June 2012
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Thank You to our Wonderful Sponsors!
We wanted to send some appreciation out to our sponsors that helped us celebrate Design Royalty at Royal/T Cafe for our Fellows & Visionary Awards 2012 Ceremony. Huge thanks goes out to:
Adobe - http://www.adobe.com/
Typecraft - http://typecraft.com/muse/index.html
Oishii Creative - http://www.oishiicreative.com/
POM Wonderful - http://www.pomwonderful.com/
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Summer Skool Presents: Working in UX & Agile Web...
Working in UX & Agile Web Design A hands on “Iron Chef Style” workshop!
Saturday, June 30th 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM In Culver City
This one day workshop will introduce attendees to User Experience design and the Standard Process for successful web and app projects.
Regular Price: $149 $119
This workshop will cover:
What in the heck is User Experience?
Therealsecretto being a User...
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Check out the Pics from AIGA LA's Fellows 2012
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate design royalty with us last night at the Royal/T for AIGA Los Angeles Fellow Award & Visionary Award 2012. We had a great time! Check out our some more event pics on Flickr. For those of you that enjoyed the venue, the Royal/T Café is having a “Greatest Hits Party” later this month to celebrate five years of hosting creative events and art...
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Don't Miss California’s Designing Women, 1896–1986...
10 AUG – 06 JAN 2013
California’s Designing Women, 1896–1986
9am - 5pm
The Autry 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027 Show map
The newness of California, and the state’s periodic bursts of population growth, afforded unprecedented opportunities for women to participate in the creation and production of design, one of the principal engines of California’s dynamic economy, now the...
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3x3*: Eccentric Types
28 JUN 2012
7:30 - 9pm
Art Center College of Design -Hillside Campus, Los Angeles Times Media Center (LAT) 1700 Lida Street Pasadena, CA 91103 Show map
Event Description * Each term the Graphic Design Department Art Center hosts 3 local professionals to speak on a particular topic.
Our three featured speakers are:
Andrew Byrom, Graphic Designer, Typeface Designer and Professor
Gloria...
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There’s Always Money In The Banana Stand
And here’s your first real preview of the upcoming “There’s Always Money In The Banana Stand,” our art tribute to TV show “Arrested Development.” The exhibit opens June 29th at G1988 (Melrose) with an opening reception from 7-10 PM. The exhibit will be available to view until July 21st.
Gallery 1988 Los Angeles:
7020 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038 Located at the SouthEast corner of...
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12 Art & Design Documentaries You Should Watch
By Diana Cook
Banksy didn’t win an Academy Award, wasn’t spotted at the show and didn’t even bother to vandalize the Kodiak Theater restrooms – disappointing stuff, we know. On a positive note, the hype surrounding his nomination brought attention to an often overlooked film genre, the documentary. While Exit Through the Gift Shop starts our list, other noteworthy art and design...
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A Letter from the President
Dear Creative Community! Many of you are calling and emailing questions about getting tickets.
You’ll need 4 pieces of information: 1. Your AIGA Member # 2. Credit card number 3. Billing address 4. Your title (Designer, Creative Director, Student, etc)[[MORE]] If you don’t remember your member number, just go to:http://my.aiga.org/vango/Core/findmepage.aspx You’ll get a reply...
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Job Hunting? AIGA LA Can Help!
Looking for a new job? Just daydreaming about the perfect job? What ever you find yourself doing, AIGA LA can help you find that perfect professional place right here in the South Land! On the AIGA LA website, check out the AIGA LA Job Board which showcases up-to-the-minute listings posted from some of Los Angeles’s hottest creative places to work. Do yourself a favor and take a look.
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A Letter From dailymonster.com's Stefan Bucher
Dear Creatives, If you don’t know the first recipients of our freshly minted Visionary Award, Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin, you really should get out more. You should also make it a point to check out their magnum opus—the lovingly groomed, ground-breaking and utterly helpful website lynda.com. ( lynda.com, if you must know now, is an online learning company that helps anyone learn...
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Dwell on Design: June 22-24, 2012
Dwell on Design, the West Coast’s largest Design Show, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center June 22-24, 2012. Curated by the editors of Dwell Magazine, the three-day celebration brings together the best and brightest products, services, and thought leaders in modern design today for a series of conversations, demonstrations, tours, and much more. In addition to featuring over 350...
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Los Angeles Design Festival- June 14-30, 2012!
Los Angeles Design FestivalTM is an annual series of events staged around greater Los Angeles celebrating outstanding local and international design talent.
Why a Design Festival?
Design is a process of creativity that realizes objects, places and communications that enhance our society and culture.
The process of design is embedded in the identity and commerce of greater Los Angeles and...
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ISM challenges you to take a picture of your...
ISM: 10 project
We challenge you to take a picture of your favorite camera (digital, instant, phone, pinhole, pocket, single-lens reflex, toy camera, etc.) –www.ISMcommunity.org/focus
Focus finalists will be on display at the ISM: 10 year celebration at Grand Central Art Center from Saturday, July 7 until Sunday, August 12.
A jury of art professionals will select a winner during the closing...
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ANDREW BYROM: TYPOGRAPHY AND EXPERIMENTATION
ANDREW BYROM: TYPOGRAPHY AND EXPERIMENTATION Join renowned typographer and graphic designer Andrew Byrom for an exciting and interactive discussion on TYPOGRAPHY and his EXPERIMENTAL approach to graphic design the evening of Friday, June 29th from 6-8pm.
Byrom’s clients include The New York Times, Penguin Books, UCLA Extension, and Sagmeister Inc. His work has been featured in numerous...
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paul-redmond asked: Good luck with the awards at RoyalT. I'd like to introduce myself. I shoot events around the architecture and design world as well as corporate and entertainment. Write back for samples of my work. I would love to work with you.
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Don't Miss Out!
Next Thursday, June 21st, AIGA Los Angeles will be awarding David Mayes and Augustin Garza our Chapter’s highest honor, the Fellows Award. It is gearing up to be a wonderful night at Royal/T in Culver City and we don’t want anyone to miss out on the fun! Make sure you buy your tickets while you still can.
In case you needed a reminder about the elegant, classy, creative, laugh-filled,...
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Didn't See It In Your Inbox? View It Here!
Dear Los Angeles Creatives, Next Thursday, June 21st, AIGA Los Angeles will be awarding David Mayes and Augustin Garza our Chapter’s highest honor, the Fellows Award. Each of them have been deeply involved with pushing our chapter and creative community forward for over 15 years. Through AIGA Los Angeles, I’ve been lucky enough to get to know them well and have been inspired by...
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A Letter from the President
Dear Members, I am thrilled and grateful to become the next President of AIGA Los Angeles. Thank you for the trust you have bestowed me to lead our chapter for the next two years. The board is filled with enthusiastic and passionate people, and they have been working incredibly hard to make the upcoming Fellows Awards Night the start of a new chapter in AIGA Los Angeles. Change doesn’t...
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A Damn Good Book!
Brimming with inspiration, Damn Good highlights the favorite work of Designers around the globe, showcasing their best and most passionate projects.
This unique and diverse collection challenges the status quo and typical industry boundaries, and also contains the stories behind the work—in the words of the creative teams who designed them.Damn Good features a bold range of design work, spanning...
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The Royal Location For Fellow Awards - June 21st!
The institutional dimensions of Royal/T lay within its art space. Many of its exhibitions are curated solely from owner Susan Hancock’s Japanese-influenced private collection, with the goal of engaging the Los Angeles community through reflective lectures, workshops, pop-ups, and collaborations. Royal/T’s interdisciplinary initiative cleanly melds with Hancock’s desire to educate and entice.
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A Typographical Tribute To The Beastie Boys’ Adam...
IN COMMEMORATION OF ADAM “MCA” YAUCH’S PASSING, DESIGN STUDIOS HAVE ASSEMBLED TO PAY TYPOGRAPHICAL TRIBUTE.
When many of us heard about Adam “MCA” Yauch’s passing, we hopped on Twitter to express shock and our condolences. Maybe we pasted an epitaph like “you have to fight, for your right, to party,” so long as it fit within 140 characters.[[MORE]]
But when designer...
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Meet 2012 AIGA LA Visionary Award Recipients:...
AIGA LA is proud to announce Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin as a recipient of this year’s new Visionary Award 2012.
The AIGA Los Angeles Visionary Award recognizes an organization or individual whose leadership and innovation has significantly contributed to the design profession in Los Angeles.
Their contributions have generated new opportunities for designers, strengthened the connection...
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Meet 2012 AIGA LA Fellow Recipient: Agustín G....
AIGA LA is proud to announce Agustín G. Garza as a recipient of this year’s AIGA Fellow award.
Garza studied fine arts at California College of Arts and graphic design at Art Center College of Design, graduating with honors in 1980. Prior to establishing Garza Group in 1987, he worked for Y&R/Mexico, Rod Dyer, Inc., Design West and SBG Partners.His firm, Garza Group Communications, has been...
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GET OUT THE VOTE! Deadline: July 1, 2012
AIGA’s Get Out the Vote campaign invites designers to create nonpartisan posters and videos that inspire the American public to participate in the electoral process and vote in the 2012 general election.
Get Out the Vote, an AIGA Design for Democracy initiative, enables designers to engage in the public arena by contributing to a coordinated voter mobilization campaign. By motivating eligible...
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Design + Business = Social Value with AIGA San...
To be relevant in today’s economy, businesses must think about more than just their bottom line. At “Gain: AIGA Design for Social Value Conference” you’ll hear design, business and social innovation leaders from a variety of industries share their visionary approaches to creating social value. Presenters will demonstrate the broadening role design plays in institutional strategy, leadership,...
