February 2012
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Yo Momma Jokes For Graphic Designers
Some have claimed the “yo momma” (also known as “yo mama”) joke has come and gone, its subtle deconstruction of the triad relationship between one’s mom, one’s mom’s personal aesthetic or intelligence, and one’s insulter having peaked some time in the early ’90s.
At least two people disagree. One person is me. The other person is Ross Moody, the one-man design team at 55 Hi’s. And his “Yo...
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FANATICAL MECHANICAL: PHOTO-LETTERING & THE...
MArch 9, 2012, 5 - 9pm
Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery 1 University Drive Orange, CA 92866 Show map
Don’t miss this special exhibition of House Industries’ Photo-Lettering as well as artifacts from the Paste-Up Era!
Chapman University is pleased to showcase the Photo-Lettering archives and typefaces from one of the leading type foundries and design studios in America, House Industries....
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AIGA LA Event Programming Meeting
REGISTER NOW (RSVP via Eventbrite)
Oishii Creative
717 N. Highland Ave., Suite 18 Los Angeles, CA 90038 Show map
Interested in finding out all about the upcoming event programming for 2012? Would you like to learn how you can be a volunteer at an event? Then come to the AIGA LA Event Programming Committee Meeting held on Monday, March 5th in Hollywood.
We will be reviewing all the awesome...
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Event Producing 101! Feb 28th@ 7pm
Oishii Creative 717 N. Highland Ave., Suite 18 Los Angeles, CA 90038 Show map
Got a great idea for an event but don’t know where to start? Join us on February 28th as we host this workshop in Event Programming. You will learn the ins and out’s of putting together an event for our chapter.
Mix and Mingle - 7:00 pm
Workshop begins - 7:30 pm
Wrap Up - 9:00 pm
For questions,...
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STANDARD #5: SPECIAL EFFECTS
March 8, 2012
6 - 8:30pm
Museum of Tolerance 9786 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 Show map
Event Description “Special Effects” is a special presentation brought to you by the creators of The Standard Volume 5 on Special Effects and designers for the 826 Organization. A unique educational series, The Standard provides tips, techniques and advice on optimizing all that print has to...
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WatchDaniel Coutinho, a student in the DCA program at UCLA’s Extension Visual Arts program, emailed us to share this great video he made as a promotional piece for an AIGA talk.
Many Thanks to our Event Sponsors that made the evening possible:
OTIS College of Art and Design: The two programs to host him are Otis’s Communication Arts and their MFA in Graphic Design departments)
Behance...
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LA Global Service Jam 2012- Feb 25!
Good news! We will be having a LA Service Jam on Saturday, 2/25! It is part of the Global Service Jam that will be happening on the same weekend all over the world. Learn more about Global Service Jam.
The Challenge: You and your fellow participants will come up with a brand new service in 1 day. Who Should Participate: Anyone! Designers, technologists, business folks, architects, customer...
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ARTspace 100th Annual Conference
Initiated eleven years ago by the CAA Services to Artists Committee, ARTspace has grown into one of the most vital and exciting aspects of the yearly meeting. A conference-within-the-conference, ARTspace presents programming designed by artists for artists and is free and open to the public.
ARTspace promotes dialogue about visual-arts practice and its relation to critical discourse. It also...
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Designers Can Purchase the Porchez Typofonderie...
Founded in 1994, Typofonderie is an independent digital type foundry in France, designing, manufacturing and distributing a selection of high quality typefaces for adventurous digital typographers. Typofonderie is the first place in the world to buy their digital fonts.
Founder of Typofonderie, type director of ZeCraft, Jean François Porchez’s (@jfporchez) expertise covers both the design...
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SMARTY OC: What Risks Equal Rewards? Feb 23
Have you heard of SMARTY? SMARTY is a network for women in business and it produces over 40 events and workshops for women (and men) a year. Attend as a member for FREE, or register as a guest and see what SMARTY is all about.
Here is the next SMARTY event!
Date: Thursday, February 23rd
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Jessica Bennett Interiors: 1931 Newport Blvd, Suite J, Costa Mesa, CA...
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AIGA LA STUDENT PORTFOLIO REVIEW
See The Latest and Greatest Top Talent Courtesy of AIGA LA- give great advice, snag up-and-coming designers, have a great time!
March 10, 2012
9am - 4pm
Westwood College, Los Angeles 250 Wilshire Blvd., 4th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010 Show map
The AIGA Student Portfolio Review is a day-long event designed to give students—about to embark on a career in the design industry—advice on how to...
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DMALA: February 21 - AI, AE & Planet of the Apes
TIME TO PUT A LITTLE ILLUSTRATOR INTO YOUR ANIMATION DESIGN WORKFLOW BEST PRACTICES with CHANA
Chana Messer will come to present BEST PRACTICES : Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. An overview of some amazing skills you will be grateful to know:
Using Layer Comps PLUS Brushes in Illustrator and Photoshop
Chana Messer is a Fine Artist, Designer, Trainer and Software Evangelist...
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DocuDay Los Angeles: Feb. 25
The International Documentary Association presents all-day back-to-back screenings of this year’s Oscar® nominated documentary films. At DocuDay, you’ll be able to see the films, meet the film makers, and talk to other like-minded creatives!
Saturday, February 25 at the Writers Guild of America Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
There is complimentary...
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From the Design Desk: Calling All Designers and...
Design school. The late nights, printer malfunctions, the adrenaline of tackling mind-boggling challenges in a (seemingly) disproportionate amount of time. It’s an experience in your life like no other. But amidst this energetic blur there is the WISDOM—those gems of design insight from your teachers that burn themselves into your feverish design brains with such force that they will remain...
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What's your Favorite Print House?
Jessica Arana, owner at Jessica Arana Art Direction + Design in Los Angeles, posted this question to the AIGA LA LinkedIn group page.
She asks:
LA designers, do you have a printer you luuuv to work with? I want to hear about printers who are easy to work with, produce quality work, & who are collaborators in projects. Any worth recommending??
Finding a reputable printer can be...
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The UX Speakeasy Conference
{ The Secrets to Great User Experience Shouldn’t be Kept Behind Closed Doors }
The UX Speakeasy Conferenceis a one-day event that pairs the best speakers in the UX field with the best information about our Southern California and San Diego UX communities. Mark your calendar for Saturday March 31st 2012 and join us in San Diego.
The UX Speakeasy program will touch on many aspects of the...
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LMD Develops Creative Solutions For Graphic Design...
L.A. Based Graphic Design Firm, Land Mind Design, LMD Supports Emerging Voice Over Actor Through Professional Graphic Design Services.
Los Angeles, CA – Local design firm, Land Mind Design, LMD is pleased to announce it’s latest project with a Voice Over Actor client. An emerging voice over actor approached LMD in need of a one of a kind promotional piece that would make him stand apart in his...
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Mindshare LA & Curious Josh Present: "Revenge of...
Mindshare LA and Curious Josh are Proud to Present a Special Screening of Revenge of the Electric Car Wednesday, February 29, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PT) Los Angeles, CA
By 2006, thousands of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the same car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back… with a vengeance.
After the screening there will...
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FIDM's Art of Motion Picture Costume Design...
The FIDM Museum is proud to present the twentieth anniversary Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibition. Celebrating the art and industry of costume designers, this exhibition will present more than 100 costumes from twenty films released in 2011.
The exhibition includes selected costumes from all five 2011 Academy Award® Nominees for Costume Design: W/E, Hugo, Jane Eyre, The...
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Network After Work: Los Angeles Feb. 22!
Join Network After Work on Wednesday, February 22nd at Falcon Restaurant & Lounge (7213 W. Sunset Blvd.) in Hollywood from 6-9pm. Falcon will provide a unique atmosphere offering both indoor and outdoor options. This event, which takes place monthly, is for professionals of all industries and career levels interested in expanding their professional network. Events provide attendees a...
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TYPOGRAPHY TALKS: AN EVENING WITH JEAN FRANÇOIS...
We are proud to invite you to special evening with renowned Parisian type designer, Jean François Porchez, sponsored by AIGA LA, Behance and Oishii Creative.
Join us for cocktails and an international tray of appetizers as Porchez shares his experiences as graphic designer turned type designer turned type director. Porchez is an honorary President of the Association Typographique...
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Staying Away From Cliché
Sal Randazzo, a senior graphic designer at Sal Randazzo Design in San Francisco, posted this question to the AIGA LA LinkedIn group page.
‘…When you know that you do a certain thing quite well there’s a temptation to keep doing it in that way. You become a graphic cliché. Most designers suffer from inhibition and wanting to please. … If I think the right answer is to walk...
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Road Trip!
17th Annual Y Design Conference
What keeps you moving forward? The chance to create something new? The opportunity to influence people? The desire to make a difference? For each of us, it’s something different. What drives you?
Join the AIGA San Diego Chapter at the Y-Conference to see inspiring speakers like Karim Rashid, Guy Iannuzzi, Eben Bayer and Austin Kleon and to learn new things in...
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WatchCut&Paste is a live-action battle on a TIMED stage where artists compete on 2D, 3D, and Motion graphics platforms. Digital artists compete to create amazing finished products under extreme time contraints with very limited materials. Contestants are given themes and then are off to the races. Winners are obviously the best of the best and, besides winning their industry’s latest toys,...
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GAUGE presents Kali Nikitas
GAUGE is proud to present Kali Nikitas as our guest for the Winter 2012 Speaker Series. Join GAUGE and Kali Nikitas February 16, 2012, 7:00PM at Cal State L.A. – King Hall, Lecture Hall 1. Kali Nikitas is Department Chair of Communication Arts and Graduate Graphic Design at Otis College of Art and Design, MFA (Graphic Design) Cal Arts; BA Univ of Illinois at Chicago. Designer, author, curator...
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What's Your Favorite Type Foundry?
Erika Themaras, a senior graphic designer at Sexy Hair Concepts in Los Angeles, posted this question to the AIGA LA LinkedIn group page.
For those who need a brush up courtesy of Wikipedia: A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces. Originally, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces and matrices for line-casting machines like...
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Professional Lecture Series: The Business of...
Professional Lecture Series, on January 25th, 2012, had a wonderful turn out. There were at least 70 people in attendance and everyone enjoyed the lecture moderated by Eduardo Braniff, Communications Committee Board Member and CEO of Imagination The Americas. Panelists included:
Juan Rosenfeldt, Creative Director of FreeRange
Chris Do, President and Executive Creative Director of BL:ND
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Studio Tour- Distinc
I finally made it to my first Studio Tour on January 26th, 2012, at Distinc. I suggest checking them out. Distinc’s clients range form LA’s Best After School Enrichment Program, United States Artists, LA Stage Alliance, and many more. Distinc believes in working with causes because Distinc wants to provide better understanding, better positioning, and better communication. It is a...
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NOMINATIONS FOR 2012-14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer and Member-at-large positions on the board are critical to ensure the continued growth and function and stability of the chapter.
The board of directors is a body elected of and by the members, that holds the association in trust for AIGA members past, present and future. Its guiding principle is one of leaving the institution stronger at the end...
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LMD DEVELOPS CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN...
Los Angeles, California – Local design firm, Land Mind Design, LMD is pleased to announce it’s latest project with Printing Company, Jano Graphics.
Jano Graphics, a printing company based of the west coast, approached LMD in need of a one sheet promo ad that would not only communicate their quality printing services but also appeal to a diverse audience.
LMD’s solution was to have a photo shoot...
