FEBRUARY 2005
FEBRUARY 2005 |
Here is a monthly update of events to help keep the community connected in between monthly issues of the print version of GDUSA. Please send news, projects, events, milestones, announcements for the magazine or this eblast. We truly enjoy hearing from you. Gordon Kaye, editor/publisher |
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Berthold Style Probes are a fun and valuable tool to help creative professionals choose great typefaces for great ideas. You can download this important reference tool in PDF format to see a comprehensive display of fonts from the leading independent type foundry. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS New York NY: February 17 How to Sell Your Body Of Work Without Selling Your Soul. This is an evening with Mirko Ilic, the Bosnia-born designer who has done everything and taught everywhere. He is currently working on the book Design of Dissent with Milton Glaser. The program is co-sponsored by The Society of Publication Designers and The Communication Design Department, School of Art & Design at FIT. www.spd.org or 212.532.7527 Chicago IL: February 24 California typographer and design legend Doyald Young continues his national tour in Chicago, where he talks about a lifetime of designing logotypes, corporate alphabets and typefaces for the likes of Prudential Financial, Mattel Toys, Max Factor, Vidal Sassoon and even Liza Minnelli. Smart Papers is the presenting sponsor. Boston MA: February 24 Brown Johnson of Nick Jr. and a 2005 GDUSA People To Watch explores universal design themes through her work leading Nickelodeon’s popular and critically acclaimed preschool block. New York NY: Through February 25 365: AIGA Annual Design Exhibition 25 is a juried selection of the best communications design produced in 2003. The exhibition is open to the public and runs through February 25, 2005. Madison NJ: March 2 Insource, an important and growing non-profit organization of inhouse designers in the corporate environment, sponsors its first breakfast event of 20045. Featured speaker is Moira Cullen, creative development strategist at Hallmark. Her message: gettig a seat at the corporate table. Cost is $75. Pasadena, CA: March 4-6 The AIGA Design Educators Conference offers a lively and stimulating opportunity for graphic design educators to gather, reflect on, and celebrate design pedagogy today. The event is called Schools of Thought 2. Writer and design aficionado Bruce Sterling kicks off the event. |
San Diego CA: March
6-8 The Tiara Group presents its 21st annual Specialty Papers & Media conference. Get primed on the latest trends and opportunities for imaging media in the U.S. market including wide format printing, digital signage, paper, plastics and textiles for digital printing. Denver CO: March 8 This presentation by Bennett Peji is sponsored by the Art Directors Club of Denver, the Rocky Mountain SEGD, AIA Colorado, and the Denver Mayor’s Office of Art, Culture and Film present. His address, Form Follows Culture: The Filipino Village Project, explores how he works to shape the look of communities with design. A principal of Bennett Peji Design in San Diego, he is the master plan consultant for the Filipino Village development in National City as well as a Commissioner of Arts & Culture for the City of San Diego. New York, NY: March 9 Next up for in the Small Talks intimate evenings series is Dan Nadel. He is director of PictureBox, a visual content studio and publishing house responsible for the annual journal of pictures and prose, The Ganzfeld. He will expound on the nature of music books, visionary comics, and writing about visual culture. Seattle, WA: March 10 This is one of a series of Business Basics Breakfast Series, four early morning gatherings that provide a forum to discuss the business and creative issues relating to the practice and management of design firms. Tuition must be paid in advance so you canmake checks payable to AIGA Seattle, and forward them to the School of Visual Concepts. Houston, TX: March 18 AIGA Houston plays cupid as it seeks to match up local studios and students to see if they can find the perfect intern summer match. Junior level advertising and design majors studying in Houston are eligible. Interested studios can contact Robin Tooms at Savage Design. |
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For free stuff offered by companies in our January ‘People To Watch’ special issue, just download the form, fill out, sign and fax back. Thank you! |
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Copyright, Kaye Publishing Corporation, 2004 |
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