AIGA Events

News+Events May 10, 2012

This Saturday during the Create Denver Expo, AIGA Colorado presents: SHIFT SHIFT: AIGA Colorado is promoting The Living Principles (www.livingprinciples.org), and the four streams of sustainability: Environmental, Economic, Cultural and Society. In this spirit we invited ten people from our community to speak at SHIFT - an event designed to inform, inspire, and engage us in sustainable design thinking and practices. Each presenter will speak for 5 minutes on the topic "Designing a Sustainable Colorado"; talks will be followed by a short Q & A and dialogue can continue after the event over food and drinks. Create Denver Expo: is a day-long event that provides creative individuals and business owners a "one-stop" opportunity to learn of various small business servicesand programs that can help stabilize their creative enterprises and plan for the future. Presenters: Matt Abbott - Branded Waste (topic) Dana Miller - Grow Local Colorado Tee Parham Neighborland Tamera Rice-Ehrman Sprint Chad Riley - Living City Block Lynn Ross - Denver Worker Co-op Project Charlie Smith - Bold Leaders Pete Waters - The Local Trade Exchange Andy Yates - WhiteWave Jeff Mendelsohn - New Leaf Paper Online registration is $10 for the Expo and will close Friday, May 11th. Create Denver Expo, Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th Street, Denver Registration fee: $10 RSVP HERE

Saturday May 19 10:00am-3:00pm (Lunch is provided) Rocky Mountain School of Art & Design, 1600 Pierce St $20 members/$30 non-members Sight. Sound. Touch. Scent. Taste. Design has always capitalized on the display of information, but data has become our sixth sense. The world we perceive is wrapped with information. As data consolidates and opens in ways previously unimagined, it's our task as designers to use data to drive the story to our clients. Data and the display of information can be the most powerful tool we have as storytellers because it allows us to capitalize on objectivity. Yet how do we get comfortable organizing data responsibly in an honest way that enhances simple rows and columns on a spreadsheet? On Saturday, May 19th, the design team from Markit on Demand will show us how data is fast becoming a designer's best friend from generating content, to driving audience feedback. They bring 20 years of experience visualizing data for the government, financial, and healthcare industries, working for clients like Bank of America, CNN, and The New York Times. Don't Fear the Data will show us how to navigate the seas of open data, learn how to incorporate honest displays of information, and how to love Processing as much as you do Photoshop. RSVP HERE