PAST EVENTS

MEMBERS SERIES: JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO AND YOU / THE ART OF ROCK BAND INTERFACE DESIGN

TUESDAY 16 MARCH 2010 6:30 – 9:00PM

MEMBERS SERIES: JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO AND YOU / THE ART OF ROCK BAND INTERFACE DESIGN

Advance online registration has ended. Tickets are available at the door. Prices: $18 AIGA member and $28 General public. Purchase of ticket includes a drink.

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AIGA/NY: DESIGN THINKING & SUSTAINABILITY WITH CHRIS HACKER FROM JOHNSON & JOHNSON

FRIDAY 12 MARCH 2010 6:30 – 8:30PM

AIGA/NY: DESIGN THINKING & SUSTAINABILITY WITH CHRIS HACKER FROM JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Advance online registration has ended. At the door prices: $25 AIGA member, $15 AIGA student member and $35 General public.

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COLLABORATION: PABLO MEDINA / PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN

THURSDAY 11 MARCH 2010 6:30 – 8:00PM

COLLABORATION: PABLO MEDINA / PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN

On Thursday, January 28th, Pablo Medina gave a tough assignment to the 15 students in his Experimental Typography class at Parsons...

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BREAKFAST CLUB MARCH: PROCESS (AND PITFALLS): ORGANIZATIONAL BASICS FOR STUDIOS OF ANY SIZE THAT NEED ORDER, BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN

TUESDAY 9 MARCH 2010 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB MARCH: PROCESS (AND PITFALLS): ORGANIZATIONAL BASICS FOR STUDIOS OF ANY SIZE THAT NEED ORDER, BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN

Every project, from brief to delivery, requires both creative and management processes. In this casual breakfast talk, Andrew Coulter Enright, Production Director at Bumble and bumble, will focus on the latter, covering traditional studio workflow models, their inherent problems and modern recommendations to overcome them.

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SMALL TALK NO. 6: JESSE AUERSALO / BIG ACTIVE

WEDNESDAY 3 MARCH 2010 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 6: JESSE AUERSALO / BIG ACTIVE

In his first-ever U.S. presentation, Jesse Auersalo will discuss his design background...

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SMALL TALK NO. 5: EDDIE OPARA

MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2010 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 5: EDDIE OPARA

Eddie Opara will join us to share examples of The Map Office's dynamic, accessible and beautiful creations, from wall coverings to software applications.

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MEMBER SERIES: THE REEL WORLD: NEW YORK

TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2010 6:30 – 8:00PM

MEMBER SERIES: THE REEL WORLD: NEW YORK

Call it Poetry in Motion—those short-form bursts of tightly choreographed type and compressed narrative that create our first impressions of a movie or TV show. And though they’ve been around since the advent of commercial cinema, never before have title sequences been as much in the limelight as they are today. “The Reel World: New York”offers up a rare opportunity to see the Big Apple’s greatest motion-graphics gurus on the same stage describing the methods and meanings behind this ever-evolving art form.

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COLLABORATION: GLEN CUMMINGS / MTWTF

THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2010 6:30 – 8:00PM

COLLABORATION: GLEN CUMMINGS / MTWTF

Join us in that swanky and intimate theater at MAD to discuss collaboration with Glen Cummings of MTWTF. The evening will focus on graphic design and urban planning as well as graphic design and architecture.

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BREAKFAST CLUB FEBRUARY: BEYOND DESIGN: VOICE LESSONS IN BRANDING

TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2010 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB FEBRUARY: BEYOND DESIGN: VOICE LESSONS IN BRANDING

Can you hear a logo? Does a package speak? From people to products and places, we all have a voice, a personality that separates us from the rest. Creating brand recognition goes beyond the grail of great design. At our Breakfast Club in February we will explore how distinctive voices are born, evolve, and even impact our culture.

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NAVIGATING THE LABYRINTH: UNIMARK INTERNATIONAL AND THE NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM

WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2010 6:30 – 8:30PM

NAVIGATING THE LABYRINTH: UNIMARK INTERNATIONAL AND THE NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM

On the 40th Anniversary of the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual join Massimo Vignelli, Tom Geismar, Lance Wyman, Michael Hertz, Doris Halle and Peter Joseph in a conversation about the past, present and future of the New York City subway signage. The evening will be moderated by Paul Shaw and Jan Conradi.

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SCOTT STOWELL: PAY ATTENTION

THURSDAY 28 JANUARY 2010 6:30 – 8:30PM

SCOTT STOWELL: PAY ATTENTION

Since 1998, designer Scott Stowell has been doing business as Open--and as such has survived by staying small, specialized in not really specializing in anything in particular, and (as described in the Cooper-Hewitt's DesignUSA show) embraced "an open notion of the term 'office,' inviting different participants to every project."

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COLLABORATION: DRESS CODE & FRIENDS

THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2010 6:30 – 8:00PM

COLLABORATION: DRESS CODE & FRIENDS

G. Dan Covert and Andre Andreev of dress code will take the stage at MAD to discuss how they collaborate . . . with music. The talk will be technical at times and casual at others, much like their work.

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MEMBERS SERIES: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

TUESDAY 12 JANUARY 2010 6:30 – 9:00PM

MEMBERS SERIES: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

Come and hear our tales of woe, and see the work that never saw the light of day. Everyone has a favorite project on the hard drive that never made it out the door for some reason, good or bad… and sometimes it's even our very best work! Come and commiserate with four designers who will share with you the one that (sob) got away.

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BREAKFAST CLUB JANUARY: COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES

TUESDAY 12 JANUARY 2010 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB JANUARY: COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES

Sometimes the hardest part about running your own design business is promoting your work. Does this sound like you?

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FRESH DIALOGUE 25: WWW.DESIGNBLOGGINGISCHANGINGEVERYTHING.COM

WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

FRESH DIALOGUE 25: WWW.DESIGNBLOGGINGISCHANGINGEVERYTHING.COM

Every day, if not hour, if not minute, design blogs draw attention to an unprecedented quantity and ever-expanding diversity of design. Join us to hear what four design blog luminaries see as today's most prominent design trends, including example projects, and stories from the front lines of today's design world. This will be followed by a critical discussion of how design blogs are changing design,investigating the unintended consequences of self-publishing, and what blogging can achieve for its readers, writers, and the design community at large. Questions for the discussion will be taken via Twitter leading up to and during the event. To pose a question, use the hashtag #freshd or address @freshdialogue.

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SLOPPY OFFICE PARTY

TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER 2009 6:30 – 9:30PM

SLOPPY OFFICE PARTY

'Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the chapter,
There was loud music playing--
And, oy vey--the laughter!

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SMALL TALK NO. 4: CRAIG WARD

THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 4: CRAIG WARD

In his first-ever U.S. presentation, Craig Ward will discuss his continuing education in design and typography, he will trace his evolution from designer to typographer to story teller, and he will share the methods and workings of his more well-known works, as well as unseen and obscure pieces.

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BREAKFAST CLUB DECEMBER: THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB DECEMBER: THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

How can you integrate the principals of the Triple Bottom Line into your business? How can you turn it into a competitive advantage for your business or organization? How will it change your business practices?

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MEMBERS SERIES: COLLABORATION, TOBIAS WONG & JOSEE LEPAGE

THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

MEMBERS SERIES: COLLABORATION, TOBIAS WONG & JOSEE LEPAGE

In a rare and exclusive speaking engagement, artist/designer Tobias Wong and curator Josee Lepage share the stage to address the importance of collaboration, contradiction, contemplation, and the unexpected.

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TODAY’S SPECIALS: THE DESIGN OF FOOD PRESENTATION

FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

TODAY’S SPECIALS: THE DESIGN OF FOOD PRESENTATION


Louis XIV knew it. Martha Stewart knows it. Even your grandma in Poughkeepsie knows it. When it comes to culinary culture, looks matter.Keeping this in mind, AIGA/NY’s second annual food-meets-design event,“Today’s Specials,” explores the visuals behind our favorite victuals. Discover why the father of haute cuisine considered pastry to be an offshoot of architecture, how a food stylist and photographer team up to titillate the taste buds, and what high-technology is doing to change the way we experience wine.

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SMALL TALK NO. 3: TONY BROOK & ADRIAN SHAUGHNESSY

FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 3: TONY BROOK & ADRIAN SHAUGHNESSY

Tony Brook will paint an informal studio portrait of his London based design agency Spin, shedding light on the studio’s innovative work from high culture (V&A, White Chapel, Haunch of Venison and other art-world clients) to street culture (on-air work for Channel 4, Dmax and Discovery).

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BREAKFAST CLUB NOVEMBER: THE IN-HOUSE VALUE PROPOSITION 

TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NOVEMBER: THE IN-HOUSE VALUE PROPOSITION 

Join us to learn why the success of an in-house design team begins with being properly funded and resourced. Andy will present insights to how you can best position your team within the corporate budgetary and financial structure to establish their true value.

We will also discuss how we can establish clear expectations with clients, peers and upper management to ensure the long-term success and stability needed to sustain a healthy and fulfilling working environment.

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MEMBERS SERIES: THE TYPE IS RIGHT

MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

MEMBERS SERIES: THE TYPE IS RIGHT

Are you crazy for Courier? Gonzo for Garamond? Mad for Meta? Does your quick brown fox jump over your lazy dog?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then come on down to“The Type is Right,” AIGA/NY’s first-ever typographic game show at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

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MEMBERS SERIES: PRINT TO WEB 101

THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

MEMBERS SERIES: PRINT TO WEB 101

The web is a medium that changes constantly, which can be daunting to designers who want to try their hand at making websites. Hear from designers who have seen it all — whether in print, digital design or both. You’ll come away (jargon free) with the basic theories and practices behind designing for the web.

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Those that CAN, teach.<br />Celebrating the 40 YEAR LEGACY OF RICHARD WILDE.

MONDAY 26 OCTOBER 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

Those that CAN, teach.
Celebrating the 40 YEAR LEGACY OF RICHARD WILDE.

Design education can be a mysterious art, yet each of us has that special teacher or that exceptional experience that transformed our art, our careers, and ourselves. In celebration of 40 years of Richard Wilde’s leadership and innovation as chairman of the graphic design department at the School of Visual Arts, and The Wilde Years Exhibition, AIGA/NY invites you to spend an evening with the best and brightest of design educators. Please join legendary designers and teachers Gail Anderson, Rem Duplessis, Carin Goldberg, and Paula Scher, and moderator Steven Heller as they discuss their own careers in design education and showcase some of their results—their students.

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SMALL TALK NO. 2: HILLMAN CURTIS

THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 2: HILLMAN CURTIS

Hillman Curtis will discuss how still images – mainly from contemporary photography –  directly influence the narrative of his film work.

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KNOPF: THEN AND NOW

WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

KNOPF: THEN AND NOW

In the late 1980s, the Alfred A. Knopf design group redefined the art of American book packaging. Two decades later, the department continues to set the bar for the trade publishing industry. Knopf: Then and Now brings the legendary team of Carol Devine Carson, Barbara de Wilde, Archie Ferguson, and Chip Kidd together on stage for the first time.The quartet will give a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of their most daring cover designs, discuss the process of collaboration, and describe the challenges affecting book jacket design today.

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TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2009 – WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2009

THE NEW AIGA/NY SPECTACULAR SEASON IS HERE: SAVE THESE DATES!

As we start on another season at AIGA/NY, don't forget to mark your calendars with all of our upcoming events.

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BREAKFAST CLUB OCTOBER: BUSINESS HARMONY FOR THE

TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB OCTOBER: BUSINESS HARMONY FOR THE "SKILLPRENEUR"

Have you taken your expertise and set out to start a business? Do you offer you skills to paying customers? Yes? Then you are a"SkillPreneur."

Are you familiar with the process of building a sustainable, profitable, and thriving business? Yes? No? Sort of? Come join us,share your experience and see how a "SkillPreneur" can create a successful harmonious practice.

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MEMBERS SERIES: MY DOG AND PONY II

MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2009 7:00 – 8:30PM

MEMBERS SERIES: MY DOG AND PONY II

Back by popular demand, (OK, uprising) we offer yet another chance to be a fly on the wall during other designer's presentations. They say,"Nothing succeeds like success," but we think, "Nothing succeeds like success when it is properly presented!" 

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SMALL TALK NO. 1: JI LEE

THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 1: JI LEE

Ji Lee is the founder of the reknowned 'Bubble Project', which started 6 years ago. Borne from frustration at corporate advertising agencies, Lee printed and applied 50,000 renegade speech bubbles to street advertisements in New York and other cities around the world. Passers by would then fill the bubbles with musings and Lee would photograph the results and post them on the Bubble Project website.

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365: AIGA ANNUAL DESIGN COMPETITION 30

FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2009 – WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2009

365: AIGA ANNUAL DESIGN COMPETITION 30

Visit the AIGA National Design Center to see the best in communication design from 2008—including logos,websites, animations, experiences, packaging, advertisements, even a typographic kite, created by some of the world’s most talented designers—in this exhibition of nearly 200 works, selected by an esteemed jury for the 30th annual “365: AIGA Annual Design Competition.”

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AIGA DESIGN LEGENDS GALA 2009

THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2009 6:30 – 10:30PM

AIGA DESIGN LEGENDS GALA 2009

Attend the AIGA Design Legends Gala on September 17 in New York City to celebrate those whose work inspires designers of all ages and sets the bar for creativity and innovation, honoring recipients of the 2009 AIGA Medal, AIGA Corporate Leadership Awards, Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships and nationwide AIGA Fellow Awards. Make your reservation now to show your support for the design profession!

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BREAKFAST CLUB SEPTEMBER: GOOD PR AND HOW TO GET IT

TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB SEPTEMBER: GOOD PR AND HOW TO GET IT

How vital is PR to building your business? How can you benefit from publicity-generating campaigns?

Sarah Cirkiel and Chris Nagy of Pitch Control Public Relations will kick off the season by giving us new insight to how branding,positioning and media development can help grow our businesses. They will also discuss what it takes to organize, execute and fully benefit from publicity-generating campaigns.

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DELVE:UI

WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST 2009 – THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 2009

DELVE:UI

As an alternative to the large infrequent, distant and often times costly conference experience, DELVE was created to be an affordable, intimate (limited to 150 people) option to help web designers move from intermediate to advanced with deep-dive sessions focused on one topic—web design.

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DESIGN REMIXED: ALICIA CHENG AND SARAH GEPHART, MGMT.

WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

DESIGN REMIXED: ALICIA CHENG AND SARAH GEPHART, MGMT.

MGMT., a collaborative graphic design studio based in Brooklyn, has extensive experience in print, branding, and exhibition design as well as information and web design. The principals of MGMT. are Alicia Cheng and Sarah Gephart.

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VOICES: AN EXHIBITION OF DARFURI CHILDREN’S DRAWINGS

THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2009–
FRIDAY 24 JULY 2009

VOICES: AN EXHIBITION OF DARFURI CHILDREN’S DRAWINGS

In cooperation with Waging Peace, the AIGA National Design Center presents a selection of drawings by Darfuri children depicting vivid memories of violent attacks.

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DESIGN REMIXED: TINA CHANG AND ESTHER MUN, START HERE

WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

DESIGN REMIXED: TINA CHANG AND ESTHER MUN, START HERE

Start Here has a deep and abiding belief that design ain’t no beauty pageant. Their award winning designs for print, product, brand, web and packaging share one common goal: to elegantly provide exactly what’s needed. Founders Tina Chang and Esther Mun joined forces 3 years ago to forge a new way of working clients and customers: No more overselling, over talking and overdesigning. Instead, they offered smart, straightforward problem solving. Their innovative product line of notebooks and tote bags echoes their design philosophy: wipe the slate clean and Start Here.

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SEYMOUR: THE OBSESSIVE IMAGES OF SEYMOUR CHWAST

TUESDAY 16 JUNE 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

SEYMOUR: THE OBSESSIVE IMAGES OF SEYMOUR CHWAST

Seymour Chwast, the quintessential New York designer/illustrator/painter, is launching his newest book right here with us at AIGA/NY. It’s called Seymour. Chwast and Steven Heller will flip through the book chapter by chapter and allow us to listen in on their various and variegated commentary. Chwast has promised to expose his obsessions, as well as his fears, follies and successes.

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BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 9: SUSTAINABLE PRINTING

TUESDAY 9 JUNE 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 9: SUSTAINABLE PRINTING

We dont need to be sold on the importance and value of sustainable printing. What we all want is clear and reliable information on how to integrate conscientious principles into our daily get-it-done-and-hang-on design practices. Breakfast Club #9 is here to save the planet -- or at least to help you save the planet.

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small talk no. 9: anthony burrill

THURSDAY 4 JUNE 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

small talk no. 9: anthony burrill

Anthony Burrill is an independent UK-based designer and illustrator whose work is beautifully simple and often hilarious. He works across a broad range of activities, including print, film, and internet.

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HOW TO STAY HARD: AN EVENING WITH JAMES VICTORE

TUESDAY 26 MAY 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

HOW TO STAY HARD: AN EVENING WITH JAMES VICTORE

Join James Victore for a funny, intimate, and revealing discussion of what it takes to keep pushing boundaries, working with the clients you want, and exploring new venues—all while maintaining your own vision.

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Breakfast Club No. 8: Work on your business . . . not just at your business - Special Book Club Edition

TUESDAY 12 MAY 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

Breakfast Club No. 8: Work on your business . . . not just at your business - Special Book Club Edition

Michael Gerber‘s “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It” is a cult classic among business people, particularly among small business owners and entrepreneurs. Gerber walks through the stages of the life of a business: from entrepreneurial infancy to growing pains to the maturity of experience. For this month’s Breakfast Club, we’ll read The E-Myth Revisited, then meet to discuss the book

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Design Remixed: Willy Wong

WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Willy Wong

Willy Wong leads the creative vision for global branding, advertising,and design on behalf of New York City as senior vice president and creative director at NYC & Company, the City of New York’s official marketing, tourism, and partnership organization.

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Stories From The Front: My Dog and Pony

WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL 2009 7:00 – 8:30PM

Stories From The Front: My Dog and Pony

Ever wonder what other designers do or say to get their jobs? Finally, your chance to be a fly on the wall for other designers’ presentations. Five design icons will recreate actual presentations that won work or solved problems, demonstrating skills in PowerPoint, patter, and bravura.

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SMALL TALK NO. 8: SAM POTTS

THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 8: SAM POTTS

Sam Potts, of Sam Potts Inc., is equal parts designer, teacher,Twitterer, and possible superhero. He bats left, throws right, and has had fiction rejected by The New Yorker and Harpers. Creative Review in the UK recently featured Potts’s design of the storefront, signage,publications, and packaging of the infamous Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. He has also done work for the IFC channel, They Might Be Giants, NYU, many publishers of books, the New York Times, and Beck(sort of). Sam Potts Inc. has been an independent graphic design practice since 2002.

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Design Remixed: Justin Ouellette

WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Justin Ouellette

Justin Ouellette is a designer based in New York. He left his post as the head of front end development at Vimeo last March to pursue personal projects, one of which became the overnight playlist-sharing phenomenon Muxtape. Today he’s occupied as the design director of the Normative Music Company and working on a new version of Muxtape as a promotional platform for bands.

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BREAKFAST  CLUB NO. 7: Going Green for Real

TUESDAY 14 APRIL 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 7: Going Green for Real

When it comes to sustainability, theres a lot that you should be doing, but what can you really be doing? Well explore this question in a conversation led by sustainability expert Naomi Pearson. Our goal this morning will be to provide practical information and strategies for bringing your practice in line with principles of sustainability.

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EVERYBODY DANCE NOW: 20  Years of Dancing in Print

THURSDAY 2 APRIL–FRIDAY 15 MAY 2009

EVERYBODY DANCE NOW: 20 Years of Dancing in Print

“Everybody Dance Now: 20 Years of Dancing in Print” is a survey of the...

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SMALL TALK NO. 7: MARIO HUGO

THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 7: MARIO HUGO

Mario would like to spend his Small Talk with stories, secrets, and other such words. He will discuss the nature of design as visual communication, how communication implies dialogue and conversation, and how this emphasizes the importance of vernacular, vocabulary, tone, and inflection in design. In general, it’ll be about maintaining one’s“voice”, focusing less on the immediacy of communication, and more on the intimacy of discussion.

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Design Remixed: Hillman Curtis

WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Hillman Curtis

We regret to inform you that this evening's Design Remixed event, Hillman Curtis, is cancelled. We apologize for the last-minute notice, but due to unforeseen circumstances, it will be rescheduled for a later date. There will be no event at the Apple Store, Soho, this evening at 6:30PM.

We look forward to seeing you at the next Design Remixed event, featuring web designer Justin Ouellette on Wednesday, 15 April, at the Apple Store, Soho.

For more information: http://www.aigany.org/events/

Hillman Curtis is a designer, filmmaker, and author whose company hillmancurtis, inc. has designed sites for Yahoo, Adobe, The Metropolitan Opera, Aquent, the American Institute of Graphic Design, Paramount Fox Searchlight Pictures, and eMusic among others.

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BREAKFAST  CLUB NO. 6: DESIGNERS AND THE DOWNTURN

TUESDAY 10 MARCH 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 6: DESIGNERS AND THE DOWNTURN

This is the big one. How have you been affected by the economy? Have your clients asked you to do more for less? What office niceties have you cut back on? Join us at this Breakfast Club to share your experiences and to hear from colleagues as we work to find our bearings during an uncertain period.

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SMALL TALK NO. 6: MAIRA KALMAN

THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 6: MAIRA KALMAN

Painter, essayist, observer, dreamer, embroiderer, accordionist, silentwalker, author, fan of petit fours, teacher, student of the oboe andclarinet, illustrator, fez collector, opera maker, receipt-saver,list-maker and inventor of the percussion instrument “the Canundrum,”Maira Kalman is having an open house to her imagination, and you're allinvited.

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Design Remixed: TINA ROTH EISENBERG

WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: TINA ROTH EISENBERG

Tina Roth Eisenberg is the force behind swiss-miss.com,a design journal of infectious enthusiasm and inspiring finds. Tina is the founder and creative director of swissmiss studio, located in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

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BREAKFAST  CLUB NO. 5: Beginning-of-Year Accounting and Financial Analysis

TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 5: Beginning-of-Year Accounting and Financial Analysis

It's the start of a new year and NOW is the time to take stock of your studio's financial picture. Was your business profitable last year? What new costs can you anticipate for 2009? How should you adapt to business conditions in 2009, and what parts of your 2008 financial plan should you stick to?

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Paul Sahre: A Designer and His Problems

FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

Paul Sahre: A Designer and His Problems

A Designer and His Problems will be a once-in-a-lifetime inspirational journey through one designer's typos, questionable color choices and poor font selection. 

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Design Remixed: Rad Mountain

WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Rad Mountain

Damien Correll and Garrett Morin are 2/5ths of the Brooklyn-based studio collective, Rad Mountain. Individually their work has been featured in IdN, Dwell, Flaunt, Good, and The New York Times.

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SMALL TALK NO. 5: Alex Trochut

THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2009 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 5: Alex Trochut

Renowned for his technically exquisite type creations and designs, Alex Trochut believes that "More is More" and this philosophy can be seen in his commissions for The Guardian, Nike, The Rolling Stones, British Airways, Budweiser and Diesel.

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BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 4: Redesigning the RFP response

TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 2009 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 4: Redesigning the RFP response

Maybe you’ve gotten one: the RFP that asks for mountains of miraculous work, for no money, delivered in 20 minutes. Or the one for a project so boring you wouldn’t give it to an intern. This morning’s Breakfast Club asks: Can we perform a Jedi mind trick and turn those nightmare RFPs into satisfying, rewarding work? 
Victor Lombardi, veteran consultant and teacher, will lead a discussion about rethinking how to conquer the dreaded RFP.

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GO/MAD

THURSDAY 8 JANUARY 2009 6:30 – 8:30PM

GO/MAD

On Thursday 8 January 6:30 to 8:30PM, all AIGA/NY members will be given free entry to the museum and a 20% discount in The Store at MAD. The fantastic exhibit “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary” will be on display. And, you can get a firsthand look at museum signage by Pentagram’s Michael Bierut and new media design by Pentagram’s Lisa Strausfeld.

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Design Remixed: Big Spaceship

WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Big Spaceship

An innovation-led digital creative agency, Big Spaceship partners with brands to create deeply engaging experiences, products and relationships.

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BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 3: GETTING NEW BUSINESS

TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2008 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 3: GETTING NEW BUSINESS

A sure-to-be-spirited conversation led by Melissa Hoffman, an expert in business development. As Managing Director for L. Mazur & Co.‚ Melissa provides brand strategy, business development, and account management for the firm’s retail, hospitality, and beauty brands.

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THE DINNER PARTY: A conversation about Food and Design

WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER 2008 6:30 – 9:45PM

THE DINNER PARTY: A conversation about Food and Design

Chefs and designers. Both create delights for the senses. Both make delicious things in different ways. Both arrange every experience for the optimum of piquancy. The Dinner Party brings the worlds of food and design together for a discussion about creativity, inspiration, and what makes things tasty. This unique event reaches beyond the design world to blend two parts culinary wisdom, two parts design insight, and twenty parts poly-unsaturated goodness.

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SMALL TALK NO. 4: TOM SACHS

TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

SMALL TALK NO. 4: TOM SACHS

Tom Sachs's art reveals obsession and labor, but is also characterized by the sense of playfulness and exuberance that infuses each of his objects. His work largely consists of outstanding contraptions and scale models hobbled together from found and collected materials.

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LARS MüLLER/ PUBLISHERS AND DESIGNERS AS POLITICAL BEINGS

THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

LARS MüLLER/ PUBLISHERS AND DESIGNERS AS POLITICAL BEINGS

Lars Müller is founder of Lars Müller Publishers, perhaps best known for its challenging and beautiful editions of typography, design, art, photography, and architecture, of which the acclaimed Helvetica-Homage to a Typeface is a highlight. Recently,Lars Müller Publishers has expanded its catalog, bringing the same rigor and attention to social and political books as it has brought to books in the creative field.

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Small Talk No. 3: Paul Davis

WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 3: Paul Davis

Paul Davis is a British artist, illustrator, and reporter who is alternately anarchic, profound, and provocative. Using his drawings to laugh about life, intelligence, stupidity, and culture, he ponders the way we love and hate. His haiku-like drawings have the directness of someone who sees with vivid clarity; they're documented thinking on sex, religion, death, and laughter.

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Design Remixed: Ted Booth

WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Ted Booth

Almost three decades ago, Smart Design began practicing a multi-disciplinary approach to design, establishing ways to emotionally connect people with products and experiences. Today their strength is a unique ability to encode a brand's personality and values into every aspect of their work. The result is a design solution that builds bonds between companies and their customers.

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro / 2x4

TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2008 6:30 – 8:30PM

Diller Scofidio + Renfro / 2x4

The architectural firm Diller Scofidio+Renfro and the graphic design studio 2x4 both create very high-concept work that brings brainy and thoughtful into the public and commercial sphere. Architect Elizabeth Diller (at work on Lincoln Center and the High Line) and designer Michael Rock (at work on Prada, Vitra, Nike and MTV) will expose the track from theory to practice in an illustrated discussion moderated by Jake Barton,principal of Local Projects, a media design firm. 

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BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 2: ASSESSING YOUR BUSINESS’S STAFFING AND OPERATIONS

TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2008 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 2: ASSESSING YOUR BUSINESS’S STAFFING AND OPERATIONS

brings us Emily Cohen, renowned business advisor, leading a discussion on matters of staffing and operations. What personnel pitfalls can you avoid with a little knowledge and planning? Are there strategies to make your office run smoothly—even pleasantly? The conversation is open to design practices of all sizes! Plus: coffee!

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Future of Web Design

TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2008 9:00AM – 5:30PM

Future of Web Design

The Future of Web Design brings together leading talents from the world of contemporary web design to share their knowledge and insight. An audience of over 1000 professional creatives will listen to the people who designed some of today's most successful sites, including representatives from top global design agencies and design-leaders.

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Small Talk NO. 2: Amit Pitaru

TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk NO. 2: Amit Pitaru

The work of Amit Pitaru cross-palliates among fields as far-reaching and far-flung as music, video games, dance, software, and education. Experimenting at the intersection of accessibility and play, Amit crafts experiences that inspire new or undiscovered ways of approaching the everyday.

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Design Remixed: Craig Mod

WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Craig Mod

Craig Mod is a Tokyo based print designer and online developer. He is a cofounder of Chin Music Press, a independent press putting out beautifully made books on Japan.

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BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 1: The Blog As a Promotional Tool

TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER 2008 8:00 – 9:30AM

BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 1: The Blog As a Promotional Tool

It’s more than a diary to write about your pets. Join us for Breakfast Club  NO.1 with Marc S. Levitt and Sheri L. Koetting, founders of MSLK of Long Island City. Sheri and Marc, who founded their blog, Reactions, in 2007, will speak on the matter of the blog as a powerful platform for getting the word out about your firm. Be ready to drink some coffee and explore some new ideas.

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Small Talk No. 1: Daniel  Eatock

TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 1: Daniel  Eatock

His first monograph, Daniel Eatock Imprint, has just been published by Princeton Architectural Press. Constantly oscillating between art and graphic design, each copy individually marked with his own thumbprint, this book is full of Eatock’s astute observations and eccentric obsessions.

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Small Talk Summer Special: Si Scott

WEDNESDAY 6 AUGUST 2008 7:00 – 8:30PM

Small Talk Summer Special: Si Scott

Join us for a last-minute summer addition of the profound new voice of Si Scott. In his first-ever New York appearance, Si reveals his obsession with pen and ink and the passion for illustrated typography that drives his UK-based Si Scott Studio.  Seats will go fast in the intimate Bumble and bumble space so reserve now!

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Design Remixed: Andrew Sloat

WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Andrew Sloat

Andrew Sloat / Drainage Ditch (www.andrewsloat.com) is a graphic designer and videomaker. His video work began as part of his graduate thesis at Yale, exploring the relationship between the two-dimensionality of print design and the three-dimensionality of theater. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and is a certified NYC street-tree steward.

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Spring Small Talks Extended: <br />Benita Raphan

TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Spring Small Talks Extended:
Benita Raphan

GREAT GENIUS/PROFOUND STUPIDITY
Benita is the director, designer, and creator of documentary films'They Were The Future', a series about visionary scientists such as R.Buckminster Fuller and Edwin Land (first shown in The Museum of ModernArt exhibition "Outside of the Studio System" in 2007). She willintroduce these, and her latest film—premiering at The Tribeca FilmFestival in April, showing at The Walker Art Center until May, andbroadcasting on The Sundance Channel in 2009—and tell the story of hersearch for genius and Elvis Costello through The US, the UK and Europe.

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Design Remixed: Linked by Air

WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Linked by Air

Linked by Air is the graphic design partnership of Tamara Maletic and Dan Michaelson. They often focus on the production of public space, both physical and online. Design and technology are intertwined inventive processes in their work.

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Pictured/Prose: Assorted Comic Narratives

WEDNESDAY 4 JUNE 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Pictured/Prose: Assorted Comic Narratives

Bamboozled beauties, hunky heroes and eccentric side-kicks populate thequirky universe of graphic novels and comic books. Dazzling drawingselevate plot points while witty repartee illuminates characters. Come join this triofor a talk on crafting prose and drawn protagonists.

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Design Remixed: Molly Wright Steenson

WEDNESDAY 21 MAY 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Molly Wright Steenson

Molly Wright Steenson is a design researcher and architecturalhistorian who studies interactivity and responsiveness inarchitecture. She is pursuing a PhD in architecture at PrincetonUniversity. She also conducts research and develops design strategyfor mobile, web, and urban projects.

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Smart/Models: Business Principles for Design Principals

SATURDAY 17 MAY 2008 9:00AM – 7:00PM

Smart/Models: Business Principles for Design Principals

Five design firms. Five business models. Five departures from the expected. This one-day conference examines the overlap between smart design and smart business. Crossing the business divide requires designers to grow from steadfast practitioner to streetwise business person. And SMART/MODELS looks at design-minded businesses through the eyes of five firms: Jason Fried from 37signals, Matt Owens from Athletics, Joe Duffy and Eric Block from Duffy & Partners, Sylvia Harris from Sylvia Harris LLC, and Douglas Riccardi from Memo Productions. Join us Saturday, May 17 for a day moderated by Emily Ruth Cohen, a business consultant to creative firms world-wide.

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Small Talk No. 8: Barbara Glauber

TUESDAY 6 MAY 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 8: Barbara Glauber

OMNIVOROUS/PURSUITS
Polylithic Graphophilia and other Strategery with Barbara Glauber.

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Classic/Contemporary: A conversation with Roger Black

WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Classic/Contemporary: A conversation with Roger Black

Please join AIGA/NY and frog design for our next Classic/Contemporary evening on Wednesday, April 23,  with legendary publication design consultant Roger Black.

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Alphabet/City: A Walking Tour with Tobias Frere-Jones

SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2008 11:00AM – 1:00PM

Alphabet/City: A Walking Tour with Tobias Frere-Jones

New York's streetscapes have a definitive signature that has beencaptured in countless visual mediums. Lettering has been a centralplayer in forming these urban environments that seduce the eye...

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Design Remixed: Lisa Naftolin

WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Lisa Naftolin

Lisa Naftolin is the creative director of Art + Commerce, an agency representing image makers including photographers, stylists, and creative directors. Her practice has been divided between cultural and editorial projects for the past twenty years.

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Small Talk No. 7: Alisa Grifo

WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 7: Alisa Grifo

LOCAL/GLOBAL
A look at KIOSK, the store for objects that celebrate local aesthetics, with Alisa Grifo.

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Art/Walk: a tour of Chelsea’s galleries with David Platzker

SATURDAY 5 APRIL 2008 1:00 – 4:00PM

Art/Walk: a tour of Chelsea’s galleries with David Platzker

Chelsea’s bounty of art galleries and arts institutions is a treasure trove of inspiration for designers and creative souls of all stripes. Join us for a tour of Chelsea's galleries led by very special guide, David Platzker.

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Small Talk No. 6: Aaron Rose

WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2008 6:30 – 9:00PM

Small Talk No. 6: Aaron Rose

CREATIVE/ADDICTS
Exclusive screening of documentary film "Beautiful Losers" (84 mins) with director Aaron Rose

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Rock/On: A casual talk about desire, drive and design

TUESDAY 25 MARCH 2008 6:30 – 8:30PM

Rock/On: A casual talk about desire, drive and design

Michael Ian Kaye has designed books, magazines, identities,advertising, restaurants and a  bunch of other stuff. In summer 2007 hestarted Mother Design, a new venture born out of Mother New York, anadvertising agency with offices in London and Buenos Aires. Prior tothat he was a senior creative director at AR, an agency with a fashionfocus where his clients included Brioni, Brooks Brothers, SalvatoreFeragamo and Banana Republic. Kaye was also creative director in Ogilvy& Mather's Brand Integration Group, working with such clients asBritish Petroleum, Levi's and Motorola.

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Design Remixed: Rosten Woo

WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Rosten Woo

Rosten Woo is the executive director and co-founder of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a non-profit organizations dedicated to creativeeducation about places and how they change.

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Classic/Contemporary: A conversation with Tucker Viemeister

WEDNESDAY 12 MARCH 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Classic/Contemporary: A conversation with Tucker Viemeister

Please join AIGA/NY and frog design for our next Classic/Contemporaryevening on Wednesday, March 12 with Tucker Viemeister, Chief of theR&D LAB within the Rockwell Group.

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2008 Publikum Calendar

FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2008 6:00 – 7:30PM

2008 Publikum Calendar

Debbie Millman, the 2008 Publikum Calendar curator, moderates a talkwith Chip Kidd, Luba Lukova, Matteo Bologna (designers featured in2008 edition) and George Mill & Nada Ray (Publikum Calendar founders).

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Design Remixed: Jonathan Harris

WEDNESDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Jonathan Harris

Jonathan Harris (number27.org) is an artist andstoryteller working primarily on the Internet. His work involves theexploration and understanding of humans, on a global scale, through theartifacts they leave behind on the Web.

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Stefan Sagmeister: Things I've Learned in My Life So Far

TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2008 6:30 – 8:30PM

Stefan Sagmeister: Things I've Learned in My Life So Far

Astonishingly, Stefan Sagmeister has only learned a scant twenty things(or so) in his life. However, he has managed (amazingly) to publishthese hard-won maxims all over the world in a variety of spaces andformats.

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Classic/Contemporary:<br />A conversation with Jim Sherraden

WEDNESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Classic/Contemporary:
A conversation with Jim Sherraden

Join AIGA/NY and frog design for the second in our new series of intimate evenings exploring the line between Classic and Contemporary design. If you follow country music,  or the history, art and culture of the American South, sooner or later you're bound to run into the letters, images and unmistakable "look" of Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN. Jim Sherraden of Hatch will share his unique take on letterpress printing in the digital age.

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Small Talk No. 5: James Biber

WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 5: James Biber

2D/3D
The intersection of architecture and graphic design with James Biber.

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CLASSIC/CONTEMPORARY: <br />A CONVERSATION WITH LOUISE FILI

WEDNESDAY 23 JANUARY 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

CLASSIC/CONTEMPORARY:
A CONVERSATION WITH LOUISE FILI

Join AIGA/NY and frog design for the first in our new series of intimate evenings exploring the line between Classic and Contemporary design. We begin with a true Design Classic – Louise Fili. Her passion for typefaces past has lead to classic designs for book jackets, food packaging and restaurant identities.

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Design Remixed: Jakob Trollbäck

WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY 2008 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Jakob Trollbäck

A self-taught designer from Sweden, Jakob Trollbäck is the President and Creative Director of Trollbäck + Company. He leads an innovative and highly successful company, creates seminal and award-winning designs, and is an acknowledged industry leader in branding and motion graphic design.

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Cause/Effect: Design As Change Agent

SATURDAY 15 DECEMBER 2007 8:00AM – 6:30PM

Cause/Effect: Design As Change Agent

A one-day event that looks at the intersection of design and social responsibility in its current and historical contexts. When designers respond to local and global crises, design becomes their causal force and change their endgame.

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Small Talk No. 4: Christoph Niemann

TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 4: Christoph Niemann

PICTURE/BOOK:
A masterful celebration of illustration including children's books.

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SUNDAY 9 DECEMBER 2007 6:00 – 10:00PM

DANCE/DANCE/DANCE: THE/NEW/BIGGER/ANNUAL/
AIGA/NY/HOLIDAY/DANCE/PARTY/
FUNDRAISER/SPECTACULAR

AIGA/NY will host a holiday fundraiser that's new, bigger, and spectacular! The evening will start w...

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Small Talk surprise: Kenya Hara

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk surprise: Kenya Hara

MUJI/MATERIALIZED:
A look at the thinking, objects and writing of Kenya Hara, with introduction by Michael Bierut.

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Design Remixed: Rachel Abrams

WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Rachel Abrams

Rachel Abrams is Creative Director of Turnstone Consulting, New York, a collaborative design practice, where she designs people-friendly, technology-mediated experiences for commercial spaces and public places.

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Future of Web Design

WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2007 – THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2007

Future of Web Design

As a partner of Carson Systems, AIGA/NY is pleased to invite you to attend the Future of Web Design conference and the FOWD worksh...

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Small Talk No. 3: Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin              
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TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 3: Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin

Happy/Marriage: Stories of partnership in life and art.

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T/Style: JANET FROELICH AND STEFANO TONCHI

MONDAY 29 OCTOBER 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

T/Style: JANET FROELICH AND STEFANO TONCHI

T’s creative director Janet Froelich and its editor Stefano Tonchi, will explain this brave, chic world in the new TimesCenter designed by Renzo Piano.

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Crouwel/Vignelli

THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER 2007 6:30 – 9:00PM

Crouwel/Vignelli

Join us for a historic evening with two pioneers of Modernism, Wim Crouwel and Massimo Vignelli. In conversation with Alice Twemlow, the designers will share the anecdotes and insights that frame their iconic work and explain why, to them, design is not a career; it’s a way of life.

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Design Remixed: Jake Barton

WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Jake Barton

Jake Barton is principal of Local Projects, a studio that creates media installations for museums and public spaces. Local Projects is partnered with Thinc Design to design the World Trade Center Memorial Museum. Recent work includes Interaction Design for StoryCorps, “Timescapes” for the Museum of the City of New York, a suite of films for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the new Museum of the Chinese in the Americas, with architecture by Maya Lin.

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Small Talk No. 2: Yolanda Cuomo and Neil Selkirk present a film about Marvin Israel

TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 2: Yolanda Cuomo and Neil Selkirk present a film about Marvin Israel

A showing of "Who Is Marvin Israel?," a film on legendary art director Marvin Israel, with introduction by Yolanda Cuomo and director Neil Selkirk.

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ALPHABET/CITY: A Walking Tour with Tobias Frere-Jones

SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2007 11:00AM – 1:00PM

ALPHABET/CITY: A Walking Tour with Tobias Frere-Jones

New York's streetscapes have a definitive signature that has beencaptured in countless visual mediums. Lettering has been a centralplayer in forming these urban environments that seduce the eye...

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Small Talk No. 1: Felix Sockwell with Steve Frykholm and Peter Bell

TUESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 1: Felix Sockwell with Steve Frykholm and Peter Bell

Three collaborators tell the story of how Herman Miller's "Be" product line came to be.

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Design Remixed: Stella Bugbee

WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Stella Bugbee

Stella Bugbee is a creative director specializing in branding and publication design. After attending Parsons School of Design, Stella founded Honest with Cary Murnion and Jon Milott. After five years at Honest, she left to work for The New York Times Magazine and later, the Brand Integration Group at Ogilvy and Mather. Her self-published magazines are available through Printed Matter.  Currently Stella is the design director for Conde Nast's Domino Magazine.

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Design Remixed: Project Projects

WEDNESDAY 25 JULY 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Project Projects

Project Projects is a design studio focusing on print, identity, and interactive work for clients in the cultural sector. Founded by Prem Krishnamurthy and Adam Michaels, the studio's clients include Phaidon, Princeton Architectural Press, Steven Holl Architects, and White Columns. Project Projects also collaborates with architects, artists and writers on independent projects.

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Music/Man: Niklaus Troxler

THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2007 6:30 – 9:00PM

Music/Man: Niklaus Troxler

Niklaus Troxler’s posters chronicle jazz with visual acuity and wit, exposing his own love affair with a singular musical genre. Live music by Bob Stewart on tuba and Craig Harris on trombone will accompany this 80-poster retrospective exhibition and presentation. Come see a virtuoso and witness exactly what true transcendence across art forms looks like.

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Design Remixed: John Gruber

WEDNESDAY 20 JUNE 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: John Gruber

John Gruber writes and publishes Daring Fireball, a somewhat popular, strongly opiniona...

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Small Talk No. 8: Jason Fried

THURSDAY 31 MAY 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 8: Jason Fried

Jason Fried is the founder of 37signals, an influential Chicago-based web application design firm. 37signals' Basecamp Backpack (web-based personal information management), and Ta-da List (web-based to-do lists) products are used on a daily basis by tens ofthousands of people and small businesses in over 50 countries.

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Fresh Dialogue 23: Designing Audiences

TUESDAY 29 MAY 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Fresh Dialogue 23: Designing Audiences

The 23rd annual Fresh Dialogue will look at graphic design through the fresh eyes of three designers: Stefan Bucher, Eric Rodenbeck and Katie Salen. In a user-centric world where Nike iD, Flickr and YouTube rule the roost, this trio has kept pace, designing not just for but with their audiences. Moderated by Ze Frank, online impresario, stand-up comic and creator of "the show."

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Tools/Trade: Design Resource Expo

MONDAY 21 MAY 2007 12:00 – 9:00PM

Tools/Trade: Design Resource Expo

Every profession depends on up-to-date information about the tools of its trade. The AIGA Design Resource Expo offers a crash-c...

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Design Remixed: Paul Matthaeus

WEDNESDAY 16 MAY 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Paul Matthaeus

UPDATE
Due to travel complications Paul Matthaeus is unable to speak at this event. (He's stuck at LAX) Speaking ...

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Franciscan Signature Style Award

TUESDAY 15 MAY 2007 6:30 – 8:30PM

Franciscan Signature Style Award

The recent AIGANY Design Conference BODY/LANGUAGE focused on the parallel practices in fashion and graphic design. Continuing t...

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Small Talk Surprise: Vince Frost

THURSDAY 3 MAY 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk Surprise: Vince Frost

Vince Frost has played a leading role in the international design community for the past two decades. In the early 90s, he became Pentagram London’s youngest Associate Director. After five years, he set up Frost Design. In 2004 he made the move to Sydney, Australia, where Vince continues to work with a broad range of clients, including New York-based Rizzoli Books, the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue (Zürich), Deutsche Bank Asia and Seoul International Finance Centre.

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Design Remixed: Giampietro & Smith

WEDNESDAY 18 APRIL 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Remixed: Giampietro & Smith

Giampietro+Smith is a design studio based in New York City focusing on cultural, editorial, and nonprofit projects for a wide variety of clients including Gagosian Gallery, Knoll, Topic magazine, the United Nations, and the NYC2012 Olympic Bid.

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Small Talk No. 7: Douglas Riccardi & Florent Morellet

TUESDAY 10 APRIL 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 7: Douglas Riccardi & Florent Morellet

Florent Morellet is a leading NYC social activist and restaurateur. He has made his renowned Restaurant Florent a springboard for grassroots activism. Since 1986 designer Douglas Riccardi has worked with Florent to develop the restaurant's branding and to create announcements for political rallies and events.

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A/Z: Helvetica

FRIDAY 6 APRIL 2007 6:30 – 9:30PM

A/Z: Helvetica

Come see the gamut of supporters, detractors and observers at the New York premiere of "Helvetica," a full-length documentary by Gary Hustwit.

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Body/Language: Fashion Meets Graphic Design

SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2007 10:00AM – 8:30PM

Body/Language: Fashion Meets Graphic Design

Advanced registration has ended. On-site registration begins at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday 24 March.

Speakers include Isaac Mizrahi, Andy Spade, Ruth Ansel, Yolanda Cuomo, Abbott Miller, Alexander Brebner and many more. Moderated by Debbie Millman.

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Small Talk No. 6: Michael Bierut

TUESDAY 13 MARCH 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 6: Michael Bierut

Michael Bierut has been a partner in the New York office of Pentagramsince 1990, ten years after beginning his career in New York as adesigner for Vignelli Associates. He was president of AIGA's New YorkChapter from 1988 to 1990 and the president of AIGA National from 1998to 2001. In 1989, Michael was elected to the Alliance GraphiqueInternationale, in 2003 he was named to the Art Directors Club Hall ofFame, and last year he won the AIGA Medal. Michael is a senior criticin graphic design at the Yale School of Art, co-editor of the anthologyseries Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design and co-founder of the online journal Design Observer. His book 79 Short Essays on Design will be published by Princeton Architectural Press later this spring.

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Small Talk No. 5: Steven Heller

TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 5: Steven Heller

Steven Heller, a senior art director at the New York Times and co-chairof the MFA Designer As Author and co-founder of the MFA in DesignCriticism programs at the School of Visual Arts, is the co-author of“Stylepedia: Graphic Design Quirks, Conceits, and Mannerisms” and“Anatomy of Design: Uncovering the Influences and Inspirations inModern Graphic Design.” His is currently writing “Iron Fists: Brandingthe Totalitarian State,” a study of henious regimes and their equallydasterdly graphic design campaigns. He is the recipient of the 1999AIGA Medal.

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Small Talk No. 4: Emmanuelle Linard

TUESDAY 16 JANUARY 2007 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 4: Emmanuelle Linard

Emmanuelle Linard is the Executive Director of Edelkoort, Inc. With a background in creative production and public relations, she spent 10 years with the European office developing trend forecasts, directing production and lecturing in the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America.

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365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 27

THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER 2006 – FRIDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2007

365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 27

Now in it's 27th year, 365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition is a juried selection of the most accomplished design produced in 200...

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Small Talk No. 3: Arkle & Goldwasser

TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 3: Arkle & Goldwasser

Peter Arkle and Amy Goldwasser live together in one apartment on Avenue C and work together in the apartment next door. Peter and Amy often end up having completely different experiences working for the same clients, including the New York Times, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, ID, Absolute, Lexus, Pentagram, and Sullivan.

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Collaborate/Celebrate

SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 2006 5:00 – 8:00PM

Collaborate/Celebrate

In the spirit of Charles and Ray Eames, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Bogart and Bacall, twenty-two virtuoso couples have co...

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Small Talk No. 2: Marc Joseph

TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 2: Marc Joseph

Photographer Marc Joseph will be speaking about his new book, Marc Joseph: New and Used, a collection of photographs of an increasingly-endangered species: independent book and record shops.

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Passion/Payoff: Student Conference

SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2006 9:30AM – 6:00PM

Passion/Payoff: Student Conference

What exactly is a designer? And why do you want to be one anyway? Straight talk for students on why and how designers keep designing. Join us and see if you are, in fact, a designer.Moderated by Steven Heller and featuring a roster of speakers you won't believe.

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In/Between: Todd St. John

WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2006 6:30 – 9:00PM

In/Between: Todd St. John

Todd St. John's projects exude a focused simplicity and a distinct point of view as they manage to crystallize a wide range of interests. Todd will talk about this and about the value of doing things the hard way.Co-presented by Parsons The New School for Design and The Department of Illustration

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Walk/Don’t Walk

SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER 2006 3:30 – 6:30PM

Walk/Don’t Walk

The Wooster Collective will take a small group through the streets of Soho, Nolita, and the Lower East Side highlighting street a...

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Gain

THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER 2006 – SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER 2006

Gain

As business shines a spotlight on design, "Gain" provides shining examples of design’s impact on business success. Featuring cas...

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Design Legends Gala

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2006 6:30 – 10:30PM

Design Legends Gala

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Small Talk No. 1: Jeffrey Zeldman

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 1: Jeffrey Zeldman


Jeffrey Zeldman was one of the web's first designers, teachers, and bloggers. He publi...

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Holiday/Everyday

SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2006 12:00 – 12:00AM

Holiday/Everyday

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Your AD Here

WEDNESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2006 6:30 – 8:30PM

Your AD Here

From iPod to Target to BMW–s Mini, design has become essential to consumer appeal and forward-thinking. Advertising agencies are realizing the value of design in developing successful, multi-platform campaigns. Designers are increasingly joining the ranks of advertising agencies—and some are even starting their own—to meet marketers– demands for truly integrated marketing solutions.

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AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2005

THURSDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2006 – WEDNESDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2006

AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2005

Since 1923, the "AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers" competition has recognized excellence in book design and production. The entries include...

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THURSDAY 31 AUGUST 2006 12:00 – 12:00AM

Looking for Signs

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Image, Space, Object 3: Above Brand

THURSDAY 10 AUGUST 2006 – SUNDAY 13 AUGUST 2006

Image, Space, Object 3: Above Brand

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Aspen Design Summit

TUESDAY 20 JUNE 2006 – FRIDAY 23 JUNE 2006

Aspen Design Summit

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The Graphic Imperative

THURSDAY 15 JUNE 2006 – FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 2006

The Graphic Imperative

A select retrospective of forty years of international sociopolitical posters, the 121 posters on display endeavor to show the social, political and aesthetic concerns of many cultures. Themes include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, environmental and health concerns, AIDS, war, literacy and tolerance—collectively providing a window to an age of great change.

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Fresh Dialogue 22: Making Magazines

WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE 2006 6:30 – 8:30PM

Fresh Dialogue 22: Making Magazines

This year's Fresh Dialogue presents three young publishing gurus who are reinventing how magazines are made. Representing the next generation of publishing kingpins, we have: Tod Lippy, creator of Esopus; Lisa Farjam, the force behind Bidoun; and David Haskell editor-in-chief of Topic magazine. And to moderate: magazine industry mover, shaker and supreme tastemaker, James Truman.

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Small Talk No. 8: Paola Antonelli<br/>Design Pusher

WEDNESDAY 24 MAY 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 8: Paola Antonelli
Design Pusher

Paola Antonelli is, in a biographical sense, Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design for MoMA. The title however, merely begins to reflect her quest – and ongoing conquests – to establish design as an intrinsic, momentous and delightful ingredient of culture and everyday life. Get a glimpse of Paola’s vision of design.

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MOVE3: Under the Influence

FRIDAY 19 MAY 2006 – SATURDAY 20 MAY 2006

MOVE3: Under the Influence

This design summit for motion-based artists and designers will explore the fascinating sources of inspiration behind work that ...

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Small Talk No. 7: Amy Franceschini / Futurefarmers

WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 7: Amy Franceschini / Futurefarmers

Amy Franceschini is a new media designer with a conscience and an impossibly cool and vibrant approach to design – “working,” as she says “with notions of community, sustainable environments and the conflicting rituals of humans and nature.”

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GROW: Design for Sustainability

SATURDAY 25 MARCH 2006 9:00AM – 6:00PM

GROW: Design for Sustainability

Join industry leaders at this one-day summit and deepen your understanding of sustainability and green design beyond the realm of recycled paper and soy inks. Learn how some of the biggest corporations in America are making sustainability a strategic priority and embracing sustainable products and business processes to grow their business.

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Small Talk No. 6: Juan Delcan<br/>Sense Manipulator

THURSDAY 16 MARCH 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 6: Juan Delcan
Sense Manipulator

Juan Delcan is an internationally experienced Live Action Director, currently at the helm of New York-based Nola Pictures as its Creative Director. His heart-thumping sequences have served television networks from Germany to Spain to the U.S.’s PBS Kids and NBC. Come watch, hear and feel for yourself.

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Audio/Visual: Troxler and Jazz

FRIDAY 10 MARCH 2006 6:00 – 10:30PM

Audio/Visual: Troxler and Jazz

Niklaus Troxler and Jazz
Niklaus Troxler is recognized as one of the greatest poster designers of his generation....

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Small Talk No. 5: Michael Worthington<br/>Paradigm Disrupter

WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 5: Michael Worthington
Paradigm Disrupter

Michael Worthington is the full package: He is a practicing designer, a Partner in Los Angeles-based design firm Counterspace, customizing typography in its most evocative manifestations for the benefit of print and screen; an educator, shaping students’ understanding of design as full-time faculty member at CalArts; a rampant lecturer and writer, challenging our conception of design theory and practice; and his work and ideas are poignantly published and exposed around the world. Unless you are afraid of leaving with a novel appreciation of design, please join us.

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Design Students: Job Hunting 101

THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Design Students: Job Hunting 101

Spring is in the air and graphic design seniors’ heads are filled with visions of sweet seats at plum firms. Surely they wi...

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MOVE: Rewind<br/>Adobe Production Studio Demo

TUESDAY 31 JANUARY 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

MOVE: Rewind
Adobe Production Studio Demo

Join us for an exclusive follow-up to last year’s MOVE conference and be the first to see a software solution that will c...

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Small Talk No. 4: Syrup<br/>Work Revolutionaries

WEDNESDAY 18 JANUARY 2006 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 4: Syrup
Work Revolutionaries

Syrup is a multidisciplinary firm with offices in New York and Helsinki and a work philosophy like no other. Based on a live/work premise – the firm and its members allow their lives to permeate their work: “Friends hang out, clients stop by, wives drop off kids, and kids make us drop everything.”

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Small Talk No. 3: Charles Wilkin<br>Image Sampler

WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2005 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 3: Charles Wilkin
Image Sampler

Charles Wilkin brings a collagist's sensibility to bear on design and illustration for clients all across the cultural-corporate spectrum. His evocative re-imaginings of Americana are constructed from the photographs, scraps, and old magazines he finds while trawling flea markets and yard sales — in essence graphic design's waste materials.

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365: AIGA Annual Design Competition/Exhibition 26

WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2005 – SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2006

365: AIGA Annual Design Competition/Exhibition 26

Now in it's 26th year, 365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition is a juried selection of the most accomplished design produced in 2004. The selections on display, chosen from nearly one thousand entries, represent the state of graphic design across many fields and disciplines.

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Fourth Annual Holiday Sale

SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER 2005 12:00 – 7:00PM

Fourth Annual Holiday Sale

A huge “Thanks!” to all who donated items for the annual fundraising sale and to everyone who came and shopped. It was...

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ReVealed: Rick Valicenti

WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER 2005 6:30 – 8:30PM

ReVealed: Rick Valicenti

Spend an evening with the Midwest’s own Rick Valicenti. He will talk about his work and his life, but he also wants to answer your questions – the later half of the presentation will be devoted to a semi-moderated dialogue.

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MOVE: Rewind<br>Apple Motion 2 Workshop

THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2005 9:00AM – 5:30PM

MOVE: Rewind
Apple Motion 2 Workshop

Remember the breakthrough effects and stunning animation you saw at AIGA NY’s annual MOVE: Stories in Motion Conference?

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Draw: PrettyUgly

WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2005 6:30 – 8:30PM

Draw: PrettyUgly

PrettyUgly looks at the work of three young illustrators, Aya Kakeda, Tara McPherson and Souther Salazar, exponents of the so-called New Weird America aesthetic. Delicate and deranged, homespun and psychedelic, they are confidently situated among the high/low, illustration/design/art pigeonholes. Moderated by Laurie Rosenwald.

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Lorraine Wild: Full Stride

THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2005 6:30 – 8:30PM

Lorraine Wild: Full Stride

Lorraine Wild – designer, writer and historian – will be traveling from the West Coast to walk us through the creative gamut of a career that, to this day, remains in full stride. She will talk about the many things that make up her long-standing practice: book design, exhibit design, writing, and more.

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Small Talk No. 2: Joshua Davis<br>Code Whisperer

WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2005 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 2: Joshua Davis
Code Whisperer

Joshua Davis is an artist, itinerant conference speaker, educator, programmer and designer. Praystation and Once-upon-a-forest&mda...

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Small Talk No. 1: Paul Budnitz<br>Character Collector

WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2005 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 1: Paul Budnitz
Character Collector

The Small Talks series of intimate evenings features speakers from the entire visual culture spectrum. At the first Small Talk of the season, hear how Paul Budnitz opened the Kidrobot store in 2002, designs the toys along with world-renowned artists, and continues to crest the urban vinyl, 12-inch action figure, and plush toy craze.

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Design Business: Art of the Pitch 2

TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER 2005 6:30 – 8:30PM

Design Business: Art of the Pitch 2

Back by popular demand, we’ve lined up three designers and teamed them with their clients to discuss what it takes to land, and keep, that new client. You’ll learn business practices that can be applied to any size design firm and that are imperative to growth or even just remaining afloat.

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Design Students: Evening Discourse

THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER 2005 6:30 – 8:30PM

Design Students: Evening Discourse

The New York Chapter of the AIGA and the FIT/SUNY AIGA Student Chapter treated well over 100 students to an evening of design, boo...

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AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2004

THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2005 – TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2005

AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2004

Since 1923, the AIGA Fifty Books/Fifty Covers competition has recognized excellence in book design and production. The entries include books and book covers designed between January 1 and December 31 of 2004, judged in 2005. Categories range from trade, reference and juvenile books to university and museum publications and include limited-edition and special-format books.

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Misguided Tour: Coney Island

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2005 10:00AM – 8:00PM

Misguided Tour: Coney Island

Guided tours, food and fun at the Nation’s most wondrous amusement park.Join us for a glorious afternoon of processed meats, freaks, geeks, mind-altering guides and belly-bursting rides. Come one, come all! But don’t dilly-dally because space on the bus (to and from Manhattan) is limited to 50 scalawags.

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AIGA Design Conference 2005

THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2005 – SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2005

AIGA Design Conference 2005

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AIGA Design Legends Gala 2005

WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2005 6:30 – 10:30PM

AIGA Design Legends Gala 2005

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Leadership in Paper and the Environment

THURSDAY 28 JULY 2005 9:15AM – 5:00PM

Leadership in Paper and the Environment

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TypeCon2005

WEDNESDAY 20 JULY 2005 – SUNDAY 24 JULY 2005

TypeCon2005

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Summer Design Institute

MONDAY 11 JULY 2005 – FRIDAY 15 JULY 2005

Summer Design Institute

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Grown In California

THURSDAY 30 JUNE 2005 – FRIDAY 19 AUGUST 2005

Grown In California

Twenty years ago the California chapters of AIGA banded together and gave identity to their accomplishments by presenting a competition open only to California designers and dedicated to recognizing the unique qualities that make design done there so special. Now, twenty years later they have just hosted a second statewide design competition to see how their imagination and inspiration continue to shape the “California Dream.”

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Fresh Dialogue: Friendly Fire

FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2005 6:30 – 8:30PM

Fresh Dialogue: Friendly Fire

Camouflage and sleds are not a traditional focus for graphic designers, yet Fresh Dialogue 2005 will use peripheral vision to bring very disparate work into focus. The 62 and Crye Associates will discuss what makes them similar, what makes them very different and the large gray area in between. Moderated by James Victore.

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Branding in China

THURSDAY 19 MAY 2005 6:00 – 9:00PM

Branding in China

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Henry Wolf Memorial

MONDAY 16 MAY 2005 6:00 – 8:00PM

Henry Wolf Memorial

Robert Benton, Ivan Chermayeff and Milton Glaser invite you to a memorial service celebrating the life and work of legendary art d...

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Small Talk No. 8: Hoefler and Frere-Jones<br>type paleontologists

WEDNESDAY 4 MAY 2005 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 8: Hoefler and Frere-Jones
type paleontologists

Type designers Tobias Frere-Jones and Jonathan Hoefler have created some of the most visible and culturally resonant typefaces in ...

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MOVE2: Stories In Motion

Friday 29 & Saturday 30 April 2005

MOVE2: Stories In Motion

How did the creatives at Crispin Porter + Bogusky transform a quaint car from across the pond into the sexy Mini Cooper? Wh...

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MOVE Opening Reception

Friday 29 & Saturday 30 April 2005

MOVE Opening Reception

How did the creatives at Crispin Porter + Bogusky transform a quaint car from across the pond into the sexy Mini Cooper? Wh...

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Business Series No. 3: Shift Gears<br>strategic skills

TUESDAY 12 APRIL 2005 11:30AM – 2:00PM

Business Series No. 3: Shift Gears
strategic skills

Your’re a mature professional, regarded a success in the industry, but how do you transition to the next stage of your bu...

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Small Talk No. 7: COMA<br>craftspeople

WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2005 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 7: COMA
craftspeople

Cornelia Blatter and Marcel Hermanns are COMA, an interdisciplinary art and design firm with studios in Brooklyn and Amsterdam. Recent examples of their thoughtful and meticulous work include the monograph Hella Jongerius (Phaidon, 2003,) the AIGA 2004 annual, and the luscious art direction of international interiors magazine FRAME.

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The Push Pin Graphic

THURSDAY 31 MARCH 2005 – FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2005

The Push Pin Graphic

The exhibition chronicles the pioneering experimental periodical issued by Push Pin Studios from 1957 to 1981. This is the first time the graphic has been so collected. A precursor to the self-published design zines and promotions that followed its lead, its historical significance is undeniable.

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Gary Panter: Divine Comedy

TUESDAY 22 MARCH 2005 6:30 – 8:30PM

Gary Panter: Divine Comedy

Three-time Emmy winner for “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” and recipient of the 2000 Chrysler Award, Gary Panter has drawn inspiration from diverse vernacular and classic arenas to continually redefine his influential work, both commercial and personal.

Advance registration has ended. Purchase remaining seats at the door, which opens at 6:15 p.m.

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Business Series No. 2: Sustain Momentum<br>leadership skills

THURSDAY 17 MARCH 2005 8:00 – 11:00AM

Business Series No. 2: Sustain Momentum
leadership skills

You knew your blossoming business would give you more responsibility and income, but no one ever told you how hard it would be ...

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Small Talk No. 6: Dan Nadel<br>design writer

WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH 2005 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 6: Dan Nadel
design writer

Dan Nadel (and Peter Buchanan Smith) just won a Grammy for their package design for the Wilco album “A Ghost Is Born.” He is director of PictureBox, Inc., a visual-content studio and publishing house, The Ganzfeld. He’ll tell the story of the making and publishing of the The Wilco Book, and expound more generally on the nature of music books, visionary comics, and writing about visual culture.

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Business Series No. 1: Get Started<br>presentation skills

THURSDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2005 5:30 – 8:30PM

Business Series No. 1: Get Started
presentation skills

Starting a business means putting yourself in front of strangers—groups of strangers; a horrifying thought. After death and disfiguring accidents, people are afraid of speaking in front of an audience more than anything else. But it's unavoidable—and critical to your success in the design business.

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Small Talk No. 5: Doug Lloyd<br>fashion provocateur

WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2005 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 5: Doug Lloyd
fashion provocateur

His enviable low-key coolness and his ability to intuit the visual sensibility of a season are what make Doug Lloyd one of fashion...

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Small Talk No. 4: Dee Dee Gordon<br>trend spotter

WEDNESDAY 12 JANUARY 2005 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 4: Dee Dee Gordon
trend spotter

Dee Dee Gordon knows what's up. A New Yorker profile singled her out as the prototypical cool hunter and she's been leading the pack ever since. She recently launched Look-Look magazine as an uncensored creative showcase. Find out what's new in spotting what's next.

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365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 25

THURSDAY 16 DECEMBER 2004 – FRIDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2005

365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 25

AIGA’s yearly competition is widely recognized as the most ambitious statement in communication design. It extends a legacy ...

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Holiday Sale

SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER 2004 1:00 – 5:00PM

Holiday Sale

We need your donations! We know you have stuff you no longer have room for; and your fellow designers would covet it. Let go! Purge! Bring us your donations and then come to the holiday sale and buy more.

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Small Talk No. 3: Swoon<br>street artist

WEDNESDAY 1 DECEMBER 2004 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 3: Swoon
street artist

Twenty-six year old artist Swoon uses the walls and doors that line the streets of New York as canvas for her larger-than-life-size depictions. She makes intricate paper cutouts and hand-pulled block prints in the studio, plasters them on walls by night and waits for the elements to add their own flourishes.

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The Push Pin Influence

TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM

The Push Pin Influence

The name Push Pin has come to define both an aesthetic and an era of graphic design that has left a lasting mark on the profession...

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Doyald Young: Art of the Letter

THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM

Doyald Young: Art of the Letter

Over a five-decade career California typographer Doyald Young has been both doer and teacher, combining his design practice with ...

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Three Theater Nights<br>Allen - Mamet - Chekhov

9 November - 15 February - 7 June

Three Theater Nights
Allen - Mamet - Chekhov

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The intimacy of the 160-seat Atlantic Theater guarantees every attendee will be face to face with the actors. ...

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Draw: No Discipline

THURSDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM

Draw: No Discipline

Graphic artists are once again challenging the traditional division between illustration and design. This fourth annual Draw event will feature four virtuoso artists whose work embodies the idea that illustration and design are most robust when practiced together.

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Small Talk No. 2: Patrick Li<br>campaign director

WEDNESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2004 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 2: Patrick Li
campaign director

Work in Progress, the firm led by Patrick Li along with Suzanne Koller and Ezra Petronio, works with the most prominent names in b...

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Small Talk No. 1: Paul Bacon<br>jazz & jacket man

WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2004 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 1: Paul Bacon
jazz & jacket man

In the late 1950’s Bacon invented the bestseller book jacket, as we know it. Catch-22, Portnoy’s Complaint, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—his jackets are bold, resolutely commercial, and genre-defining. Dig it.

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Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference

FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER 2004 – SUNDAY 3 OCTOBER 2004

Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference

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The Brand Gap

1 October 2004 or 4 October 2004

The Brand Gap

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Design Legends Gala

THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2004 6:30 – 9:30PM

Design Legends Gala

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GAY-I.G.A.<br>How Gay Is Design?

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2004 7:00 – 9:00PM

GAY-I.G.A.
How Gay Is Design?

From “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” to the announcement of Viacom’s new gay network LOGO, this past year has shown a dramatic evolution in gay imagery and themes in television, advertising and design. But do these images change people’s ideas or reinforce stereotypes?
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AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers

WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2004 – WEDNESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2004

AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers

Beginning in 1924 AIGA has held competitions to select the best designed books and covers of the year. This exhibition will feature the selections of 2004, from books published in 2003.

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Business Perspectives for Design Leaders

SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2004 – FRIDAY 20 AUGUST 2004

Business Perspectives for Design Leaders

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Image, Space, Object

SATURDAY 7 AUGUST 2004 – FRIDAY 13 AUGUST 2004

Image, Space, Object

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Hell Yes!

TUESDAY 8 JUNE 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM

Hell Yes!

Investigate how graphic design, visual persuasion and the media will influence the 2004 election. Speakers include Rob Corddry of “The Daily Show,” Milton Glaser, political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, Lizz Winstead of Air America Radio and a special appearance by Billionaires for Bush. Introduced by Steven Heller. Moderated by John Hockenberry.

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The Normal Heart

FRIDAY 28 MAY 2004 – SUNDAY 30 MAY 2004

The Normal Heart

“The Normal Heart” is the opening chapter of what became the AIDS epidemic. In 1981 young men are dying in increasing...

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Sensacional!<br>Mexican Street Graphics

FRIDAY 28 MAY 2004 – TUESDAY 24 AUGUST 2004

Sensacional!
Mexican Street Graphics

“Sensacional de Diseño Mexicano” includes images of vernacular visual vocabulary seen around small towns, highways and cities of Mexico, as well as a selection of flyers, labels and comic books. The common denominator of this work: its authors don’t follow rules dictated by academy, plastic compositional conventions or current trends.

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Fresh Dialogue: 20th Anniversary

WEDNESDAY 26 MAY 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM

Fresh Dialogue: 20th Anniversary

Five talented and eloquent designers (Alice Chung, Karen Hsu, Agnieszka Gasparska, Rodrigo Corral and Alan Dye) from the disparate worlds of fashion, publishing, web, advertising and art will unleash a dialogue about their work. They will be kept in check by design’s inky colossus, the always unpredictable Chip Kidd.

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Small Talk No. 8<br>Deb Bishop: Art director

THURSDAY 13 MAY 2004 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 8
Deb Bishop: Art director

Deb Bishop brings her astounding magazine background (Rolling Stone, among others) to Martha Stewart Babies and ...

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Sight Unseen

SUNDAY 9 MAY 2004 2:00 – 7:00PM

Sight Unseen

“Sight Unseen” is the story of a world-famous artist (Ben Shenkman) and his battle with an ex-lover (Laura Linney) ove...

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MOVE: design for film + television

FRIDAY 7 MAY 2004 – SATURDAY 8 MAY 2004

MOVE: design for film + television

ou’re invited to sit back and survey the some of the best work and current trends in the fields of broadcast, advertising, music v...

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Small Talk No. 7<br>Ayse Birsel: Product innovator

THURSDAY 8 APRIL 2004 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 7
Ayse Birsel: Product innovator

Born in Izmir, Turkey, Ayse Birsel came to New York to attend Pratt as a Fulbright Scholar. Ayse’s firm Olive 1:1 turns the expected on end. Some results: a reinvented cubicle for Herman Miller and for TOTO Japan, a reinterpreted toilet seat.

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Design Business: Art of the Pitch

WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM

Design Business: Art of the Pitch

Special note: moved to larger venue

You studied the project brief, researched the company, analyzed design scenarios and pitched the proposal; yet the client picked someone else for the job. We’ve lined up three designers and teamed them with their clients to discuss the pitch process and what it takes to land that new client.

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Misguided Tour: Volvelles<br>The Magnificent Art of Circular Charting

TUESDAY 30 MARCH 2004 6:00 – 8:00PM

Misguided Tour: Volvelles
The Magnificent Art of Circular Charting

AIGA members are invited to attend a special evening viewing of The Grolier Club exhibition: “Volvelles: The Magnificent Art...

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Masters of Graphic Design<br>UCLA Catalog Covers 1990-2004

THURSDAY 25 MARCH 2004 – FRIDAY 14 MAY 2004

Masters of Graphic Design
UCLA Catalog Covers 1990-2004

Opening reception
Wednesday 24 March 2004
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Members have been mailed invitations th...

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Small Talk No. 6<br>Rafael Esquer: Design nomad

THURSDAY 11 MARCH 2004 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 6
Rafael Esquer: Design nomad

A native of Mexico’s Sonora Desert, Rafael designs everything from uniforms for Olympic athletes (with Eiko Ishioka) to CD co...

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Misguided Tour: AIGA On Ice

THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2004 7:00 – 9:00PM

Misguided Tour: AIGA On Ice

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Small Talk No. 5<br>Luke Hayman: Magazines and much much more

WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2004 6:30 – 8:00PM

Small Talk No. 5
Luke Hayman: Magazines and much much more

Currently the creative director of Travel + Leisure, Luke Hayman has put his mark on every magazine that's stopped you in y...

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Mr. Abbott Miller: Twice Removed

THURSDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM

Mr. Abbott Miller: Twice Removed

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365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 24

THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2003 – FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2004

365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 24

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Fresh Dialogue 1<br />New Voices in Graphic Design

Nicholas Blechman, Christoph Niemann, Paul Sahre

Fresh Dialogue 1
New Voices in Graphic Design

Each year, The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts shines the spotlight on three emerging graphic designers...

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Fresh Dialogue 2<br />New Voices in Graphic Design

Kevin Lyons, Warren Corbitt, Matt Owens, and Susan Parr

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New Voices in Graphic Design

In a time when stripped-down minimalism seems to substitute for creative ideas, the work of designers Kevin Lyons, one9ine, ...

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Fresh Dialogue 3<br />New Voices in Graphic Design

BASE, HONEST, HunterGatherer, STILETTO

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New Voices in Graphic Design

Fresh Dialogue Three brings together the work of four young and innovative studios who share the distinction of being selec...

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Fresh Dialogue 4<br />New Voices in Graphic Design

Jason Fulford, Peter Buchanan-Smith, Leanne Shapton

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New Voices in Graphic Design

<i>Fresh Dialogue Four</i> brings together the work of three young and innovative graphic designers who have been sel...

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Fresh Dialogue 6<br /> New Voices in Graphic Design: Friendly Fire

the 62, Crye Associates

Fresh Dialogue 6
New Voices in Graphic Design: Friendly Fire

Beginning in 2000 Fresh Dialogue has been documented in a publication issued by P.A.P. The latest in the series features the work ...

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Fresh Dialogue 5<br />New Voices in Graphic Design

Alice Chung, Karen Hsu, Agnieszka Gasparska, Rodrigo Corral, Alan Dye

Fresh Dialogue 5
New Voices in Graphic Design

Five years ago, the American Institute of Graphic Arts launched Fresh Dialogue, a series aimed at bringing together emerging desig...

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Things I've Learned in My Life So Far

Stefan Sagmeister

Things I've Learned in My Life So Far

"Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far,” published by Harry N. Abrams Inc, documents typographic statements conceived of a...

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