Not as important as missing the Mrs’ birthday, or forgetting our Anniversary (August 6, hon), but I totally missed out on World Graphics Day 2008, observed yesterday, April 27. Ah well, guess I’ll catch up next year - after all, the annual event has been running since 1995 (these folks not send out press releases to remind us ’slow on the uptake’ bloggers?). World Graphics Day is celebrated on this spring date, because that’s the day in 1963 when Icograda, the world body for graphic design, was founded. It is a day to celebrate the profession of communication design globally and according to whatever info I’ve been able to find helps “designers reflect and hope that our international network can contribute to a greater understanding between people and can help to build bridges where divides and inequities exist”. There ya go. So to all graphic-types out there - happy (belated) World Graphics Day. Hope it was a good one. For what it’s worth here’s events that were planned, though not much point in showing up - they all happened yesterday.

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