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As chair of the speakers committee, I am thrilled with our final line up of speakers for Design Currency 2010. An Icograda conference is unique in the international diversity of high quality speakers and for our Vancouver event, we aimed to not only bring an incredible range of international experts, but also to create some dynamic conversations amongst our speakers and audience.

Travel is often defined by memories of food. Perhaps it's the multi-sensory aspect of the experience, but it's often the meals and snacks we try when on an adventure to some far away place that stick with us the longest. If the myriad of blogs and online banter about its food culture is any indication, Vancouver is a wonderful place to visit, ripe with memories for the making. With so many people arriving in Vancouver this month for the 2010 Winter Olympics, followed by numerous designers converging this spring for Design Currency: Icograda Design Week Vancouver 2010, many will be wondering where to eat while in town. This brief overview should give new visitors some ideas where to go.

Lets begin with a difficult question: How do you make a calculator that will measure the value of design? Part of me feels like completely defining the value of design, or attempting to do it emperically, is much like asking the question "where is the rainbow?" Depending on where you stand, it's going to appear to be in a different place...

Matt SamyciaWood, a Vancouver-based Art Director, expresses why he is personally excited to attend the Design Week conference.

Rod Roodenburg presents Design Week Vancouver to Icograda's General Assembly in Beijing, China.