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Week of April 8 2013

Tue / 04.09.13

11:45AM - 1:00PM
frog

AIGA Seattle / frog

The Lunch Box @ frog

An AIGA Seattle Thought Leadership Series

Join us at a different local studio each month for The Lunch Box. Break away from your desk to visit an amazing studio and listen to local design leaders present original perspectives that will inspire, shift or interrupt your relationship with the design space. After the presentation there will be a chance to ask questions and pick the brains of some of Seattle's brightest design minds.

This month's lunch will be hosted by John Rousseau of frog. He’ll discuss:

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Tue / 04.09.13

7:00PM - 8:00PM
Piecora's New York Pizza & Pizza Restaurant

Community / AQUENT/Vitamin T

Aaron Louie and The Future of UX & Design

Hosted by AQUENT/Vitamin T

Technology is advancing at an increasingly frenetic rate, and it's changing the way we interact with each other. We'll take a look at some of the current trends in technology and how they might impact culture and next-generation user interface design.

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Thu / 04.11.13

6:00PM - 8:00PM
University of Washington, PACCAR Hall, Room 390

AIGA Seattle / Artefact

Motivation through Communication: an Artefact Workshop

Learn the power of behavioral economics in creating meaning and engagement and encouraging positive change

The workshop outlines how behavioral economic principles can be applied to facilitate improved communication and provide deeper meaning through compelling content and design. After a brief, example-rich introduction to the underlying behavioral economics principles, participants will be split into groups and tasked with applying these principles to solve specific and relevant design challenge. The session will conclude with each group presenting its solution for peer feedback and Q&A.

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Fri / 04.12.13

9:00AM - 10:00AM
The JBL Theater at the EMP

Community / CreativeMornings Seattle

CreativeMornings Seattle: August de los Reyes

August de los Reyes cultivates a healthy obsession with design and the future. He also heads the software design team for Xbox at Microsoft. His previous projects include Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface, back when it was a table. He also teaches design at UW. August attended Harvard.

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