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’Twas the Icon of Christmas: From Voice; by Steven Heller Dec 23, 2009 (2); How did Santa Claus come to be known for his snowy white beard and red suit? Heller looks back at the illustrators who gave life to this now iconic image.

From AIGA Insight

What is AIGA thinking about the future of design?: by Richard Grefé; Dec 18, 2009(0); Where is design going and what role will designers play? Richard Grefé finds clues in Roger Martin’s and Elizabeth Coleman’s presentations at “Make/Think.”

From Voice

Where Value Lies: by Ralph Caplan; Dec 16, 2009(2); If celebrity can put an ice cream shop on the map and fetch six figures for a typewriter, Caplan wonders what influence designers have in creating desirability.

From In-house Design

How to Speak Every Internal Client’s Language: by Michelle Taute; Dec 11, 2009(5); When it comes time for in-house designers to connect with internal clients, they rarely speak the same language. Taute offers tips to improve communication.

From Voice

The Decade of Dirty Design: by Steven Heller; Dec 09, 2009(16); Although our lives are more digital than ever, Heller contends that, at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, an analog aesthetic still reigns.

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Portland, OR

Be an AIGA Mentor with the Create, Don’t Hate! Program

September 4, 2009 Continues through the end of 2009

AIGA Portland is partnering with re:active, a local nonprofit, arts-education program for youths 15-19, on the local component of the Create, Dont Hate! program for Design Ignites Change....

Salt Lake City, UT

AI[Give]A Holiday Cards

December 8, 2009 Frosty Darling

While the weather outside is frightful, AIGA Salt Lake City invites you to a cozy December social: AI[Give]A. Four original holiday cards designed by four local letterpress printers will...

Deadlines

Washington, DC

Call for Entries: Urban Forest Project DC

January 8, 2010 Downtown

Call for Entries Open Call for YOU — yes, you — to plant and participate in The Urban Forest Project! If YOU are a Washington DC metropolitan designer or artist...

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Toledo, OH

Urban Forest Project Toledo Unveiling Party

January 22, 2010 Space 237

Join us for the Urban Forest Project Toledo banner unveiling! Be the first to see this fabulous collection...

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News

AIGA National Design Center holiday hours: AIGA’s offices and gallery will be closed from Thursday, December 24 through Friday, January 1. Normal gallery and business hours will resume on Monday, January 4.
New batch of “Make/Think” videos: See presentations from the 2009 AIGA Design Conference including the “20/20” presentations from chapter leaders, new affinity sessions and the final round of “Command X: Season 2.”
Chapter Spotlight: AIGA Salt Lake City: Find out how the Salt Lake City chapter reclaimed thousands of square feet of vinyl and gave it new life, encouraging social awareness through the power of creativity and reinforcing the value of AIGA in the community.
Register for “Gain” by December 31: Current AIGA members can register this year for “Gain: AIGA Design and Business Conference” for only $550—less than half the price of regular nonmember admission!
Participate in “response_ability”: The AIGA Design Educators community is calling for papers, “digital posters,” moderators, readers and panel session topics—most submissions are due by January 15, 2010.