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Student Portfolio Web (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Make Things Right with your Portfolio.
Come to the 24th Annual AIGA Cleveland Portfolio Review.

You’ve put a lot of time and effort into getting your portfolio ready, so show it off. Get feed-back, tips and knowledge from industry professionals on how to take your work and career to the next level. While you’re here, don’t forget to take advantage of the break-out sessions and networking opportunities. Local professionals offer insider information on how you can meet the right people, make the right impressions, find the jobs, and pick the ones you want. Building strong relationships is key…just ask.

Trinity Commons
2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
216.771.3630

Cost
AIGA student members
Pre-registered by 4/4/08: $20
Day of the event: $30

Student Non-members
Pre-registered by 4/4/08: $35
Day of the event: $45

Please note: students are encouraged to bring laptops to display interactive work. If you don’t have a computer, some will be provided at the event. Web sites must be self-contained and should not require any internet connection. Media should be formatted for the Macintosh. Non-web interactive work must be in stand-alone projector/viewer form on a CD.

For more details and registration go to http://www.aigacleveland.org/events/2008/04/14447749

Posted in Calendar | Cleveland, OH, USA
Tags: aiga cleveland | design | OH
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Cocktails for Creatives (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Join AIGA for happy hour at Rockbottom Restaurant & Brewery in the flats!
Rockbottom Restaurant & Brewery
2000 Sycamore St # 260
Cleveland, OH 44113

http://www.aigacleveland.org/events/2008/04/14515222

Posted in AIGA | Calendar | Cleveland, OH, USA | Social
Tags: aiga cleveland | design | OH | USA | UX
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New Frontiers in Gaming/Les nouvelles frontières du jeu (Montreal, Canada)

Organisée par Interfaces Montréal, le 08 Avril 2008, 17h30-21h30, à la Société des arts technologiques [SAT] (Montréal).

Description : Les nouveaux environnements immersifs se distinguent par les expériences sensorielles, les impacts émotifs, et par les contenus dynamiques offerts aux utilisateurs. Immergé, le participant crée l’interactivité.

The emergence of new platforms brings greater power to the gaming industry in terms of both artistic impact and cultural scope. Like an interactive form of theatre, digital games are changing the space between the show and the audience, and redrawing the boundaries for interface design and multimedia content.

Conférenciers/Speakers :

Phil Fish -­ Directeur de création, Polytron ­ Co-Fondateur, Kokoromi
Reid Schneider - Producteur Senior, Electronic Arts Montréal
Bart Simon - Professeur associé, Département de sociologie et anthropologie, Université Concordia
Jonathan Morin - Chef Level Design, Ubisoft

Introduction par Sylvie Gagnon, Directrice générale, TechnoCompétences

Informations : http://www.interfacesmontreal.org/fr/conference/saison-2008/jeu/
http://www.interfacesmontreal.org/en/conference/season-2008/gaming/

Posted in Calendar | Conference | Locales | Montreal, QC, Canada
Tags: Canada | conference | design | Gaming | Jeu
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Tali Krakowsky - Architecture of Play - OCAD Faculty of Design Speaker Series (Toronto, ON, Canada)

Tali Krakowsky - Algorithmic Anthologies: The Architecture of Play

Tali Krakowsky, Director of Experience Design for Imaginary Forces, has been extensively involved for the last five years in concept development, management and development of the division and its projects in both the New York and Los Angeles offices. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design from Parsons the New School for Design and a Master of Arts from UCLA’s School of Architecture, with a thesis on interactive architecture.

Krakowsky has had a leading role in a range of projects for Imaginary Forces, including immersive environments for Airbus, BMW, IBM, MoMA and the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Additionally, she has worked on the World Trade Center redesign competition, an installation for the Netherlands Architecture Institute and MoMA’s Tall Buildings exhibition as part of the design consortium United Architects. In addition to her work at Imaginary Forces, Tali has published several articles on design, architecture, and innovation through collaboration, and has been teaching a class on Experience Design at Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles.

Presented with the generous support of M.C. McCain.

All are welcome to attend, and admission is free. This presentation takes place in the OCAD Auditorium at 100 McCaul Street, Toronto. Limited seating available; guests are advised to arrive early.

Ontario College of Art & Design
100 McCaul Street, Toronto
www.ocad.ca | 416-977-6000

Upcoming.org
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/410775/

Posted in Calendar | Local meeting | Toronto, ON, Canada
Tags: Canada | design | education | lecture | ocad | ontario | ontario college of art & design
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NH UPA March Meeting: Sarah Bloomer (Dover, NH, USA)

Please join us for the NH UPA March Meeting…

Topic: Expanding User-Centered Design in the 21st Century or Why Design Thinking is the Next Big Thing.

Speaker: Sarah Bloomer, Sarah Bloomer & Co

When:
Wednesday, March 26th
Refreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 PM – Food & beverages will be provided.
Meeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish

Where:
Liberty Mutual
150 Liberty Way
Dover, NH 03820

Parking Directions: Park in the front lot. License and plate number needs to be presented at security desk. RSVP required (see below).

Abstract:
What is design thinking? Why is it important? What does design thinking mean to the field of user centered design?

Take a closer look: it seems design thinking heavily leverages user-centered design…

Stanford University recently set up a new Institute of Design (the d.school), founded by, amongst others, David Kelley and Terry Winograd, big names in interaction design. Its website boldly states “we believe design thinking is a catalyst for innovation and bringing new things into the world”.

Business Week Online includes a section on Innovation, where design is a major theme. And in his book A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink says that the new MBA is the MFA. He claims we are moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. And people with design thinking will lead the way.

This talk is an overview of how design thinking is finding its place in companies worldwide, and how user-centered design is being applied across many fields, from organizational design to product design.

About Sarah Bloomer:
Sarah Bloomer has designed user interfaces for 20 years. In 1991 she co-founded the interaction design company The Hiser Group. With Hiser, she helped establish the field of user-centered design in Australia. Upon returning to the USA in 2002, Sarah was a senior interaction designer for The MathWorks before starting Sarah Bloomer & Co, a consulting practice focusing on collaborative design facilitation.

Sarah has delivered papers, tutorials and workshops at user interface design conferences in Australia and the USA. Her tutorial, Successful Strategies for Selling Usability into Organizations, became a CHI classic. Sarah also led the conceptualization and development of The Hiser Element™ toolkit, a user-centered design methodology created to help companies rapidly set up usability teams.

Sarah holds an MS from New York University in interactive software design, a BA from Smith College, and served as masters supervisor at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

RSVP:
You must RSVP to attend, as security is tight at Liberty Mutual. Please send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org.

NH UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.

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Stay informed about NH UPA meetings and events by joining the NH UPA Yahoo! group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-upa/.

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Hope to see you there!

Posted in Boston, MA, USA | Calendar | Local meeting | Maine, USA | Manchester, NH, USA | UPA
Tags: design | design thinking | upa | Usability | UX
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Anthrodesign (Toronto, ON, Canada)

Anthrodesign is a group of anthropologists, sociologists, and other design researchers.

We’re starting up a local Toronto meet up to talk about design and research. So far we’ve got a nice assortment of Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) faculty, independent anthropologists, human factors specialists, university types and UX types. We may even have a couple of industrial designers.

Come to the inaugural meeting. All are welcome.

Where
The Rivoli (upstairs) - 334 Queen St. W., Toronto, Canada

Google Maps
http://rurl.org/in6
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=334+Queen+St.+W.,+Toronto,+Ontario+

Upcoming.org
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/428791/

Posted in Calendar | Local meeting | Toronto, ON, Canada
Tags: Anthrodesign | design | research
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UXIrregulars February (Toronto, ON, Canada)

With most UXers back in town from vacations, CES, Macworld, VizThink, Web Directions North and other events, the UXIrregulars “second Tuesday” monthly meetups are back, too.

Spend a relaxed evening with your friends and colleagues as we return to our winter headquarters at C’est What. Bring a friend and meet your peers.

http://groups.google.com/group/UXIrregulars

Where
C’est What (downstairs) - 67 Front St. E., Toronto, Canada

Google Maps:
http://rurl.org/hc7
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=67+Front+St.+E.,+Toronto,+Ontario

Upcoming.org:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/422881/

Posted in Calendar | Social | Toronto, ON, Canada
Tags: Canada | design | ia | information architecture | interaction design | ixd | research | uxirregulars
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AIGA Lecture Series: Debbie Millman (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Debbie Millman has been in the design business for the last 20 years fulfilling her dream of working in branding and furthering the meaning, purpose and stature of brands in our culture. Debbie is a Partner and President of the Design division at Sterling Brands, one of the leading brand identity firms in the country. Debbie is a board member of the National AIGA, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts. She is also an author on the design blog Speak Up, a contributor to Print Magazine and she hosts a weekly internet talk show on the Voice America Business network titled Design Matters. Her book, “How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer,” (Allworth Press) is available now.

Topic
Why We Buy Things: A historical look at branding ourselves, the world around us, and how it influences the products we buy and why we live the way we do.

Thursday, January 10, 2008 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Windows on the River
2000 Sycamore
Cleveland, OH 44113

$10 // professional members
$30 // non-members

$5 // student members
$15 // student non-members

Cocktails and light food from 6-7, lecture starts at 7 p.m.
RSVP by January 4 at http://www.aigacleveland.org/events/2008/01/14417813

Posted in Calendar | Cleveland, OH, USA | Local meeting
Tags: Branding | Cleveland, OH, USA | design | OH | USA
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UPA Europe (Turin, Italy)

The first European regional conference of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) will take place on December 4th, 5th and 6th, 2008 in Turin, Italy, when the city is also the 2008 World Design Capital.

The conference is taking place in the Italian city of Turin which will then also organise a large variety of activities as the first ever World Design Capital – a title it was awarded by ICSID (the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design). Reflecting this context, the UPA conference will particularly focus on usability and design.

See www.upaeurope2008.org for more information and how to get involved.

Posted in Annual association conference | Calendar | Turin, Italy | UPA
Tags: design | Italy | Usability
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Cocktails for Creatives (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Cleveland AIGA’s Cocktail for Creatives for January is at Sullivan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant.

Sullivan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
13368 Madison Ave,
Cleveland, OH 44107

Posted in AIGA | Calendar | Cleveland, OH, USA | Social
Tags: design
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