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November 6 – November 12, 2011

1/ Breakfast Club: Think Strategy

These days, the design industry faces important challenges that will define its future. Join Roberta Ronsivalle, Managing Partner at Mucca Design, for a conversation about the creative strategies and analytical groundwork that sow the seeds of long-lasting, rewarding relationships with clients.

When: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 8:00 am – 9:30 am

Where: General Assembly, 902 Broadway 4th Floor at 21st Street, NYC

Price: $5 AIGA/NY members

2/ Meredith TenHoor: “The Infrastructure of Mass Consumption”

Meredith TenHoor will present some of the markets, transportation networks and other infrastructures which made the mass consumption of designed goods possible in the 1960s and 70s. She will discuss how they were designed, what forms of consumption they enabled, and finally, how they have been appropriated and transformed for more sustainable uses today.

When: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd floor, NYC

Price: Free and open to the general public with rsvp

3/ A Conversation with John C Jay and Joe Pytka

A conversation with the ADC HALL OF FAME laureates John C Jay and Joe Pytka, moderated by Jon Kamen.

When: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 6:00 pm

Where: ADC Gallery, 106 West 29th Street, NYC

Price: Free ADC members, $15 students, $35 general public

4/ ADC’s Hall of Fame Benefit Gala

Join the ADC in honoring the 2011 Hall of Fame Laureates Ruth Ansel, Marshall Arisman, John C Jay, Joe Pytka; and Manship Medallion Recipient: Paola Antonelli. The Gala will be part of the 2011 Festival of Fame which includes speaker events featuring the 2011 ADC Hall of Fame laureates and an exhibition of the laureates’ work.

When: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 6:00 pm

Where: Capitale, 130 Bowery, NYC

Price: $400 ADC members, $500 general public

5/ Design the Life You Love

In an all-day workshop, Ayse Birsel will offer a design process, Deconstruction and Reconstruction™, as a creative tool to help you create the life you want to live.

When: Saturday, November 12, 2011, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd floor, NYC

Price: $250 general public