The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) held the Design Forum 08 yesterday, an exhibition for students to network with graphic design companies in Oman. The event was inaugurated by the Undersecretary of Education and was carried throughout the whole day. TBWA\Zeenah, Landor, the Scientific College of Design, Alzahra College, and other design related companies and institutions and Oman3D participated in the exhibited.

Learn more about this event after the jump.

The SQU Design Forum 08 opening included a couple of speeches on design and the awarding of prizes to the winners of the latest design competition at SQU, one which was for designing the banner for The Day of the Sultan Qaboos University – a contest which was won by Oman3D’s own Haitham Al Busafi (Conceptoo).

During the exhibition we introduced Oman3D websites to the visitors and were pleased to meet some of our existing members who came by our stall for a chat. We provided the stall visitors with the Oman3D monthly newsletter subscription form so that they can stay in touch with us via email.

The event also included a number of workshops and lectures by professionals and academics in the design industry, the most noteworthy of these was a lecture on branding by the Landon consultants, the international strategic branding firm  that is currently in the process of creating the new brand identity for the Sultanate of Oman.

We had great fun at SQU’s Design Forum 08 and were pleased to see this sort of events here in Oman. Lets hope we get more of them soon!