CSS For Print Designers: Workshop (Cleveland, OH, USA)

What to expect?

There will be no lecture, no background on the history of the Internet, no boring crap that doesn’t help you build a web site. We’ll dive right in and show you how to code a site, then send you off with the tools you need to take it to the next level. You will need to bring a laptop, because you are going to get your hands dirty. This lab-style workshop was created specifically for print designers who are ready to take the next step in web design—to learn a little bit of code.

NOTE: This is a hands on workshop which requires you to bring your laptop. Also, be sure to check out the “what do I need to do before” section at the bottom of this page—there are a few other things you will need to do to prepare for the workshop. Don’t worry, it shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes. The workshop itself will last a little over two hours, during which you’ll actually code by hand. Notes for the material covered will be provided, so you can focus on the work and not remembering stuff. There will be a break and time to mingle before and after the workshop.

Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Is this workshop for me?

Do you know how to clear floats? If the answer is “yes,” and you actually know what that means, this workshop may be a bit basic. Otherwise, this workshop is for you.

1. Advance your career with web skills
2. Learn CSS layout and semantic HTML
3. Make designs that are easier to code
4. Actually understand what you’re doing

YOUR HOST, JD GRAFFAM

A Memphis web designer/developer, JD Graffam has presented to small groups on other web topics such as Search Engine Strategy,web standards and usability. 

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO BEFORE?

1. Get a text editor like TextWrangler (Mac) or PSPad (Win).
2. Install Firefox and the Firebug plugin.
3. Install an FTP program like Filezilla and know how to use it.

Cost:

members: $45non-members $55Only 30 Seats Available for each session!

Morning Session(from 8:30am - 12:00pm)The Afternoon Session(from 1:30pm - 5:00pm)

Seating is limited to 30 people per session. There is a morning and afternoon. Registration will be open soon - December 2009.

Registration here 

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AIGA Baltimore’s 12th Annual Paper, Ink & Hops (Linthicum, MD, USA)

Join a bunch of creative professionals at the National Electronics Museum for AIGA Baltimore’s 12th annual Paper, Ink & Hops gathering.  Discounts for members and for advance tickets.

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Alphabet Bash (Minneapolis, MN, USA)

Alphabet Bash

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110 North Fifth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Do you want to connect with other marketing, communications, creative and PR professionals in the Twin Cities? Do you want to build business and your network? Are you looking for a job? Tired of events with a long agenda and very little one-on-one conversation time?

If you answered yes to any of the above, join us for the 4th Annual Alphabet Bash on Thursday, August 20th from 6-10 p.m. at Epic Event Center in Minneapolis.

A joint venture with Ad Fed, AIGA Minnesota, AMA, IABC, MWMC, and PRSA, The Alphabet Bash is an annual opportunity for members of the combined organizations to make business connections, develop relationships, and explore business development opportunities.

SPECIAL! Register before July 31 and save $10!
Only $35 for AIGA members, $20 for students if you register before Friday.

The price of admission includes two drinks, heavy appetizers, and a chance at valuable door prizes.
 

Get your acronyms straight and register today! www.alphabetbash.com

Cost:
On or before July 31, 2009
$35.00 for members of the above organizations
$45.00 for non-members
$20.00 for students

After July 31, 2009
$45.00 for members of the above organizations
$55.00 for non-members
$25.00 for students

Register now!

Pre-Networking Event
Beat the rush and check in early for the 2009 Alphabet Bash. Join us from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. for “Make Big Talk Not Small Talk… and BTW, How Do I Hold My Wine Glass and My Plate and My Cards and Still Shake Hands?” presented by Betsy Buckley.

About The Alphabet Bash
A joint venture with Ad Fed, AIGA Minnesota, AMA, IABC, MWMC and PRSA, The Alphabet Bash is an annual event that serves as an outlet for the combined membership of more than 4,000 to make business connections, develop long-lasting relationships and explore other business development opportunities. See: www.alphabetbash.com.

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DelveUI: 2-Day Masterclass on Designing (Web) User Interface (Brooklyn, NY)

Spend a couple of days in Brooklyn enhancing your design knowledge and ability to create beautiful, strong and useful web interfaces with a killer lineup of masters in the craft. Freelancers Union members receive 20% off of the $595 registration. Pre-Register online; you will use the discount when you receive an e-mail registration invite 3-weeks prior to the event. DelveUI is focused towards designers with some pre-existing knowledge of web design technologies (HTML, CSS). http://www.delvenyc.com/

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20 years of design in St. Louis (MO, USA)

Celebrate 20 years of AIGA in St. Louis at the annual meeting for this local chapter. Hear this year’s Fellow Awards and other ways they are supporting design in the St. Louis community.

See stlouis.aiga.org for more information.

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Call for Entries: Cleveland Design Competition 2009 (Cleveland, OH, USA)

AIGA Cleveland is excited to announce our biennial Cleveland Design Competition. This juried show awards the best of design in Northeast Ohio. Three esteemed judges will come to Cleveland for two days to select the best pieces in all design categories. Any art director, designer, photographer, illustrator, printer, etc. may submit work created between March 2007 and February 2009. Students are encouraged to enter and will be judged in a separate category. The collection will be displayed in May 2009.

Entries Deadline: March 12
Download Entry form

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Business of Design: XMPie Presentation (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Want to tempt your clients with some new, creative approaches in print, email and mobile messages? Want to personalize campaigns with varying images and text within the same run? Wonder how to capture data to keep the marketing side happy? Join us as Scott Houck from XMPie demonstrates how we can use our client’s database to create print, email, web, and mobile messages with varying images and text that can also produce real-time reports.

XMPie creates integrated communications with a Cross Media campaign to produce higher response rates. Users can leverage either InDesign via desktop versions of the XMPie plug-ins or (in full server versions) with Adobe InDesign Server. Scott will demonstrate through XMPie how data and business logic can drive text, graphics, styles, and even visibility of layers within InDesign—giving designers almost unlimited design flexibility when executing campaigns involving personalized messaging to each direct mail recipient.

Pre-requisite:

OK, it’s not really a pre-requisite, but it will help. Download the pdf of Toni Schottenhammer’s Business of Design presentation Increasing Profitability and ROI with Design here so you’ll know why this is such an important skill to add to your list of services.

Early birds:

Go to http://www.xmpie.com and do a little previewing. Download the free trial and give it a whirl! This is fully functional for thirty days with Adobe Indesign CS3.

Introducing Scott Houck of XMPie

Scott Houck has a twenty year printing industry history with a focus on software solutions that have enabled the top technology trends during that timeframe: desktop publishing, prepress workflow, digital and online proofing, variable data publishing and personalized communications. With a foundation built on practical, hands-on technical experience, Scott has leveraged this to successfully support and sell these solutions for industry icons like Kodak, Heidelberg and xpedx (International Paper). Today with XMPie, which is a Xerox company, he is assisting leading printing and marketing organizations to take 1:1 communications to print media and beyond.

Scott has a Graphic Communications degree from Clemson University in South Carolina. XMPie is his third Israeli-founded software startup company that he has contributed toward the rapid sales growth in the US. He manages sales in the Central US for XMPie and resides in Stow, Ohio with his wife and two children.

Friday, February 20, 2009 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Trinity Commons
2230 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115

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AIGA Winter 09 Lecture: Patrick Coyne of Communication Arts Magazine (Cleveland, OH, USA)

AIGA Cleveland presents: Patrick Coyne. Come join us for an evening of creative inspiration as we intersect the design and publishing worlds with Patrick Coyne. He will discuss the history and philosophy of the magazine, how CA’s competitions work and how creatives are chosen for profiles in the magazine. Patrick will also present a selection of award-winning design and advertising projects produced on limited budgets and discuss the future of creativity in the post-information age.

Patrick Coyne is editor and designer of Communication Arts. In addition to determining the layout and content of the magazine, Mr. Coyne writes feature stories and the editor’s column. He has also guest lectured at numerous creative clubs and universities. The recipient of numerous awards for his design and art direction (including a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators), Coyne received the 2004 Design Leadership Award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Prior to joining CA in 1986, Coyne studied at the California College of the Arts, worked for Michael Mabry Design and SBG Partners and established the multi-discipline, San Francisco-based design firm of Patrick Coyne Stephanie Steyer Design Office.

Communication Arts is the leading professional journal for designers, art directors, design firms, agencies and corporate communications departments. Current circulation is 60,000 paid. Through editorials, feature articles and annual competitions it sponsors, CA provides new ideas and information, while promoting the highest professional standards for the field.

Happy Hour from 5:30 – 6:30
Lecture at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Windows on the River
2000 Sycamore
Cleveland, Ohio 44113

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Back of the Envelope: Sustainable Restaurant Crawl (Pittsburgh, PA)

The Pittsburgh Chapters of eDG, IDSA, AIGA and IxDA have organized a restaurant crawl with presentations and discussions focused on sustainable design. The event kicks off at 6:30 on Thursday, January 22 at Oh Yeah! Ice Cream and Coffee (232 S. Highland Ave., Pgh) and proceeds to Casbah and Abay. Tickets are $12 if you RSVP and $15 at the door, and include food and drinks at all three locations. See the flyer(.jpg) more information.

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AIGA Toledo Holiday Bowling Party (Toledo, OH, USA)

Bowl with us for the first annual AIGA Toledo Holiday Party at King Pin Lanes.

Please Bring:
1) a canned good item for The Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank
2) $5 (to go towards the cost of renting the lanes).

We encourage you to create bowling teams (if you are interested).

See the Facebook event page for more information.

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