Previous Events
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Iconathon – Manhattan, NY
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
Theme: Sustainable Food and Farming
Location: School of Visual Arts, 209 E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010
Hosted by: Grace Communications Foundation / Mother Jones / TEDx Manhattan
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IconLocal – Paris, France
Saturday, December 7th, 2013
Location: Simplon.co at 55, rue de Vincennes, 93100 Montreuil, France
Hosted by: Open Data Institute Paris
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IconLocal – Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
Theme: Create a Picture Dictionary of Brooklyn
Location: Brooklyn Public Library, Info Commons Lab at 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Hosted by: Brooklyn Public Library
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Iconathon – New York, NY
Saturday, September 7th, 2013
Theme: Climate Change Risk
Location: American Red Cross of Greater New York at 520 W 49th Street (between 10th & 11th), New York, NY 10036
Sponsored by: Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
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IconLocal – Honolulu, HI
Saturday, August 17th 2013
Location: R/D at 691 Auahi St., Honolulu, HI 96813
Hosted by: Hawaii Open Data and AIGA Honolulu
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New York, NY
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
Theme: Cultural Heritage
Location: Metropolitan New York Library Council at 57 E. 11th St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003
Sponsored by: Metropolitan New York Library Council
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San Francisco, CA
Saturday, April 6, 2013
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Location: Wikimedia Foundation at 149 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Sponsored by:
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Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Theme: Organics Recycling, as part of Public Interest Design Week
Location: University of Minnesota, College of Design, Rapson Hall at 89 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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
Location: Sennheiser + Paste Interactive Studio & Lounge at The Blackheart, 86 Rainey Street, Austin, TX 78701
Sponsored by: (mt) Media Temple
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New York, NY
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Theme: Investigative Journalism
Location: The New York Times building at 620 8th Ave, 15th floor, New York, NY 10018
Collaboration with: ProPublica and Hacks/Hackers NYC
Sponsored by: Knight-Mozilla OpenNews and The New York Times
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Miami, FL
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Theme: Civic Hacking
Location: The LAB Miami at 400 NW 26th Street, Miami FL 33127
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
Location: Future of Web Design Conference
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
Host: Future Insights and Charity: Water
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Washington, D.C.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Theme: Urban Disaster Preparedness
Location: American Red Cross National Headquarters, Board of Governors Hall, 430 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
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
Location: LALA Arts at 1335 Willow Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90013
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
Collaborators: City of Los Angeles, Friends of the LA River, The American Institute of Architects – Los Angeles Chapter, L.A. Creek Freak, Mia Lehrer & Associates, de LaB
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San Francisco
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
Theme: Neighborhood Revitalization
Location: Code for America Headquarters at 155 9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
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
Location: Cree Headquarters at 4600 Silicon Drive, Durham, NC 27703
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
Location: School of Visual Arts at 136 West 21st Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10010
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
Location: MIT Media Lab at 75 Amherst Street, 5th floor, Cambridge, MA 02142
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
Location: The Art Institute of Seattle at 2323 Elliot Ave, Rooms #717 & #718, Seattle, WA
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
Location: SimpleHonestWork studio at 1821 W. Hubbard Street, Unit 203, Chicago, IL 60622
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
Location: Atwater Crossing at 3245 Casitas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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
Location: Code for America Headquarters at 85 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
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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