The “Design Journeys-You Are Here”:/aiga.org/content.cfm/exhibit-design-journeys project seeks to achieve both—by not only celebrating the lives and achievements of 25 selected practitioners, but also encouraging aspiring designers from all backgrounds to consider design as a viable and rewarding career. The resulting show, an interactive exhibition open to the public, will be on display at the AIGA National Design Center May 20 through July 23.

Méndez in group exhibition ‘Scalable Relations’ at the Beall Center for Art and Technology, at UC Irvine. Curated by Christiane Paul, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. ‘Scalable Relations’ is an exhibition by faculty members of the University of California Digital Arts Research Network ( UCDARnet ). The exhibition brings together works that explore digital media’s capability of representing a growing amount of data in constantly evolving relations. See entire project here

At Any Given Moment, Grass, a permanent video art installation by Rebeca Méndez has been acquired by Environment Furniture and is on view 16 hours a day, 7 days a week at their new showroom on Beverly Boulevard in West Los Angeles. Opening reception: March 5, 7 – 9. See entire project HERE

Mendez’s Peace Over Violence Integrated Brand Identity Design was awarded a Merit Award from the 86th Annual Awards Competition and was exhibited in the following venues: North America: The Art Institute of Atlanta; and April 3 – April 22, 2007, College for Creative Studies. Asia: February 5 – March 2, 2007, Creation Gallery G8, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan; March 16 – April 13, 2007, Zeroone Design Centre (of Kookmin Unversity), Seoul, Korea. South America: August 16 – September 12, 2007, Panamericana Escola de Arte e Design, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Europe: March 8 – April 4, 2007, London College of Communications, School of Graphic Design, London, UK; July 10 – August 30, 2007, Designers of Madrid Association (DIMAD), Madrid, Spain; August 2007, Association for Promotion of Visual Culture And Visual Communication (VIZUM), Zagreb, Croatia.

Rebeca Méndez in group exhibition Masters of Graphic Design: UCLA Extension Catalog Covers 1990–2007, an exhibition featuring the graphic design and illustration work of the world’s leading designers. The exhibition is presented at the Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood. Exhibition dates: June 11–August 31, 2007. Opening June 7, 2007 6–9.