QR4World Show

Entries are in for A QR Code for the World-exhibiton to take place on June 24th at the Winston House in London.

The theme of the show is Connecting People. 

QR's have been around since the 1970's. They were primarily used to track items during shipping or manufacturing. With the advancement of micro technology and global communication systems as well as mobile handset development, QR Codes are becoming more than a logistic item. The QR Codes are now connecting people to all sorts of digital content that can be shared across borders.

There are many creative ways to use a QR Code and we will see how participants from different countries apply the QR's to a postcard size material. 

Partial list of Exhibitors:

Frederic Daubagna-aestetype (France), Philip Warbasse (USA), Jassen Popp (USA), Monkey Design (Taiwan), Twan Verdonck (Netherlands), Christian Rebecchi & Pablo Togni (Switzerland), Micah Olson-Walt Horton Studios (USA), Laird-QRazy Art (USA), Nothing Like Chocolate (Grenada), Bartek (Poland), Lynnda Pardoe (USA), David Popp (USA) 

A selection of postcard size images will be viewable at Popabroad

QR Code Exhibition-London

QR Code For the World—Calling For Entries (London, UK) – A QR Code postcard exhibition is calling all aspiring artists, website owners, bloggers, students, organizations, and anyone that has an interest in QR codes to create a postcard-size work and enter it in an exhibition in central London at the Winston House.

There is one crucial design requirement: the postcard must incorporate a QR Code. We encourage all participants to use a QR Code that they like or have designed.  However, upon entry each entry will receive a QR Code that can be used to customize their postcard. Five postcards will be selected by Sotheby’s Institute of Art and further displayed at their London Institute from July 5, 2011. 

Theme:  Connecting People 

The exhibition attempts to encourage the use of QR Codes across a variety of sectors and interest levels throughout the world. Perhaps this event will provoke a global discussion about about how QR Codes can or should be used in communication material such as postcards.

Who is Eligible: The exhibition is open to individuals and groups worldwide. 

Entry Deadline: June 11, 2011 

Exhibition Date: June 24, 2011

Where: Winston House, London, UK 

Entry Fee: See website or visit 

This is an exciting time to engage a variety of organizations and individuals such as artists, designers, marketers, and website owners to participate in the advancing use of QR codes. The exhibition is being organized by Jassen Popp, Founder/Designer at Popabroad. 

Love & Gratitude

Love & Gratitude, a florist boutique in Golders Green, is harnessing the 50 Million Dollar QR Code to market their flower shop across London. The boutique is offering customers who mention the 'QR Code'  a 50 % discount on all floral arrangements who visit their shop on the high street.  

Popabroad is developing these voucher style mobile promotions for clients that want to increase foot traffic through their retail outlets and for generating traffic to online stores. As the 50 Million Dollar QR Code gets more popular so do the businesses and sites connected to it. 

The 50 Million Dollar QR Code ad campaign can work for almost any personal or business related product, service and event. For example, if you have an ebay store and would like to promote your items, Popabroad can design you a mobile page and link your seller's page to the 50 Million Dollar QR Code. 

Connecting your site to the code is just the beginning. The more popular the code becomes the more we will promote it both online and offline. Plus we provide you with your own QR Code that links to your newly created mobile page so anyone that scans it will land directly on your page. 

Brunel Study Abroad

Brunel University based in west London, UK has added a Study Abroad program to its competitive range of international programs. According to Brunel International, "The University is dedicated to providing a world class education for its 13,000 students, which includes an international student population of more than 2,000, who come from over 110 different countries." 

In the United States, "Brunel University currently maintains undergraduate student exchange agreements with the San Francisco State University (Design, Sport Sciences), State University New York (SUNY) Brockport (Social Sciences, Arts, Sport Sciences and Business), and Iowa State University (Mechanical Engineering)." 

Brunel has two main terms for their study abroad program, Junior Year/ Term Abroad.

Junior Year Abroad-One Full Academic Year

"The Junior Year is an academic year of study, from September to the end of May in the following calendar year. It consists of three terms; two teaching periods of 12 weeks each-the Autumn and Spring Terms-and the summer period of revision and examinations."

Autumn or Spring Term- One semester

"Autumn or Spring Term Abroad runs for the 12 weeks of the first term from late September to mid December. The Spring Term option begins in January and runs for the 12 weeks of the second term, followed by the Summer period of revision and examinations." Additionally there is an option for Junior year abroad and terms with English called JYA plus English for non-English speaking students.

There is a wide selection of courses to choose from in the Arts, Social Sciences, Sports Science and Foreign Languages. Please see course list.

Please contact Popabroad for information regarding Brunel's study abroad program for application assistance.

A 360 Perspective

Places to see in London.

Golders Hill Park

St. James Park

Hampstead Heath

London Images

More places to see while studying in London.

London Bridge

Temple Church

Tower Bridge

London

Some places you may want to see

while studying in London.

Barbican

Hampstead

Tower of London

Panoramic London

We are adding some more 360 images of London. Please take a look at these 3 locations.

China town

Banking District

Little Venice

A 20 hour work week for International Students

There are part-time jobs for international students in London. I was taking photographs on Great Portland Street for the Linkthings360 site and found the International Students House just across the street which posts vacancies on their website.

If you have an unconditional offer at any programs in the UK and would like to work part-time I suggest contacting the student development office. Universities like Brunel have a placement and careers center that can help international students with establishing an employer as well as counseling on current regulations. Roehampton has a program called ROAD that works with current students to make them more employable. 

Education Commodities

With many jobs in jeopardy students are facing higher education cost and less opportunity. A recent article in the London Student, 'Universities to become 'handmaidens of industry' comments about a report published by the Department for Innovation (DIUS), that "many students lack the skills needed by employers".  The article goes on to comment that there needs to be a greater level of support for integrating university programs with industry. Do Universities have a responsibility to design programs for employment? Universities are businesses as well. The dilemma facing students is can I afford to enroll in a University when I know I have a slim chance of getting a job afterwards. The commodity of education from this perspective seems to be what it is worth today. 

Source: London Student

Volume 29, Issue 8-2nd February 2009