AIGA Colorado-February Events

Time to kick off AIGA Colorado's 2012 Speaker Series (and other great events)! AIGA Colorado is proud to present this year's speaker's series: The Pursuit of Happiness. You can register for this and other events by visiting our website. Tall Tales From A Large Man Using scientific proof and state-of-the-art multimedia techniques, Aaron James Draplin of the Draplin Design Co. delivers a suckerpunch of a talk that aims to provide bonafide proof of work, the highs and lows of a ferociously independent existence and a couple tall tales from his so-called career in the cutthroat world of contemporary graphic design. Just a regular guy with a trajectory a little dirtier than yours, his talk is open to all oncomers brave enough to show up. If you are a youngster, you may find yourself inspired to attack your design future in a different way. If you are established, you may just leave feeling grateful you don't have anything to do with him. Hard to say. One night only, Denver! Who is this guy? Raised in the Michigan Northwoods, schooled at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and currently hunkered down in the mighty Pacific Northwest, the Draplin Design Co. proudly rolls up its sleeves on a number of projects related to the Print, Identity, Web Development, Illustration and Gocco Muscle categories. We make stuff for Coal Headwear, Union Binding Co., Field Notes, Richmond Fontaine, Nike, Wired, Timberline, Ford Motor Co., Viva Voce, Hutchco, Patagonia, Chunklet, Incase, Giro, Cobra Dogs, Burton Snowboards, Hughes Entertainment, Megafaun and even the Obama Administration, if you can believe that. We pride ourselves on a high level of craftsmanship and quality that keeps us up late into the wet Portland night Join us for this inspiring night - where you can also purchase a uniquely designed, limited edition, three color poster! Get your tickets Date: Wednesday, March 7th Time: 6:00pm -7:00pm Reception; 7:00 to 9:00pm Speaker Location: Denver Art Museum Ticket Prices: $5 student member/$10 professional member $15 student non-member/ $20 professional non-member RSVP HERE
Join us at Breckenridge Brewery Now that the Holidays are over, Drink and Draw is back up and running. This month we'll be meeting at the Breckenridge Brewery on 22nd & Blake to enjoy good brews, meet new people and draw. The theme is Beer Label Illustration, so come prepared to get creative with the names and looks of your favorite beers. We can provide paper, markers and pens, but feel free to bring your own supplies as well. Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm Location: Breckenridge Brewery 2220 Blake Street, Denver Price: FREE Theme: Beer Label Illustration Why: For the pure joy of Drinking + Drawing		Buzz: Independent Designers Roundtable Creative professionals who work for themselves often lose sight of why they do what they do. We are not talking about love. We are talking about paying the bills. At Buzz this month we will go over the ins and outs of the time you invest, and the value of that time. Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Time: 8:30am to 10:00am Location: Tree Haus (formerly Grindhaus) 1707 Lafayette Street, Denver Price: FREE RSVP HERE
ChromaZones Meeting Hosted by the Color Marketing Group, ChromaZones are regionally focused meetings of Color Professionals created to establish a selection of Trend Colors which show regional color preferences and color directions. The ChromaZone Workshop will be a fast paced and energetic presentation by attendees of color and color trend stories from their industries, punctuated by stimulating presentations by color experts. You don't have to be a CMG member to attend. Date: Friday, March 2, 2012 Where: Hunter Douglas Campus, 1 Duette Way, Broomfield, CO 80020 Cost: CMG Member $175 / Former CMG Members $200/ Prospective CMG members $225/ Students $35 Register Here		Society of Environmental Graphic Design Monthly Meeting The Society of Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) would like to invite AIGA and it's community to their monthly forum: topics of discussion include Design Education and Green Inspirations. This forum is called the (x)change and it is designed to provide a monthly platform in which our creative community can gather to intimately discuss and (x)change our thoughts, feelings and ideas on a variety of important design-oriented topics ranging from design practice, industry, cultural, education, mainstream topics and more! Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012 Time: 6:00-8:00pm Where: Paris on the Platte, 1553 Platte Street, Denver, CO 80202 Cost: Free
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