Now thru 7/16
Exclusive AIGA Member Discount:
American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print

Now thru 7/16
EMP/SFM
Seattle Center; Seattle

EMP is teaming up with AIGA to offer the AIGA community discounted admission to the current exhibition, American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print. AIGA members who can show their membership card will be offered a 2 for 1 discount. Non-members must print and show this email and will receive $3.00 off the regular admission charge of $15. It is a wonderful show, not to be missed!

American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print illustrates the fascinating fusion of art with popular culture and music history. Featuring the work of one of the nation’s oldest operating printing shops—Nashville, Tennessee’s Hatch Show Print—the exhibition highlights the uniquely American posters produced to advertise everything from vaudeville shows, state fairs and stock car races to the Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley and Herbie Hancock.

Founded in 1879 in Nashville, Tenn., Hatch Show Print is still a working letterpress and design shop, creating posters today using the same letterpress methods as yesterday. American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print features historical and contemporary posters and original wooden print blocks—some never before seen by the public.

The exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, is supported by America’s Jazz Heritage, a Partnership of The Wallace Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution.

5/28-6/4
Sustainable Brands Conference 2009

Sunday May 31 - Thursday, June 4
Monterey Conference Center
Monterey, CA

Join our 3rd annual gathering of business leaders focused on sustainability as the key driver of business opportunity and brand value.

Forward-looking business thinkers, brand strategists, designers, sustainability executives and communications experts will convene at SB’09 to propel business success by doing good. Who’s coming? 600+ change agents from companies like Clorox, Coca-cola, Dell, Frito-Lay, Frog Design, HP, IDEO, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Nestle, NASA, New Leaf Paper, Office Depot, Procter & Gamble, REI, San Diego Zoo, Terracycle, Williams-Sonoma, Yahoo! and many others…

NEW this year!

• Inspiration, insight and Perspective on today’s sustainable brands landscape from some of the most forward looking Change Makers.
• Deep dive "how to" breakout sessions led by those on the front lines covering:
  • Changing Market Dynamics & Successful Strategic Response
  • Breakthrough Business, Product & Packaging redesign
  • Positioning & Communicating Brand in an Economically Strapped, Web 2.0 world
  • Supply Chain Innovations to Reduce Risk and Improve Your Brand Story
  • Your Culture as Brand Partner for Sustainability
• New "You build it" un-conference where you frame the conversation
• More opportunities to connect, network, and do business.

6/5
101 Things Designers Can Do To Save The Earth (FREE)

Friday, June 5 | 5pm
School of Visual Concepts
Seattle, WA

Today, most designers have been heard enough green talk to last a lifetime. So, this year, the 3rd annual 101 Things Designers Can Do to Save the Earth workshop will move from the conceptual to the practical, as five design groups -- both in-house and agencies -- present real-world examples of projects they've done. Each is an example of how to completely rethink a project to lighten its environmental footprint. You'll hear from:

• Kevin Shroer, creative director for REI
• Marty McDonald, founder and creative director of the brand communications agency, egg
• Brian Boram, principal of RMB Vivid, and
• Mike Peck from Starbucks Creative Group.
• You'll also learn how Hornall Anderson's Green Team created a more environmentally conscious design firm.

Presented at no charge by SVC and AIGA Seattle, but pre-registration is appreciated at www.svcseattle.com.

6/11-12
In Control 2009 > Web Design Workshop Conference

Thursday - Friday, June 11-12
The Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

AIGA Cincinnati Brings Together Internationally Renowned Web Design and Development Experts for Two-Day Series of Focused Workshops

Learn from a diverse array of Web experts to use modern tools and techniques to refine your Web design craft now. Harness creative inspiration to unlock your potential, amplify innovation, and broaden your reach. Immerse yourself in two days of idea exchange with potential business partners who are as forward-thinking as you are.

Developed around workshop-based sessions to allow participants to access and delve deeper into information avoiding the cursory review, which is often the common complaint of most Web design conferences. Professionals and students, with varying backgrounds of Web literacy will be able to advance their knowledge and skills learning from the internationally recognized group of speakers and workshop lecturers.

Organized to bring many of the world's leading educators and industry leaders together in an intimate and comfortable environment, participants will have the opportunity to interact and learn from the industry's current innovative leaders.

The In Control Web Design Workshop Conference will kick-off with a keynote presentation by Khoi Vinh, Design Director for NYTimes.com, where he leads the design group in user experience innovation and is also an AIGA national board member. Attendees will also learn from such notable industry leaders as Kimberly Blessing, Aaron Gustafson, Molly E. Holzschlag, Ethan Marcotte, Juliette Melton, Greg Rewis, Stephanie Sullivan, and Mark Trammell.

Early registrants can receive a $100 discount by registering before May 11, 2009. AIGA members can also receive an additional $100 discount by contacting their local chapter to obtain a member discount code: "AIGACINCI".

7/17 DEADLINE
Ideas That Matter :: grant program

Deadline is Friday, July 17

It’s about helping people, doing our planet some good, and creating prosperity.

It’s about helping people, doing our planet some good, and creating prosperity. Since 1999, Sappi's Ideas that Matter program has awarded $9 million worldwide to designers around the globe to support and transform creative ideas into a powerful force for social good.It is the industry’s only grant program aimed at helping designers contribute their talents to the charitable activities they care about most. This year is a milestone for the competition. It's our 10th Anniversary, but more importantly, it underscores our ongoing support for the design community and belief that, in spite of these challenging economic times, the world will always benefit from great design’s ability to do good.

For more information and to submit a proposal, please visit: www.sappi.com/ideasthatmatterNA

8/26-28
2nd Annual Creative Freelancer Conference

Wednesday-Friday, Aug 26-28
San Diego, CA

Don’t miss the 2nd Annual Creative Freelancer Conference, the only business conference for "creative solopreneurs," slated for August 26-28, 2009 in San Diego CA and presented by HOW Magazine and Marketing-Mentor.com. (AIGA Seattle members get $25 off)

It will be a high energy networking melting pot of graphic, web and interactive designers, photographers, copywriters, video producers, illustrators and anyone else who is committed to making their freelance life work. Creative-business experts, including Ilise Benun, Peleg Top, Petrula Vrontikis, Lee Silber, June Walker, Todd Henry, Colleen Wainwright, Darryl Salerno, Michelle Goodman and others, will share best practices for pricing, online marketing, building client relationships, dealing with taxes, being creative on demand, maintaining a work/life balance and other skills critical to freelance success. Early-bird deadline is July 15 and AIGA Seattle members get an additional $25 discount if you use this promo code: AGS9.

Details, registration and newsletter sign up here.