No Agenda: AIGA West Michigan

No Agenda: AIGA West Michigan    

By Kevin

We were early instigators to form AIGA West Michigan in 2008. I served as its first President from its formal inception in 2009 through April 2011. Here is a letter I sent to members upon stepping down from the board. More

Bright Lights

Bright Lights    

By Yang

At the AIGA Bright Lights event in April, I was fortunate to see my long-time mentor and friend Steve Frykholm receive THE most important honor that a designer can get. More

Heroes and Legacies

Heroes and Legacies    

By Kevin

Lately I've been thinking about mentors, heroes, and legacies. More

Pecha Kucha

Pecha Kucha    

By Kevin

Last year I was asked to be among the presenters of a Pecha Kucha-style event as a part of the Nosh Night series sponsored by local arts organizations including AIGA West Michigan. Rather than showing commercial work, I unearthed images from my sketchbooks. Recently I unearthed them again, and thought I'd share few of the images. More

AIGA + APDF

AIGA + APDF    

By Kevin

Earlier this week, I met in NYC with design organization leaders (AIGA, APDF, DMI, IDSA, IxDA; invited but not able to attend were GDC, RGD, and SEGD) to discuss how we might work together in this increasingly multi-disciplinary world. More

So a writer walks into a design conference...

So a writer walks into a design conference...    

By Curt

AIGA has done a great job building a national community of designers. And sometimes they even let writers crash their conferences. More

Make, think, review

Make, think, review    

By Adam

The theme of the 2009 AIGA design conference—Make/Think—focused on the designer’s role both in making artifacts and solving problems with creative (design) thinking. It was a great experience that was fun and inspiring, and lived up to my expectations. More

Singing new songs

Singing new songs    

By Julie

Did you catch Kevin and Yang in Rapid Growth? More

AIGA in West Michigan

AIGA in West Michigan    

By Kevin

Last week, we lit a match. There are AIGA chapters in Detroit and Chicago and student groups at local schools (GVSU, FSU and Kendall), but there is no professional group in Grand Rapids. As a way to encourage a maturation of the local design community, we have long planned to start a local AIGA chapter in West Michigan. More

There's design and Design...

There's design and Design...    

By Yang

There is an increasing number of great (and I mean great) tools that help people produce their own designed works. These help-yourself and off-the-shelf design tools and templates are pretty good these days, and getting better. At the AIGA Conference in Denver, I saw a presentation given by Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne, co-founders of Ready-Made Magazine. More

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