Join us at the Code for America offices in Downtown San Francisco on Saturday, August 6, 2011. We will be holding the first ever Iconathon event, held in collaboration between Code for America & The Noun Project.This event will set the precedent for other Iconathons happening in other cities throughout August and September 2011.

At this event, designers, artists, city employees, Open 311 experts, developers and others will come together for a facilitated "design charrette," a collaborative brainstorm for generating sketches of selected concepts. San Francisco has the topic of 311.

311 is important because it is the way in which the City of San Francisco accepts requests for service from residents. We are determining a list of concepts that would be helpful to have, and at the Iconathon event, we will generate ideas from some of those concepts. For example, we can develop icons for concepts such as "Abandoned Vehicle" "Illegal Dumping" and "Sidewalk Cleaning." Here is a preview of the process.

As you can see, Bailey will be further developing the Abandoned Vehicle sketches that we did on July 14, 2011.

Expect brilliant creative energy with amazing talented people.

For more information, visit the Iconathon website.

iconathon.org & San Francisco Iconathon Event Page

(Tentative) Schedule for the Day

10 a.m. Registration

10:30 - 12:30 Workshops, Demos, Presentations about Icon Design, Making Vector Drawings and more. (Probable) 12:30 - 1:30 Eating (We still need a lunch sponsor.)

1:30-3:00 ICONATHON!

3:00 p.m. Snack Time Surprise!

3:30 - 5:30 ICONATHON!

5:30-7:30 Some sort of Happy Hour (Um, hey, anyone want to sponsor this HappyHour?)

From 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. we will hold a collaborative, facilitated design event that will be really fun. We are very excited to announce that folks from the Noun Project will be in town, visiting from Los Angeles.

Space limited to 50-70 people, so please register and if you cannot attend please let us know so we can release your tickets.

Who should come?

If you have a passion for bringing new civic symbols into the world, giving back to your city and being creative and collaborative with others - you should definitely come to the Iconathon.

We are inviting designers, design students, city employees, people from the San Francisco Open311 initiative, developers, cartographers and others.

This is a design & drawing focused event. It is not necessary that you be a skilled artist to attend. Coders are welcome.

What to Bring

• If you have a laptop, great. Bring it.
• B.Y.O.S. Bring your own stuff. We will have an assortment of essential creative art materials, but if you have some geeky art supplies that you want to share, or can't live without, feel free to bring them.

All registered event participants will get an email prior to the event detailing other things you will want to know or look at ahead of time.

Follow us on Twitter @Iconathon for updates.

Also: @codeforamerica @nounproject
@chachasikes @KMImagine 

Email us iconathon@codeforamerica.org if you have any questions.