Introducing Well-Seasoned: A Design Business Lunch Series Many design businesses are started, but few survive. Fewer still thrive. What are the secrets of making it as a graphic design business? Come join AIGA Colorado as we share our stories of growing our own design businesses and gain some insight from Bob Morehouse of Vermilion Design + Interactive. Over lunch, we will cover topics such as:
- What made you decide to start your own business?
- When do you know you need to add personnel and how do you go about it?
- What kind of culture do you try to foster with your team?
- What were your initial struggles with starting a business and what challenges came later with success?
- How do you resolve the tension between personal values and working for lucrative clients?
- What are the advantages of specializing in one media or one industry versus being highly diversified?
- What are the challenges of merging a creative with a technology culture?
- How do you partner with other creative businesses to handle projects?
- and more!
Date: Thursday, March 22nd
Time: 11:30-1pm (11:30-12pm networking and lunch; 12pm-1pm discussion)
Location: Walnut Brewery, 1123 Walnut Street, Boulder
Ticket Prices: $10 - professional members only. Lunch provided. (Not a member? Join today.)
RSVP HERE About Bob MOREHOUSE  A graduate of Yale University, Bob Morehouse came to graphic design by a circuitous route - first working in the film industry, then landscape design, and finally magazine publishing - before founding Vermilion in Boulder, Colorado in 1980. Now a 27-person firm, Vermilion has grown in tandem with the city of Boulder, producing a wide range of work for numerous civic, nonprofit and business organizations across all disciplines - from identity to packaging, to advertising and now increasingly interactive design. Vermilion has worked for many foundations and educational and scientific institutions throughout Colorado, with a particular emphasis on natural foods and environmental projects such as Celestial Seasonings, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Morehouse is active in BoulderÂs nonprofit community, serving on a number of boards - he was recently chair of the Community Foundation board - and providing pro bono services to dozens of nonprofit organizations. He was the recipient of the Pacesetter Award for Business in 2007 and was honored as Business Person of the Year by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce in 2009. Vermilion won a Webby award in 2008 for an interactive project for an event marketing company. He was also awarded the prestigious honor of being awarded an AIGA Fellow in 2007 by the Colorado chapter. This event is proudly sponsored by Sprint Press. |
 Hands-On with Adobe Muse Adobe Muse is a brand-new software application that uses a similar approach to design as tools such as InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator to enable graphic designers to plan, design and publish HTML websites without being restricted to templates, and without needing to learn to write code. In just one day you'll learn how to use this deep set of design and layout features to deliver professional, highly designed websites based on the latest standards. All attendees will have a chance to win a copy of Creative Suite Design Premium 5.5 Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Time: 1:00-5:00 pm Location: Casselman's Bar and Venue
2620 Walnut Street, Denver
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Tickets: $10 for AIGA members, $20 for nonmembers. Light snacks are included. |
|  Odd Couples: Episode #1
How To Sell Creative Work Berger & Föhr (a two-man design studio based in Boulder, Colorado) x Patrick "Fish" King(Tattoo artist at Think Tank Denver & Co-Owner/Designer of ELC menswear)
Moderated by Josh Wills An unlikely pairing of creative minds brought together to explore and discuss a set topic. Over the course of the series we will facilitate banter around topics such as: How to effectively sell creative work, Process, and Collaboration. The juxtaposition of each Odd Couple will unearth fresh perspectives and new approaches around each topic drawing insights from industry outsiders and paired with some of ColoradoÂs most renowned industry insiders. Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Battery 621, 621 Kalamath St Denver
Member Tickets:
$5 for student / $10 for professional
Nonmember Tickets:
$10 students /$20 for nonmembers
RSVP Here |
Not a member? Join Today! You can join AIGA (or renew your annual membership) with quarterly payments rather than one lump sum. To find more information about this affordable option - and to join! - visit our website, aigacolorado.org. Stay up to date Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for news, events, and other design-related conversation. |
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