October 2009
Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at...
Date: Thursday, October 1 Place: Via Nove, 344 W 9 Mile Rd., Ferndale, MI 48220 website Time: 7:00pm-11:00pm Admission: Free for Members/ $15 Non-members Early Bird Special...
Are you getting the most out of CS3? Here’s a workshop specially developed to give designers the advanced techniques they need to make the most of their current toolset, namely CS3...
Join us at St. Petersburg's Red Mesa Cantina http://www.redmesacantina.com/ Thursday, October 1st at 5:30pm for some social interaction with fellow members of the AIGA Tampa Bay design community...
AIGA Honolulu presents another Designer Dialogue with Robynne Raye from Modern Dog Design Co !
Free screening. Exploring the outer edges of design, this candid documentary delves into the underground poster culture in North America. In posters for groups such as Arcade Fire, Radiohead,...
Join us as we celebrate AIGA Toledo's 2nd Birthday! We will be screening the film Scribble .08 by Mark Murphy , with a Q&A with the director after the film. Popcorn, pop & cake...
James Biber studied architecture and biology at Cornell University before establishing his own architectural firm in New York in 1984. He was invited to join Pentagram in 1991, becoming the...
'Off the Page — How companies use smart design to shape their business success' Dick has a job. He wants to sell lemonade. Jane has a job, too. She also wants to sell lemonade...
We're all getting together at A to A Studios, AKA "The Clubhouse" (thanks Adam) to review our first year and plan the next. Hear what's coming up, add new ideas, and become...
Call for Entries The First Annual AIGA San Diego NoGo Logo Exhibit & Awards Show NOGO LOGO is the show where NO client dares to go! We’ve heard it all. “Can you...
Check out work from rock poster artists in the Bazinet Garden Lobby before the screening of Died Young, Stayed Pretty . Work by local collectives Flora Fauna and Spy Print Lab, as well...
What makes a brand stand out? Is there some magic that turns a simple script logo for a soda into the international graphic icon that is Coca-Cola, or makes us salivate over the latest product...
Create! Don’t Hate is a mentoring program for high schools in the region of Baltimore. This program is a partnership program of AIGA and Worldstudio. Our goal is to connect graphic designers...
AIGA Minnesota Design Camp® 2009 Spot-On Inspiration. Where the stain of an unfinished idea becomes a thing of promising beauty. October 2–4, 2009 Grand View Lodge...
Mark Murphy returns to his alma matter, Bowling Green State University, in Ohio for a 3 day mini camp. Indian Summer will be in full swing with the smell of Fall air and the multi-colored leaves...
Join AIGA Nebraska in kicking off the 2009 Show with David Barringer, Christine Taylor and Armin Vit at the Judges Reception.
Bridle the unparalleled power of the industry’s standard software to create compelling motion graphics and dynamic visual effects. Learn to produce animated content for virtually...
Do you have something to say? Cool visuals and artwork? Saturday, October 3, features the last event of this great adventure, “Zine Machine.” “Zine Machine“ is...
Every first Saturday of the month, the historic Arcade in downtown Nashville comes to life with over one thousand visitors. Multiple galleries open their doors to avid art lovers as well as...
Do you have something to say? Cool visuals and artwork? Saturday, October 3, features the last event of this great adventure, “Zine Machine.” “Zine Machine“ is a...
Make (This) Better: Serve is a local poster design initiative hosted by Power To The Poster , a group of designers and artists who believe that public graphics have the power to impact...
Happy Hours are back! Mingle with local creatives every First Monday. AIGA Philadelphia welcomes designers, engineers, and architects every first Monday of the month at Nodding Head...
Sagmeister, thought-provoking graphic designer, will present “Design and Happiness” on Oct. 5. The internationally-known Sagmeister has placed his personal maxims, published in...
As a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of the Mass. College of Art and Design, Brian Collins, the Creative Chairmand of COLLINS:, a design firm dedicated to creating communications and...
Many of us are pretty tired of this economy and the proverbial hole we’ve found our industry in, so instead of waiting around for something to save us, why not work together to dig our...
AIGA Chattanooga, Widgets & Stone, Sunshine Media and UTC Design Department present: Simon Esterson Eye Magazine: The international review of graphic design Simon Esterson is...
Simon Esterson will speak about Eye Magazine and the state of design in Europe at 7:00pm on Tuesday, October 6 at green|spaces. The event is open to the public. $5 for AIGA members and students...
What happens after you send your files to the printer? Now you can get all the answers at an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour. Baltimore Color Plate has been providing outstanding offset printing,...
Conversations over coffee. Ever wonder why your clients don't understand your great ideas? Do you feel as if you are speaking a foreign language when you describe creative...
Social Media and News for Designers The many inspirational and informative Design resources on the web.
PhillyCHI Joint Meeting Nathan Shedroff is one of the pioneers in Experience Design, an approach to design that encompasses multiple senses and requirements and explores common characteristics...
Come and mingle with with your cohorts. AIGA San Diego is hosting a Soirée for its New Members. This is where new AIGA creatives can meet, network and hob-nob with their peers. Come...
http://www.beautifullosers.com/ BEAUTIFUL LOSERS celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation In the early 1990's a loose-knit...
Cocktails with Creatives will be taking place on October 8th from 6-8pm at Gallery360. This is an opportunity for creatives to network and visit a gem of a store. Gallery360...
Are you a college student looking for something to do? Feeling culturally deprived? The Frist Center is pleased to offer FREE College Nights every Thursday and Friday evening from 5:00...
What is designing today? And how do designers define their own influence within the dichotomy of making versus thinking? These questions form the basis of this year’s conference, “Make/Think,”...
What is designing today? And how do designers define their own influence within the dichotomy of making versus thinking? These questions form the basis of this year’s conference,...
"DIED YOUNG, STAYED PRETTY" Documentary on Underground Indie-Rock Posters Detroit Premiere! October 8th, 2009 at the Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale...
Help AIGA Detroit welcome in its new event series, Stew! This is our monthly mid-day meet-up event where we discuss design topics over Lunch. Detroit area creatives come out to learn...
For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's...
This year our student studio tours will consist of two tours happening simultaneously in two different locations. Check the listings below to find the tour closest to you: ROYAL OAK TOUR...
We're Bringing It Back! At our most recent Roundtable Discussion event, requests were made to bring the Breakfast Club series back. You asked and we listened! For those newer members,...
Join 12 South Neighborhood for the first neighborhood Big Draw in the United States, hosted by the Frothy Monkey. Bring your pencils, pens, markers, crayons and paper to help us draw our houses,...
With the current prevalence of electronic media assaulting one at every turn, is the classic art of the poster still relevant today? Does that carefully designed piece still have a place in...
Creative Connect is a monthly social gathering intended to create communication, cooperation and cohesiveness within the creative community, and a way to build rapport and relationship between...
“THE CITY OF DESIRE, CITY OF POSSIBILITIES” by Lars Graebner; Architect and Lecturer at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor “Current dynamic changes in our economic...
What's Next for creatives in Kansas City? Join us and find out. Connect with fellow designers in your community and experience un-tethered, rapid-fire presentations from featured members...
Join AIGA Baltimore for BLEND, a monthly happy hour event where members and non-members can mingle and network in a fun atmosphere. Door prizes, our button series, as well as drink and food...
Celebrate Hallogreen with us! Every year, we gather together to decorate bags and fill them with candy to benefit local charities. This year, we are putting a green twist to it… you...
Save the date: Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 5-8 pm
Meet us for drinks, food and fun on 3rd Thursday as we join up with the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce at Cowgirl , in the Mustang Room, 5:30 pm Oct. 15th
Come join us for this months installment of Third Thursday, AIGA Detroit's monthly networking event.
Where the Creative Community meets to eat and drink, together. Each month, AIGA Upstate New York members host a gathering of creatives from the design industry at various locations throughout...
Flashpitt 09 October 15 - 16, 2009 Sheraton Station Square Flashpitt is Pittsburgh's conference for Interactive designers, developers and artists. To follow up the success of last year's...
While you were enjoying your summer, the AIGA Maine Board of Directors has been hard at work—staffing up and diving into new roles. This diverse group of industry veterans are fired...
Come out the third Thursday of every month to unwind with like-minded people from the design community. No speakers. No presentations. Just a chance to catch up in a relaxed, happy hour environment...
Join us for an informal monthly networking event open to everyone in the design community. Each month we arrange to meet at a bar or restaurant. We’ll tell you where and when. You...
This October, join us for an evening with Randy Mosher, designer, author, and world renowned brewing and beer expert. Find out how his "multi-career" approach of design, writing,...
Join us for: SUPER SAVINGS DISCOUNTS AND DRAWINGS FESTIVITIES AND FOOD FUN & GAMES
Please join us in celebrating the illustrious career of Hans Allemann, former Graphic Design Professor at The University of the Arts and cofounder of the design firm Allemann Almquist &...
ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential...
GDC 09 Awards is calling for entries from all over the world! Entry Deadline: October 16, 2009 For more information, please visit the GDC 09 Awards website . GDC is the first large-scale...
Get outdoors and join AIGA Pittsburgh for our annual autumn potluck picnic. AIGA will provide the burgers, dogs, (veggie-burgers too), chips and soda. Please bring a favorite side dish or desert...
See. Be Seen. Discover. Share. AIGA XCD’s 2009 Design Expedition to China. The registration deadline has been extended to September 30, 2009. Join the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural...
From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos, and brand identities, to his celebrated prints, drawings, posters and paintings, the documentary offers audiences a much richer...
BarCamp is Nashville's free "un"-conference for the digital and technical community. It's free to attend — thanks to our generous sponsors —...
AIGA Iowa Design Week was created to showcase and celebrate design’s impact and value on today’s society. Here's a glimpse at the fun we have planned.
Doors Open 6:45 p.m.| Movie 7:00 p.m. Please join AIGA DC as we kick-off National Design Week with an exclusive screening of the film: MILTON GLASER : TO INFORM AND DELIGHT . This...
AIGA DC is planning a week-long celebration of design and designers in the local community in collaboration with National Design Week, October 19-23. Come join us for daily events highlighting...
oin AIGA Charlotte at the Regal Manor Twin, for an exclusive screening of the film: ART & COPY. The new documentary is a powerful film about advertising and inspiration, is being released...
Create! Don’t Hate. is a Design Ignites Change Youth Mentoring Initiative built around the theme of tolerance. The six week self-guided program has been created to empower youth in underserved...
Join AIGA Connecticut for our next happy hour / get together / funky hang-out chat fest. We're hosting two simultaneous satellite locations to maximize your socializing time. As an...
AIGA Richmond will be holding a joint happy hour with Refresh Richmond. We’ll be meeting from 6-8 at Home Team Grill, in the Fan, with free appetizers and cash bar. Refresh Richmond...
Join us on Tuesday, October 20th to continue our 2009 Design Week with a glass of wine and sleek, modern decor at Hotel Palomar’s Urbana Wine Bar ( www.urbanadc.com) . Reminiscent...
OBJECTIFIED is a feature-length independent documentary about industrial design.
Cocktails with Creatives Come out to say “Hi” at Crave in Downtown Akron Meet up with other designers & creative professionals to chit-chat and relax in an informal...
Based on the popular TV show, we will be having an insightful one-on-one interview with Fritz Klaetke who owns and runs Visual Dialogue , located in Boston's South End. Fritz founded Visual...
Massimo Vignelli, one of the most recognized and internationally acclaimed Modernist designers, will speak on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Join AIGA DC and Threespot’s William Colgrove as we discuss branding online. In this members-only Salon, we will discuss techniques for creating an emotional connection with consumers...
Phoenix Design Week is a grassroots effort dreamed up by a single visual designer seeking to unite and strengthen the Phoenix metropolitan design community. His open letter to the Phoenix Design...
You are invited to join the 4th year poster show of Arizona State University graphic design students. Opening night: Wednesday October 21, 6-10 PM Silent Auction/Live Auction Closing...
You are invited to join the 4th year poster show of Arizona State University graphic design students. Opening night: Wednesday October 21, 6-10 PM Silent Auction/Live Auction Herberger...
AIGA board members will be talking with design students from Piedmont Virginia Community College.
1968 animated feature film based on the music of The Beatles. Introductory remarks by Richard Stanley and Jerry Litofsky This event is in partnership with The Society for History and Graphics...
Achieve results you never thought possible at this Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 workshop sponsored by AIGA Pittsburgh and Adobe on October 22nd. All participants are registered for a drawing...
Tyler Darden, president of AIGA Richmond and art director of Virginia Living , returns to discuss his role in the day-to-day operations of the magazine’s process from brainstorm to...
ART & COPY OCT22, 7:00PM . OCT23, 3:00PM Doug Pray, Director ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray, it reveals...
Brian Singer is the creative director and founder of Altitude Associates, a San Francisco based creative agency that helps consumer brands engage people through inspiration. Altitude has worked...
AIGA South Dakota is pleased to announce that Patrick Coyne, editor and designer of Communications Arts (CA) magazine, will be speaking about the history and philosophy of the magazine, how...
For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's...
Paula Scher studied at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts , and was awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts Honoris...
From telegraph and radio to radar and satellites, dial up the history of electronics while seeing the latest in print, paper and more... Pulp, Ink and Hops visits the National Electronics...
MOVING PORTRAITS Hillman Curtis will discuss how still images – mainly from contemporary photography – directly influence the narrative of his film work. Curtis...
To provide inspirational programming to the Greater Bay Area, AIGA San Francisco has launched a series of lectures at San Jose State University called "Small Talks, Big Ideas."...
This is a meet-up event for graphic design students from various schools around Minnesota and Wisconsin. In a fun, laid-back setting, students can mix and mingle with other students. The...
Book Release & Speaker Forum When: Thursday, October, 22, 2009 6:30 p.m. Where: Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) Auditorium 150 Cost: Free to public ...
Come learn and meet the professionals in the industry that can take you to the next level. The day will begin with roundtable discussions with creatives, copywriters, managers, marketing heads,...
AIGA Honolulu and Electric Pencil present "ART+DESIGN" at the 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival from October 15-25 at Regal Dole Cannery Cinemas. DIED YOUNG, STAYED PRETTY...
Open to design students from local colleges this event is designed to help future designers catch a glimpse of a day in the life of local designers. Please bring $ for a quick lunch...
We're Celebrating National Design Week Join AIGA Idaho and your fellow Idaho compadres for a collective cheers to design. Group hug and ironic t-shirts optional. Friday, October...
AOL ’s team of interactive designers craft web experiences for over 80 web sites to attract over 125 million people worldwide each month. Discover why AOL sites are top-ranked...
Greenfield Belser is a national leader in brand strategy and design focused on service businesses and organizations. With offices in Washington, D.C., New England and North Carolina, more than...
Threespot Media is a strategic interactive design and communications firm. Learn how Threespot Media develops identities and web sites for a diverse range of multi-nationals, not-for-profits,...
Situated in the historic Turner Hall, formerly the campus’ “Dairy”, University of Maryland University Publications serves as the University’s in-house marketing and...
AIGA Birmingham presents their Second Annual Salon Des Refusés Award Show An Exhibition of Heartbreak A showing of worthy works wrongly rejected. award show + silent auction...
Just when you wonder how Adobe engineers could possibly think of new features for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat… along comes CS4, with great increases to productivity...
For the fourth year, Shepherd University and AIGA BlueRidge have teamed up to produce Flux. Submitted work will be selected by a panel of accomplished designers. The selected entries will be...
Second Annual AIGA Birmingham E X H I B I T I O N O F H E A R T B R E A K Salon Des Refusés Award Show WINNERS BEST...
Under the theme Xin, the Icograda World Design Congress 2009 in Beijing will explore the capacity of design to integrate with other media, to transcend national, cultural and economic confines,...
Design education can be a mysterious art, yet each of us has that special teacher or exceptional experience that transformed our art, our careers, and ourselves. In celebration of 40 years...
Finding the ideal "work/life balance" in our increasingly busy world is especially challenging for independent creatives, freelance designers, and small business owners. We dictate...
ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray, it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our...
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Our October Venue: Tonic Tavern 2335 S Kinnickinnic Ave (1/2 block south of Lincoln in Bay View) Lounge around a gas fireplace with drink specials and free pizza from Olive Pit...
Creative Connect Too is held at 6 pm on the last Tuesday of each month. It's intended to create connection, communication, cooperation and cohesiveness within creative communities, and a way...
AIGA Nashville and AAF Nashville would like to invite you to a special screening of Art & Copy , a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration and an Official Selection of the...
Guaranteed to grab your attention, cutting edge motion graphics are spotlighted in AIGA KC's program with Jakob Trollbäck. A New York City designer, Jakob is known for his work with...
Many businesses and freelancers know that Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and the variety of social networking sites out there can help enhance their business and marketing strategies,...
[ shift + option + drink ] is a strictly social gathering — no pressure, obligations, or reservations necessary. Simply put, it's an opportunity to kick back and celebrate the...
Please note - registration for this event is full! Be a fly on the wall at some of Pittsburgh's premier studios in the South Side. The Studio Tours...
The Pittsburgh Chapter of AIGA, in partnership with AIA Pittsburgh, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, introduces Pecha Kucha Night - Student Edition! This event gives...
Thursday, October 29 Maryland Institute College of Art Falvey Hall in the Brown Center 6:30–8:30 PM Reception, book signing, and collaborative alphabet...
New to You 2009 Local Professionals Who Inspire New to You is a three-part lecture series that focuses on local and regional professionals who inspire creativity and bring a sense...
AIGA 50 is a biennial juried exhibition that showcases 50 of the strongest examples of design produced in our region during the past two years. Our panel of judges , experts in communication...
AIGA’s Metro-North chapter invites you to join us for a frighteningly fun evening of talk, pageantry, and snacking. We will begin at 6pm with wine and finger-food, followed by a...
Join AIGA WM for a relaxed morning of coffee and conversation with other designers and board members at our NO AGENDA gathering. Spread the word and feel free to bring your...
Our free October BuzZ is STILL ON for tomorrow morning with a last-minute speaker change. Unfortunately, our friends at Fresh Dirt Marketing must postpone their presentation until a later...
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