Monthly news and updates for AIGA
members
March 2007
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Contents
Upcoming deadlines
Register
for “Next: AIGA Design Conference”
IIT
Institute of Design Strategy Conference
Submit
your work to Winterhouse Awards for Writing & Criticism
Register
for AIGA Harvard Business School program
Invest
in young designers: 2007 Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships
News and information
AIGA
achieves carbon neutrality
Members ratify slate of new directors
21 U.S. designs among top nominees
for INDEX: AWARD
Recommendations sought for diversity
archive and exhibition
AIGA launches Design Educator Salary
Survey 2007
New design poster and activity published
in Instructor magazine
Call for abstracts for Icograda
education conference
Adobe provides first look at Adobe CS3 to
AIGA members
FedEx offers discounts to AIGA members
AIGA raises funds to support American
Design Archives
Thanks to recent contributors
to AIGA
In the gallery
Formal
notice of AIGA board meeting, April 3
www.aiga.org
Voice:
AIGA Journal of Design
Opportunities for inspiration and professional development
Intent/Content
Icograda
World Design Congress 2007
Resources
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Upcoming deadlines
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Register
for “Next: AIGA Design Conference”
Join your fellow visionaries at “Next: AIGA Design Conference.”
AIGA’s 11th biennial design conference will look toward the future—not
only to see where the design profession is going, but to set the course
we want it to take. As designers, visual thinkers and innovative creators,
we shape the future every day. Take part in the creative playground and
unique learning environment of “Next”—to improve your
practice, connect with a diverse group of design peers, expand your way
of thinking and experience new directions in design. Hear from inspired
voices on the evolution of designing and discover what’s on the
horizon.
Just announced! Kurt Andersen—author of the newly published
Heyday and best-selling Turn of the Century, radio host
of “Studio 360,” and co-founder of Spy magazine—will
be master of ceremonies. As a keen observer and talented interviewer,
Andersen will ensure that the presentations and media shown on the main
stage both enlighten and entertain.
Save $25 when you register online! designconference.aiga.org
IIT Institute
of Design Strategy Conference
The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Institute of Design will hold
its Strategy Conference on May 17–18 in Chicago. Now in its third
year, the conference builds a strong bridge between design and business
strategy. In its new strategic partnership with AIGA, IIT makes early
registration discounts available to AIGA members.
The Institute of Design Strategy Conference is an international executive
forum addressing how businesses can use design to explore emerging opportunities,
solve complex problems and achieve lasting strategic advantage. Attendees
will hear form Charles Cascio, vice president, interactive learning strategic
business unit at ETS; Connie Duckworth, president and chairperson of Arzu,
Inc.; David Lawrence, senior manager, bicycle product development and
marketing at Shimano America; and Denis Weil, vice president, innovation
and concept development at McDonald’s Corp.
Discounted rates are available only to AIGA members and IIT alumni. For
more information about the conference, or to register, visit www.id.iit.edu/events/strategyconference/2007.
Submit your
work to the Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism
Until May 31, AIGA is accepting submissions for the second annual Winterhouse
Awards for Design Writing & Criticism, an initiative of AIGA and the
Winterhouse Institute. One Design Writing Award, in the amount of $5,000,
is open to writers, critics, scholars, historians and journalists under
40 for a body of work. An Education Award, in the amount of $1,000, will
be given to a student writer (undergraduate or graduate). Both awards
will be presented at the Design Legends Gala on September 19. This year’s
jurors are Allison Arieff, former editor of Dwell and designer-in-residence
at IDEO; William Drenttel, chair; Melissa Harris, editor of Aperture;
and Bruce Sterling, science fiction novelist and blogger at Wired. Details
and guidelines are at www.aiga.org/writing-awards.
Register
for AIGA Harvard Business School program
AIGA and Harvard Business School offer the fifth annual “Business
Perspectives for Creative Leaders,” a one-week program during which
experienced designers can master business challenges from the perspective
of the CEO, their client.
Created exclusively to help design executives develop strategic responses
to client challenges, the program is open to only 40 candidates who will
live and work in the executive housing at Harvard Business School and
learn from the school’s world-renowned faculty. Complete the program
with a stronger understanding of the management perspective and become
a more effective partner in client communication, branding and product
development strategies. The program will be offered from July 29–August
3, 2007, at Harvard’s Business School. www.aiga.org/business-perspectives
Invest in young
designers: 2007 Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships
Worldstudio Foundation and AIGA provide
scholarships to minority and economically disadvantaged students who are
studying the design and arts disciplines in colleges and universities
in the United States. The scholarships aim to increase diversity in the
creative professions and to foster social and environmental responsibility
in tomorrow’s artists, designers and studios. Scholarship recipients
are selected not only for their ability and need, but also for their demonstrated
commitment to giving back to the larger community through their work.
The application deadline is April 13, 2007. The application
is available at www.aiga.org/worldstudio-scholarship.
If you or your organization would like to offer a scholarship in either
your own name, the name of a colleague or that of a family member, visit
the site to learn more about how you can nurture and inspire the next
generation of design talent.
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News and information
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AIGA achieves
carbon neutrality
AIGA is now an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partner.
This designation signifies that AIGA has purchased 100 percent of its
annual headquarters electricity from a Green-E certified wind power provider
to minimize its reliance on fossil fuels. AIGA recognizes the importance
of buying green power whenever possible to promote new technologies, encourage
investments in renewable power, grow the environmentally-responsible power
market and reduce the environmental impacts of its operations.
This February, AIGA made its second annual CO2 offset purchase as a way
of countering all of its annual carbon dioxide emissions. Working with
Carbonfund.org, AIGA calculated the amount of carbon dioxide emissions
the organization is responsible for in terms of its office, operations,
employee travel and all travel by participants of national events ad chapter
activities. AIGA funded the planting of 400,000 fruit and nut tree seedlings
in several towns in Nepal. This planting will generate an equivalent the
reduction of CO2 in the earth’s atmosphere. With this investment,
which totals less than one half of one percent of the annual budget, AIGA’s
activities are certifiably carbon neutral.
Individual members and studios will be able to offset their own travel
and other activities by purchasing certificates through the AIGA online
store later this spring.
For more information visit sustainability.aiga.org
or email sustainability@aiga.org.
Members ratify slate
of new directors
AIGA’s professional-level members have ratified the slate of nominees
for the national board. As of July 1, AIGA will welcome the following
to the board for three years: Sean Adams, AdamsMorioka,
Los Angeles, as president;
Nikolaus Hafermaas, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena;
Kenna Kay, TV Land/MTV Networks, New York; Vernon
Lockhart, Osmosis, Chicago; Laura Shore, Mohawk,
Cohoes, NY.
The candidates were selected after a rigorous review of nominees against
a variety of criteria, including the nature of their practice, the area
of the country they represent, their previous contributions to AIGA and
the priorities the board has adopted for new initiatives.
www.aiga.org/annualballotintro
Twenty-one U.S.
designs among top nominees for INDEX: AWARD
An international jury has shortlisted 112 top designs from a total of
340 projects nominated for the INDEX: AWARD (AIGA serves as a nominating
institution). The short list covers entries from every continent, ranging
from an Antarctic research station to a series of Italian door handles.
Type 1 Tools, a new approach to diabetes education created by former AIGA
national board member Doug Powell and Lisa Powell, is among the 21 U.S.
finalists.
The Danish competition recognizes design that improves the quality of life; the awards consist of five 100,000 euro prizes. The INDEX: AWARD is the largest design award in the world. Every second year, five awards are presented in the categories Body, Home, Work, Play and Community. All submitted nominations and the 112 top nominees may be viewed at www.indexaward.dk.
Recommendations
sought for diversity archive and exhibition
AIGA is developing an online database dedicated to the professional lives,
achievements and portfolios of leading design pioneers with diverse racial
and ethnic identities, many of whom have not received the recognition
they deserve. AIGA invites you to recommend those whom you feel should
be included in this archive at www.aiga.org/diversity-archive.
The archive will highlight graphic designers, information designers, art
directors, advertising designers, design planners or strategists, interactive
media designers, time-based media designers and experience designers who
are either deceased or who have been working for more than 25 years in
the industry and who identify as Native American or Alaska Native; Asian;
Black or African American; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander;
Hispanic or Latino/Not Hispanic or Latino. The primary focus of the archive
will be American, including Puerto Rican, designers, though non-American
citizens will be considered if a substantial portion of their work was
produced in the United States. The archive’s board of advisors will
review recommendations this Spring.
AIGA launches
Design Educator Salary Survey 2007
In March, AIGA launched its second annual, national Design Educator Salary
Survey. This survey provides the most complete compensation data available
for education professionals who work in the communication design disciplines
in the United States. Although other educator salary surveys exist, none
differentiate this important and rapidly growing field of educators. Without
regard to AIGA membership status, design educators were invited to participate
in the survey through a series of announcements that were freely and widely
distributed. All who submitted surveys will be sent a free executive summary
of the results.
To participate in the survey visit www.readexsurvey.net/aiga/2007EducatorSurvey.asp?ver1
before March 26.
Results from this year’s survey will be available this summer. Results
from the 2006 Design Educator Salary Survey are available at www.aiga.org/salary-survey-design-educator.
New design poster
and activity published in Scholastic Instructor magazine
With the generous support of Target, AIGA has coordinated a design poster
and activity series in Scholastic Instructor magazine to promote
design thinking in the K-12 classroom. Instructor magazine reaches
more than 200,000 educators nationwide.
Anh Tuan Pham responded to one of Hokusai’s 36 Views of Mount Fuji
in a poster featured in the March issue of Instructor. The poster is accompanied
by a design activity, developed by Hettie Jordan-Vilanova and Dorothy
Dunn.
The posters and activities are available at www.aiga.org/scholastic-posters.
Call for
abstracts for Icograda education conference
The Icograda Education Network (IEN) Conference will take place during
the first two days of the Icograda World Design Congress in October. The
conference will bring together an international community of communication
design institutions; and will include invited and refereed papers on design
education and culture. Icograda welcomes abstracts from the international
design community. The deadline for all submissions is May 31.
More
information
Adobe provides first
look at Adobe CS3 to AIGA members
AIGA members are invited to view a special webcast introducing Adobe Creative
Suite 3. On Tuesday, March 27, watch as Adobe chief executive officer
Bruce Chizen and chief operation officer Shantanu Narayen unveil the new
features and suite configurations that will make CS3 the largest software
release in Adobe’s 25-year history. AIGA and Adobe continue to work
together to assure that your voice is heard on new product development.
www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/launchevent
FedEx offers discounts
to AIGA members
AIGA and FedEx provide deep discounts on select FedEx® shipments to
AIGA members. FedEx Express®: save up to 21 percent on select services;
FedEx Ground®: save up to 20 percent on select services; FedEx international
shipments: save up to 18 percent on select services. Savings from this
program can quickly cover the cost of your AIGA membership. This valuable
member benefit requires no fee and no shipping minimum. For more information
or to enroll and begin saving, call a FedEx Association Advantage customer
specialist at 800 345 6227. www.aiga.org/memberbenefits
AIGA raises funds
to support American Design Archives
AIGA is raising money to fund a curator who will oversee the AIGA American
Design Archives. The collection consists of more than 6,000 design pieces
that have been selected by AIGA’s national competitions since 1980
and will be housed in a wing of the iconic new Denver Art Museum designed
by Daniel Libeskind. To date, AIGA members have contributed more than
$275,000 to the AIGA American Design Archives fund.
If you would like to make a contribution to the AIGA American Design Archives,
contact Andréa Pellegrino at andrea_pellegrino@aiga.org.
Thanks
to recent contributors to AIGA
AIGA thanks the following recent contributors:
American Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum
Gill Fishman
April Grieman
Morningstar, Inc.
Ann Willoughby
Legacy Campaign
Shelley Clements
Anna Kuipers
Steve Robles
Winterhouse Design Writing & Criticism Awards
Brian Collins
Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships
Larsen Design
In the gallery
Suupaa Pop: Package design from Japan
Exhibition dates: April 11–May 25
AIGA National Design Center, New York City
“Suupaa Pop” will feature unique design, unexpected use of
materials, innovative products, beautiful aesthetics and inspiring surprises.
See it before May 25!
Formal
notice of AIGA board meeting, April 3
The next AIGA board meeting will be held on April
3 at 9:00 a.m. EDT in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The board will review the
auditor’s report; the 2006 AIGA financial statements; and issues
on the horizon for both the profession and AIGA.
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Voice: AIGA Journal of Design
If you’re not reading Voice, you’re
missing out on engaging, thoughtful articles on design. Be sure to keep
up with an ever-growing anthology of timely interviews, essays and articles
on visual culture.
“Design as Slow-Motion Train Wreck”
By Ross MacDonald
What sort of person wants to toil over a letterpress in today’s
instantly gratifying, digital world? MacDonald is just the type.
www.aiga.org/design-as-slow-motion-train-wreck
“Man and WIHF”
By David Barringer
What happens when a working-in-home dad loses the work? Barringer spins
a few old-WIHF tales from personal experience.
voice.aiga.org/man-and-wihf
Please join in the discussions and submit ideas for future issues at voice.aiga.org.
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Opportunities for inspiration and professional
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Intent/Content
Nashville, Tennessee
May 31–June 2
Join graphic design educators and graduate students from across the country
to examine the preparation of future designers for professional practice
and scholarship.
“Intent/Content” creates, fosters and promotes dialog in design
practice, teaching, theory and writing. Participants will present current
research and teaching methods. The conference aims to raise the level
of design-driven thinking in schools in the southeast United Sates and
across the country. “Intent/Content” also endeavors to establish
and reaffirm standards for design education. Educators will discuss and
compare curricula in core courses, design fundamentals, conceptualization,
digital techniques, studio sequences, portfolio development and graduate
studies. www.aiga.org/intent-content. www.aiga.org/intent_content.
Icograda
World Design Congress 2007
La Habana, Cuba
October 20–26
The Icograda World Congress will celebrate fresh perspectives on the intersection
of contemporary culture and the evolution of design. It aims to address
the influence culture has on design, how design shapes urban identities
and the opportunity to use design as an economic development tool. The
congress will also offer participants a chance to discuss how technology
and the internet influence traditional graphic and communication design.
La Habana will become the international capital of graphic and communication
design in October—a place for designers, consultants, design managers,
buyers of design services, educators and students to gather, share and
learn.
www.havana.icograda.org/web
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