesignTube initiative, to help us create video Sparks. Eddy Yu is the recent and founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Designers Association, a prestigious group with very similar goals to Spark, and co-Founder of CoDesign Ltd. Eddy has won more than 80 awards in design competitions and his work has been featured in prominent local and international design publications. Eddy is our first Board member from Asia and we are very honored to welcome him. Jared Hendler Jared was recently appointed Worldwide Executive Creative Director for Edelman Digital. Jared's brings over 20 years of creative management experience in digital branding, design, advertising and technology. Jared co-founded G2 at WPP’s Grey Advertising and led the growth of the firm in over a dozen international markets. Most recently, Art Center grad Hendler founded SmashTube, a digital media and branded entertainment strategy shop. Jared is the author of a forward-thinking digital media blog. He is a prior board member of the Art Directors Club and is a Blue Ribbon Judge for the Emmy Award's new broadband category. Jared will help thread Spark into the woof and weave of the web. Best! Other News-- Exec Council member Marc Gobé has recently set up a New York shop named after his new book, "Emotional Branding." Check it out--Exciting place to be. Bon Chance, Marc. 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