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VCUQatar Hosts Public Graphic Design Presentation (20.3.2008)

		For Immediate Release Event: VIA Public Presentation Location: Education City VCUQatar Hosts Interior Design Public Presentation Doha, Qatar- VCUQatar will host a public presentation of the accomplishments, approaches and perspectives of VIA design. The presentation will take place on Tuesday March 11 at 19.00. VIA Design is an innovation and design firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The two founding partners of VIA Design, Sune Kjems and Ida Vesterdal, are being brought to VCU Qatar by the graphic design department for the week of March 9 - 13th. Sune, a graphic designer, will be working with a number of graphic design classes introducing them to current methods of innovation process and concept visualization. Ida, a cultural analyst, will be introducing the senior graphic design students to methods and processes of innovation potential identification currently being developed and applied in the industry. On Tuesday 11 March 19:00 at VCU Qatar Sune and Ida will give a public presentation showing VIA Design's unique approach to collaborating with clients to innovate strategies of synthesizing organizational structures, products, processes, and decisions together into effective transformation pathways within an uncertain and changing context. About VCUQatar: VCUQatar offers specialized programs in various design professions. Students have the opportunity of earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic, fashion and interior design. A team of highly qualified professors provide rigorous curricula that prepare students to assume leadership roles in the professional field of their choice. VCUQatar regularly organizes and hosts exhibitions, gallery events, world-class design conferences, and holds an annual fashion show. VCUQatar is supported and funded by the Qatar Foundation. For more information please visit www.qatar.vcu.edu or call 0974 492- 7238. About Qatar Foundation: Qatar Foundation for Education houses VCUQatar; The Foundation is a unique concept which has revolutionized education in the State of Qatar. It is a non-profit founded in 1995 by the Emir and Head of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khlaifa Al-Thani. The vision of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, the Chairperson of Qatar Foundation indicates the keenness of Qatar’s leadership in encouraging education. The Qatar Foundation has altogether changed the face of the education sector in the State of Qatar with first-class educational programs and organizations. For more information, please visit www.qf.org.qa. Contact Person: Shefa Ali Phone: 0974 492 7807 Fax: 0974 481 7058 Email: snada@qatar.vcu.edu Web: www.qatar.vcu.edu