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!

Macworld Opportunity for Students

Dying to go to this year's Macworld?

PicScout ImageExchange is currently looking for 75 people to be part of our grassroots marketing effort at Macworld to spread the good word about our free tool for graphic pros.

Here's the deal-

As a PicScout ImageExchange user (you can become one if they aren't one yet), we'll give you:

Play: Berkeley Digital Media Conference

The >play conference is organized and led by the members of the Berkeley Digital Media & Entertainment Club (DMEC), which is an organization of MBA students interested in understanding, exploring and anticipating business opportunities found at the nexus of technology, media and entertainment. DMEC provides its members with the chance to learn about these opportunities and the broader business of digital media through a number of avenues, including:

• Conferences and speaker series (most notably the annual >play conference)
• Recruitment and company events within and beyond Silicon Valley
• Mixer events to connect with professionals and alumni in the digital media industry
• Company visits to explore summer internship and full-time opportunities (recent visits include Activision Blizzard, NBC Universal, and Warner Bros.)
• Opportunities to develop expertise in specific aspects of digital media, and blog accordingly

We hope you enjoy our website and encourage you to become active in our organization.

Seek, Student Design Conference, November 20 2010

Seek, the student design conference hosted by Northern Illinois University in DeKalb Illinois is scheduled for Saturday November 20, 2010.

So mark the date on your calendar, and let your students know about this.

Planning is proceeding, and we are introducing workshops for the first time this year. 

Design firms participating so far include IA Collaborative, Rule29, Digital Kitchen, Lynch2, Grip Design, A5, Brainforest, Three Communications, and The Royal Order of Experience Design. 

More to come too... We are still confirming our keynotes, but in the past we have had Massimo Vignelli, Paula Scher, Chip Kidd, Kyle Cooper, Rick Valicenti, Jakob Trollback, Andrew Blauvelt, Robynne Raye, and other notable designers.

This is an all day conference, and the fee is a very affordable $35 which includes lunch.

Website and online registration will be available no later than October 20th. I will post a message when registration is open.

Steve

Steve Quinn

Associate Professor

Visual Communication

Northern Illinois University

steve@quinndesign.com

Design professor contributes to U.N. World Urban Forum

Assistant Professor Joshua Singer recently won a $15,000 grant from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme to grant to administer and coordinate the World Urban Campaign logo design’s worldwide competition. He will present the award at the campaign’s public launch, to take place at the fifth World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro in March.

Sponsored by Veolia Environment, the international competition’s jury will select three finalists. The World Urban Forum is the world’s premier gathering on urban issues. More than 15,000 leaders and representatives of government and the private, professional, academic and civil society sectors from more than 100 countries will attend. The U.N. Human Settlements Programme promotes socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
In the Design and Industry Department, Singer serves as coordinator of visual communication design. He is a graphic designer, artist and occasional writer. He runs a small graphic-design practice, developing independent work with a particular interest in mapping and visualizing systems. Singer has exhibited and published in the U.S. and Europe.


(from CCA SFSU)

Seek Student Conference Website

The website is launched. Info and registration here

Seek 2009: Student Design Conference

Northern Illinois University (NIU) has been hosting a student run design conference since 2000, and this year is shaping up to the best year yet.

On Saturday November 21st, 2009 NIU will be host to student and professionals designers from across the country to further the study and profession of design.

This year we are excited to announce that our keynote speakers are Massimo Vignelli, an AIGA gold medalist, winner of the first ever Presidential Design Award and member of the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame; and Jakob Trollback of Trollback + Company, a noted motion graphic designer from New York.

We will also be featuring several breakout speakers and presenters which will contribute to this already exciting event. Mark the date on your calendar, there are limited seats available for Seek. On October 2nd, the Seek Design Conference website will be available for registration. A notice will be sent regarding the website address.

Registration fees will be $35 for pre-registration, and $40 at the door (based on availability), and includes lunch.

Website is to be launched on October 2. Will post when notified that it is up (JS)