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Aaron Marcus is keynote speaker at ATypI Helsinki

Aaron Marcus, for 30 years an influential thinker and practitioner on the cutting edge of design, computing and knowledge management, will be the keynote speaker at ATypI's 2005 conference in Helsinki, Finland, from 15 to 18 September 2005.

The keynote speaker for ON THE EDGE is Aaron Marcus is President of Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc., a leading user-interface design and information-visualization firm. AM+A's clients include BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, the US Federal Reserve Bank, and Visa. Mr. Marcus is a graduate in physics from Princeton University and in graphic design from Yale University. The title of the keynote is “User Interfaces and Visible Languages: Culture, Signs, and Devices.” User interfaces present facts, concepts, and emotions to people around the world across all devices, content, and contexts. What are the visible language design issues? How does culture affect visible language display? Can there be a universal visible language? The lecture explores issues of the future based on Mr. Marcus’ forty years of professional experience in combining graphic design and computer graphics.

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