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21-Year Anniversary: An Evening with Michael Bierut
Ric Grefé provides an insight on the “Mandate for 2014,” developed at the 2009 Leadership Retreat as a result of members’ feedback on the direction AIGA should take as we approach the centennial, to ensure that the organization will be increasingly relevant, exciting and responsive to the challenges we are all facing…
The Cummer Museum of Art in Jacksonville, Florida is mounting an exhibition of the illustrations for the book Wynton Marsalis and Paul Rogers did together, Jazz ABZ: A Collection of Jazz Portraits. The show will run from January 20th through August 8th 2010.
On Tuesday, January 26, Rogers will be giving a talk and signing books at 1:00pm with the opening of the show following at 4:00pm - 9:00pm.
The best clients love design, or don’t give a damn about it.
What makes a great client? Brains, passion, trust and courage.
.@michaelbierut is coming to Jacksonville! Michael Bierut. Period.
Get tix now. Early bird pricing ends today!
(excerpt from Helvetica via dturner007)
The empathy that provides designers with their intuitive and creative advantage can also ignite a compelling need to help others, such as when we witness the kind of devastation and suffering that nature has unleashed on the people of Haiti…
Graphic Design may very well be one of the most under-appreciated industries in the mind of American consumerism…
Thanks to @tmannphoto for capturing video of the January Cocktails & Creatives event at Burrito Gallery!
Banter and Banjos and Beer – Oh My!
It’s not every night one can say they tucked into a delicious burrito while sipping an ice cold beer to the swingin’ sounds of a banjo, but if you attended Cocktail & Creatives at Burrito Gallery last night, you can say just that.
Over 40 designers from all across Jacksonville showed up to AIGA Jacksonville’s Cocktails & Creatives at Burrito Gallery. The inviting little restaurant was filled to the brim with creatives enjoying lively conversation, frosty beverages and tongue-tingling treats. The night was complete with the refreshing and toe-tapping tunes of a bluegrass band and engaging contemporary art pieces hanging on every wall. Attendees enjoyed an extended happy hour that included $2 domestic beers, $3 import beers and $3 wells & calls. There wasn’t a dull moment to be found!
As always, a big thank you to everyone who came out to Burrito Gallery and for supporting AIGA. Thanks for making the night one to remember!
We’ll see you at the next C&C!
Check out Brock Davis’s “Create Something Cool Every Day 2009”. It’s what it suggests, a cool new piece every day of the year. It’s absolute genius. See it here!
Everybody enjoys tasty beverages and great company, but who really enjoys those pesky censor bars? Last night, creatives got the chance to cut loose and unwind, and luckily (and by Florida law), no censor bars were needed!
It was Cocktails & Creatives at Wild Wing Cafe!
December 10th, AIGA Jacksonville hosted Cocktails & Creatives’ at Wild Wing Cafe on Southside Blvd. Over 30 creatives from all over Jacksonville gathered on that chilly night to warm up with some hot wings and blazing brews. Attendees mixed and mingled and enjoyed lively conversation with peers from all creative fields. Drink specials included $2 beer and wells all night and $2 glasses of house wines until 7!
Attendees also had the chance to enter a drawing for three prizes simply by playing a game. Congratulations to Eric Blair, Katy Garrison and Rob Knox for winning $25 gift cards donated by Wild Wing Cafe!
As always, a big thank you to everyone who came out to Wild Wing Cafe and for supporting AIGA. Thanks for making the night one to remember!
Check out pictures of all the fun and we’ll see you at the next C&C!
It was indeed a “dark and stormy night” on Wednesday during Art Walk, but that didn’t stop the masses of people from attending Designers in Toyland, a custom toy show presented by AIGA Jacksonville.
Inside the space at 229 North Hogan Street, hundreds of people gathered to see the custom toy work of over 80 extremely creative and talented artists. Many of the toys displayed in the show were available for purchase, with a minimum of 25% of each sale going to The Big Fun Box, an organization that provides activity kits to children required to be in the hospital for extended periods of time.
Each artist was given a month to design a custom toy. There was only one requirement in order to submit a piece to the show: design a toy unique to you as an artist — from scratch, by adding to an existing toy, or by designing a blank vinyl toy. The collection of toy entries were, to say the least, mind-blowing, ranging from plush hand-sewn piggies to custom engineered yo-yo’s to entire doll wardrobes to “Humpty” the Potatohead, the list goes on. Many of the toys sold, raising over $700 for The Big Fun Box. (There are still toys available for sale. If interested, check out the Flickr set or contact hello[at]aigajacksonville.org)
Attendees sipped Bold City Brewery beer, while watching live toy painting by artists John O’Brian, Clay Doran, Brian Gray and Chad Landenberger and enjoying tunes provided by Urban Jacksonville and DJ Squints.
Needless to say, the show was a huge success! The positive feedback has been very encouraging, and we are looking to do many more collaborations like this in the future. Stay tuned!
A special thanks goes out to our sponsors: The the artists of 229 North Hogan Street, Duval Destroyer, Tommy Armageddon, Urban Jacksonville and Bold City Brewery. Another special thanks goes out to the artists who participated in the show and donated to such a great cause, as well as everyone who had a part in setting the show up.
We are very excited about the future. Look out 2010!
Check out photos and videos from these fine fellows:
- Karen, Vice President
Designers in Toyland at Art Walk Dec. 2009 by Mirko Bonet
Another video by Jesse Sison from the Designers in Toyland show!
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