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The Disconnect Between Business and Design: Learning to speak the same language so you can discover that you are both trying to achieve the same goals
October 2004 | Location TBA
Featured speakers: Kit Hinrichs and Delphine Hirasuna

Kit Hinrichs, a partner in Pentagram, and Delphine Hirasuna, a corporate copywriter and editor of the business and design journal, @Issue, talk about their 25-year collaboration and how to bridge the communication gap between business and design. This event will take place during the Design Festival in Mid-October.

Expose yourself!
Expose yourself to a behind-the-scenes look at planning this fantastic Pentagram event! As the AIGA is made up of member volunteers who work relentlessly to provide worthwhile events for fellow members, we are in need of your help. Please visit for a list of volunteer positions or contact volunteer@portland.aiga.org if you are interested.

dMob
Thursday, August, 19th
5:30pm - 9:00pm
TBA

Attention Designers and friends: Looking for like-minded souls to celebrate (or commiserate) with? Join AIGA Portland at dMob on the third Thursday of every month. This social event is free and open to the public. Look for an invitation in your email or visit the website for more information and photos.

"Our adidas"
Presented by Umpqua Bank in support of the Northwest Design Collaborative
First Thursday
August 5, 2004
6pm-8pm

Unique shoes reinterpreted to become art, created by adidas designers. This display and silent auction of 15 unique adidas athletic shoes, reinterpreted by adidas designers, will be the first in a series of monthly events leading up to the Second Portland Design Festival October 7-17.
Exhibit and silent auction dates August 5-12, 2004. All proceeds benefit the Northwest Design Collaborative.

AIGA Seattle Design Camp: Undergrowth
October 22-24, 2004
Sleeping Lady Lodge
Leavenworth, WA

Join AIGA Seattle in lovely Leavenworth, Washington as they discuss and celebrate the mysterious, fascinating aesthetic relationships that occur beneath the surface of collaboration, and how they result in compelling design. Confirmed speakers: Ellen Lupton, Jakob Trollbäck, The Clayton Brothers, Werner Design Werks and Yves Béhar. Register online today, this event will sell out.

AIGA Portland Community Bulletin
Visit our community events page and learn about local events of interest to the design community. AIGA Portland does not sponsor these events, but as your trusty hub for information on the design profession, we thought you ought to know about these things. If you have an event that you would like to have posted please contact events@portland.aiga.org. The programming chair evaluates all requests against our AIGA mission and if appropriate we will post the event to this section.

A I G AN A T I O N A L
N E W S&E V E N T S

AIGA Harvard Business School Advanced Design Leadership Program
AIGA and Harvard Business School will offer the second annual advanced leadership program, "Business Perspectives for Design Leaders," a one-week program to provide experienced designers with a chance to master the perspective of their clients toward business. It is available to only forty candidates who will live (and work) in the executive housing at Harvard Business School and be taught by the school's best faculty. Selection is competitive, based on the qualifications and experience of candidates. The program will be offered from August 15-August 20, 2004, at Harvard.

This will be an exciting opportunity for a significant mid-career enhancement in your skills, perspective and effectiveness. The timing is perfect for offering new services to clients as the economy rebounds. We hope you will consider it today. Visit www.aiga.org/businessperspectives for more information and an application form.

Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference
AIGA's sixth biennial business and design conference is scheduled for October 1-3 in New York. "Gain" will demonstrate the value of designing as a strategic process that adds substantial value to business and organizations. Influential designers and visionary business leaders will describe how they have initiated fundamental change in their organizations, their industries, their product mix and their bottom line by making design part of their culture. Presentations will provide both designer and corporate views on the process and consequence of value created through fostering new knowledge, generating better ideas, cooperation, increased goodwill, effective problem solving, collaboration, community vitality, and, of course, beauty, effectiveness and ROI.

Register now! This conference is in the Equitable Center, which seats fewer than normally attend our business conferences, so seating is filling up fast. Visit www.aiga.org/gain_conference_2004 for details.

AIGA Presents the First Annual Design Legends Gala
September 30, 2004
6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Chelsea Piers Lighthouse
New York City

This unforgettable black tie affair will celebrate the 2004 recipients of the AIGA Medal and the ninetieth year of AIGA. The medal of the AIGA, the most distinguished in the field, is awarded to individuals in recognition of their exceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of graphic design and visual communication. The contribution may be in the practice of graphic design, teaching, writing or leadership of the profession.

For more information on the event and to see the list of this year's honorees, visit http://www.aiga.org/designlegendsgala.

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@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, send any thoughts you have to Amy.

Design Jobs
Looking for a job? You can now post a portfolio containing samples of your work, a personal statement, résumé and contact details. Remember to update your Design Jobs account summary so that you are automatically notified when positions are posted that fit your criteria. Visit www.aiga.org/designjobs to see these benefits for yourself!

A B O U TA I G A

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The purpose of AIGA is to further excellence in communication design as a broadly defined discipline, strategic tool for business, and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis, and research and advance education and ethical practice.
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S P O N S O R S

Without the support of these fine companies, AIGA Portland would not be able to present so many wonderful events and programs to the Portland design community. Support companies that support AIGA!

Current Sponsors:

Appleton Coated
B&B Print Source
Fox River/Gilbert Papers
Fraser Papers
International Paper
Lithtex
Paramount Graphics
Premier Press
Print Graphics
Spicers Papers
Stora Enso North America
West Coast Paper

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As of July 1, our new officers have taken office. Let them know how you feel about the state of design and AIGA Portland:
President, Kim Malek
Vice President, Paul Woods
Treasurer, position is currently open; please contact president@portland.aiga.org if you are interested
Secretary, Johnny Levenson
Membership, Amy Chan

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