📢 The 2024 #AIGADesignConf Schedule is here! Get ready to push creative boundaries with a virtual experience that redefines what a design conference 🎨 can be. So, what’s in store at the 2024 virtual AIGA Design Conference? This year’s event is packed with thought-provoking, #MARGINS-themed presentations, design dialogues, panels, and workshops from a diverse lineup of visionary speakers from New York to Los Angeles to the Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur 🌎. Here’s a sneak peek: 🗣 HERE: Where the Black Designers Are: A Memoir of a Life in Advocacy Speakers: Cheryl D. Holmes Miller, DHL, Danita Albert, Michelle Cobb, Tré Seals, Kirk Brown, Kristina Lamour Sansone & Sara Stemen 🗣 Radically Democratizing Graphic Design’s Past to Joyfully Imagine its Future Speakers: Louise Sandhaus for People's Graphic Design Archive; Jarrett Fuller, Elizabeth Goodspeed, YuJune Park & Caspar Lam 🗣 Case Studies from Communication Design Research and Collaborative Projects with the Native American Tribes of Oklahoma Speaker: Siriporn Peters 🗣 Typography at the Crossroads: Exploring Cultural Marginalization and Chinese Typography Speaker: Jialun Wang 🗣 The Syrian Design Archive: Unraveling Visual Chronicles Speakers: Kinda Ghannoum, Hala Al Afsaa & sally alassafen 🗣 Designing for Tomorrow: Embracing Age-Inclusive Practices in Education Speaker: Kimberly Mitchell ✋ What else can you expect at the 2024 virtual AIGA Design Conference? 🎟 Stay tuned for more exciting announcements, including a giveaway for a free one-year membership to the Interaction Design Foundation! 🗓 Virtual AIGA Design Conference: October 10-12. Get your tickets now! 👀 Check out the schedule overview at https://lnkd.in/er5edM5r
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🗣 #AIGADesignConf Speaker Announcement 🗣 🌟 In this star-studded round of design conference speaker announcements, we're continuing to decorate the map📍 with notable design leaders from Colorado, Tennessee, Chicago, California, New York, and Malaysia! 🎤 Asya Blue, Owner/Art Director/Graphic Designer, Asya Blue Design 🎤 Fe Amarante, Principal & Founder, Experimenta 🎤 Hala Al Afsaa, Multi-disciplinary Designer, Syrian Design Archive 🎤 Justin Dauer, Founder, Anomali by Design 🎤 Kimberly Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Tennessee-Knoxville 🎤 Marjan Khatibi, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, San Jose State University 🎤 Roshanak Keyghobadi, EdD, Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Farmingdale 🎤 Zipeng Zhu, Artist & Designer, DAZZLE 👋 Welcome aboard, design speakers! 🤩 Reach out and catch a star at the virtual AIGA Design Conference Oct. 10-12. 🎫 To learn more and secure your ticket, visit https://lnkd.in/ebKpQiMp
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📣 New #BookRelease Alert | "Paula Scher: Works" | Published by Thames & Hudson 📍 First female principal of Pentagram. 📍 Award-winning art director behind countless album covers. 📍 Pioneering creator of NYC Transit and Manhattan screen prints. 📍 Influential designer of iconic graphics for The Public Theater. 📍 Inspirational poster designer for the Center for Civil and Human Rights. 📍 Developer of a groundbreaking approach to creating logotypes for The Museum of Modern Art. This is just a glimpse of the legendary works for which Paula Scher is known. See her illustrious career beautifully chronicled in 📕 "Paula Scher: Works"—the most comprehensive monograph on the artist, available August 27th. This compelling anthology, co-edited by Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy, spans three hundred of Scher's most influential projects, organized chronologically into thematic sections. It includes an extended interview and explores her innovative approach to identity design and environmental graphics, her logos for global corporations and cultural institutions, her socially and politically motivated posters, The New York Times Op-Ed illustrations, campaign work, and more. 🔖 Essay and Interview 🔖 Music 1976-1987 🔖 Identity 1997-2023 🔖 Environment 2000-2001 🔖 Authorship 1990-2023 🔖 Books 1984-2014 🔖 The Public Theater 1994-2023 🔖 Afterword by Tony Brook 🔖 End Matter Delve into this definitive visual record of the groundbreaking graphic designer, Paula Scher. This is a book you simply won't want to miss. 📕 "Paula Scher: Works" is available from August 27, 2024. 🛒 Preorder now and receive a special 25% discount and free shipping from now until Oct. 1st 👉 Visit https://lnkd.in/esZcuUiz and enter code PSCR24
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📣 #AIGA365: AIGA Year in Design Winners Announced! After much anticipation, we are excited to reveal the 2023 winners of 📅 365: AIGA Year in Design, a comprehensive look at the design landscape over the past year. This #AIGADesign competition honors designers, design teams, and their clients for their collaboration in creating innovative solutions to the challenges faced by businesses and organizations. Reflecting on work from the previous calendar year, 🎨 365: AIGA Year in Design celebrates excellence across a wide spectrum of communication design categories—ranging from print to digital, from services to physical and virtual spaces. We received an impressive 506 entries from designers and design firms across the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Japan, the United Kingdom, and many other countries around the globe 🌎. Our esteemed jury of design leaders narrowed them down to 54 projects that best represent excellence in design. 👏 We extend our deepest thanks to all the designers and organizations who shared their remarkable work with us. And, of course, we are immensely grateful to the distinguished design leaders who volunteered their time and expertise to serve on this year's jury: 🔎 Abbott Miller (Chair) – Partner, Pentagram 🔎 Dan Vlahos, AIGA DL – Design Leader and Educator, Dan Vlahos Design, AIGA Boston, and Merrimack College 🔎 Heather-Mariah Dixon – Partner, Creative Director, Overeasy 🔎 Jarrett Fuller – Partner, Assistant Professor of Graphic and Experience Design, North Carolina State University College of Design; Podcast Host, Scratching the Surface 🔎 Lucille Tenazas – Henry Wolf Professor of Communication Design, Parsons School of Design 🔎 Anna Kulachek – Art Director, Graphic Designer, KULACHEK 📰 Read the full press release at https://lnkd.in/egcSumiB 👓 Stay tuned as we begin unveiling this year’s winning designs!
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🚂 All aboard the #AIGADesignConf Express! Next stop: Speaker Junction! 🚏 With product designers, executive coaches, professors, agency owners, & more onboard, we can't wait to hear their talks, presentations, and workshops Oct. 10-12. Introducing: 🎤 Dina Benbrahim, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Connecticut 🎤 Augustina(Ao) Liu, Senior Product Designer, Toast, Inc. 🎤 Muhammad Nafisur Rahman, Assistant Professor of Communication Design, College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati 🎤 Christina S. Singer, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, UNC Charlotte 🎤 Sabiha Basrai, Co-Owner, Design Action Collective 🎤 Emma Werowinski, Design Practice Lead, Center for Civic Design 🎤 Sadeem Yacoub, Designer, Polymode®, Inc. AND Polymode® EAST, Inc. 🎤 Siriporn Peters, Assistant Professor, Morehead State University 🤩 Welcome aboard, design speakers! 🎫 Secure your ticket for the AIGA virtual design conference, Oct. 10-12! 🚅 Don't miss your ride! Visit https://lnkd.in/ebKpQiMp
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🤠 Y'all, we've rustled up even more reasons to join #AIGADesign this summer: Event and "pardner" discounts! Along with a goldmine of professional, event, and networking opportunities, AIGA membership also grants you access to deep discounts 🏷🏷🏷 from our incredible lineup of learning partners, including: 🐎 The Interaction Design Foundation: A global leader in online design education with 40+ courses and 160+ master classes covering a spectrum of UX design-related topics. AIGA members who sign up for an annual IxDF membership receive an additional 3️⃣ months free! 🐎 Kickass UX: Reinventing UX education tailored to graphic designers. AIGA members receive $75 off subscriptions to their UI Expert Pro or UX UI Expert DIY courses. 🐎 Skillshare: Offering thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people on topics including design, illustration, animation, photography, freelancing, and more. AIGA members receive a 30% discount on their annual premium subscription. 🐎 SuperHi: Providing portfolio-focused, creative tech courses to help designers get an edge in their careers. AIGA members get 10% off all of their courses. 🐎 .design by Porkbun: Get a domain that matches exactly what you do. As an AIGA member, you can sign up for a free first-year .design domain registration and email hosting. 💰 Isn't it time to corral those event and learning discounts? 🪪 Saddle up and join AIGA in August and only pay the prorated membership rate, which is less than half the full-year rate for 2024. 🎁 Bonus: join this month and be eligible for our amazing giveaways, which include free books from Artbook | D.A.P. , GINGKO PRESS, INCORPORATED, and PA Press—plus AIGA bookstore credit, a MindEdge Learning certificate, and even a free portfolio review from an esteemed board member! Visit https://lnkd.in/emYtactT
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💭 Do you remember the first time you stepped into a voting booth, pulled the curtain closed, and cast your vote? Were you filled with excitement, nerves, or uncertainty? Casting your first vote is more than just a rite of passage; it's an empowering moment that allows your voice to be heard. When you vote, you join a community of individuals shaping the future. Embrace this opportunity to contribute to the democratic process 🗳 and make your mark on the issues that matter most to you. Remember: Voting is not just a civic duty—it's a powerful expression of your values and vision for the future! Swipe through the carousel to see how #AIGADesign members have gotten involved in the democratic process. By submitting their nonpartisan poster designs to the Design for Democracy poster gallery, their work can be viewed and downloaded (with credit) to promote voting and voter registration across the country. View some of their impactful #GOTV designs here: 🖌️ "Standard American Target" by Meena Khalili, AIGA Nashville 🖌️ "Vote Sayeth the Goat" by Kevin Hagan, AIGA New Orleans, AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) 🖌️ Make a Plan to Vote, Rosemary Murphy, AIGA Philadelphia 🖌️ "Baseline Commitment to Security" by Micah Epstein, AIGA Colorado 🖌️ "I Wish I Could Vote" by Roberto Muntoreanu, AIGA Colorado 🖌️ "Use Your Right or Lose Your Rights" by Jenny Kowalski, AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) 🪪 AIGA members—join us and submit your design at https://lnkd.in/eACfDn5t 👉 The League of Women Voters has some helpful tips on how college students and young voters can get started. Visit https://lnkd.in/erY76y64
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💼 AIGA Certificates for Creatives | Project Management Series | The Executing Phase 🤞 Confidence check: How do you rate your project management execution skills? Do you have the tools to meet the demands of your design career, or do you stall on the runway? Nowadays, advancing in your design career requires more than impressive design skills. You need project management skills to help organize, delegate, facilitate, and deliver on your design projects. In our previous post in the Professional Development series, we discussed the Planning phase—the second step in the project management process. Now, let's jump into the Execution phase—where everything takes off 🛫! With the project in motion, the project leader's responsibilities include: 🔸 Actively facilitating the work 🔸 Ensuring that team members work collaboratively, without distractions 🔸 Identifying areas to develop and enhance the team's skills 🔸 Recognizing problem areas that may cause the team to break down 🔸 Maintaining appropriate communication across the project 🔸 Guiding and shepherding the work as it's done ▶️ For details on a successful Execution phase, watch our 90-second video featuring Dan Picard, Project Leader and Editorial Director of PM Skills. 📜 AIGA’s Project Management Certificate program is your gateway to mastering essential PM skills and learning the ethics involved in leading a team, while providing you with the knowledge to ensure project success at each stage. 💻 Our online, self-paced course is divided into seven segments that include engaging and interactive exercises, videos, selected readings, case studies, and self-assessments to help you practice your project management skills. Together, they provide the tools to ensure a smooth flight and a successful project landing. 🗣 Let your project management potential soar: Visit https://bit.ly/4cV4Qr1. P.S. Want to go the distance? Consider our double-certificate program, The Complete Project Management Collection.
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⏰ It's time for more #AIGADesignConf Speaker Announcements! We are excited to introduce the next group of remarkable design leaders speaking at our upcoming virtual conference. With expertise spanning academia, branding, data science, research, and beyond—we’re ready to be dazzled on October 10-12 💫💫💫! 🎤 Kaleena Sales, Associate Professor of Design and Department Chair, Tennessee State University 🎤 Jason Adam, Creative Director, Artist, and Founder, Jason Adam Design 🎤 Rachel Flores, Senior Brand Manager, We-Collab | Equity Strategy, and Design Instructor at the University of Houston 🎤 Kinda Ghannoum, Graphic Designer and Co-founder of the Syrian Design Archive 🎤 Amrita Datta, Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design, Indiana University, Indianapolis 🎤 Craig Matchett, Creative Director, Saffron Brand Consultants, specializing in global branding 🎤 Meera Rothman, Design Research Analyst, Public Policy Lab 🎤 Aura Walmer, Data Scientist, Illustrator, Information Designer, and Sonification Developer 🤩 Have you heard about our Design Patron and Design Visionary ticket add-on options? 🎫 To learn more + secure your virtual conference ticket, visit https://lnkd.in/ebKpQiMp
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🔎 Spotlight on Artbook | D.A.P. As America’s leading source for 📚 books on contemporary art & culture from the world’s finest museums and publishers, Artbook offers a diverse collection of publications to supercharge your summer reads! And, through our partnership, friends of #AIGADesign can enjoy a cool 🏷 25% discount on their trade titles. We have hand-selected a short list of enriching design books for you to dive into—which are also a portion of our new member summer giveaway prizes! 📕 CAPS LOCK: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from It, by Ruben Pater Published by Valiz Books 📙 Theory of Type Design, by Gerard Unger Published by nai010 publishers 📗 Analog Algorithm, by Christoph Grunberger Published by Lars Müller Publishers 📘 Graphic Design in the Post-Digital Age, by Silvio Lorusso Published by Set Margins 📕 A New Program for Graphic Design, by David Reinfurt Published by Inventory Press Llc 🪪 Join AIGA this month and your name will automatically be entered into the drawing. 👉 Already a member? Enjoy a 25% discount on Artbook's full catalog of books 🛒 Visit https://bit.ly/3Wpx07c and enter code aigamember25 at checkout.