Final Day to get tickets to hear Fast Company's senior editor, Cliff Kuang

Cliff Kuang TOMORROW Thursday May 3rd 6 - 9pm Denver Art Museum $5 student member /$10 professional member $15 student non-member / $20 professional non-member FINAL DAY TO GET TICKETS An extremely unique lecture - one you won’t want to miss! Colorado is fortunate to host this next speaker. Design, innovation, business, entrepreneurism, technology and culture are topics writers at CoDesign understand and elevate. This lecture will go over how their team works together to form ideas, create content, and produce an award winning website. Preview Kuang’s work http://www.fastcodesign.com/users/cliff-kuang Big Ideas to gain from this lecture: Elevating a good design to a great one Choosing issues worthy of covering Identifying who cares about design today How designers can stay relevant in today's business world Analyze communication barriers between designers and business professionals Cliff Kuang is senior editor at Fast Company, and the founding editor-in-chief of it's sister website, Co.Design. Previously, Kuang was an editor at I.D. magazine and The Economist online. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Popular Science, Travel+Leisure, and GOOD. RSVP HERE

Drink & Draw Tuesday, May 8th 7:00-9:00pm Cap City Tavern Come spend time with some of Denver's best creatives at AIGA's Drink & Draw. This months theme is mini still lifes - each participant will get a few minutes in front of a miniature still life - then on to the next. This collaborative process should stimulate your mind and if it doesn't the drinks will! Winners each week - come get your Drink & Draw on! - Brought to you by AIGA CO and SOAPOINT. RSVP HERE		SHIFT Saturday, May 12th 2:30-4:00pm Colorado Convention Center AIGA Colorado is proud to announce that our second SHIFT event will be part of Create Denver Week. SHIFT is designed to inform, inspire, and engage us in sustainable design thinking and practices. Ten presenters will speak for 5 minutes each 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. To register forSHIFT, you must buy a ticket to the Create Denver Expo, as this event is part of the programming. RSVP HERE

Don't fear the data Saturday, May 19th 10:00am-3:00pm Rocky Mountain School of Art & Design $20 members/$30 non-members Lunch is provided. Don't Fear The Data is a collaborative workshop exploring the visualization of information in the digital realm. We'll learn how data has been used throughout history to communicate and tell stories by people from a wide variety of perspectives and fields from science and medicine to journalism and experimental art. Next, we'll get the opportunity to dig deep into a dataset to identify and visualize the stories we find. The workshop will be led by the design team at Markit On Demand, who have spent nearly twenty years helping interpret and visualize information for clients like CNN, Charles Schwab and The New York Times. RSVP HERE		Watch for these Upcoming Events May 12th: Create Denver Expo May 15th: Buzz: Independent Creative Roundtable at the Treehouse Bistro, 8:30-10am May 17th: AIGA CO Membership Party at the I Heart Denver Store, 6-8pm May 24th: Well Seasoned with Steve Koloskus from Extra Strength. AIGA CO professional members only. RSVP Here. June 2nd: Craftworks: Calligraphy & Comedy at Battery 621, 11am-2pm. $20 members/$25 non-members. RSVP here. June 2nd: TedXMileHigh June 16th: Beer, Bike and Type. Enough Said. - Details coming soon!

Steamboat Design Camp
August 10-14, 2012

Life in the city is hard work. Are you ready for a change of scenery...some wide open spaces, high mountain meadows, wild western hospitality, and a chance to use design to bring good? If so, this August 10-14 head to Steamboat Springs, Colorado for Steamboat Design Camp.
Steamboat Design Camp is a camp for all designers (whether students or professionals) that want to use their creativity to benefit a Steamboat non-profit organization. Coordinated by the Yampa Valley Design Guild, Steamboat Design Camp will be an intense collaborative design experience--from initial meetings to energetic brainstorming...design iterations to the final launch party. Camp will also be a chance to get inspired, and see firsthand how design can bring positive change in the very communities we all work and live in.
Camp will cost $500 total which includes lodging, breakfasts, lunches, and activities. Applications are due May 14, 2012. Visit the Yampa Valley Design Guild website or the Steamboat Design Camp Facebook Page for more information and to download an application. Steamboat Design Camp runs from August 10-14.
AIGA members get 10% off this fun event! Apply today.