Event Calendar /
Thu / 10.06.11
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Henry Art Gallery
READ ME
Top local Art Directors discuss the craft and trends shaping editorial design
Tickets
Advance: AIGA Members and Students, $7.50 // Non Members, $12.50
Door: AIGA Members and Students, $12 // Non Members, $18
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Thu / 09.29.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Crocodile
Seattle Shmooze
Join AIGA board members and other Seattle designers (of all kinds) on the last Thursday of each month as we get together to swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. No reservation needed, no cover charge. Everyone is welcome (including nonmembers)!
Also new this year, we’re happy to welcome our friends who are under 21. (Take note that Croc is only all ages til 8 p.m.)
Wed / 09.28.11
7:00PM - 9:00PM
The Egyptian Theatre
Fri / 09.16.11
10:00AM - 5:00PM
Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond Campus
HIVE 2011: Where Design and Tech Meet
A one-day event exploring the value of design in technology
<< SOLD OUT! Follow along @HIVE11 >>
The tech community is responsible for some of the most exciting products hitting the market today. And even though great design can dramatically increase the chances of a product’s success, the role of experience design in the software world is too often misunderstood.
Enter HIVE 2011. AIGA Seattle’s inaugural design and tech conference brings together industry leaders for a day of inspiration, exploration and networking.
Fri / 09.16.11
12:00AM - 12:00AM
Downtown Seattle
DESIGN MARKS
Follow a trail of location markers and experience the design culture of Seattle landmarks through your smart phone.
As part of this fall’s inaugural Seattle Design Festival, AIGA Seattle invited 25 of our city’s design firms to participate in Design Marks—a trail of 8-foot tall location markers where viewers can experience how the design of Seattle’s urban landmarks has influenced the city’s culture, and how that culture has, in turn, influenced design.
Thu / 09.08.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Sky Ultra Lounge
Shmooze on the Eastside
Join us at our new venue -- Sky Ultra Lounge
Stop by and make connections with other Eastside designers (of all kinds) at our casual get-togethers. We’ll swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. Enjoy Sky Ultra Lounge’s Happy Hour — with people who get what design is about.
Sat / 08.27.11
1:00PM - 6:00PM
School of Visual Concepts
SVC Letterpress Wayzgoose
You’re invited to SVC’s 10th annual festival of all things letterpress. While a decade of Wayzgoose fun is definitely something worth celebrating, so is the School of Visual Concepts’ 40th birthday. Since 1971, SVC has been helping people learn the art and craft of design, copywriting, and for the last ten years, letterpress printing.
Wed / 08.24.11
5:00PM - 9:00PM
The House Studios
ASPP Summer Social
The House Studios and ASPP have joined forces to produce a summer party for Seattle's media and design communities.
This unique event will provide a forum for imaging professionals across multiple disciplines to meet and make new connections while enjoying fabulous food and drink in a professional studio environment. Attendees will include photographers, graphic designers, art buyers, filmmakers and advertising executives.
Sat / 08.20.11
12:00PM - 2:30PM
Adobe
Adobe Workshop
Create digital magazines, eBooks and more with InDesign CS5.5
Doors open at 11:00AM for pre-event networking. Coffee/Tea and a light snack will be served.
Tickets
Students and AIGA professionals, $7.50
Non-members, $15
Walk-up, $12/members and $20/non-members
Thu / 07.28.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Crocodile
Seattle Shmooze
Join AIGA board members and other Seattle designers (of all kinds) on the last Thursday of each month as we get together to swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. No reservation needed, no cover charge. Everyone is welcome (including nonmembers)!
Also new this year, we’re happy to welcome our friends who are under 21. (Take note that Croc is only all ages til 8 p.m.)
Thu / 07.14.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Lot N° 3
Shmooze on the Eastside
Stop by and make connections with other Eastside designers (of all kinds) at our casual get-togethers. We’ll swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. This time we’ll meet at Lot N° 3 in Bellevue Towers. Enjoy their great menu, espresso, or something stronger to drink — with people who get what design is about.
No reservation needed, no cover charge; cash bar. You don’t need to be a member of AIGA. And all ages are welcome. Just stop by and say hi!
Thu / 06.30.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Crocodile
Seattle Shmooze
Join AIGA board members and other Seattle designers (of all kinds) on the last Thursday of each month as we get together to swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. No reservation needed, no cover charge. Everyone is welcome (including nonmembers)!
Also new this year, we’re happy to welcome our friends who are under 21. (Take note that Croc is only all ages til 8 p.m.)
Thu / 06.09.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Lot N° 3
Shmooze on the Eastside
Stop by and make connections with other Eastside designers (of all kinds) at our casual get-togethers. We’ll swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. This time we’ll meet at Lot N° 3 in Bellevue Towers. Enjoy their great menu, espresso, or something stronger to drink — with people who get what design is about.
No reservation needed, no cover charge; cash bar. You don’t need to be a member of AIGA. And all ages are welcome. Just stop by and say hi!
Thu / 05.26.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Crocodile
Seattle Shmooze
Join AIGA board members and other Seattle designers (of all kinds) on the last Thursday of each month as we get together to swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. No reservation needed, no cover charge. Everyone is welcome (including nonmembers)!
Also new this year, we’re happy to welcome our friends who are under 21. (Take note that Croc is only all ages til 8 p.m.)
Wed / 05.25.11
7:30AM - 9:00AM
Il Fornaio
David Conrad and David Sherwin: Structure Your Agency for Success
2011 AIGA Business Breakfast Series
In a workshop setting, learn how individual designers and design businesses can create profitable business models beyond traditional service-based approaches. Led by David Conrad, Partner/Studio Director of Design Commission, an interactive design agency in Pioneer Square.
David Sherwin is a Senior Interaction Designer at frog design. Frog is a global innovation firm that creates products, services, and experiences for clients such as Disney, GE, HP, Microsoft, MTV, Seagate, and many others.
Thu / 05.19.11
7:00PM - 11:00PM
Utina Wardroom
IXD Bauhaus
From physical metaphors to content-driven experiences, the look & feel of the user interface is changing. Join us for a night of discussion and debate on chromelessness, typography, reduction, infographics & skeumorphism. Light snacks and full bar will be available throughout the evening.
Speakers
Nick Myers
Director of Visual Design & Branding at Cooper
San Francisco
Tue / 05.17.11
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Seattle Pacific University, Otto Miller Hall Room 109
Design: Give
From Idea, Action to Change: A discussion about the transforming power of design and social change.
Are you looking for more meaning and purpose in your life, or a way to make social change using your design skills? This is an opportunity for you to join in on this discussion. Our panelists have taken their design thinking and used it in ways to give back. They will help us understand what motivates them, gives them inspiration to act and how they continue to change the communities they are involved with.
One night of giving!
Thu / 05.12.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Lot N° 3
Shmooze on the Eastside
Stop by and make connections with other Eastside designers (of all kinds) at our casual get-togethers. We’ll swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. This time we’ll meet at Lot N° 3 in Bellevue Towers. Enjoy their great menu, espresso, or something stronger to drink — with people who get what design is about.
No reservation needed, no cover charge; cash bar. You don’t need to be a member of AIGA. And all ages are welcome. Just stop by and say hi!
Fri / 05.06.11
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Adobe Systems Inc.
Thu / 04.28.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Crocodile
Seattle Shmooze
Join AIGA board members and other Seattle designers (of all kinds) on the last Thursday of each month as we get together to swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. No reservation needed, no cover charge. Everyone is welcome (including nonmembers)!
Also new this year, we’re happy to welcome our friends who are under 21. (Take note that Croc is only all ages til 8 p.m.)
Wed / 04.20.11
7:30AM - 9:00AM
Il Fornaio
David Sherwin: Design Leadership
2011 AIGA Business Breakfast Series
If your design career is advancing, congratulations! You're doing a bunch of difficult things really well. But to take your game to the next level you need to show real leadership. What does it mean to be a design leader? Sometimes it's being a creative visionary, sometimes a psychologist, or even a field general; often a mix of those and more.
Fri / 04.15.11
6:30PM - 8:30PM
▼ North Campus Art Institute of Seattle
Thu / 04.14.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Lot N° 3
Shmooze on the Eastside
Stop by and make connections with other Eastside designers (of all kinds) at our casual get-togethers. We’ll swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. This time we’ll meet at Lot N° 3 in Bellevue Towers. Enjoy their great menu, espresso, or something stronger to drink — with people who get what design is about.
No reservation needed, no cover charge; cash bar. You don’t need to be a member of AIGA. And all ages are welcome. Just stop by and say hi!
Fri / 04.08.11
6:30PM - 8:30PM
▼ North Campus Art Institute of Seattle
Pixel Punchout Round 1
"The Elite Eight"
Watch, learn, and whoop as eight of Seattle's top design talents go the distance in round one of this three-round tournament. Designers race against the clock (and each other) as they design their pixels off! Who will go down for the count Who will survive to to face the next challenge? At the end of the night, majority decision decides which four designers move on to the next round.
Thu / 03.31.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Crocodile
Seattle Shmooze
Join AIGA board members and other Seattle designers (of all kinds) on the last Thursday of each month as we get together to swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. No reservation needed, no cover charge. Everyone is welcome (including nonmembers)!
Also new this year, we’re happy to welcome our friends who are under 21. (Take note that Croc is only all ages til 8 p.m.)
Wed / 03.23.11
7:30AM - 9:00AM
Il Fornaio
Fiona Remley: Connect with Your Clients
2011 AIGA Business Breakfast Series
Clients are the lifeblood of our profession, and understanding how to serve their needs while maintaining a value for the service you provide—and respect for your work—is among the greatest challenges we face in our practice. In this in-depth presentation, learn how to develop and sustain strong relationships with clients, whether you manage them directly or work through an account manager.
Thu / 03.10.11
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Lot N° 3
Shmooze on the Eastside
Stop by and make connections with other Eastside designers (of all kinds) at our casual get-togethers. We’ll swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. This time we’ll meet at Lot N° 3 in Bellevue Towers. Enjoy their great menu, espresso, or something stronger to drink — with people who get what design is about.
No reservation needed, no cover charge; cash bar. You don’t need to be a member of AIGA. And all ages are welcome. Just stop by and say hi!
Thu / 03.03.11
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Seattle Pacific University, Otto Miller Hall Room 109
Invisible Creature
Presented by the AIGA Student Group at Seattle Pacific University
Invisible Creature, an award-winning Seattle design firm, built its reputation in the music industry. While staying close to their roots by designing posters for events such as the Sasquatch! Music Festival, they’ve also developed a strong national client base consisting of Target, Nordstrom, Wired Magazine and much more.
Sat / 02.26.11
6:30PM - 8:45PM
PONCHO Concert Hall
Jump Start
Learn from design pros how to navigate your career
Each year we invite a diverse panel of design professionals to speak to
students and young professionals about career paths in design. This year’s
panel will share valuable insight about the interview process, what design
businesses look for in portfolios as well as future employees, and useful
tips for getting a job. They’ll also talk about some of the varied
possibilities in the design professions that they themselves have explored.
Panelists:
Thu / 02.24.11
6:00PM - 8:30PM
Crocodile
Seattle Shmooze
Join AIGA board members and other Seattle designers (of all kinds) on the last Thursday of each month as we get together to swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. No reservation needed, no cover charge. Everyone is welcome (including nonmembers)!
Also new this year, we’re happy to welcome our friends who are under 21. (Take note that Croc is only all ages til 8 p.m.)
Wed / 02.23.11
7:30AM - 9:00AM
Il Fornaio
Fiona Remley: Structure Your Projects and Process
2011 AIGA Business Breakfast Series
Heighten your project management skills and build stable business processes that support your creative work. Whether as a freelancer, project manager, or principal, take a detailed view into account management tactics covering specific areas such as:
Thu / 02.10.11
6:00PM - 8:30PM
Lot N° 3
Shmooze on the Eastside
Stop by and make connections with other Eastside designers (of all kinds) at our casual get-togethers. We’ll swap ideas, vent about impossible deadlines, share inspiration, and have a laugh. This time we’ll meet at Lot N° 3 in Bellevue Towers. Enjoy their great menu, espresso, or something stronger to drink — with people who get what design is about.
No reservation needed, no cover charge; cash bar. You don’t need to be a member of AIGA. And all ages are welcome. Just stop by and say hi!
Thu / 01.27.11
6:00PM - 8:30PM
Crocodile
Seattle Shmooze... at a NEW LOCATION
Jeff Kleinsmith joins us in a new year at a new venue
Jeff Kleinsmith (co-owner of Patent Pending Industries, Senior Art Director at Sub Pop Records) will be there with a half dozen or so posters to sell and a poster to raffle off. We'll be there, too, at the back bar at Crocodile (formerly Via Tribunali) on 2nd and Blanchard in Belltown. They’ve got great happy hour prices till 7, including wonderful American-style wood-fired pizzas for only $6.50!
Wed / 01.26.11
7:30AM - 9:00AM
Il Fornaio
Ted Leonhardt: Identifying Opportunities in Your Time
2011 AIGA Business Breakfast Series
Ted Leonhardt knows the creative business. Starting in 1976 he drove the successful growth and eventual acquisition of his own company by FITCH Worldwide. In 2004 he began sharing his business knowledge as a management consultant to a variety of creative firms. He's seen our industry go through sea changes and knows that change is the only constant. Learn in an intimate forum how he has identified opportunity for himself and his clients.
Thu / 01.20.11
7:00PM - 8:30PM
University of Washington, Shansby Auditorum, PACCAR Hall
Nathan Shedroff
Designing Meaningful Experiences
PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: Shansby Auditorium in Paccar Hall
Update, Jan 13 2010 :
After moving the event, tickets sold out again within two hours. There are no tickets available. Thank you for your interest.