Design professor contributes to U.N. World Urban Forum

Assistant Professor Joshua Singer recently won a $15,000 grant from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme to grant to administer and coordinate the World Urban Campaign logo design’s worldwide competition. He will present the award at the campaign’s public launch, to take place at the fifth World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro in March.

Sponsored by Veolia Environment, the international competition’s jury will select three finalists. The World Urban Forum is the world’s premier gathering on urban issues. More than 15,000 leaders and representatives of government and the private, professional, academic and civil society sectors from more than 100 countries will attend. The U.N. Human Settlements Programme promotes socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
In the Design and Industry Department, Singer serves as coordinator of visual communication design. He is a graphic designer, artist and occasional writer. He runs a small graphic-design practice, developing independent work with a particular interest in mapping and visualizing systems. Singer has exhibited and published in the U.S. and Europe.


(from CCA SFSU)