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Good news - the deadline for What is Art applications have been extended to tomorrow, Tuesday, June 29!
Strapped for time? Just fill out the application (3MB) and refer to your website/blog/online portfolio (if you have any of the above), in lieu of submitting JPEGs, to save time.
If you have any questions, please email Samantha Hyde, Up & Cummers PR & Marketing Chair, at samthyde[at]gmail.com or call her at 904.254.8562.
Yesterday marked 6 months of AIGAJAX Gives Back: The Salvation Army Soup Kitchen. Each month Jacksonville’s design industry has stepped up and joined hands in serving hot meals to individuals, disabled seniors and working-poor families.
Northeast Florida happens to be one of the fastest growing regions for hunger in Florida, due to the construction industry’s “day laborers” who work very long hours, for minimal pay, each day.
Thanks to everyone who came out! If you would like to join the team next month, email Ashley at outreach@aigajacksonville.org
Russel Quadros let’s everyone know that he’s the returning design battle champion and that he’s got “The Muscle” to prove it at tonight’s Krung Fu Design Match versus Katy Garrison, Friday, June 25th @ 6:30pm, at Paul Figura Studios.
Katy Garrison and her “Crippled Crane Style” is on a mission to “Cut & Paste” up the returning champion Russel Quadros for tonight’s Krung Fu Design Match, Friday, June 25th @ 6:30pm, at Paul Figura Studios.
The Living Principles for Design aim to guide purposeful action, celebrating and popularizing the efforts of those who use design thinking to create positive cultural change.
Drawing from decades of collective wisdom, theory and results, The Living
Principles framework weaves environmental, social, economic, and cultural
sustainability into an actionable, integrated approach that can be consistently communicated to designers, business leaders, educators, and the public.
These principles are truly living: our collective success is dependent on the
active involvement of partners, ambassadors, educators, studios and curious
individuals who come together to move the conversation—and the industry-
forward.
The Living Principles website is the place where we co-create, share and
showcase best practices, tools, stories and ideas for enabling sustainable
action across all design disciplines.
Originally conceived through AIGA, and presented by Mohawk Fine Papers,
The Living Principles are endorsed by many global organizations, including
the Cumulus, Design Ignites Change, Design Management Institute (DMI),
GDC Ontario, Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), o2 Global
Network, Organic Exchange, The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada,
and Winterhouse Institute.
It’s creative action for collective good.
Living Principles Facebook fan page | @LPforDesign on Twitter
AIGA Jacksonville is looking for members/artists to volunteer for our bi-monthly Atomic Sketch event taking place at this upcoming July Art Walk. Atomic Sketch is a fundraiser for AIGA Jacksonville that helps support our initiatives so that we may continue to provide great programming for our community. As an artist, all we ask is that you sketch for 4 hours along with some of your peers and donate your sales to AIGA. In return, we offer awareness for you and your company, as well as providing an outlet for creativity and fun in an informal event that helps support AIGA Jacksonville.
If interested, please contact Programming Co-Chair Chad Landenberger.
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is hosting a 4-part series this year entitled “What is Art,” highlighting four different genres and featuring a handful of local artists who bring them to life in Jacksonville. Their next event will be Tuesday, August 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will feature three to five artists in the areas of graphic design and animation motion graphics.
Download an application (3MB) to be one of the featured artists for this event. Applications are due by Monday, June 22.
If you have any questions, please email Samantha Hyde, Up & Cummers PR & Marketing Chair, at samthyde[at]gmail.com or call her at 904.254.8562.
As a part of an effort to provide the best possible experience to our membership, AIGA Jacksonville tapped members, non-members and the community for feedback and got into the nitty-gritty with some honest dialogue. A small, diverse group was involved in the discussion and we’re grateful for the valuable info we were able to gather on the topic of social engagement, and its application to many areas of AIGA: outreach, diversity, programming, mentorship and sponsorship/partnership
The best way of assuring the relevance and leadership of the design profession and individual members is to begin to successfully engage even more people outside of our profession and for designers to be seen as significant contributors to community, civic and global solutions. If designers are seen as problem solvers who address problems that affect others, it will enhance their value and their role as leaders—in business, in society and in change.
Although the roundtable discussion has passed, we’d like to hear from you too! Feel free to email questions or comments on how you think AIGA Jacksonville is serving you to membership@aigajacksonville.org for your chance to contribute.
- Patrick, membership chair
Last week’s inaugural Krung Fu design match left Dennis “The Minimalist Menace” Eusebio standing alone amidst the rubble of an amazing design battle. Dennis defeated Chad “Simple Yet Bold Equals Sold Style” Landenberger to be the first designer to enter Round 2 of the Krung Fu Tournament.
Dennis Eusebio, “The Minimalist Menace,” finds few words for his style and his opponent for tonight’s Krung Fu Design Match versus Chad Landenberger, Friday, May 28th @ 6:30pm, at Paul Figura Studios.
Chad Landenberger expresses his style of design, “Simple Yet Bold Equals Sold Style,” for tonight’s Krung Fu Design Match versus Dennis Eusebio, Friday, May 28th @ 6:30pm, at Paul Figura Studios.
Banned in several states, the dynamic duo of @thecrobar and @theurbansouth will be returning to commentate LIVE at the Krung Fu Tournament between Chad “Simple Yet Bold Equals Sold Style” Landenberger and Dennis “The Minimalist Menace” Eusebio.
Katy “Cut and Paste Crane Style” Garrison is unable to compete this week for Krung Fu, so we’re introducing a new contender for Chad “Simple Yet Bold Equals Sold Style” Landenberger. Welcome Dennis “The Minimalist Menace” Eusebio!
Don’t forget to reserve your seat now.
Amber painting Spiderman!
Jim Before
Jim After
The face painting was exciting!
Puppy!
On May 8th, AIGA Jacksonville lent a hand (and some serious talent) to help kids battling cancer. AIGA Jacksonville arrived on scene at the Nemours Children’s Clinic to help the St. Baldrick’s Foundation with their Shave It For Kids’ Cancer 2010 event.
AIGA Jacksonville’s Community Outreach team rolled up their sleeves, painting children’s faces and shavees’ newly bare heads. AIGA Jacksonville also donated art and design work to the online auction. The event raised over $40,000, contributing to a record-breaking $19.3 million for 2010! The St. Baldricks Foundation will use the money to fund important childhood cancer research. Hair clippings from the event will be used by Matter of Trust, a California-based company in the Gulf oil spill cleanup and also made into Locks of Love.
AIGA Jacksonville was proud to have one of our very own join the ranks of 132 shavees. Jim Ward, a seriously talented illustrator/designer is now seriously bald, after taking it all off to show solidarity with those affected by cancer.
Special thanks to Sara Phipps, The Yellow Door Agency, for looping AIGA Jacksonville in. We were thrilled to be a part of such a meaningful and important event. If you missed this opportunity, please stay tuned as we continue our fund-raising efforts for St. Baldrick’s. For more information on St. Baldrick’s Foundation, please visit www.stbaldricks.org.
- Ashley, community outreach co-chair
Last Thursday, several AIGA Jacksonville members participated in AAF Jax’s Bowl-O-Rama, a bowling competition among advertising agencies and media outlets in Jacksonville. Varick “Vulture” Rosete, Karen “CMYKaren” Kurycki, Lena “Strykz” Mullaney, Jim “The Warden” Ward, Kelly “KelMac” MacDonald, and additional team member from Lite 96.1, “Triki Vicki”, came prepared with white t-shirts and sharpies in hand, ready to decorate their team jerseys donning the name “Bowl P*Troll.” Things started off shaky as gutter balls were followed by gutter mouths as each bowler’s game took a turn for the worst. Luckily, that was just the practice round. In the second game, the one that counted, AIGAJAX quickly turned it around with strike after strike and spare after spare. The team fought hard, and cheered hard, to place second out of all the teams in the tournament. A great showing for our first representation of AIGA in this annual event. We had a great time with AAFJAX and we hope to participate again next year, as we strive to win “The Golden Pin!”
- Karen, vice-president
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