Friday 31 May 2013

EVENT RECAP: BREAKFAST CLUB VISUAL ALIGNMENT

On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at SVA’s Branding Studio, Lee Arters, Creative Director at Landor Associates, gave the AIGA/NY Breakfast Club: Visual Alignment talk to a full room of attendees. Arters presented examples from major brands and explained how brand worlds are created, redefined, and maintained when a variety of other design teams and agencies…

Monday 20 May 2013

DESIGN ROUNDUP / MAY

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 May 26–June 1, 2013 1/ AIGA/NY Mentoring Program Information Session If volunteering your time to inspire and encourage a creative high…

Friday 17 May 2013

EVENT RECAP / HOW TO MAKE MISTAKES ON PURPOSE

On Saturday, May 11, 2013, at the AIGA National Design Center Gallery, Laurie Rosenwald led the AIGA/NY Workshop: How to Make Mistakes on Purpose. Typically, Rosenwald leads this workshop only a few times a year and swears all participants to omertà, a code of silence, about what happened. The omertà ensures the element of surprise…

Monday 13 May 2013

DESIGN ROUNDUP / MAY

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 May 19–May 25, 2013 1/ Edo Pop Stencil Workshop Gain an artist’s perspective on Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese…

Thursday 9 May 2013

EVENT RECAP: BRANDING TERROR

On Thursday April 24, 2013 at the Bumble & Bumble auditorium, Artur Beifuss and Steven Heller presented the lecture AIGA/NY: Branding Terror.  The lecture showcased the research from the book Branding Terror, which highlights the branding of some of the world’s major terrorist groups. Artur Beifuss, who has done extensive research on Islamic activism and terrorism, is co-author of Branding Terror. Beifuss recounted how Francesco…

Tuesday 7 May 2013

DESIGN ROUNDUP / MAY

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 May 12–May 18, 2013 1/ NYCxDesign Studio Tours Design studios Pearlfisher, The Barbarian Group, 2×4, Quirky, Studiomates, Base, Kickstarter and HUGE…

Tuesday 30 April 2013

User Experience Design Immersive Course

Full-time, 8-week User Experience Design Immersive Course Looking to transition into UX Design? Join General Assembly for their new 8-week UX Design Immersive course beginning on June 3rd. Led by practitioner Hong Qu, the course will teach prospective designers the skills they need to thrive in UX. Learn to analyze effective design, conduct user research,…

Monday 29 April 2013

DESIGN ROUNDUP / MAY

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 May 5–May 11, 2013 1/ Creative Week NYC Creative Week New York is where advertising, design, and digital media collide with…

Wednesday 24 April 2013

EVENT RECAP: DEREK CIANFRANCE

On Thursday April 4, 2013, at the Museum of Arts and Design, Derek Cianfrance presented his moviemaking work. This event was Act 2 of the series in AIGA/NY Hacking Life: Using Creativity to Break into the System. In the spirit of Hollywood, AIGA/NY Board Members Eric Adolfsen and Matt Spangler introduced the Hacking Life series and Derek…

EVENT RECAP: ETSY, RINSE AND REPEAT

At AIGA/NY Etsy: Rinse & Repeat, presented by @Parsons Lecture Series, Etsy Creative Director Randy J. Hunt and ten members the Etsy design team shared behind-the-scenes details of Etsy’s approach to product design. The event took place at Parsons The New School Tishman Auditorium on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Randy J. Hunt introduced Etsy, which has been…