March 2012
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AIGA LA APRIL EVENT PROGRAMMING MEETING
7 - 9pm
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, April 9th in Hollywood.
We will be reviewing all the awesome events planned for the...
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GOOD DESIGN IS GOOD BUSINESS: MASTER LOCK, & THE...
02 APR 2012
7:30 - 9pm
A+D Museum 6032 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036
There are few things more difficult than leading the introduction to change. Innovation means no more ‘business as usual’, which often invites skeptics and critics. 20 years ago, Master Lock – an 80-year old iconic institution – was teetering on solvency. Their flagship products were being threatened by price...
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JWT: 100 Things to Watch in 2012
I found this on Slideshare from JWTIntelligence - Both great sources for design research.
This particular presentation gives a great overview of what JWT thinks the top 100 trends are going to be in 2012. It also shows how they were pretty close to dead-on in previous years.
To give you a preview:
25. For-Profit Chains, Nonprofit Stores: “With growing expectations that brands enhance...
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LA/CreativeMornings is back 3/23 with Sonja...
LA/CreativeMornings is back March 23, 2012!
8.30am - 10am (RSVP will open Monday, March 19 , 2012 at 11am!)
LA/CreativeMornings’s March speaker is designer, writer and community activist, Sonja Rasula founder of UNIQUE LA. Sonja founded UNIQUE LA as a way to bring local-made design and art to the masses. Hailed the fresh face of a growing Made in the USA movement, Sonja’s mission is...
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Professional Series: 3/28 Panel Announced!
Join us Wednesday, March 28th at Continuum’s Studio in Venice for a conversation with Creative Directors, Executive Directors, CEO’s and Studio Mavericks for a conversation on the importance of studio culture and how to create a prosperous environment. The discussion will be moderated by Eduardo A. Braniff, CEO of Imagination The Americas and will be held at Continuum.
Panel Speakers will...
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A Brief History Of Web Standards {Infographic}
by Andy Morales
Throughout the history of the Internet, there has been an evolution of web standards. Due to these transformations, today, “the number of devices connected to the Internet exceeds the number of people on Earth.” Vitamin Talent has collaborated with Eric Meyer and Jeffrey Zeldman, founders of An Event Apart, to create this fantastic infographic detailing the changes of web...
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3 Things You Can Do To Stay Off Clients’ Sh*t...
CONSUMERS ARE CONSTANTLY COMPARING YOUR PRODUCT TO A HOST OF OTHERS. SO LOOK OUTSIDE YOUR MARKET & SHAMELESSLY STEAL WHAT WORKS, ARGUES ZIBA’S CALE THOMPSON.
WRITTEN BY: Cale Thompson for Fast Co. Design
My sister-in-law maintains a list on her smartphone of companies she vows never to patronize again. She calls it her “shit list.” It includes big national brands and small local companies,...
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Professional Series: The Importance of Studio...
March 28th 6:30 - 9pm
Continuum 901 Abbott Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291 Show map
Studio culture is everything people in a design studio do that supports the process of making work happen. Culture can create joy, while process can facilitate profit. A studio’s culture is not created solely by the business owner. It is generated from ongoing contributions and discoveries from both studio owners...
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PERK: Design Practice in a Down Economy
IMPORTANT! Remember your AIGA ID Card! It will be used as your name tag!
March 15, 2012
7:30 AM - 9 AM
Looking 145 Standard Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Show map
Start your day with Perk! An exclusive salon for AIGA Professional Members Only.
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BEHANCE / AIGA LA MARCH MEETUP: March 7th!
Come join us once again for the monthly Behance / AIGA LA Meetup! A casual evening where members of the Behance community and AIGA LA can gather and mingle over cocktails. Not a Behance member? No problem! Joining Behance is free. Smack dab in the Fairfax/Melrose district of our fair city, lies The Fat Dog (show map). It is a fairly new gastropub (or gastro-pug?) that serves up something for...
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PERK: Design Practice in a Down Economy
March 15, 2012
7:30 AM - 9 AM
Looking 145 Standard Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Show map
Start your day with Perk! An exclusive salon for AIGA Professional Members Only. We are excited to introduce Perk: An exclusive salon for AIGA Professional Members Only. Perk is salon series that will provide thought-provoking discussion for and among LA design professionals with varied topics designed to...
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Cats as Fonts
I will never EVER claim to desire the company of a cat. I don’t think I will ever use placekitten for my FPO/web needs. The minute that I see that someone prefers cats to dogs, I wonder if his or her refrigerator is covered in the [thankfully exiting] trend-setting cat-butt magnets. Nope, feline finds will never be associated with me.
Mix a kitty with some kerning and I’m easily...
