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A Special Event Screening HELVETICA, a film by Gary HustwitUser-Centered Design: Keeping It Real
AAAA Philly Council 7th Annual Cannes Lions Advertising Festival Screening
Design, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Forum
Lecture: Valerie Casey, Creating the Conditions for Change
Seminar and Farewell to Tyler Reception
Class of 2008 Portfolio Presentations
Higher Education Web Symposium
Free Webinar: Positioning your In-house Creative Team
The Masters of Business Meet the Masters of Creativity
Letter of Philadelphia: A Walking Tour with Paul Shaw
Copyright and Art
3rd Annual World Usability Day
Mississippi 1964 (Photographs by Joel Katz)
PhillyCHI | UPAPA Joint Meeting - Jared Spool
Command X, The Graphic Design Reality Show
Champagne Chair Tour
Drexel University Graphic Design Senior Show
CHAD Annual Gala Champagne Breakfast
Moore College of Art & Design Senior Show 2007
Radical Modernism: A Recollection of Dan Friedman
Class of 2007 Portfolio Presentations
2007 DesignPhiladelphia
PHICHI March Meeting
Design of Dissent Exhibition
Ed Tettemer will speak at Philadelphia University
AIGA National's 365 Annual Contest
HELVETICA, a film by Gary Hustwit
ITVS and WHYY Community Cinema Present A Special Event Screening
WHERE: The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street, 19104
WHEN: Thrusday, December 4, 2008 | 6:30 pm
You can't escape if you try it's on your computer, the subway, U.S. mailboxes, IRS tax forms, and spells out countless corporate logos from Target to Crate & Barrel to Fendi. No doubt, Helvetica is the king of fonts. But why? To find the answer,first-time Director Gary Hustwit meets with historians and designers whose passion for typefaces run high, and discovers the secrets behind the fonts we use and read every day.
Film will be followed by discussion about design culture and media literacy.
This event is a co-presentation of ITVS and WHYY in partnership with AIGA Philadelphia, The Media Education Lab at Temple University, DesignPhiladelphia and The Design Center at Philadelphia
HELVETICA is coming to the Emmy Award winning PBS series Independent Lens in January, 2009. For more information about the film and broadcast, visit: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/helvetica/
For a complete calendar of Community Cinema 'Special Event Previews' in Philadelphia, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/communitycinemaphilly
HOW MUCH: FREE and open to the public.
For Directions: The Rotunda
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User-Centered Design: Keeping It Real
Join us as our panelists discuss why great design isn???t just about design. It???s about people.
DATE: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
WHERE: Huntsman Hall, University of Pennsylvania
Huntsman Hall, Room 255
University of Pennsylvania
3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
WHEN: 6:00 ??? 8:00pm * Please be aware that in order to enter Huntsman Hall, you MUST arrive by 6:30pm. *
RSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com (please RSVP by Monday, October 20, 2008)
ABOUT THE DISCUSSION
As design professionals, we strive to create great products and great experiences, both physical and virtual, for the general public or niche markets. But many times???the cynic would say most of the time???we miss the mark. The world is full of things that are difficult and frustrating to use. And that???s because designers make assumptions about how users think and do things.
Great design is user-centric design.
User-centered design (UCD) is an approach that places the user at the center of the design process from the beginning. By understanding real people???s needs and behaviors during the conception and refinement of a design, we can ensure that a new product succeeds.
This discussion will include perspectives on user-centered design from professionals who create experiences in the fields of architecture, interactive design, and product design. Each panelist will present examples and strategies relevant to practitioners of user-centric design in any discipline.
Those interested in architecture, graphic design, human factors, information architecture, interaction design, product design, usability, and user experience will find the discussion highly informative and challenging.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Steve Cleff, Account Planner, Avenue A | Razorfish Philadelphia
Steve manages the Account Planning practice in the Philadelphia office of Avenue A | Razorfish, one of the world???s largest interactive agencies. In this role, his responsibility is to gain the consumer insights that inspire innovation. Always seeking to balance business goals and consumer needs, Steve???s strengths are understanding consumer motivations, how they affect consumer behavior, and how his clients can take advantage. Steve has worked in Interactive Marketing since 1995, in all aspects from upfront strategy to end-stage development.
Zoey Juhng, Design Director, Bressler Group
Zoey carries an unique mix of consultancy, corporate and small business experience. She carries a keen understanding of consumer insights, product strategy, industrial design and manufacturing. With her experience, she is able to strategically customize Bresslergroup???s capabilities with the needs of clients. Winning numerous IDEA, ID Magazine, Good Design, Appliance Design and Medical Excellence awards, she has a proven track record of translating winning innovations into profitable business solutions.
Formerly of Kaz, Inc. Zoey managed the design and innovation process for seasonal and pharmacy consumer product markets. Developing products for brands such as Braun, Vicks, Enviracaire and Honeywell, she led the design team and worked closely with her marketing and engineering counterparts to launch new product innovations.
Zoey is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and is actively involved in IDSA. She has also taught as an Industrial Design professor at Philadelphia University.
Michael Summers, Senior Director, Usability, gsi interactive
Michael leads the user research practice at gsi interactive and runs gsi interactive???s state-of-the-art eyetracking lab.
Prior to gsi interactive, Summers held key user research roles at Nielsen Norman Group, Scient, and USWeb/CKS. Most recently, Summers built his own successful user research consultancy where he conducted user research studies throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia for clients like Time Warner-AOL, Avenue A/Razorfish, AT&T, AstraZeneca, Digitas, and the National Council on Aging.
Summers holds a masters from Syracuse University, and has been invited to speak about how user research improves products to the American Center for Design(ACD), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the Association for Computing Machinery???s special interest group in Computer-Human Interaction(SIG-CHI), and the Usability Professional???s Association (UPA). Along with several journal publications, Summers also has co-authored a university textbook called "Creating Websites that Work."
Maria Keares Wyant, RA, Wyant Architecture
Maria manages design development and construction documentation for many of Wyant Architecture???s projects. Having spent numerous years on the development of award-winning educational and institutional projects, she brings an in-depth knowledge of building systems and materials to the firm???s design process. She approaches each project with clarity of intent and meticulous attention to detail, thoughtfully manipulating space, texture, color and light to strengthen and refine project goals. Maria holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She is NCARB certified, and is a registered architect in the state of Pennsylvania.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Dave Cooksey, PhillyCHI Chair
Dave is a Strategy Lead in Taxonomy & User Insights at gsi interactive, a division of GSI Commerce, a turnkey e-commerce provider located in King of Prussia, PA. Dave???s work is informed by masters degrees in information systems (Drexel University) and social science (University of Illinois).
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AAAA Philly Council 7th Annual Cannes Lions Advertising Festival Screening
Debuts in Philadelphia This November
WHERE: The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103
WHEN: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | 5:30 pm
AAAA Philly Council is hosting its Seventh Annual Cannes Advertising Festival Screening on November 12th, 2008 at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Co-presented by USA Today, the screening will bring together hundreds of industry professionals to view the winning work of the Cannes International Advertising Festival and celebrate the Philadelphia region???s advertising community.
The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is the world???s only truly global meeting place for those interested in the creativity of communications. Thousands of delegates from 85 countries attend the festival, where they view nearly 28,000 pieces of work. In Cannes, France, attendees get to view for themselves the best advertising around the globe.
After the party is over in France, USA Today brings a reel of the winning work to The United States where it tours select cities to relive the magic and inspire our own advertising community.
More than 400 members of the advertising community come together from throughout the Philadelphia region and beyond to take part in the Cannes experience. That evening, advertising professionals mingle over cocktails, view the reel and celebrate our industry???s creativity and ingenuity.
The event begins at 5:30 pm with a networking cocktail reception, followed by the screening and dessert. Click here to register. For further information about sponsorship and/or tickets contact Rachel Summers at 215-875-4365 / Rsummers@stargroup1.com.
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Design, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Forum
Value Creation Conference
WHERE: Temple University
Student Activities Center, Room 200C
13th St. and Montgomery Ave.
WHEN: Thursday, October 30, 2008 | 8:30 am-1:00 pm
HOW MUCH: Register by Oct. 20 to reserve your place for only $20. Registration thereafter is $25. Price includes breakfast buffet.
This conference, focused on value creation, is co-hosted by Graphic and Interactive Design/Tyler School of Art and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute/Fox School of Business Temple University.
Join principals of design firms, web development shops and ad agencies to focus on new ways to measure their impact on business - including new metrics that matter to designers, entrepreneurs, clients and their customers. Panel discussions will focus on creating and measuring value.
Panelists are from the following studios and corporations:
Aquent
Bernhardt Fudyma Design
Digitas Health
House Industries
Munroe Creative Partners
Smay Licensing
Trellist
Urban Outfitters
Vanguard
Young & Rubicam
Register here by Monday, October 20 for 20% discount
For Directions: 13th St. and Montgomery Ave.
Download the overview PDF
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Lecture: Valerie Casey, Creating the Conditions for Change
Integrating the principles of sustainability into design practice and production.
WHERE: Bresslergroup, The Marketplace Design Center,
2400 Market Street, Lower Level
WHEN: Tuesday, Oct 21 | 6:00 pm cocktail reception | studio tour, 7:00 pm lecture
HOW MUCH: Free & open to the public
Valerie Casey of IDEO and founder The Designers Accord provides practical advice on integrating the principles of sustainability into design practice and production. Ms. Casey will present the progress of the Designers Accord movement and discuss how participating design firms, educational institutions, and corporations throughout the world are making change. The lecture is hosted by Philadelphia product design firm, Bresslergroup.
For Directions:
2400 Market Street Lower Level
For More Information: Conatact Desiree Ruiz at 215 209 3048 or druiz@bresslergroup.com
Website: http://www.bresslergroup.com , www.designersaccord.org
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Seminar and Farewell to Tyler Reception
Tyler School of Art/Graphic and Interactive Design
WHERE: Presidents Hall
Tyler School of Art / Temple University
7725 Penrose Avenue
Elkins Park, PA | 19027
WHEN: Friday, October 3, 2008 | 4:30 pm
Join other designers in saying goodbye to Elkins Park and learn new plans for collaboration with the Fox School of Business at Main Campus. Join us to share your thoughts and suggestions and network with other leading designers Friday evening.
HOW MUCH: FREE admission. Registration required.
For Directions: 7725 Penrose Avenue
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Class of 2008 Portfolio Presentations
Tyler School of Art
WHERE: Tyler School of Art / Temple University
7725 Penrose Avenue
Elkins Park, PA | 19027
WHEN: May 7, 3-6:30pm
Seniors graduating in Graphic & Interactive Design will be presenting their portfolios to the public. This is an opportunity to view portfolios in depth for the entire graduating class of 2008. Students will be showing work throughout the afternoon.
For directions to the Tyler campus visit:
http://www.temple.edu/maps/directions/tyler.htm
For more information about the Graphic and Interactive Design program at Tyler check out our website: http://www.temple.edu/tyler/gaid.html
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Higher Education Web Symposium
A conference focused on the unique challenges of web design and development in academia
The first and only web design conference for IT Professionals working in Higher Education. Join us and meet world renowned experts in the fields of usability, user centered design, CSS, AJAX and many others. Designers, Developers, and Project Managers will all be able to benefit from the content presented over the course of two days.
In addition to the formal presentations, you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with people building and designing web applications in all the same areas you do: Student Affairs, Faculty Issues, Administrative Procedures, and others.
Day 1 - July 15
AJAX & Web 2.0 Technologies, Usability Testing, CSS Tips & Techniques, Web Form Design Best Practices
Day 2 - July 16
Adopting Content Management Systems, Designing for the Web, Search Engine Optimization, Adopting a Framework into your Organization, Developing Secure Applications, HOWTO: Drupal Demonstration, How Documentation Helps Usability Thrive, Presentation Skills for IT Professionals
PLEASE NOTE: There will also be a drawing for a MacBook Air!
WHEN: July 15-16, 2008
TIME: 2 days / All day
PRESENTERS: Jared Spool, Eric Meyer, Luke Wroblewski, Dana Chisnell, among others
COST: $199 for one day or $299 for two days
For more information click here OR to register click here.
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Free Webinar
Positioning your In-house Creative Team for Recognition, Respect, and Profitability
Please join us for a complimentary webinar, Position Your In-House Creative Team for Recognition, Respect and Profitability, featuring creative services management consultant David C. Baker.
As you may know, today's creative executives face many challenges when leading an in-house creative team. They struggle with issues such as being profitable and productive and motivating their team members to gaining a seat at the management table.
That's why with the help of creative services management consultant David C. Baker from ReCourses, Inc., The BOSS Group is hosting a free live webinar on April 2nd to explore some of these issues. David will cover topics such as how to deal with issues of respect and recognition, why you must survey your internal clients, understanding your own brand, marketing your department internally and six specific solutions to change your situation, for your sake and the sake of your company.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 2
TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST
PRESENTER: David C. Baker
COST: FREE!
For more information and to register: www.thebossgroup.com
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The Masters of Business Meet the Masters of Creativity
Innovation Philadelphia
Innovation Philadelphia is an economic development organization committed to supporting growth in the region by expanding Philadelphia's creative and knowledge-based communities, attracting and retaining young professionals who are vital to our economic growth, and fostering new ideas and entrepreneurism that will help define Philadelphia's future. Through many of our discussions with young professionals, however, an issue that is constantly repeated is the relative inability to meet and network effectively with dynamic professionals across vertical industries. Fortunately, we now know that strong collaboration and communication among business, legal, technical and creative professionals is essential for business innovation, and for our region to remain globally competitive.
As avid supporters of our young professionals' community, Innovation Philadelphia wishes to invite you to attend this first-of-its-kind networking event entitled.
SCHEDULE:
5:30-6:30am Networking & Hors d'oeuvres
6:30pm-6:35pm Innovation Philadelphia Welcome
6:35pm-6:45pm Speaker Keynote Address
6:45pm-7:45pm Additional Networking & Cocktails
7:45pm-7:50pm Innovation Philadelphia Raffle
7:50pm-8:00pm Networking Event Concludes
WHERE: Lowes Philadelphia Hotel | The Sole Food Lounge | 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
TIME: 5:30-8:00 p.m.
WHEN: Thursday, February 28
COST: FREE! The Masters of Business Meet the Masters of Creativity is free and open to everyone.
DIRECTIONS: Click Here for directions to the Lowes Philadelphia Hotel | The Sole Food Lounge
INVITED EVENT PARTICIPANTS:
National Association of CPAs
National Association of Real Estate Professionals
National Association of Insurance & Risk Mgmt Professionals
National Black MBA's Association
National Society of Hispanic MBA's
National Bar Association (Women's Law Division, Barristers)
Additional information is on Innovation Philadelphia's website: www.innovationphiladelphia.com
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Letter of Philadelphia
A Walking Tour with Paul Shaw
For the first time the Type Directors Club will be hosting an event outside of New York City. Paul Shaw will lead a walking tour of lettering in the city center of Philadelphia on Saturday, December 8.
The tour will begin at Pennsylvania Station (30th Street and Broad Street) and end near the Delaware River in the historic waterfront section of the city.
There we will have lunch with John Langdon, the creator of the ambigrams in Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, author of Wordplay, and one of the originators of ambigrams.
After lunch we will continue the lettering tour as we make our way to the design studio of Allemann, Almquist & Jones.
We will finish the day with a tour of the studio and a showing of its work hosted by Hans Allemann, a graduate of the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel and one of the firm's principals.
SCHEDULE:
9:30am-9:45am Meet in the waiting room of 30th Street Station, Philadelphia
9:45am-1:00pm Walking tour of lettering in Philadelphia center city
1:00pm-2:30pm Lunch
2:30pm-3:00pm Walk to design studio of Allemann, Almquist & Jones
3:00pm-5:00pm Studio visit at Allemann, Almquist & Jones
WHERE: Pennsylvania Station
TIME: 9:30-5:00
WHEN: Saturday, December 8
REGISTRATION: Registration is required. Space is limited to 15 people. * $100 TDC & AIGA members | $125 non-members * Advance payment by check or credit card Click Here to register online with secure credit card
DIRECTIONS: Click Here for directions to Pennsylvania Station
Additional information is on TDC's website: www.tdc.org
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Copyright and Art
Where Art Meets Commerce - What Happens?
What are the legal limitations on using materials created by others?
How do I turn my art into money?
In the age of "rip, mix, burn" - are the rules changing?
Using lively examples from the work of artists such as Marcel Duchamps, Andy Warhol, Richard Prince and Milos Manetas, this entertaining presentation explores the boundaries between the First Amendment and intellectual property rights.
GUEST PRESENTER:
Ray Dowd, Esq. of Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller LLP New York, NY
WHERE: Woodcock Washburn LLP, The Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Philadelphia
TIME: Registation: 5:30, Program: 6:00-7:00
WHEN: Thursday, November 29
COST: FREE! Copyright and Art is free and open to everyone.
RSVP: Diane Ketler | Woodcock Washburn at 215-564-5127 | or dketler@woodcock.com
DIRECTIONS: Click Here for directions to Woodcock Washburn LLP, The Cira Centre
Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Program followed by questions & answers.
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World Usability Day
World Usability Day was founded to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use. Last year, 40,000 people in 35 countries in 175 cities around the world participated in World Usability Day. The second World Usability Day event in Philadelphia at GSI Commerce drew over 100 people to hear talks by Hal Rosenbluth of Take Care Health Systems, James E. Mitchell of Drexel University, and Stephen B. Wilcox of Design Science on User Experience Beyond The Web.
The focus for World Usability Day 2007, to be held November 8, 2007, is healthcare. Whether it's new medical devices or technologies; drug research, approval, or delivery; patient forms or medical record sharing; emergency disaster planning; increasing the functionality of hospitals; or everyday healthcare delivery, EVERYONE is affected by usability in healthcare.
PRESENTERS
Presenters from Electronic Ink include Paul Nuschke, Human Factors Analyst, and Liza Potts, Director of Human Factors. Dean Karavite, Manager of Periop Information Systems and Decision Support with Temple University Hospital, will also be presenting.
PRESENTATION DETAILS
Picis, a leading high-acuity care solution provider, hired Electronic Ink to improve the user interface of its emergency department software, which is used in more than 1,000 critical-care environments worldwide. Electronic Ink will present the "before" state of the interface and discuss challenges, detail their approach to redesigning the interface, and show the dramatically revised final product.
Electronic Ink
Paul Nuschke, a Human Factors Analyst for Electronic Ink, is responsible for user research and evaluation of products with a focus on usability. Paul's recent projects include a mobile device "out-of-the-box" usability study for Research in Motion (RIM), requirements analysis and persona development for AIG Claims, and a design and usability assessment and usability testing for Commerce Bank in St.
Louis. Paul is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where he earned a Master of Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering with a focus on Human Factors and HCI.
As Director of Human Factors at Electronic Ink, Liza Potts heads up a team of cognitive psychologists, anthropologists, quantitative analysts, and user experience architects dedicated to bringing the understanding of target audiences to new levels. With more than 13 years of experience in the development of software and browser-based applications, Liza has built her career as a leader, user experience architect, usability engineer, and project manager for both nimble start-ups and world-renowned powerhouses such as Microsoft. Liza has led teams of human factors scientists, designers, developers, translators, and writers both onsite and abroad; authored corporate guidelines for user interfaces, accessibility, and information design; architected the user experience for numerous software and web applications and conducted the first ever 508 accessibility reviews for Windows Server.
Temple University Hospital
Dean Karavite will discuss the unique challenges of improving the accessibility of the vast collection of hospital data and the critical role of usability in addressing pressing issues facing hospitals. He will present an overview of how information systems are used to manage every aspect of the operating room - one of most challenging and complex departments in any hospital. Through his experiences, he will show how usability methodologies can help solve a wide range of issues within the hospital environment.
Dean Karavite is Manager or Periop Information Systems and Decision Support at Temple University Hospital. He also has a masters degree in HCI. With seven years experience working with hospital information systems and four years working as a usability specialist for IBM, Dean has developed a unique perspective on the design and functionality of hospital information systems.
WHERE: Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall University of Pennsylvania 200 South 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
DIRECTIONS: Click Here for directions to Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall University of Pennsylvania
WHEN: November 8, 2007, 6:30 - 9:00 P.M.
COST: FREE! World Usability Day is free and open to everyone.
RSVP: Seating is limited. Please RSVP at http://usabilityday.org
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?: Visit the event website or contact the organizer at upadelawarevalley@gmail.com
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Mississippi 1964
Photographs by Joel Katz
Partial excerpt from the Artist's Statement: I went to Mississippi in the summer of 1964, "Freedom Summer," to gather images and experiences for my Scholars of the House senior year project at Yale, a book of writing and photographs eventually titled And I Said No Lord. I was 21, naive, immortal like most 21-year-olds, and - thinking I could combine the spontaneous vision of Robert Frank with the image quality of Walker Evans (later the project's mentor at Yale) - apparently vain. I arrived by Greyhound in Jackson the day after Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner "disappeared" and left the morning after their bodies were discovered in a shallow grave near Philadelphia [Mississippi], tragic and ironic bookmarks of my visit.
WHERE:The Galleries at Moore
(On view on The Philadelphia Wall in conjunction with Constitution Day)
20th & The Parkway, Philadelphia PA | www.TheGalleriesAtMoore.org
WHEN: Wednesday August 22nd - Friday October 12th, 2007
RECEPTION: Friday 14 September, 6-8 pm
(featuring a musical Mississippi mix by Trish Thompson)
GALLERY HOURS: Monday-Friday 11-7, Saturday 11-5
DIRECTIONS: Click Here for directions to Galleries at Moore College
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PhillyCHI | UPAPA Joint Meeting - Jared Spool
The Brave New World: Usability Challenges of Web 2.0
Once again, everything is exciting. The advent of social networks, APIs, mashups, RSS, aggregators, and folksonomies promise a world where the information and services we've always wanted are delivered right to our browser.
However, delivering on the promise is easier said than done. Moving from a great concept to an exceptional user experience proves to be more of a challenge than many people thought. What works on a small scale is a very different story, when put into production.
As Spiderman's Uncle Ben pointed out," with great power comes great responsibility. "Just because we can do all these things doesn't mean we should do them. In the early 1980's, the cheap availability of laser printers and digital fonts produced a plethora of documents that more resembled ransom notes than professional publications. We could easily imagine designers going wild with the capabilities of this new technology and not using the restraint necessary to ensure they produce an optimal experience.
In this entertaining and informative presentation, Jared will show examples of the usability challenges we face as the web continues to change and evolve. He will discuss the implications of "The Long Tail", the introduction of a mashup mentality in business environments, and how basic techniques, such as usability testing and field studies, change when social network is at the center of the design.
About Jared Spool, Founding Principal, UIE
If you have ever seen Jared speak about usability, you know that he is probably the most effective, knowledgeable communicator on the subject today. What you probably don't know is that he has guided the research agenda and built User Interface Engineering into the largest research organization of its kind in the world. Hehas been working in the field of usability and design since 1978, before the term 'usability' was ever associated with computers.
Jared spends his time working with the research teams at the company, helps clients understand how to solve their design problems, explains to reporters and industry analysts what the current state of design is all about, and is a top-rated speaker at more than 20 conferences every year. He is also the conference chair and keynote speaker at the annual User Interface Conference, is on the faculty of the Tufts University Gordon Institute, and manages to squeeze in a fair amount of writing time.
About User Interface Engineering (UIE) User Interface Engineering is a leading research company, specializing in helping design professionals produce delightful and enticing user experiences. They work with all of the top organizations in the technology space and help thousands of designers every year. Hosting events, such as the annual User Interface Conference and the brand new Web App Summit, UIE continues to push the envelope of new design practices and techniques.
You can find more information about UIE and learn about their latest research at http://uie.com
About the Sponsor: Refinery, Inc.
This event is sponsored by Refinery, Inc., an award-winning Advertising Age Top 30 interactive agency servicing area Fortune 1000 clients. You can learn more about Refinery at http://refinery.com
About the Hosting Organizations
You can learn more about PhillyCHI at http://phillychi.acm.org and UPA Delaware Valley at http://upadelawarevalley.org/
WHEN: Monday July 23, 2007 | Wed. September 19th | Thurs. September 20th, 2007
TIME: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm | * Meet & greet from 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm *
WHERE: Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall, University of Pennsylvania
MAP: 210 South Street | Philadelphia, PA 19104
RSVP: CLICK HERE for RSVP!
Space is limited so RSVP early!
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Command X, The Graphic Design Reality Show
Are you up to the challenge?
Command X, the graphic design reality show featured at the ?8?8?8Next?8?8?8 design conference, will provide a stage for seven designers of a new generation (26 years old or younger) to break into the industry in front of 2,500 peers, heroes and potential employers. Doyou have what it takes? This is a rare chance to show off your talent before the world?8?8?8s best designers and win Creative Suite 3, $1,000 cash and other fabulous prizes.
Throughout the conference, the selected group of contestants (who will attend the conference free) will take on a series of design challenges to complete and present on the main stage within roughly 24 hours. Command X will be hosted by Pentagram partner Michael Bierut and judged by Brian Collins of B.I.G., Noreen Morioka of AdamsMorioka, and Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler of Number Seventeen. The judges will edit the group down until there is one winner. The deadline for applications has been extended to Monday, July 16, so get moving!
WHEN: October 11-14
WHERE: Next: AIGA Design Conference, Denver
For application details and guidelines, visit the conference website: http://designconference2007.aiga.org/content.cfm/dc-commandx
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06/05/07
Champagne Chair Tour
WHAT: Champagne Chair Tour
WHERE: DWR Philadelphia Studio | 1710 Walnut Street | Philadelphia, PA 19103 | Google Map
WHEN: Thursday, June 14 | 6-8pm
DIRECTIONS: www.dwr.com/studios/philadelphia
PHONE: 215.735.3195
RSVP: philadelphia@dwr.com
The winning Champagne Chairs have hit the road and are coming soon to a Studio near you. Our esteemed panel of judges have picked the best and the bubbliest of the over 1,000 entries we received and now they're headed to your local Studio. Come see the 50 best chairs, including the winning chair, the second prize winner, the Most Popular Award winner and chairs crafted in your hometown. Champagne will be provided by our tour partners, Veuve Clicquot http://www.veuve-clicquot.com/. Visit http://www.dwr.com/champagne for details.
DESIGN WITHIN REACH: Craving news about the things we live with, the places we visit and the people we talk to? The DWR blog is updated a few times a week with current events and design news. Visit http://blog.dwr.com.
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05/21/07
Drexel University
Graphic Design Senior Show 2007
WHERE: Leonard Pearlstein Gallery in Nesbitt Hall | 33rd and Market Streets | Philadelphia, PA
For directions: Click here
WHEN: June 13th, 2007 | 6-9pm
HOW MUCH: This event is FREE!
For more Information about the show: Contact Angela Legg @ 215-895-1649
For more information about the graphic design program at Drexel University: Click here
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05/02/07
Charter High School for Architecture + Design
Annual Gala Champagne Breakfast
WHERE: National Constitution Center | Indpendence Mall | Philadelphia, PA
WHEN: June 21, 2007 | 7:30am
Tickets: $100
For more information and sponsorship opportunities contact Courtnay Tyus, 215-351-2900 x4421 or event@CHADmail.us
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04/23/07
Moore College of Art & Design
Senior Design Show 2007
Emerging Artists and DesignersWHERE: The Galleries at Moore | 20th Street and the Parkway | Philadelphia, PA
WHEN: Opening Reception: April 25th, 5:30-7pm | Show runs April 25th - May 13th | Closing Reception: May 13th, 1-3pm
Gallery Hours:
Monday-Friday 11am to 7pm; Saturday, 11am to 5pm
For directions: Click here
For more information about Moore College of Art & Design: http://www.moore.edu
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04/03/07
Radical Modernism: A Recollection of Dan Friedman
Lecture by Chris Pullman
WHERE: University of the Arts / Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Y
401 S Broad St | Philadelphia, PA 19147 | Google Map
WHEN: April 4, 7:00pm
Chris Pullman
Vice President for Design, WGBH, Boston
Chris Pullman has headed branding and visual communications at WGBH since 1973, overseeing the personality of WGBH as expressed through on-air titles, credits, animation, and promotion; promotional, marketing, and advertising materials; interactive media; and classroom teaching tools. Under his leadership, WGBH was awarded the 1986 Design Leadership Award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), recognizing WGBH's contribution to "the advancement of design by application of the highest standards, as a matter of policy, to all its visual communications."
Prior to joining WGBH, Pullman operated a freelance design practice in New Haven and served as a design consultant in the office of George Nelson in New York.
Pullman has published numerous articles on design for television. He has taught at Yale University since 1966 and has lectured widely to schools and professional organizations. In 1993 he was named to the first list of the I.D. Forty, the 40 most influential designers, published by International Design magazine. In 2002, he was the recipient of the coveted American Institute of Graphic Arts Medal, which recognizes distinguished lifetime achievements in the field of graphic design and visual communication.
http://www.uartsgd.com/
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03/30/07
Tyler
Class of 2007 Portfolio Presentations
WHERE: Tyler School of Art / Temple University
7725 Penrose Avenue
Elkins Park, PA | 19027
WHEN: May 2, 2:30-6pm
Seniors in Graphic & Interactive Design will be presenting their portfolios to the public. This is an opportunity to view portfolios in depth for the entire graduating class of 2007. Students will be showing work throughout the afternoon.
For directions to the Tyler campus visit:
http://www.temple.edu/maps/directions/tyler.htm
For more information about the Graphic and Interactive Design program at Tyler check out our website: http://www.temple.edu/tyler/gaid.html
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03/22/07
2007 DesignPhiladelphia
WHEN: Thursday, April 12 through Sunday, April 22
WHERE: Various Locations
HOW MUCH: This event is FREE
DesignPhiladelphia celebrates its third year with design activities all around the city. Enjoy more than 50 events including gallery tours, public lectures, exhibitions, workshops, and parties highlighting the fields of product design, architecture, fashion, landscape architecture, urban planning, textile design, and graphic design. DesignPhiladelphia is a catalyst for advancing the public's awareness of design exploration and innovation. To learn more about upcoming programs, visit the official website's up-to-date events calendar when it launches in early March 2007.
www.designphiladelphia.org
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03/20/07
Kip Voytek from R/GA - Knowing Smirks & Grins of Delight
PHICHI March Meeting
WHAT: Kip Voytek from R/GA - Knowing Smirks & Grins of Delight!
WHEN: Thursday, March 29, 2007 (6-8pm)
WHERE: MBC | 229 South 18th Street | Philadelphia, PA 19107
MAP: http://mbcnet.com/directions.html
RSVP: phillychi@gmail.com
Summary: For our March meeting, PhillyCHI is pleased to have Kip Voytek from R/GA presenting. Kip will discuss how interaction design must reach beyond usability and the satisfaction of user needs in order to truly help clients achieve their goals. By examining interactive product examples, he will demonstrate how interactive experience is being infused with emotion, creating connections between users and the products they are using. In todays market, the successful completion of user tasks and usability are table stakesthe competitive advantage lies in being able to make experiences enjoyable, fun, delightful.
Kip Voytek is Senior Vice President of Interaction Design at R/GA, the lead digital partner for Fortune 500 companies and world-class brands such as Avaya, Lowes, Purina, Subaru, Target and Verizon. Over his career, he has won dozens of awards from some of the most prestigious competitions, including the One Show Interactive and Cyberlions. Voytek began his career as a game designer and writer at Engineering Animation, Inc. (EAI) and Byron Preiss Multimedia.
Learn more abaot R/GA at http://rga.com
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About Medical Broadcasting Company (MBC): We are the healthcare demand experts. We are experts in using the Internet to connect our clients knowledge, advice, and experience to peoples problems, conditions, and questions. We help our clients help doctors, patients, and all the people who care for them have better-informed conversations that lead to better treatments and better results. Because of our expertise and our clients success, we are the interactive agency of record for many of the worlds leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medical device companies. MBC is an agency of the Digitas family, a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577, NYSE: PUB), the worlds fourth largest communications group and second largest media counsel and buying group.
For more information please visit http://www.mbcnet.com
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About PHICHI: PHICHI (http://www.cis.drexel.edu/PhiCHI/) is the Philadelphia region's chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI - http://sigchi.org/). We meet once a month to network and discuss current topics in HCI. (Human-computer interaction)
PHICHI meetings are ALWAYS open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the ACM is NOT required.
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03/06/07
Design of Dissent Exhibition
Moravian College is hosting a month-long exhibition, "Design of Dissent". The exhibit, which features over 100 politically-charged designs posters, flyers, etc. from all over the world, is co-curated by Milton Glaser and Mirko Ilic.
Mirko Ilic will present a short talk at the opening reception, and copies of his book "Design of Dissent" will be for sale at the exhibition.
This exhibition is being held in conjunction with an interdisciplinary class, "Artists as Activists", taught by Anne Dutlinger, AIGA member and chair of the Art Dept at Moravian.
EXHIBITION: Thursday, March 15 - Sunday April 15, 2007
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Directions and map are available at Moravian College website.
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02/22/07
Ed Tettemer will speak at Philadelphia University
WHEN: March 27, 2007
TIME: (Reception: 4:30pm-5:30pm) Talk: 5:30pm-6:30pm
WHERE: Kanbar Performance Space, Philadelphia University (East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia)
HOW MUCH: This event is FREE.
Come hear Ed Tettemer, co-founder of Red Tettemer advertising firm, speak at Philadelphia University on "The Emotional Guide." Ed will lead a talk about the ways that successful brands must connect to the consumer on the emotional and personal level in order to remain compelling and profitable in this competitive market place.
Please call (215) 951-2701 with any questions about directions to campus. You can also visit the Philadelphia University website.
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02/03/07
AIGA National's 365 Annual Contest
Round up your finest designs AIGA's annual competitions close March 2
For nearly a century, AIGA's competitions have been among the most prestigious in the design world. Entry forms and payment can be submitted online, streamlining the process, saving you time and paperwork. All selected entries will be placed in the AIGA Design Archives, a growing collection of exemplary design work, and in the permanent archives of American Design History in the Denver Art Museum
Why enter the AIGA design competitions? They are discriminating and authoritative, so if your work is selected, it becomes history. By means of the competitions, AIGA creates a definitive chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing, the role of the designer and the value of design.
This year's esteemed jurors include:
365: AIGA Design Competitions
Gail Anderson, Spot Design, Typographic design Carla Frank, O Magazine, Typographic design, Editorial design + illustration Brad Johnson, Second Story, Information design, Experience design Kenna Kay, Tvland, Entertainment design Bobby Martin, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Promotional design and advertising John Norman, Wieden+Kennedy (Amsterdam), Promotional design and advertising, Entertainment design Robynne Raye, Modern Dog, Brand and identity systems design, Promotional design and advertising Greg Samata, SamataMason, Brand and identity systems design, Corporate communications design Allison Williams, Design mw, Package design
50 Books/50 Covers
Michael Carabetta, Chronicle Books
John Hamilton, Penguin Group (UK)
Yasuyo Iguchi, MIT Press
Susan Mitchell, FSG
Details for 365 and 50 Books/50 Covers can be found at http://competitions.aiga.org.
Don't miss your chance to show off your best work and become a part of design
history; submit your entries by March 2. Aquent, the Official AIGA Sponsor for
Career Development, is the Presenting Sponsor of the Information Design category of
365.
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