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Graphic Design for the TEI conference

  • Post author By Thomas
  • Post date February 14, 2016

I have loved contributing to the tenth edition of the Tangible and Embodied Interaction conference in 2016 (TEI16) as graphic design chair.

Conference badge

The main challenge was the design of the conference badge for all attendees. A central element in the design of the TEI16 logo is a horizontal line through the characters.

The TEI16 conference logo.

I wanted to design a unique badge that stands out from the regular flat and plain conference badges, and that features the horizontal line of the logo.

The conference badge was made from a foldable A2 paper. The folds created pockets for the name cards and and drink tickets on all pages.
One of the later prototypes of the foldable conference badge.

I was really happy with the result. Unfortunately I underestimated the manual labour needed for the folder of more than 300 badges. But after a pizza party with all student volunteers this was done in one night.

Each page showed the program of that day with a map of all TEI16 venues in Eindhoven in the center.
A huge thanks to this amazing group of volunteers!!
  • Photo by Andrés Lucero @andrikos
Here is the final design in action!

Other elements

Other graphic elements were part of it as well, including the conference proceedings, goody bags, t-shirts, posters, note-blocks and even cakes!

  • Totebags, UBS sticks and TEI tape
  • Photo by Jérémy Frey @jfrey_xx
  • Conference proceedings cover
  • T-shirts for organisation and student volunteers

But the best thing about helping with the organisation of a conference is the huge amount of immediate feedback during the event itself, both face-to-face and online!

#TEI16 in Eindhoven, as a conference attendee that appreciates good design! @tei_conf https://t.co/VILPYg2O6y

— Andrés Lucero 욱 (@andrikos) December 31, 2018

Neat idea: a notepad with one sheet per presentation to write/draw/leave a message to the authors #TEI2016 @tei_conf pic.twitter.com/LEimP7fZGs

— Andrés Lucero (@andrikos) February 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/hiroosa/status/699144301750677504

Registration #tei2016 pic.twitter.com/lQ1OEXsFSj

— TEI Conference (@tei_conf) February 14, 2016

【TEI16】10th ACM Conf on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction in Eindhoven #TEI16https://t.co/Q0Y8hCW7tX pic.twitter.com/GLEGsdc7L2

— Hiroshi Ishii 石井 裕 (@ishii_mit) February 15, 2016

Cakes. #TEI16 pic.twitter.com/wspJXatV23

— Andrew R McHugh ᯅ (@armthethinker) February 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/CarolaFT/status/698988263709736961

Gorgeous and delicious #TEI2016 treats during the coffee break! @tei_conf pic.twitter.com/bS2Tu2eWLP

— Andrés Lucero (@andrikos) February 15, 2016

  • Tags Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Conference, Logo, tei

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