Monday 3 December 2012

DESIGN ROUNDUP / DECEMBER

DESIGN ROUNDUP is your weekly guide to the NYC design community. Be sure to check back every Monday for a fresh list of events. Want to suggest an event? email hidden; JavaScript is required December 9–December 15, 2012 1/ Breakfast Club: Operation Growth Plan You’ve heard of a business plan, well what about an operational…

Monday 26 November 2012

DESIGN ROUNDUP / DECEMBER

DESIGN ROUNDUP is your weekly guide to the NYC design community. Be sure to check back every Monday for a fresh list of events. Want to suggest an event? email hidden; JavaScript is required December 2–December 8, 2012 1/ Japanese Art for Artists: Three-Part Painting Workshop Series with Megumi Nagai Three-part introductory series offers an…

59TH ANNUAL TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB CALL FOR ENTRIES

59th Annual TDC Communication and Typeface Design Competitions Enter the world’s premier typography competition COMMUNICATION DESIGN: Enter original professional or student work designed in 2012 in any of the following categories: Print & Digital Advertisements & Advertising Inserts Annual Reports & other Financial Reports Books Book Jackets/Covers Brochures & Direct Mail Calendars Catalogs Corporate Identity…

Monday 19 November 2012

DESIGN ROUNDUP / NOVEMBER

DESIGN ROUNDUP is your weekly guide to the NYC design community. Be sure to check back every Monday for a fresh list of events. Want to suggest an event? email hidden; JavaScript is required November 25–December 1, 2012 1/ Designing for Style Magazines crafting Editorial that Sells Panel discussion about producing magazines where top quality…

Monday 12 November 2012

DESIGN ROUNDUP / NOVEMBER

DESIGN ROUNDUP is your weekly guide to the NYC design community. Be sure to check back every Monday for a fresh list of events. Want to suggest an event? email hidden; JavaScript is required November 18–November 24, 2012 1/ Bring Back the Boardwalks Fundraiser Over 80 pieces donated to the cause, including Schandra Singh, Jen…

Monday 5 November 2012

Volunteer Opportunities / Hurricane Sandy Relief

In light of Hurricane Sandy, DESIGN ROUNDUP is taking a short 1-week hiatus. In the meantime, we’d like to provide ways for you to volunteer and help alleviate some of the suffering of our fellow New Yorkers who are still without power, food, and other necessities. Those who wish to give cash donations to assist…

Thursday 1 November 2012

A Note from AIGA/NY

A note from Willy Wong, AIGA/NY President, AIGA/NY Board of Directors, and AIGA/NY Staff: Our thoughts go out to those who sustained damages due to the storm and everyone who is still without power. Although our office remains closed due to the outage, we will work remotely to keep you informed about any program changes via…

Monday 29 October 2012

DESIGN ROUNDUP / NOVEMBER

DESIGN ROUNDUP is your weekly guide to the NYC design community. Be sure to check back every Monday for a fresh list of events. Want to suggest an event? email hidden; JavaScript is required November 4–November 10, 2012 1/ Interactive Art The Queens Museum needs an app and want participants to design it! Learn about…

Thursday 25 October 2012

Event Recap: Lettering Workshop How to be a Friend with Friends of Type

Friends of Type duo, Erik Marinovich and Aaron Carambula, led the AIGA/NY Lettering Workshop How to be a Friend with Friends of Type, an experimental lettering workshop at the AIGA National Design Center on Friday, October 19, 2012. Participants were guided through techniques to visualize and execute an ampersand. The day included sketching, critiques, and…

Event Recap: Design Pub Quiz

Over 100+ participants proved their design chops at the inaugural AIGA/NY Design Pub Quiz, held at Drom Bar on October 23, 2012. Aaron Carambula emceed the event through a series of 5 rounds: identifying abbreviations (ex: WOFF, WTF, etc), identifying typefaces, identifying designers, identifying key commands (ex: InDesign key command for paste in place), and…