| April 11, 2008 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Join AIGA for happy hour at Rockbottom Restaurant & Brewery in the flats!
Rockbottom Restaurant & Brewery
2000 Sycamore St # 260
Cleveland, OH 44113
| April 1, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 | 6:30 pm
MAYA / General Dynamics | Viz
2730 Sidney Street, South Side Works
Please join AIGA Pittsburgh and the Western Pennsylvania chapter of IDSA for an evening with Tucker Viemeister.
Viemeister is best known for his work at some of the world’s more innovative design firms. He co-founded Smart Design with Davin Stowell in 1985, where the team designed the acclaimed OXO Good Grips universal kitchen tools. In 1997, he teamed up with Hartmut Esslinger of frog design to launch frog’s New York studio, working on branding, packaging, and industrial design for clients such as Motorola and Unilever. And from 1999 to 2001, Viemeister headed Razorfish’s R&D group, working on design projects for corporate giants Nike, Procter & Gamble, and Vodafone.
Now as LAB Chief at Rockwell Group - a cross-disciplinary architecture and design firm - he spreads his creativity on projects for clients like Coca-Cola, JetBlue, Viking, Gap, McDonald’s, and Sheraton.
FREE for AIGA and IDSA members
Non-members: $5
| March 13, 2008 | ||
| 5:30 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Reconnect with your fellow design community in a fun, easy-going forum. Don’t miss out on our special giveways!
Thursday, March 13, 5:30 - 7:00pm, The Blarney, 601 Monroe Street, Toledo, Ohio. This will help kick off The Blarney’s St. Patricks Day 2008 party.
| March 27, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
Exhibit Opening Reception: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Doors open at 6:00 pm. Awards ceremony at 8:00 pm. Enjoy the company of your peers, a spectacular gallery, food, libations, and the best work done by our region’s designers. Juried by a panel of nationally recognized judges, CONTEXT spotlights the very best of Pittsburgh’s graphic design, advertising, digital media, and student work produced over the past year.
Opening Reception
Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery
937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Admission: $20
Members: $15
Students: $10
Student members: $5
| April 19, 2008 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 3:00 pm |
Ready to strike out into the world after graduation? First, get some feedback on your book here! This AIGA Toledo portfolio review will feature a keynote speaker, multiple review sessions, and a panel of recent grads who will give the real scoop on getting that first job, and what it’s like “in the real world”.
See AIGA Toledo for more information.
| October 8, 2009 | to | October 11, 2009 |
The AIGA Design Conference 2009 will be October 8–11, 2009, in Memphis.
The AIGA Design Conference is a biennial gathering of the design community to celebrate design excellence, reinforce friendships and connections and stimulate thinking about the critical issues that surround design practice. This conference is generally recognized as one of the most engaging, provocative, inspiring and fun conferences offered in the design community.
| February 28, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Learn about copyright issues & protection from the perspective of a graphic designer. Get answers to your questions about copyright and related intellectual property issues at this initial installment in the AIGA Toledo Design & Business Series.
Check out AIGA Toledo for more details.
| May 22, 2008 | to | May 23, 2008 |
The IIT Institute of Design Strategy Conference is an international executive forum addressing how businesses can use design to explore emerging opportunities, solve complex problems, and achieve lasting strategic advantage.
Speakers at the 2008 conference are business executives and design leaders with first-hand knowledge of how design innovation can drive business strategy. Speakers so far:
| January 23, 2008 | ||
| 6:15 pm | to | 8:15 pm |
The (new) AIGA Toledo chapter will start off 2008 with a member meeting (30 minutes, including a state of the chapter address and a 2008 schedule of events and beyond) followed by a screening of Helvetica.
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.
Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.
More information about the meeting is at the AIGA calendar entry: Member’s Meeting & Helvetica Screening.
| January 24, 2008 | ||
| 4:45 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Paradiso Group / Giant Ideas / Euphoria
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Be a fly on the wall at some of Pittsburgh’s premier studios. The South Side Studio Tour in November was a huge success. For the second tour of the series, we’re checking out the studio spaces of Downtown Pittsburgh. This is the perfect opportunity to see work in progress, learn about company histories, and chat up the pros.
STUDIO TOUR x.2 SCHEDULE
REGISTRATION: 4:45pm – 5:15pm, Paradiso Group, 200 First Avenue, Suite 250
STUDIO 1: 5:15pm – 6:00pm, Paradiso Group
STUDIO 2: 6:15pm – 7:00pm, Giant Ideas/Euphoria
STUDIO 3: 7:15pm – 8:00pm, Euphoria/Giant Ideas
WRAP-UP PARTY: 8:00pm – 10:00pm, TBA
REGISTRATION
There are only 40 spots available on this tour and reservations are required. Reserve your spot by January 18 by filling out the registration below. Registration fees will be collected on the day of the tour – cash ONLY.
Don’t forget to mark your calendar for Studio Tour x.3: The Strip District in March!
