LOCAL/REGIONAL

PDXpo | The Portland Design Expo

Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Portland Center for the Performing Arts

Wonder what happened to the AIGA Vendor Showcase? Well, wonder no more.

PDXpo is the reinvented vendor showcase. In its second year under the new name, AIGA Portland is excited to bring you the opportunity to stay connected with your local creative vendors and service providers. Come meet Portland’s most notable graphic arts vendors and service providers, and get real-world answers to your questions, from ink to interface. An encore showing of the Papier Couture collection will be showcased in Brunish Hall at the PDXpo - so in case you missed this amazing and inspiring collection, come see the wonder of this exciting art installation! The Portland Design Expo. 5:30pm, Brunish Hall, PCPA.

You’re invited to a behind-the-scenes peek at the creative workings of Portland-based Second Story. Julie Beeler and Brad Johnson reveal the process behind creating cutting-edge, award- winning media for many of the world’s great museums and cultural institutions. Interactive installations, rich-media websites, online collections (including AIGA’s Design Archives), motion graphics, and videos. They’ve done it all, and done it well. Julie and Brad would simply call it storytelling. But it’s storytelling that draws in broad audiences, yet still feels personal and emotional. Please join us to experience the work behind the wonder. Keynote Speaker. 8:10pm, Newmark Theatre, PCPA.

Portland AIGA is adding a new benefit to membership! Soon, members will receive free access to the online time tracking application Toad Time as part of their membership dues. Toad Time provides an easy way to for design shops and individuals to track hours and tasks, invoice clients and more. Learn more at PDXPO, November 8th.

Expo Participates

The InDesign Conference Seattle

November 6-8, 2006
Admission: $850 (2-day Pass), $950 (3-day Pass)

Come and join us for The InDesign Conference: Master Class, held at the Adobe InDesign headquarters in Seattle**. This will be the most comprehensive and in-depth InDesign information offered anywhere. You'll sit down with both the top InDesign trainers in the world and Adobe's InDesign software engineers to learn not only how to use the program, but also how the program really works "under the hood."

Career Tools Workshop Series: Legal Concepts
Speaker: Kohel Haver

Thursday, October 26, 2006
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Elephant's Deli Garden Room
115 NW 22nd
Portland, Oregon 97210
Members: $10
Non-Members: $15
Online Registration

Copyrights, contracts for services, works for hire - they might not have talked about these things in art school, but understanding these concepts and how they work with your creative business can be your lifeline to getting paid. We'll also talk about protecting your work, and when and how you might use work that belongs to others. Q & A to follow.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about your rights, the industry, and becoming an active part of it.
Kohel Haver has a law practice based in working with creative people in all types of arts, copyright, publishing, arts and entertainment law.

Socio XIV – Papier Couture Recap

Thank you to all who attended the Socio XIV Papier Couture runway show. The show was sold-out with over 400 people present to view the Oregon Ballet Theatre dancers debut the collection. I think everyone will agree that the dancers were amazing! They danced in the dresses as if they were...well...not made of paper. The response has been remarkable and I am still receiving feedback that the show was creatively inspiring. Yes! That is the reason we share our artwork...to inspire others...to elicit emotion. From that vantage point alone, the show was a great success. You can view the runway show photos at papier-couture.com. Read Lia’s full thank you here.

dMob

Thursday, October 19th
6:30pm - 9:30pm
holocene
1001 SE Morrison St • Portland, OR
(503) 239-7639

Are you looking for like-minded creative professionals to network and socialize with? Want to get your thumb on the pulse of the Portland design community? Join the Portland AIGA dMob at Holocene for drinks later this month.

dMob now has a permanent web page on the Portland AIGA site. Go to Events/Network or: http://portland.aiga.org/events/network for all your linking or bookmarking needs.
You can now view past event photos at our Flickr gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/portland_aiga/

COMMUNITY

In the Community

For more information on design-related events happening in Portland, be sure to visit the Community page at portland.aiga.org

Black and White and Read All Over Ball

November 4, 2006
8:00 pm to 12:00 am
Portland Art Center

Admission: $15

NATIONAL

Design Legends Gala

October 25, 2006
Reception: 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Dinner: 7:30 to 10:30 pm

Each year, AIGA strives to enhance the design profession by establishing programs that reach above and beyond the scope of AIGA’s regular initiatives. This year’s programs are particularly exciting and look to ensure the future of thoughtful, informed, supported designers. Your participation in this year’s Gala will help to make these possible.

Click here for an RSVP card.

Adobe extends a 15% discount to AIGA members

AIGA’s Official Partner for Design Solutions, Adobe Systems, now offers a 15% discount on anything in the Adobe store including Adobe products, third-party plug-ins, training and more. To take advantage of your 15% savings at the Adobe Store, visit the members only section of the site.

Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference

October 26-28, 2006
Roosevelt Hotel, New York City
gainconference.aiga.org

As business shines a spotlight on design, “Gain” provides shining examples of design’s impact on business success. Featuring case studies from a variety of industries, “Gain” demonstrates the broadening role design plays in business strategy, leadership, process and product.

Participants will hear business and design leaders share their innovative approaches to generating greater return on investment, fostering emotional connections and providing positive brand experiences for customers. ‘Design means business’ also means finding real world solutions for everyday tasks like research, development and organization. Business and design leaders who attend “Gain” will explore how organizations can tap the full value of design by integrating it into their business culture.

Tom Kelley, general manager, IDEO and author, The Ten Faces of Innovation, will serve as moderator for Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference.

National Conference Calendar

If you're itching to get out of Dodge and looking for inspiration to act globally, design environmentally and work profitably, mark these conference dates on your calendar:

October 11-14, 2007
2007 AIGA Design Conference, Denver

Volunteer on a National Level

If you would like to be involved in a national task force on helping to develop a clear plan for the profession to gain broader diversity, e-mail Amy Dorfman at amy_dorfman@aiga.org. AIGA board member Brown Johnson is currently working with Ric Grefe on this issue. Even if you do not want to serve on the task force, you’re encouraged to send your thoughts on the topic to Amy.

COMPETITIONS

A+C=D, PRINT’s International Art and Commerce Design Review

Deadline: November 1, 2006

PRINT’s International Business Graphics Review—the newest and fastest growing of our design competitions—has a new name, a broader reach, and the added component of motion graphics and interactivity. Now coined A+C=D, the revamped competition brings together for the first time the full range of work done for corporate clients around the world, from print ads, corporate identities, and flyers to animated short films, websites, and interactive games—and much more.

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