May 2012
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TEDXARTCENTER COLLEGEOFDESIGN
June 9, 2012,  9am - Art Center College of Design - Hillside Campus  1700 Lida St.  Pasadena, CA 91103  Show map The world needs creative problem solvers more than ever, and it’s time we explore the full potential of design as a force for positive change. TEDxArtCenterCollegeOfDesign is a student-organized TED event that brings you leaders in design, science, activism and education to share...
May 30th
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Meet 2012 AIGA LA Fellow Recipient: David Mayes
DAVID MAYES, AIGA LA FELLOW  Mayes studied printing at Los Angeles Job Corps and Los Angeles Trade Technical College. This lead to working as a cameraman and stripper at Copy Spot in Santa Monica. Westside Print Works was the place where he worked with many of the designers he still knows and collaborates with today. After three years with Embrey Press in West L.A. he found Typecraft Lithography...
May 30th
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CELEBRATE DESIGN ROYALTY at Royal/T
Heralding the newly established Visionary Award along with the AIGA Los Angeles 2012 Fellow Award. Recognize and socialize with this year’s Fellow Award recipients, Agustin Garza and David Mayes and our new Visionary Award recipients lynda.com founders, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin. Meet, greet and speak with L.A. design leaders, visionaries and influencers as well the current and past...
May 28th
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Adobe Muse: No Code Required- A Success!
May 14, 2012 at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, AIGA LA and Adobe sponsored a live tutorial of one of Adobe’s newest pieces of software: Muse. Adobe Muse can be used for a lot of different capacities such as Wire Frames, website creation, hosting, and publishing. It is the first program where you can build a website and not even code a thing. Adobe updates will be more frequent then...
May 27th
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AIGA LA 2012 FELLOW AWARD & VISIONARY AWARD...
June 21, 2012,  7 - 9:30pm Royal/T 8910 Washington Blvd Culver City, CA 90232 Show map CELEBRATE DESIGN ROYALTY at Royal/T Heralding the newly established Visionary Award along with the AIGA Los Angeles 2012 Fellow Award Recognize and socialize with this year’s Fellow Award recipients, Agustin Garza and David Mayes and our new Visionary Award recipients lynda.com founders, Lynda Weinman and...
May 27th
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ELECTIONS FOR 2012-2014 AIGA LOS ANGELES BOARD OF...
The Nominations Committee of AIGA Los Angeles is pleased to recommend for your consideration the following slate of candidates to join the 2012-2013 Board of Directors. If elected, each nominee will serve a two-year term. The slate is afforded an up or down vote, as a whole. A two-third majority is required for election. Votes not returned by the membership will be cast toward “approved”. All...
May 24th
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AIGA LA June EVENT PROGRAMMING MEETING
Monday, June 4, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT) Los Angeles, CA Oishii Creative 717 N. Highland Ave, Ste 18  Los Angeles, CA 90038 (show map) Tickets: Free! [[MORE]] Event Description 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...
May 23rd
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20 FOLD: THE CSULB GRAPHIC DESIGN BFA SHOW
24 MAY – 26 MAY 2012 6 - 10pm MADhaus Gallery  624 Pacific Ave.  Long Beach, CA 90813  Show map The CSULB Graphic Design Class of 2012 invite you to join us for our Senior BFA Show - 20 FOLD, taking place in Downtown Long Beach. Opening night is Thursday, May 24th - continuing on Friday, May 25th and Saturday, May 26th. As a group of 20 designers, we all have unique visions and ideas that are...
May 23rd
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UPDATE! PROFESSIONAL SERIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF...
PLEASE NOTE: Due to a scheduling conflict, the date of the Professional Series: The Experience of In-House Design has been changed to Thursday, June 7, 2012 at Mosaic, 826 E. 3rd Street, Los Angeles. REGISTER NOW (via Eventbrite) June 7th, 6:30 - 9pm[[MORE]] Agenda 6:30 - Drink and Hors d’oeuvre 7:00pm - Panelist Discussion 8:30pm - Q&A Panelists Pash, VP of Brand and Design...
May 22nd
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CASE STUDY: ALIMENTANDO EL FUTURO
CLIENT Nutre Hogar, NGOPROJECT TITLEAlimentando el Futuro (Feeding the Future)DURATIONPhase 1: March 2010 - May 2011 Phase 2: Ongoing 2012TEAM Designer: Marlene Franco Instructors and advisors: Chad Cameron, Amy Franceschini, David Hake, Phil Hamlett, Michael Kilgore and Michael Sainato  DESCRIPTION Challenge Malnutrition is an alarming problem in Panama that not only affects those who...
May 21st
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Emerge: A Success!
Last Saturday, I spent the evening at the Los Angeles A+D (Architecture and Design) Museum next to LACMA to catch the opening reception of EMERGE, an exhibition featuring the work of Graphic Design students and American Institute of Graphic Design members (AIGA) from the Greater Los Angeles area. Pieces by students from institutions such as Art Center College of Design, Cal Poly Pomona,...
May 21st
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Perk: Sunday Brunch with Debbie Millman A Success!
It is a rare opportunity to get meet well-known designers so I jumped at the chance when I found out that Debbie Millman on Mother’s Day. I have met her previously, at an another AIGA LA event last year, however, this time it was limited to only 12 lucky folks. Debbie Millman brought some great insight to the discussion. I found her very inspiring after being able to listen to the...
May 18th
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PROFESSIONAL SERIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF IN-HOUSE...
REGISTER NOW May 23rd, 6:30 - 9pm Autry National Center 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 Show map Our panel on In-House Design aims to shed light on how designers within organizations should shape the perception of the design function as strategic advisor to the company leadership, its brands and its innovation ambitions. Participants should walk away from the conversation...
May 17th
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GAUGE PRESENTS CHRIS DO
May 17, 7 - 9pm California State University Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, CA 90032 Show map The GAUGE Design Speaker Series: Gauge presents Chris Do. The GAUGE Design Speaker Series brings design industry professionals to campus to stimulate discussion, inspire excellence and build community among the design students, alumni, faculty and staff of California State...
May 15th
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STUDIO TOUR: SAPIENT NITRO
REGISTER NOW May 17th, 7 - 9pm SapientNitro  1601 Cloverfield Blvd. Suite 400 South Santa Monica, CA 90404  Show map Ideas just don’t happen at SapientNitro, they are engineered. SapientNitro seamlessly and consistently combines communications, brand and transactional expertise to conceive, build and execute integrated, brand experiences. Join us as we get a peak at how they guide the likes...
May 15th
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PERK: SUNDAY BRUNCH WITH DEBBIE MILLMAN Tickets on...
Register Here. May 13, 2012, 10 - 11:30am Evenson Design Group 4445 Overland Ave. Culver City, CA 90230 Show map Start your day with Perk! An exclusive salon for AIGA Professional and Associate Members Only We are excited to continue Perk: An exclusive salon for AIGA Professional and Associate Members Only this month. Perk is salon series that will provide thought-provoking discussion for...
May 8th
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My Little Pony Ride
For nearly 30 years, My Little Pony has been coveted by kids of all ages, making it possible for each of us to actually have the ubiquitous “pony” we’ve all wished for, at one time or another. Today, My Little Pony has reached a new generation of li’l pony-seekers, and the colorful childhood staple continues to be a source of inspiration for old-school fans, too. My...
May 8th
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Top Agency Space
14 JUN 2012 REGISTER NOW 7 - 10pm Elysian LA 806 Clearwater Street Los Angeles, CA 90039 Show map In response to the demand for higher-level business programming, AIGA LA is thrilled to present “Top Agency Space” - an intimate business roundtable for agency principals.[[MORE]] Lead by creative business coach and mentor Peleg Top, this event will give you - the agency owner - tools,...
May 6th
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22 LA Theaters Worth a Standing Ovation!
Though you may not equate Los Angeles with an abundant and rich theater scene, you will be happy to learn that Los Angeles has an amazingly vast creative arts arena that includes concerts, plays, movies, screenings, comedy performances and more.  Ever since the beginning, Los Angeles has been the epicenter of these such expressions of creativity.  It is no wonder that we have so many places to...
May 5th
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See Emerge: May 12!
May 12, 2012, 6 - 9pm A + D Museum  6032 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036  Show map This annual event showcases Emerging Design talent work from approximately 90 designers attending colleges and universities in the greater Los Angeles area. EMERGE is organized and sponsored by the AIGA/LA Education Committee, and hosted by the A+D Museum.  [[MORE]] AIGA/LA hosted its first student...
May 5th
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