Previous Events

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Iconathon – Manhattan, NY

Sunday, March 2nd, 2014

Theme:  Sustainable Food and Farming 


Hosted by: Grace Communications Foundation / Mother JonesTEDx Manhattan

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IconLocal – Paris, France

Saturday, December 7th, 2013

Theme:  Open Data


Hosted by: Open Data Institute Paris

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IconLocal – Brooklyn, NY

Saturday, September 21st, 2013

Theme:  Create a Picture Dictionary of Brooklyn


Hosted by: Brooklyn Public Library

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Iconathon – New York, NY

Saturday, September 7th, 2013

Theme:  Climate Change Risk


Sponsored by:  Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre

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IconLocal – Honolulu, HI

Saturday, August 17th 2013

Theme:  Hawaii Open Data


Hosted byHawaii Open Data and AIGA Honolulu

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New York, NY

Saturday, June 1st, 2013

Theme:  Cultural Heritage


Sponsored by:  Metropolitan New York Library Council 

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San Francisco, CA

Saturday, April 6, 2013

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Minneapolis, MN

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Theme:  Organics Recycling, as part of Public Interest Design Week


Sponsored by:  University of Minnesota College of Design, PublicInterestDesign.org and The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

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Austin, TX

Monday, March 11, 2013

Theme: Ideas


Sponsored by:  (mt) Media Temple

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New York, NY

Saturday, February 23, 2013

ThemeInvestigative Journalism


Collaboration withProPublica and Hacks/Hackers NYC

Sponsored by: Knight-Mozilla OpenNews and The New York Times

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Miami, FL

Saturday, February 16, 2013

ThemeCivic Hacking


Collaboration with: Code for America’s Brigade

Sponsored by: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

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New York, NY

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Theme: Clean Water


Speakers on Clean Water:  Denny McFadden from Charity: Water

Speaker on Symbol Design & User Comprehension: Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

HostFuture Insights and Charity: Water

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Washington, D.C.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Theme: Urban Disaster Preparedness


Speakers on Urban Disaster Preparedness:  Ian O’Donnell – Senior Information Architect, Global Disaster Preparedness Center, and Robert Banick – GIS Coordinator, International Services, American Red Cross

Speaker on Symbol Design & User Comprehension: Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

Host: The American Red Cross and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center

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Los Angeles

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Theme: L.A. River


Speakers on LA River: Omar Brownson, Executive Director of the LA River Revitalization Corporation, Lewis MacAdams, co-founder & President of Friends of the L.A. River.

Speaker on Symbol Design & User Comprehension: Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

CollaboratorsCity of Los Angeles, Friends of the LA River, The American Institute of Architects – Los Angeles ChapterL.A. Creek FreakMia Lehrer & Associatesde LaB

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San Francisco

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

Theme: Neighborhood Revitalization


Speaker on “Central Market Area Revitalization”: Ellyn Parker from the Mayor’s Office of Economic Workforce and Development

Speaker on “Tactical Urbanism”: Dan Parham, co-founder of Neighborland

Speaker on “Symbol Design & User Comprehension”: Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

Collaborators: Code for America, the Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation and City & County of San Francisco

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Durham

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Theme: Energy Efficiency and LED Light


Speaker on Energy Saving Technologies: Paul Pickard, former head of research and development for Cree lighting

Speaker on Symbol Design & User Comprehension: Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

Sponsor: Thank you to Cree, Inc., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of energy-efficient LEDs and LED lights, for hosting and sponsoring this event

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New York City

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Theme: Transportation


Speaker on Designing for Public Space: Jake Barton, Local Projects Founder and Principal

Speakers on Transportation: Adam Greenfield, Urbanscale Managing Director and Frank Hebbert, OpenPlans Director of Civic Works

Speaker on Symbol Design: Matias Corea, Behance co-founder and Design Chief

Collaborators: School of Visual Arts, Open Plans, Urbanscale

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Boston

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Theme: Education


Speakers on Education: Lee McGuire, Chief Communications Officer for Boston Public Schools and Deb Socia, Executive Director of OpenAirBoston

Speakers on Design: Kristy Tillman, Communication Designer at IDEO and Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

Sponsors: Thank you MIT Center for Civic Media for providing the venue and sponsoring complimentary drinks & lunch for our participants!

Event Pictures: Flickr

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Seattle

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Theme: Neighborhoods


Speaker: Jared Nickerson at jThreeConcepts

Sponsors: We would like to thank the Art Institute of Seattle & Blick Art Materials for providing space & art materials.

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Chicago

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Theme: Democracy


Speaker on Democracy: SimpleScott

Speaker on Symbol Design & User Comprehension: Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

Collaborators: The Post Family and Design for America

Sponsors: Thank you to Segal Design Institute for sponsoring our art supplies, Big Delicious Planet for providing an amazing complimentary lunch for our participants, Chicago’s local Goose Island Beer Co. for providing complimentary craft beer, and Busy Beaver Button Co. for creating customized Noun Buttons for everyone.

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Los Angeles

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Theme: Food & Nutrition


Speakers on Food & Nutrition: Amanda Shaffer, Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College

Speaker on Symbol Design & User Comprehension: Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

Collaborator: City Innovation Group and Atwater Crossing

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San Francisco

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Theme: 311


Speakers on 311: Alissa Black, Government Relations for Code for America

Speaker on Symbol Design & User Comprehension: Edward Boatman, co-founder and Creative Director of The Noun Project

Sponsors: Thank you Bars+Tone for hosting the after party!

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