AIGA Colorado Updates

Get Down ‘n’ Dirty with AIGA CO & FactoryMade Craftworks: DIY Terrarium workshop Sunday, September 30th FactoryMade 2000 21st Street, Boulder, CO 80302 12-1:30pm $15 for members and student members $25 for all non-members Terrariums are self-sustaining environments that mimic the closed-loop functions of many ecosystems. At this workshop you will make your very own mini-oasis using plants, pebbles, found objects, and whatever inspires you. All materials provided, but feel free to bring your own vessel if you have one you would like to use. The workshop will be led by local landscape designer Adam Clack of The Land Mechanic. One of FactoryMade's most popular DIY workshops (and soon to be featured in Sunset Magazine), Craftworks is open to AIGA members for a reduced rate. Cost includes all materials: glass vessel, plants, soil, and gravel material. Register Now

Calling All AIGA Members! You may already know that your membership gives you discounts on events like Craftworks workshops. But did you know you also get access to professional development webinars hosted by AIGA and Aquent as well as discounts to professional workshops and certificate courses? To learn more, visit: http://www.aiga.org/professional-development/ Not a member yet? Join Today

An Exciting Visit From an Icon Our year-long “Pursuit of Happiness” speaker series returned from its summer hiatus last Wednesday night at the Denver Art Museum as design legend Charles S. Anderson entertained the crowd with a humorous and colorful take on his career and our industry. The auditorium – crowded with students and teachers, professional and emerging designers, members and non-members – saw firsthand how Anderson’s extensive collection of licensed artwork has been put to use over several decades. The bright colors and humor of his Pop Ink collection, identity systems, and other works, ranging from posters to packaging, had everyone marveling at the big screen and laughing. And all the while there was a nice dichotomy to the evening as he had us contemplate the state of design today and how we can take action. AIGA Colorado would like to thank to our sponsors, French Paper – long-time CSA client – and Sprint Printing.  Join us next month for an evening with Alissa Walker, freelance writer and the creative mind behind gelatobaby.com! And thank you to everyone who attended, we had a packed house! If you were at the event, tag your photos with us on Facebook or Twitter (#aigaco) and we'll choose some to be featured on our site. Don't forget to tag all your posts for future events to be included in our recaps and follow-up conversations.

Stay in touch with AIGA Colorado Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Join us on LinkedIn Visit us at colorado.aiga.org		Upcoming Events Craftworks Terrarium Workshop September 30th Factory Made 2000 21st Street Boulder, CO 80302 12-1:30pm Bordo Bello October 6th Redline Gallery Well-Seasoned: A discussion with Ginger White October 11th Buzz October 16th Treehaus Bistro 1707 Lafayette St. Denver 8:30-10am Drink & Draw October 23rd Cap City Tavern 7-9pm Alyssa Walker November 8th Denver Art Museum 6-9pm

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Watch for these Upcoming Events

April 10 at 7pm: Drink & Draw at Breckenridge Brewery, downtown Denver

April 17 at 8:30am: Buzz: Independent Creatives Roundtable at Treehaus Bistro. Our topic will be Insurance and Liabilities.

April 18: Student Design Smash Competition at RMCAD

April 28: The Review: AIGA and ADCD Student Portfolio Review at Integer, Lakewood

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Cliff Kuang, Co.Design

business + innovation + design
Thursday May 3, 2012
6-7pm Networking 7-9pm Presentation with Q&A
Denver Art Museum

Price: $5 student member/$10 professional member
$15 student non-member/ $20 professional non-member

Staying on top of online content is a task that requires attention, persistence and acute observation. The writers at Co.Design have their fingers on the pulse. They write about design, innovation, business, entrepreneurism, technology and culture. This lecture will go over how their team works together to form ideas, create content, and produce an award winning website.

Cliff Kuang, senior editor, founded Co.Design, a sister website of Fast Company covers design, business and innovation. In 2011, Co.Design won the National Magazine Award for best online department. Previously, Kuang was an editor at I.D. magazine and The Economist online. His other writing has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Popular Science, Travel+Leisure, and GOOD.

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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! Reserve your seat. 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 View map Register for this event now! 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.

AIGA Colorado Buzz

AIGA CO BUZZ: Social Media: Not your Parents' Marketing Plan

When
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Where
NEW LOCATION!
Tree Haus (formerly Grindhaus)
1707 Lafayette Street
Denver, CO 80218
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Cost
Member: Free
Student Member: Free
Non-Member: Free
Student Non-Member: Free
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Marketing your small business is not what it used to be. Today, we live and breathe social media. With new opportunities for promoting your business popping up left and right, how do you formulate the most effective social media marketing plan? Where is the line between personal and business when it comes to posting information or news? What content is appropriate to post for each outlet? And now that social media is so commonplace, what makes you an expert when you offer this as a service? Join the conversation at the Facebook event page. We will be meeting at our old Grindhaus location (now called Tree Haus).

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What is Buzz?

Buzz is a monthly roundtable for Design Independents in the Denver Metro area, which focuses on the issues that are most important to the business of being in business for yourself. Each month the group concentrates on a specific topic as well as provides a medium for networking and sharing resources.

Monthly topics vary and are sometimes supported by professional presentations. Topics focus on areas such as: technology, taxes, contracts, self-promotion, sales and more. Buzz meets on the third Tuesday of each month. If you are a freelance professional in the Denver area, you are Buzz. Be there!

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Sponsored By:

In an independent survey of advertising executives, The Creative Group was cited 3 to 1 over any other national specialized staffing firm for providing the most qualified creative talent.

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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 To learn more about Muse, visit Adobe's website. Hands-On with Adobe Muse Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 1 to 5 pm Casselman's Bar and Venue 2620 Walnut Street, Denver View map Register for this event now! $10 for AIGA members, $20 for nonmembers. Light snacks are included. New business lunch series: Well Seasoned Learning about design as a business is a challenging task often met with bumps in the road. Come chat with AIGA Colorado and various business and design leaders to discuss how surviving as a creative business in this economy is possible and more important then ever. Share your stories, ask questions, and together learn about how to continually improve your design business. This month's speaker: Bob Morehouse, Vermilion Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 11:30 am to 1 pm Walnut Brewery, 1123 Walnut Street, Boulder This event is for Professional members ONLY. Register now!

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Only 2 days left to get your tickets to Aaron Draplin: 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. They pride themselves on a high level of craftsmanship and quality that keeps them 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 today! If there are any left on Wednesday, prices go up $5 at the door. 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 Come drink and draw with us. This month we'll be meeting at the Breckenridge Brewery to enjoy good brews, meet new people and draw. We can provide paper, markers and pens, but feel free to bring your own supplies as well. Date:Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm Location: Breckenridge Brewery 2220 Blake Street, Denver Price: FREE RSVP HERE		Buzz: Independent Designers Roundtable Social Media: Not Your Parents' Marketing Plan Marketing your small business is not what it used to be. Today, we live and breathe social media. With new opportunities for promoting your business popping up left and right, how do you formulate the most effective social media marketing plan? Where is the line between personal and business when it comes to posting information or news? What content is appropriate to post for each outlet? And now that social media is so commonplace, what makes you an expert when you offer this as a service? Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Time: 8:30am to 10:00am Location: Tree Haus (formerly Grindhaus) 1707 Lafayette Street, Denver Price: FREE RSVP HERE
Well Seasoned: A discussion with Bob Morehouse of Vermillion Design + Interactive Learning about design as a business is a challenging task often met with bumps in the road. Come chat with AIGA Colorado, Bob Morehouse of Vermillion Design + Interactive, as well as other local business and design leaders to discuss how surviving as a creative business in this economy is possible and more important then ever. Share your stories, ask questions, and together learn about how to continually improve your design business. Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012 Time: 11:30am-1:00pm Location: Walnut Brewery, 1123 Walnut Street, Boulder This will be a Members Only Event, Tickets go on sale 3/9		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 Tickets go on sale 3/9
Did You Know? 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. You can register for all our events by visiting our website.

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Deadline for Heart Art submissions is February 3rd!
Submit your artwork Here by February 3, 2012 When: February 9, 2012 6:00pm - 10:00pm Where: Artwork Network 878 Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO 80204 For More Information Visit aigacolorado.org heartartdenver.com projectangelheart.org Presented by Thanks to our Sponsors: Thanks to our Event Partner: Thanks to our Media Partner:		Add Some Spice: Heart Art 2012 Call for Entries AIGA Heart Art 2012 showcases a variety of incredible creations from many local and national artists-including YOU! The Call for Entries for this year's event is now open and we are looking for local and national artists to add their unique work to this very worthy cause. Pull out your secret recipes, whip up some lavish concoctions and create to your hearts content. Now in its 18th year, the AIGA Colorado Heart Art Auction is an event where donated works of art are auctioned off. Proceeds benefit Project Angel Heart, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing fresh meals to those living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life threatening illnesses, and to the program initiatives of AIGA Colorado.Heart Art's Feast for the Senses will delight art loving foodies February 9, 2012 from 6:00-10:00 p.m. at Artwork Network, 878 Santa Fe Drive in Denver. Coinciding with Valentine's Day every year the theme for this year's Heart Art is "A Feast for The Senses," an very special event incorporating food and art, making it a very romantic evening for attendees. The theme not only reflects the mission of Project Angel Heart, but also the exciting and growing food culture in Denver. We hope that you can join us for an evening of eating, drinking, socializing, bidding and winning for a wonderful cause that makes a difference in our shared community. We will accept any of the following mediums: Ceramics, Digital Art, Drawing, Fiber, Glass, Graphics and Printmaking, Jewelry, Metalworks, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture and Wood. We will accept art with any content of the artist's choosing, and we encourage creativity that reflects our themes of heart, Valentine's Day, food and/or community. To submit art, please register at HeartArtDenver.com/submissions. There you may also find locations to drop off local artwork in Denver and Boulder. Deadline: For your artwork to be considered part of the auction, your artwork must be delivered or received by Friday, February 3, 2012. Heart Art is open to all AIGA members and non-members with a generous (and delicious) heart. Tickets on sale in January 2012. Questions may be directed to Felix Sanchez or Michael Eason, Heart Art 2012 Co-Chairs. We heart volunteers! If you would like to volunteer to help make this a spectacular event, please register at heartartdenver.com/volunteer. Volunteers receive free admission to the event. For updates, Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and check our Website. More information about Project Angel Heart can be found on their website.

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AIGA Colorado Upcoming Events

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  Join us for Heart Art: Feb 9, 2012

  This year's Heart Art will be a celebration of art and food as we host our 18th annual silent art auction to benefit Project Angel Heart and their mission to provide nutritional meals to people living with terminal illnesses. Come out for a night of exciting creations, both artistic and culinary, and, of course, romance!

  Date: Feb 9, 2012, 6-10pm

  Location: Artwork Network, 878 Santa Fe Dr Denver 80204

  Get your tickets today or learn more at heartartdenver.com!

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  AIGA Colorado Scholarship Call For Entries

  The Robert Taylor AIGA Colorado Scholarship Call For Entries Saturday, February 4th through February 19th. The total prize package for this year's scholarship is over $3,000! Visit www.aigacoscholarship.org for more information and to apply online.

What is AIGA Colorado?

Established as AIGA Denver in 1989, the chapter has grown to a membership of 400+, encompassing design industry professionals, educators, and students. The organization offers a fivers series of monthly events and programs to help people network and succeed as designers. Through its wide range of programming, AIGA Colorado inspires, educates, mentors, connects, and propels individuals in the design community. Visit AIGA Colorado or AIGA for more information.