AIGA Voices Webcasts
AIGA will always play a role in inspiring designers and illuminating the practices of interesting and successful design professionals, educators and opinion leaders. The “AIGA Voices” series of webcasts features thoughtful and influential designers—including AIGA board members—speaking about a wide range of topics.
These sessions will offer the kind of diverse and stimulating presentations associated with AIGA conferences, with one key difference: An opportunity for participants to ask questions and chat with the presenters. Everyone is welcome to attend these sessions, which are free and open to the public.
Upcoming sessions
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Savage thinking
May 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. Pacific
 Now is the critical time for designers to change their approach. By
combining head, heart and hand, we have the opportunity to make our
designs more impactful and enriching to our audiences. This is more than
just designing for good, it’s about designing with purpose.
In
this webcast, Robin Tooms and Ashley Rundall of Savage Design will share how designers can
learn the principles of “Savage Thinking’’ and move toward more
purposeful design. Click here for more information.
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Strategic design for nonprofits
June, 2013
 Kim Baer is principal and founder of Los
Angeles–based design studio KBDA. She developed an early interest in
graphic design as a way to integrate three distinct passions: helping
organizations find their voice, exploring the power of the written word
and celebrating the ways smart visual solutions can make people sit up
and take notice. In 2004, Baer was named an AIGA Fellow by AIGA Los Angeles, in honor of her service and achievement.
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Recently recorded sessions
These sessions are available to view on demand, any time:
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Savage thinking
Recorded on May 23, 2013
Now is the critical time for designers to change their approach. By
combining head, heart and hand, we have the opportunity to make our
designs more impactful and enriching to our audiences. This is more than
just designing for good, it’s about designing with purpose.
In
this webcast, Robin Tooms and Ashley Rundall of Savage Design shared how designers can
learn the principles of “Savage Thinking’’ and move toward more
purposeful design. Watch this webast.
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What comes next after school?
Recorded on May 16, 2013
In this webcast, Ethan Bodnar talked about interviewing, getting
your portfolio seen, internships, developing your personal brand,
questions to keep in mind, setting goals for yourself and more. At the
end of the webcast, Ethan hosted a Q+A session and shared additional
resources with attendees. Watch this webcast.
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Listening. Knowing. Creating.
Recorded on April 18, 2013
 In this webcast, director of MerckGlobal Creative Studios Bob
Calvano shared firsthand experience of turning a request to “hang a few pictures” into a new global service
offering that is getting the attention of the C-suite and winning
industry awards. Attendees of this webcast learned more about the importance of evoking
emotions, how to make meaningful connections through
physical and digital experiences, and how to listen
for—and pounce on—new opportunities in their design career. Watch this webcast.
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Graphic design: Now in production
Recorded on April 17, 2013
 “Graphic Design: Now in Production” is a traveling exhibition on
contemporary graphic design organized by Andrew Blauvelt, chief of communications and audience engagement and curator of architecture and design at the Walker Art Center
in Minneapolis. This webcast explored how
designers are seizing control over production to realize
new creative projects, as graphic design expands from a specialized
profession into a more popular and widely deployed tool. Watch this webcast.
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Engineering Passion: How Kimberly-Clark drives growth through design
Recorded on March 19, 2013
 Through
her work at both Kimberly-Clark and the Campbell Soup Company, Darralyn
Rieth has led a sea change, bringing design and innovation to the
forefront of their corporate cultures. This webcast took a look at how design can drive innovation, support brands, solve business problems and drive growth within companies. Watch this webcast.
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Products of design
Recorded on February 28, 2013
 Allan Chochinov, national AIGA board member, partner of Core77 and chair of the new MFA in Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City gave a webcast about the graduate program. Watch this webcast.
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Global zoom: Managing design in the age of globalism
Recorded on February 19, 2013  Christopher Liechty,
partner at Culture3, LLC and two-time AIGA
Fellow, shared practical tips for managing global brands and
creating
global campaigns. The key issue is to imagine that you have a “zoom
lens” that allows you to change your focus from global to local. Watch this webcast. |
Out of your skin: Understanding culture and difference
Recorded on February 12, 2013
 Christopher Liechty,
partner at Culture3, LLC and two-time AIGA Fellow, guided attendees
through the process of discovering the fundamental differences between
cultures. In the process, Christopher was anticipating that the webcast attendees might begin to see their own culture in ways
that may be uncomfortable. Watch this webcast.
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