The 2012 AIGA | Aquent Survey of Design Salaries

How you can use the salary survey

The 2012 AIGA | Aquent Survey of Design Salaries is a useful tool for students: It allows you to compare compensation across different positions, company sizes, organization types and geographic locations. Log in to designsalaries.aiga.orgto see industry trends, use the members-only salary calculator and learn what designers are earning across the country.

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Spec work simplified

The next time a potential clients asks you to do spec work, you can just send them a link to this video that does an excellent job of explaining why it’s not cool to ask designers to do work for free. (This helpful video was created by Topic Simple, which specializes in educational web animation.) And here’s a link to AIGA’s statement about spec work.

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AIGA student lecture: Mucho from Barcelona

March 7, 6:30-8:30pm

AIGA SF
130 Sutter St., SF

The creative directors and founders of Mucho in Barcelona are coming all this way just to talk to you - students! Mucho will talk about their time as students and their career path from College to now being one of the most talented and creative agencies in Europe.

Here's a link to their website
http://www.mucho.ws/

This is not open to professionals, only to students and tutors and it's completely tailored to this audience (including of course Free weak beer).

A limited edition print of this poster will be available for all students who attend the lecture.

Student members: $7
Student Non-Members: $10.00
Tickets available at aigasf.org

Design Change. Changing Design. | AIGA San Francisco

Design Change. Changing Design. | AIGA San Francisco

In a time of staggering challenges, how can design create inspired solutions for some of our most pressing social issues? Find out howAIGA National President Doug Powell uses design methodology to take on today’s most complex social and cultural problems, and learn about AIGA’s new Design for Good initiative.

Doug Powell is a designer, strategist, entrepreneur and the creative visionary for Schwartz Powell, leading design-driven projects for some of the most prominent organizations in health and nutrition, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo.

Thursday, 1 Mar 2012
6:30pm - 8:30pm

130 Sutter Street Suite 600

San Francisco, California 94104 Map

Registration

• AIGA Members: $5.00
• Non-Members: $5.00
• Student Members: $5.00
• Student Non-Members: $5.00

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AIGA’s national student membership drive!

AIGA is committed to increasing student involvement in the design community. To make membership even more accessible to students, through February 20, students registered for a least six (6) credit hours can join or renew online for just $50.

GO HERE!

Spread the word and don't miss out!

AIGA SF Student Member Mixer: Feb 15

AIGA SF Student Member Mixer | AIGA San Francisco

The AIGA San Francisco student liaisons and board of directors invite students from Northern California design schools to our winter mixer. It’s a great opportunity to meet your fellow design students, the AIGA SF board and our guests. Mix, mingle and learn about our student programs.

Admission is FREE for AIGA student members and students who joinAIGA at the mixer and $7 for student non-members.

All ages are welcome. Snacks, soda and beer will be provided (21 and over with ID), while supplies last!

Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012
6:30pm - 8:30pm

AIGA San Francisco

130 Sutter Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, California 94104 Map

AIGA SF is committed to offering college-level graphic design students a variety of opportunities to supplement their education. We also seek to mentor the next generation of designers by providing inspiration, education and networking opportunities.

Student programs and initiatives include:

• Student Lecture Series
• Portfolio Day
• Enrichment and Tharp Scholarships
• AIGA SF Design Library

AIGA SF Student Lecture: Tom Crabtree | AIGA San Francisco

AIGA SF Student Lecture: Tom Crabtree | AIGA San Francisco

Schedule:
6.30pm – 7.00pm – Mixer, Free beer & snacks (21 and over with ID), while supplies last!
7:00 – 8.00pm – Talk
8:00 – 8.30pm – Questions/mixer

This event is for students only.

Manual is a San Francisco design and branding studio. Originally from England, Tom has been living and working in San Francisco since 2006.

Tom’s career started in London in 1999. Within a few years he was working as a senior designer at two of London’s most high profile design studios;MadeThought and Spin. In 2006, he relocated to San Francisco to work as an Art Director at Apple, specializing in packaging design and art direction for products including the iPhone.

In 2009, Tom established his own studio: Manual. In just over two years Manual has gained an international reputation and continues to embrace working with a diverse range of clients in fashion, arts & culture, technology, food, architecture & industrial design, and publishing.

AIGA launches Design for Good

AIGA launches Design for Good to support socially engaged designers

Every day, designers are creating better communities by working with nonprofits and citizen groups to improve the human experience. If one person can make an impact, imagine what 22,000 designers can accomplish.

AIGA's Design for Good initiative connects and amplifies the pro bono efforts of designers, firms and chapters.

Studio Tours: Stamen | AIGA San Francisco

Studio Tours: Stamen | AIGA San Francisco

Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tours sell out early, so get your tickets today!

Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of five influential Bay Area design studios during our Fall / Winter Studio Tours. See projects in progress, learn about different firms’ cultures and methodologies, and rub elbows with design luminaries and up-and-comings in the environment that inspires their best work.

AIGA SF STUDENT MIXER

Volunteer at the AIGA Pivot National Conference

Volunteering at "Pivot" is a great way to participate in the conference, meet new people, network, get inspired and have fun!

We're seeking volunteers to help us with on-site event management in Phoenix. Volunteer positions are available on a first-come, first-served basis, though regional members or student groups accompanied by an educator are preferred.

Application deadline: Thursday, September 15 (the deadline has been extended to overlap with the current student membership drive)

Be part of the team that makes this event a success!

Portfolio Day 11 | AIGA San Francisco

The San Francisco chapter of AIGA invites you to Portfolio Day. Known as the best portfolio review on the West Coast, this is an opportunity for students to get valuable one-on-one feedback on their portfolio and career goals from some of the Bay Area’s best designers. Over 90 top Bay Area designers will serve as reviewers.

info here

Free Webinars for students from AIGA

Learn with AIGA this summer
AIGA offers members access to several opportunities for professional development, ranging from webinars to one-week intensive programs. So, no matter where you are in your career or in the country, there’s a new education opportunity for you.

AIGA San Francisco 2011 Enrichment Scholarship

The Enrichment Scholarship was created by AIGA San Francisco to enhance the quality and diversity of design education. Winners will receive a $500 scholarship which may be used to underwrite the cost of their design education or to pay for a supplemental program, such as attending a design conference or participating in a class or workshop. In addition, the work from the scholarship winners will be featured on the AIGA San Francisco website.

Are Awards Shows’ Posters Encouraging Unhealthy, Stress-Filled Lives? - UnBeige

Are Awards Shows’ Posters Encouraging Unhealthy, Stress-Filled Lives? - UnBeige

AIGA Lecture: James Victore

James Victore is a father, graphic designer, teacher, and rebel. As an independent designer in New York, he strives to make sexy, memorable design that causes excitement—sometimes even controversy. Victore’s clients include Moët & Chandon, Esquire, Amnesty International, the Shakespeare Project, The New York Times, MTV, Time, and Portfolio Center, among others. He has been awarded an Emmy for television animation, a Gold Medal from the Broadcast Designers Association, the Grand Prix from the Brno Biennale (Czech Republic), and Gold and Silver Medals from the New York Art Director’s Club. Victore’s posters are in the permanent collections of the MoMA, Palais du Louvre, the Library of Congress, and the Museum für Gestaltung, among others. He is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and currently a professor at the School of Visual Arts.

Thursday, 10 Mar 2011

Networking & Refreshments: 6:00 PM

Lecture and Q & A: 7:00 PM


Design Lecture Series: James Victore | AIGA San Francisco

SF State AIGA Student Group: First Meeting of the Term

Monday January 31 at 1pm

FA115

Agenda:

Design is Dead! Long Live Design? | AIGA San Francisco

Design is Dead! Long Live Design? | AIGA San Francisco

Technology is evolving more quickly than ever. The planet can’t sustain our consuming ways anymore. We’re still in a deep economic recession. And 40,000 design students are graduating every year across the country. Is a new golden age of creativity upon us? Or is it the end of design as we know it? (Or both?) Many are touting design as the primary catalyst towards meaningful societal change, but will we all just be designing mobile apps in 5 years instead? And what about the rest of us who still just want to make cool posters?

On October 21, Volume Inc. founder, CCA design professor, and Open Space contributor, Eric Heiman will assemble 5 designers/design teams to address these issues in “Pecha Kucha” format—20 slides, 20 seconds each, 400 seconds total—and then moderate a discussion between them. And because this is an after hours event at SFMOMA, San Francisco’s premier Hip-Hop (M)istress of©eremonies, Melina Jones, will be introducing each guest’s credentials with a freestyle rap performance of her own composition (just for starters).

Guests:

• Shawn Allen, Stamen
• Bob Aufuldish, Aufuldish & Warinner, Professor of Design at CCA
• Guthrie Dolin, Odopod
• Mike Simonian & Maaike Evers, Mike and Maaike
• Joshua To, founder Brute Labs

Michael Bierut on designs rising status

It always good to take some time and hear from the industry’s best. This video from AIGA last year shows design legend Michael Bierut Discussing good design, working in a recession and designs rising status.



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AIGA San Francisco 2010 Enrichment Scholarship

AIGA San Francisco 2010 Enrichment Scholarship
&
Rick Tharp Scholarship

San Francisco State University
Design & Industry

The Enrichment Scholarship, for graphic design, was created by AIGA San Francisco to enhance the quality and diversity of design education. Winners will receive a scholarship which may be used to underwrite the cost of their design education. In addition, the work from the scholarship winners will be featured on the AIGA San Francisco website.

The Enrichment Scholarship award is based on the overall excellence of the student’s work and his/her strong academic achievement. Applicants are chosen by their respective schools and will then be reviewed by the 2010 Enrichment Scholarship Judging Committee. In addition, one student from the overall group of winners will be chosen for Rick Tharp Scholarship. The final awards are subject to review and approval by AIGA SF’s Board of Directors.

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