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March 20 – March 26, 2011

1/ Sign Painting in Immigrant Communities in the USA

The talk will illustrate how certain ethnic populations in the USA have used their traditional color preferences in signage to address specific audiences. Signage in English, Spanish, French, and Creole will be shown. Styles of hand lettering will be discussed, in depth, and examined in the context of 20th-century American sign painting as it was practiced during the era of an established unionized apprenticeship system.

When: Monday 21, 2011, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Where: Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square, NYC

Price: Free and open to the public

2/ Drinks with a Designer: Pentagram: Michael Bierut, Abbott Miller, Eddie Opara, and Paula Scher

Join the New York office of Pentagram for a studio visit and discussion of the firm’s multi-disciplinary approach to all aspects of design.

When: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:00 pm

Where: Pentagram, NYC

Price: Free Architectural League Members, $5 general public

3/ New Designs in Seoul

Seoul will soon house the tallest and the largest buildings in the world. KPF Associates, H Associates, and Du Nam Choi will present their works in Seoul with variety of scales, architectural ideas on designs for local/international culture, and amalgamation of new project into historic urban context.

When: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Where: The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place , NYC

Price: Free AIA Members, $10 general public

4/ Making Ideas Happen: Key Insights on Creative Execution with Scott Belsky

Drawing on the research in his national bestseller Making Ideas Happen, Behance Founder & CEO Scott Belsky will present key insights on productivity and pushing ideas forward in an intimate, workshop-style setting.

When: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 8:30 am – 10:00 am

Where: Art Director’s Club, 106 West 29th Street, NYC

Price: $149 general public

5/ Fresh Dialogue 27: Design Dualities

Young Designers always have reacted towards trends, simultaneously often creating new ones. Four great examples are Mike Perry, Keetra Dean Dixon, Andrio Abero and Timothy Goodman. This year for Fresh Dialogue, AIGA/NY has invited these four to participate in a panel discussion to show their approach to work, both commercial and personal.

When: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Where: Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NYC

Price: $20 AIGA members, $10 AIGA student members, $30 general public

6/ After Class: The First Steps of the American Designer

Caught between a culture ambivalent on the values of design and a slowing economy, young designers face an enormous challenge post graduation. Moderated by Annie Block, editor of Interior Design magazine, designers Dror Benshetrit and Todd Bracher will discuss how they navigated their own path to success. A portfolio review for students with the designers will follow.

When: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:00 pm

Where: Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC

Price: $10 MAD Members, $10 students, $12 general public

7/ Bill’s Design Talks: YouTube Co-Founder Chad Hurley

Chad Hurley, co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of YouTube, will join Bill Moggridge to discuss the role of the revolutionary video sharing platform within the changing world of mainstream media. Their conversation will examine how YouTube was designed and developed and how mainstream media has expanded and evolved in a world of emerging new patterns of media consumption.

When: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Where: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 2 East 91st Street, NYC

Price: $10 CHNDM Members, students and seniors, $15 general public

8/ Jugaad Urbanism Film Series: Bombay Summer

Film screening of Bombay Summer (2009), an award-winning feature film set in contemporary India. The film explores the fleeting nature of friendship in a society undergoing rapid change. Q&A with director Joseph Mathew will follow.

When: Friday, March 25, 2011, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Where: The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC

Price: Free AIA, CFA, IAAC, SIAEA Members, New School students and faculty; $10 general public

9/ Black Studies in Art and Design Education

Black artists and designers are at the cutting edge of contemporary culture, but Black communities and their cultural histories continue to have a marginal presence in art and design schools. This conference is a forum for reflection on the troubling gap that persists between the significance of Black creativity in global culture and its relative insignificance in art and design education.

When: Saturday March 26 and Sunday 27, 2011, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Where: New School, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue, NYC

Price: Free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served