TEHRAN – The president of the French Designers Alliance (AFD) François Caspar discussed the economic status of graphic designers and their rights and duties in meetings he had with the director and members of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) last week.
He was invited to Iran by the IGDS.
He also delivered a speech at the forum on Thursday, which was attended by many young graphic designers and artists.
He believes that graphic designs have a positive impact on a society and this needs to be highlighted. He also said that Iranian designers need to unite and help themselves improve their economic status.
Casper, who is also founder and researcher of Moneydesign.org, an organization that publishes the international design pricing guide, said that he and other French designers have long made efforts to organize French designers to help their economic situation.
The main idea is that people do not ask for free designs any more, since most of the time they ask for a design but never paid anything, he said, adding, “So we said if any one wants even to look at a design, they will have to pay for it”.
Casper was invited to Iran in mid-April to hold workshops at the Iranian Artists Forum.
The workshops were part of the program organized for an Iranian graphic design festival, which ran from April 16 to 25.
The Paris-based poster designer Caspar has been designing customized overall visual communication for government bodies, companies and theaters for over 20 years.
His posters have been awarded and shown in about 120 international exhibitions and are owned by public and private collections in Paris, Hamburg and New York.
The French Designers Alliance is the largest multi-disciplinary professional organization of designers in France.
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