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Speakers announced for “Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference” This October in New York City, “Gain” will bring together the most innovative and inspiring voices from the business and design worlds. Hear Chris Bower (Saturn), Chris Hacker (Johnson & Johnson), David Kuehler (Procter & Gamble) and more share their approaches to business strategy and how they connect with the consumer, process and product. Tom Kelley, general manager of IDEO, will moderate. Review the list of confirmed speakers to date at gainconference.aiga.org. Debbie Millman, program chair for “Gain,” is still accepting input on engaging speakers and topics: post your suggestions by January 15. |
365: AIGA Design Competitions deadline is March 7 Round up your best design work and register your entries for “AIGA Annual Design Competitions” and |
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Online archives now contain more than 11,000 selections Selections from more than 30 years of AIGA competitions are available to view from the comfort of your own desktop at designarchives.aiga.org. The selections in AIGA’s annual juried competitions represent the best work across all disciplines of communication design and strategy. This definitive collection serves as a growing, accessible resource for exceptional design and inspiration. And thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, selections reaching back to 1925 will be added by mid-2008. |
Tell us your thoughts on 365: AIGA Year in Design 28 As you look through 365: AIGA Year in Design 28 (sent to members who joined prior to December 1), share your feedback on this important annual publication by answering a brief, online questionnaire. AIGA seeks members’ input on how to improve subsequent editions of this important design record. Please complete the survey by Friday, January 25. |
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2008 Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship applications are now available Worldstudio Foundation and AIGA provide scholarships to minority and economically disadvantaged students of design and art in colleges and universities across the United States. Know someone who should apply? Perhaps you or your company would like to offer a scholarship? Learn more about the application process and about nurturing and inspiring the next generation of design talent. |
Design Jobs now features internship listings Start posting internship listings on Design Jobs today at no cost. Internship listings are easily searchable in a distinct section apart from other jobs. While any company may post an internship, only AIGA members are able to see the complete listing. | |||
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Improve your practice with advice from Creative Business AIGA members can now enjoy an extensive archive of articles, originally published in the Creative Business newsletter, with useful tips on pricing, marketing and management for company principals and self-employed designers. |
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China Let AIGA Center for Cross-cultural Design and Package and Design Magazine of China be your guide to traveling deep into the heart of China’s flourishing design scene. Experience two weeks of design-focused activities; tour the top design firms and schools; and visit Beijing, Tianjing, Xi’an, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. For more information, visit xcd.aiga.org.
Boston Join a diverse group of presenters and attendees from around the world at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston, for a provocative conversation on how graphic design education is being affected by dynamic media. For
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Francisco Join designers from across the country for a day of turning idealism into actual business practice. Former Sierra Club president Adam Werbach describes the challenges inherent in moving Wal-Mart into the 21st century. Wine industry scion Jean-Charles Boisset demonstrates how biodynamic farming practice and non-traditional product packaging work in tandem to transform the wine industry. For more information and to register, visit www.compostmodern.org
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AIGA Cross-cultural Design Expedition to China
Massaging
Media 2: Graphic Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media
Last chance to register for Compostmodern ’08
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By David Barringer
Isn’t nature, by design, the most perfect creator of all? Barringer explores the cold-blooded world of human-designed snakes, in which all that slithers is gold. | 
“Out of the Lab: An Interview with John Maeda” By Steven Heller
What does the future hold for RISD and its next president—digital
artist, designer, thinker and educator John Maeda? Heller goes to
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Join in the discussions and submit ideas for future issues at voice.aiga.org and gain.aiga.org | |||
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