General Assembly and AIGA/NY co-presented “Introduction to the NYC Design Community” on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at General Assembly. Geared towards design students, recent graduates, or designers who are new to the city, this event offered a basic overview of the design community in New York City, career paths in design—specifically graphic & interaction design—and navigating…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 April 28–May 4, 2013 1/ Mitch Epstein: New York Arbor Artist Mitch Epstein will present his recent series of photographs of…
On Thursday March 28, 2013, at Parsons School of Design, Debbie Millman hosted the discussion AIGA/NY In the House III: The Rise of In-House Design with a panelist of design leader: Julia Hoffman of MoMA, Johanna Langford of J.Crew and Ji Lee of Facebook. Debbie Millman, principle of Sterling Brands and host of the Design…
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 March 31–April 5, 2013 1/ Modular Modernism: Supertipo Veloz Supertipo Veloz, the typographic system developed by Joan Trochut in 1942, was…
On Wednesday March 13, 2013, at Bumble & Bumble, Valeria Mogilevich and Christine Gaspar of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) presented recent community projects around the question Where does the water go? at the AIGA/NY Not Watered Down: A Screening & Discussion with CUP event. Glen Cummings of MTWTF introduced the event. Working at…
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 March 17–March 23, 2013 1/ SVA BBC Design Documentary Film Festival Curated by Adam Harrison Levy and Steven Heller. Organized by the School of…