Monday 11 November 2013

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 17–November 23, 2013 1/ Hacking the Museum The role museums play in our communities is changing, as is what we expect…

Wednesday 6 November 2013

EVENT RECAP: WILDE TEACHING

On Wednesday, October 23, 2013, Richard Wilde, Chairman of the Design and Advertising Department at the School of Visual Arts, spoke as part of the AIGA/NY Breakfast Club series about how to become a great design educator. Wilde began with a few words on how to break into teaching graphic design, and about what he…

Monday 4 November 2013

EVENT RECAP: DESIGN/RELIEF DONALD HYSLOP

On Thursday, October 24, 2013, Donald Hyslop, Head of Regeneration and Community Partnerships at Tate Modern, London, kicked off AIGA/NY’s informal talks on creative placemaking as part of the AIGA/NY conversation+action initiative, DESIGN/RELIEF. The talk was held at Pioneer Works Center of Art + Innovation, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. AIGA/NY DESIGN/RELIEF Program Director, Laetitia Wolff…

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 10–November 16, 2013 1/ Extreme By Design: Design Thinking Workshop Led by Stanford Institute of Design facilitator Adam Royalty, the Watch+Design…

Monday 28 October 2013

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 3–November 9, 2013 1/ Design Is One Limited showing of documentary, “Design is One,” featuring two of the world’s most influential…

Wednesday 23 October 2013

RECEPTION + BOOK SIGNING: LETTERING LARGE

RECEPTION & BOOK SIGNING: LETTERING LARGE: ART AND DESIGN OF MONUMENTAL TYPOGRAPHY Please join Steven Heller and Mirko Ilić to celebrate the publication of their new book from The Monacelli Press. Today typography has jumped off the printed page to stand on its own as branding, sculpture, and even architecture. Lettering Large examines this international…

Monday 21 October 2013

DESIGN ROUNDUP / OCTOBER

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 October 27–November 2, 2013 1/ Bronx Lettering Tour with Paul Shaw Visit several neighborhoods in the East Bronx located between Bronx Park…

Friday 18 October 2013

EVENT RECAP: IT’S NICE THAT

On Thursday, October 3, 2013, Alex Bec and Will Hudson, of London-based publishing platform It’s Nice That and associated creative agency, INT Works, presented their work and process at the Tishman Auditorium at Parsons as part of the International Perspectives lecture series at AIGA/NY. Willy Wong, AIGA/NY Chapter President and NYC & Company Chief Creative Officer,…

Tuesday 15 October 2013

EVENT RECAP: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES: VINCE FROST

On October 2, 2013, Vince Frost, the Sydney-based designer, design director and head of Frost*Design spoke to a room full of attendees at the Aperture Foundation as part of the AIGA/NY International Perspectives lecture series. Frost discussed his design projects over the past ten years, questioning different cultural perspectives on visual culture. Frost’s approach to…

Monday 7 October 2013

EVENT RECAP: NEW WALK CITY/PENTACITYGROUP

On Wednesday, September 18, 2013, a panel of speakers presented AIGA/NY New Walk City: Just Like We Pictured It / How PentaCityGroup Designed NYC’s Street Maps, at the Bumble and bumble auditorium. Rachel Abrams, AIGA/NY board member and special advisor to PentaCityGroup, introduced the speakers: Wendy Bell of T-Kartor, David Gillam of City ID, and Hamish…