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05/05/10 - House Industries | Building a Brand
05/04/10 - Tyler School of Art Classs of 2010 Portfolio Presentations | Event
04/28/10 - Moore College of Art & Design | 2010 Senior Show
04/24/10 - "A Day In The Life" Baltimore Design Conference | Event
04/21/10 - Interact 8 | Juried Interactive Exhibition
03/29/10 - Exposed Lecture Series | William Bardel
03/26/10 - 03/27/10 - STC Philadelphia Metro Chapter Annual Conference | Event
03/25/10 - 03/27/10 - AIGA San Diego’s 15th Annual Y-Conference | Event
03/04/10 - PhillyCHI Social: Technology & Design-Themed Quizzo | Event
03/03/10 - Evan Owen Dennis Presentation | Event
03/18/10 - Exposed Lecture Series | Jerry Kuyper with Oscar Fernandez
03/18/10 - Exposed Lecture Series | Oscar Fernandez with Jerry Kuyper
03/17/10 - Exposed Lecture Series | Kris Holmes with Gary Munch
03/17/10 - Exposed Lecture Series | Gary Munch with Kris Holmes
03/01/10 - Exposed Lecture Series | Virginia Gehshan
02/25/10 - Exposed Lecture Series | Nathan Felde
02/04/10 - Society of Design Event Presentation by Chip Kidd | Event
01/29/10 - 04/11/10 - PhillyCHI Fourth Annual Design Slam | Event
01/22/10 - PhillyCHI Fourth Annual Design Slam | Event
The Music Industry and Graphic Design Programs of Drexel University present:
House Industries | Building a Brand
Known throughout the world as a prolific type foundry, House Industries has made a considerable impact on the world of design. House Industries fonts scream from billboards; wish happy whatever from tens of thousands of greeting cards; serve as the basis for consumer product logos and add elements of style to a wide range of mainstream media. In their illustrious career, House artists have mastered a large cross-section of design disciplines. Their typography deftly melds cultural, musical and graphic elements. From early forays into distressed digital alphabets to sophisticated type and lettering systems, House Industries’ work transcends graphic conventions and reaches out to a broad audience.
Their work can be seen at www.houseind.com
WHEN: Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
WHERE: Armory, 33rd and Cuthbert St.
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
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Class of 2010 Portfolio Presentations
Graphic & Interactive Design, Tyler School of Art
The Tyler School of Art Graphic & Interactive Design Class of 2010 will be presenting their finished portfolios. Students, faculty, alumni, family, friends and studio/agency representatives are all welcome!
For more information about the Graphic and Interactive Design program at Tyler check out our website: www.temple.edu/gaid
WHEN: Tuesday
May 4, 4:00 - 6:00pm
WHERE: Tyler School of Art, Suite 240 | Google Map
ADMISSION: This event is FREE and open to the public
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Emerging Artists and Designers
Moore College of Art & Design 2010 Senior Show
Please join us at a VIP reception for Senior Show 2010, Emerging Artists and Designers, on Wednesday, April 28.
RSVP to The Locks Career Center at 215.965.4064 or careercenter@moore.edu
For more information check out our website: www.moore.edu
WHEN: Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 28 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Exhibit Dates: April 28-May 16, 11:00am – 6:00pm
WHERE: Moore College of Art & Design | Google Map
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
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"A Day In The Life"
Baltimore Design Conference
The A Day in the Life Conference is an exclusive design event to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Brown Center in the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) on Saturday, April 24, 2010. The A Day in the Life Conference was established to give design professionals and students within the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area an opportunity to come together in a cohesive environment in order to focus on the advances and challenges of the design profession and network with fellow creative professionals.
This unique event will break into small group sessions to hear presentations and actively discuss important topics such as The Business of Design, The Art of Branding, The Green Movement & The Creative Industry and more. We're featuring guest speakers including Ellen Lupton (curator of contemporary design), Jill Tanenbaum (President and Creative Director of Jill Tanenbaum Graphic Design & Advertising Inc.), Brian Hock (award winning designer and co-owner of DesignID) and more.
In the afternoon, we will feature a Creative Jam Session, a unique space of exhibitors and inspiration stations where attendees can network, mix and mingle.
The sole purpose of the conference is to rejuvenate the creative spirit in the design profession, foster an environment for networking, and offer opportunities for learning. The first of its kind in Baltimore, this event intends to set the bar and further bring attention to the innovative energy that thrives in the city.
More information: http://www.adayinthelifeconference.com
WHEN: Saturday, April 24, 2010
WHERE: Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) | Google Map
TIME: 8 am - 5 pm (breakfast, lunch, refreshments provided)
ADMISSION: Registration required: http://www.adayinthelifeconference.com/registration.html
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Interact 8
Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Interact 8 is the annual juried show of student interactive design and animation. Please join us and see the next generation of digital designers.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 21, 2010
WHERE: Tyler School of Art, Room B04
2001 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA | Google Map
TIME: 7 pm - 8 pm
ADMISSION: FREE
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Exposed Lecture Series
Virginia Gehshan | Branding, Wayfinding, Storytelling
WHEN: Monday, March 1
The partner responsible for the success of some of CGA’s largest and most complex projects, Virginia Gehshan works with a range of clients in the areas of environmental identity, architectural signage and wayfinding. She started her own design business in 1983 and then partnered with Jerome Cloud to form Cloud Gehshan Associates. Virginia has also been an educator, teaching in the industrial design department of The University of the Arts and now at the Charter High School for Architecture & Design.
Gary Munch with Kris Holmes | Calligraphic Spirit / Typographic Form
WHEN: Wednesday, March 17
Gary Munch is a type designer and professor at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He’s designed typefaces for Linotype (Ergo, Really) and For Microsoft’s ClearType project (Candara). He has a long-standing interest in non-Latin scripts and has designed award-winning typefaces in Cyrillic and Greek.
Kris Holmes with Gary Munch | Making Letters…
WHEN: Wednesday, March 17
Gary Munch is a type designer and professor at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He’s designed typefaces for Linotype (Ergo, Really) and For Microsoft’s ClearType project (Candara). He has a long-standing interest in non-Latin scripts and has designed award-winning typefaces in Cyrillic and Greek.
Oscar Fernández with Jerry Kuyper | Symbol Design Clarity & Comprehension
WHEN: Thursday, March 18
Oscar Fernández is the coordinator for the Digital Design program, School of Design, University of Cincinnati. Beginning with architectural firms, his professional design career progressed through design directorships at international for-profit and non-profit institutions, including Fitch Worldwide, Wexner Center for the Arts, VIA, and Eyethink. As a design educator, he has taught at Carnegie Mellon University, Maine College of Art, University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, and Montana State University.
Jerry Kuyper with Oscar Fernandez | It’s Not Just the Logo
WHEN: Thursday, March 18
Jerry Kuyper has thirty years of experience directing and designing visual identity programs. His passion is bringing business and brand strategy to life through design. Prior to establishing Jerry Kuyper Partners in 2004, he held senior creative positions with leading design and identity firms including Lippincott, Siegel & Gale, frogdesign, Landor, Saul Bass and Richard Wurman. Jerry received his education in graphic design at the University of Cincinnati and the Basel School of Design.
William Bardel | 55 Ways to be Happy: Words of Advice for New Designers
WHEN: Monday, March 29
William Bardel is an information designer whose work involves improving access and understanding of complex ideas and environments. With 13 years experience working at design, architecture, engineering and software firms, William has created signage systems for cities, airports, and mass transit, along with print maps, infographics, annual reports, websites, dynamic information displays, and statistical data visualizations.
TIME: All lectures begin at 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: University of the Arts
Registration: FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Society for Technical Communication (STC)
Philadelphia Metro Chapter Annual Conference
WHEN: Friday, March 26 - March 27, 2010
WHERE: Giant Super Food Store, Community Center
315 York Road, Willow Grove
Preceding our conference on Friday, March 26, the renowned Neil Perlin will present workshops on Adobe Captivate 4 and "topic-based" authoring.
The conference will be held in the Giant Super Food Store Community Center in Willow Grove, PA. We'll have a large auditorium, three classrooms, and lots of good food and refreshments!
Plan on increasing your technical communication knowledge & enhancing your career!
For more information, please go to: http://stcpmc.org/index.php?section=44
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AIGA San Diego's 15th Annual
Y-Conference
WHEN: Thursday, March 25 - March 27, 2010
WHERE: Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Click here for more details
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PhillyCHI Social:
Technology & Design-Themed Quizzo
PhillyCHI is pleased to host our second technology and design-themed Quizzo night. Trivia questions will be based on technology, design, architecture, and other related topics. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second, and third place teams. So come socialize with design and user experience professionals, try your hand at trivia, and (hopefully) learn a thing or two, all over tasty food and drinks.
What is a "Quizzo"?
Quizzo is a live trivia game, usually hosted at a bar. The game is played with teams of two to eight people. Several rounds of questions are held. Questions are read out loud while each team writes down the answers. The team that answers the most trivia questions correctly wins first place.
About PhillyCHI
PhillyCHI is the Philadelphia region's chapter of the ACM SIGCHI, an interdisciplinary academic and professional group interested in Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Usability, and other related disciplines. PhillyCHI holds monthly meetings and socials to network and discuss current topics in HCI. Learn more at http://phillychi.acm.org.
Questions about this event? Please contact phillychi@gmail.com.
WHEN: Thursday, March 4th, 2010
WHERE: National Mechanics
22 S. 3rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
National Mechanics' Website: http://www.nationalmechanics.com/
Map & Directions: http://nationalmechanics.com/philadelphia-hours-directions
TIME: 8:00pm - 10:00pm (Game starts at 8pm, so please come early to get a table)
RSVP: Eventbrite: http://phillychiquizzo1.eventbrite.com/
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Evan Owen Dennis Presentation
Creative Director from Shilo.tv, New York
Tyler School of Art, Temple University's Graphic & Interactive Design
Program presents Evan Owen Dennis, Director and Creative Director of Shilo,
New York.
Hailing from Philadelphia, Evan Owen Dennis is an artist and film-maker
currently residing in New York City. Evan attended Tyler School of Art where
he achieved his BA in graphic design. After years of animation and design
work, Evan¹s experimental projects lead him to New York City where he
freelanced on many motion graphics and animation projects. Evan eventually
joined the team at Shilo where he is currently an Associate Creative
Director. Evan¹s current focus is on directing for commercials, film and
music videos.
This program is also made possible through the use of the General Activity
Fee.
http://www.shilo.tv
WHEN: Wednesday, March 3rd
WHERE: Tyler School of Art, Room B04 | Google Map
TIME: 6:30 pm
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Exposed Lecture Series
Virginia Gehshan | Branding, Wayfinding, Storytelling
WHEN: Monday, March 1
The partner responsible for the success of some of CGA’s largest and most complex projects, Virginia Gehshan works with a range of clients in the areas of environmental identity, architectural signage and wayfinding. She started her own design business in 1983 and then partnered with Jerome Cloud to form Cloud Gehshan Associates. Virginia has also been an educator, teaching in the industrial design department of The University of the Arts and now at the Charter High School for Architecture & Design.
Gary Munch with Kris Holmes | Calligraphic Spirit / Typographic Form
WHEN: Wednesday, March 17
Gary Munch is a type designer and professor at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He’s designed typefaces for Linotype (Ergo, Really) and For Microsoft’s ClearType project (Candara). He has a long-standing interest in non-Latin scripts and has designed award-winning typefaces in Cyrillic and Greek.
Kris Holmes with Gary Munch | Making Letters…
WHEN: Wednesday, March 17
Gary Munch is a type designer and professor at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He’s designed typefaces for Linotype (Ergo, Really) and For Microsoft’s ClearType project (Candara). He has a long-standing interest in non-Latin scripts and has designed award-winning typefaces in Cyrillic and Greek.
Oscar Fernández with Jerry Kuyper | Symbol Design Clarity & Comprehension
WHEN: Thursday, March 18
Oscar Fernández is the coordinator for the Digital Design program, School of Design, University of Cincinnati. Beginning with architectural firms, his professional design career progressed through design directorships at international for-profit and non-profit institutions, including Fitch Worldwide, Wexner Center for the Arts, VIA, and Eyethink. As a design educator, he has taught at Carnegie Mellon University, Maine College of Art, University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, and Montana State University.
Jerry Kuyper with Oscar Fernandez | It’s Not Just the Logo
WHEN: Thursday, March 18
Jerry Kuyper has thirty years of experience directing and designing visual identity programs. His passion is bringing business and brand strategy to life through design. Prior to establishing Jerry Kuyper Partners in 2004, he held senior creative positions with leading design and identity firms including Lippincott, Siegel & Gale, frogdesign, Landor, Saul Bass and Richard Wurman. Jerry received his education in graphic design at the University of Cincinnati and the Basel School of Design.
TIME: All lectures begin at 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: University of the Arts
Registration: FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Society of Design Event Presentation by Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd, Associate Art Director at Alfred A. Knopf, NYC, is a graphic designer and writer living in NYC and Stonington, CT. He is a native of Reading, PA and a graduate of the graphic design program at Penn State University.
His book jacket designs for Alfred A. Knopf have helped spawn a revolution in the art of American book packaging. His work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Eye, Print, Entertainment Weekly, The New Republic, Time, Graphis, New York, and ID magazines, and he is a regular contributor of visual commentary to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times.
His first novel, The Cheese Monkeys, was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book of the year. He is the editor-at-large for Pantheon and has written about design and popular culture for McSweeney's, Vogue, Details, 2wice, and many others.
He is also the lead vocalist, percussionist, lyricist, and co-songwriter in artbreak, a new band described as "The New Pornographers meet The Cars" (Unbeige).
Chip's website: www.goodisdead.com
WHEN: Thursday, February 4, 2010
TIME: 6:00 p.m. Reception | 7:00 p.m. Presentation
WHERE: The Whitaker Center Performance Theater | Directions
Registration: First 25 AIGA Members to RSVP to goodthings@societyofdesign.org will receive FREE admission!
To Receive your FREE Admission: Please RSVP to goodthings@societyofdesign.org indicating that you are from AIGA Philadelphia.
At the event you will need to sign in as an AIGA Philadelphia guest.
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Philagrafika 2010
The Graphic Unconscious at Moore College of Art & Design
All Philagrafika Events & more info: http://www.philagrafika.org/
The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design are one of five venues presenting The Graphic Unconscious, the core exhibition of Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia's international festival celebrating the print in contemporary art. Set to be one of the largest arts events in the United States, Philagrafika 2010 will showcase the work of more than 300 artists and will unite 88 Philadelphia art institutions. Exhibitions are on view from January 29 through April 11, 2010.
The Graphic Unconscious explores the ubiquitous presence of printed matter in our visual culture, exposing the print component in sculptural, environmental, performance, pictorial and video works, and highlighting their relevance to contemporary art and society. It includes works by 35 artists from 18 countries on display across five venues: Moore College of Art & Design; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Print Center; and Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
The projects on view at Moore highlight artists who employ printmaking in patterning and ornamentation of their work, drawing upon the college’s 160-year-long tradition of focus on the fine and applied arts of textile design, graphic design, interior architecture and fashion. The artists on view—Gunilla Klingberg, Virgil Marti, Paul Morrison, Betsabeé Romero, and Regina Silveira—have created new works or reimagined existing pieces intermingling media and disciplines. Their processes reflect the renewed interest in the creative potential of printmaking strategies traditionally used for patterning, wallpaper, and fabrics when applied to contemporary artistic practice.
The exhibition is organized by the Philagrafika 2010 artistic director José Roca and the curatorial team: John Caperton, Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Print Center; Sheryl Conkelton, independent curator; Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Lorie Mertes, Director/Chief Curator of The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design; and Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
CLICK HERE to visit Philagrafika 2010's official website for more information.
WHEN: January 29 - April 11, 2010
WHERE: Moore College of Art & Design
TIME: Monday - Friday: 11am - 7pm | Saturday: 11am - 5pm | Closed Sundays and all academic and legal holidays
ADMISSION: FREE & open to the public
Meet the Artists Brunch
WHEN: Friday, January 29, 2010WHERE: Moore College of Art & Design
TIME: 10am - 1pm
ADMISSION: FREE & open to the public; coffee, juice and light breakfast fare will be served.
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PhillyCHI
Fourth Annual Design Slam
WHEN: Friday January 22nd, 2010
WHERE: Messagefirst – 230 N 2nd Street, Suite 2C, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (under the Ben Franklin Bridge)
PARKING: Parking Info: http://www.philapark.org/parkinglocator/parking_locator.aspx (Moderately priced parking is available in a garage located directly across 2nd Street from Messagefirst)
TIME: 6:00pm to 8:30pm
(We'll have our opening announcements starting at 6pm, and the competition will start promptly at 6:30, so please come early)
RSVP: Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/520484784 Space is limited and RSVP is required. Registration will be closed once the event is full. Please register now.
Please join us for the Philadelphia region's fourth annual Design Slam. Contestants will participate in a fast-paced race to create the best design solution to a "made-up" real-world problem. Awards will be given to the victors!What's a "design slam"?
During the meeting, participants will be teamed and introduced to a full-fledged hypothetical project, including appropriate client-side deliverables. They'll then have an opportunity to interview key players on the client's team. The session will conclude with proposal presentations from each of the groups to the "clients" and the assembled audience.
Then the "clients" team will choose a winner. Members of the winning team will receive a plethora of praise from your peers and an award.
What's in it for me?
This is a chance for interested IAs, designers, usability practitioners, developers and marketing professionals to get their hands dirty working side by side with colleagues as they tackle tough business problems in a fun and sometimes crazy environment. Knowledge transfer, technique sharing, and a social atmosphere makes this session stand out from the garden-variety "Lecture-and-PowerPoint" presentation.
Please try to arrive on time. We'll have our opening announcements starting at 6pm, and the client team will introduce the design challenge promptly at 6:30pm.
If you do not want to participate because you won't be able to get to the meeting on time or a have severe case of social phobia, fear not! We would like to have an audience during this session to play the role of users, and help choose the winning team.
This idea is shamelessly stolen (with permission) from the IA Summit's IA Slam.
For more information about the IA Slam, please visit: http://designgames.com.au/design_slam/
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