AIGA Boston: Inspiring Ideas for 25 Years

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Sponsored by Acme Bookbinding and Crane & Company

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AIGA Boston was established in 1983, and in the 25 years since then a lot has changed. Now in 2009, “change” is the theme once again and so it seems like the right time to celebrate the fact that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Even after 25 years, AIGA Boston is still serving the needs of the region’s design community, and will continue to inspire – and be inspired by – our members.

While this is certainly an occasion for a celebration, it’s also a time for bolstering our skills and knowledge. To mark this milestone we are offering two-pronged event, involving a suite of workshops to choose from during the day, followed by an evening celebration to be held on Saturday, March 28:

PLAY ALL DAY
A series of five workshops encompassing technology, hands-on skills, and business. Topics include:
 

Bookmaking with Sam Ellenport, Master Craftsman
The Harcourt Bindery
30 participants   |  9:30am – Noon

The Harcourt Bindery  |  Acme Bookbinding  |  View Map
80 Cambridge Street, Charlestown, MA 02129

The Harcourt Bindery was founded in 1900, and today it is the largest hand bindery in the United States with its twelve employees. Sam Ellenport purchased The Harcourt Bindery in 1971, and was its owner until 2007 when it became a division of Acme Bookbinding Company.

This workshop will encourage you to take a new perspective and to consider bookmaking on this level as an art. We guarantee that you will begin looking at your personal library with far more understanding and appreciation of the work that has gone into producing it.

Sam will lead the bookmaking workshop at The Harcourt Bindery. After a general introduction, each person will participate in a hands-on process. This will lead to the creation of a personal keepsake, with all materials provided. Gold embossing will be part of the process. Workshop also includes a tour of Acme Bookbinding.

Additional information is available from Michele Brennan at (617) 242-1100

Bridging Business & Design: The Power of Design Thinking
with Matt Carlson, Principal, Brand Experience
30 participants  |  9am – Noon

Continuum  |  View Map
1220 Washington Street, West Newton, MA 02465

Design Thinking is a structured approach to the creative process, a powerful tool for communicating the value of design to clients through a collaborative process. In this half-day workshop Continuum will show how to apply the principles of Design Thinking to solve business problems big and small, creating lighthouse concepts that can guide design and galvanize organizations.

Matthew is a principal at Continuum, with a focus on brand strategy and experience design. For 15 years, he has helped companies to understand their customers, identify unmet needs and envision brands and products that meet those needs. He works with industrial designers and ethnographers, engineers and MBAs to make ideas real and bring them to the marketplace.

Wood Type, Iron Press
with Elias Roustom, Proprietor and Master Printer, EM Letterpress
2 workshops each hosting 6 participants:
Session One: 9am – Noon  |  Session Two: 1 – 4pm

EM Letterpress  |  View Map
419 Sawyer Street, New Bedford, MA 02746

The Letterpress Workshop at EM Letterpress will be a hands-on experience for designers, and a rare opportunity to work with wood type and an antique iron hand press under the guidance of a master printer. All aspects of the craft will be discussed or demonstrated, and each participant will have a chance to create a small print. All materials will be provided, attendees would do well to "dress for work" or bring aprons.

Elias Roustom has a Bachelor of Science in architecture from Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI, a Master of Fine Arts in book arts and printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA, and is the proprietor and master printer of EM Letterpress in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Elias also teaches The Art of the Book at Brown University in Providence, RI. His personal work includes poetry, printmaking, photography, and his commercial press serves individuals and institutions applying design and letterpress printing to commercial projects that range from business cards to fine press books.

Making Things Move: An Introduction to Animation Using Actionscript 3
with Keith Peters, and Chris Allen, President & CEO Infrared5
20 participants   |  10am – Noon

Infrared5
The New England Institute of Art + Design  |  View Map
Computer Lab, Room 237
Center Campus, 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445

This is a workshop based on Keith Peters top selling book “Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!” Keith Peters and Chris Allen will walk attendees through the basics of ActionScript and how those skills can be applied to create sophisticated animations with code. The workshop is intended for those with a basic knowledge of Flash CS3/4 and little to no experience programming in AS3.

Keith began playing with Flash in 1999. After a couple years of making really horrible Flash web sites and huge intros, he discovered ActionScript, and has not looked back. Keith’s award-winning, personal experimental web site, www.bit-101.com features over 500 cutting edge flash experiments, with source available. Keith has written or contributed to eleven books on Flash and written several magazine articles on various Flash subjects.

Chris Allen is a leader in the Open Source Flash community. Over the last 10 years he has been a software architect and developer for various companies including Cambridge Technology Partners, Mass General Hospital and Scholastic. Chris is currently president and CEO of Infrared5, a consulting firm built around services for the Flash platform, Unity 3D and iPhone, and is co-project manager and a Java developer for the Open Source Red5 project.


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Typography: Orchestrated Accidents
with Michelle Bowers, Typographic Afficionado
12 participants  |  9am – 1pm

Michelle Bowers
The New England Institute of Art + Design  |  View Map
Room 119 West
West Campus, 303 Boylston Street, Brookline, MA 02445

In this dynamic hands-on workshop, many ideas will be born through play and discovery. Participants will reexamine type, design, and form making as kinds of drawing, image, sculpture, photography and architecture. We will explore and perform typographic experiments outside the computer using a variety of 2D and 3D materials and processes. We will also look at ways of hybridization and translating one medium into another. By doing this, we'll consider the implications of different media and their effects on our work and its perception. Please bring materials you would like to work with. Please bring a laptop and/or digital camera if possible.

Michelle Bowers is an educator, artist and designer. Her multi-disciplinary work includes typography, illustration, photography and design for arts, academic and non-profit organizations. She has studied in the design programs of Cranbrook Academy of Art and The University of Arizona. Michelle recently joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts faculty at The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where she currently teaches Design and Typography. Her work has been recognized by the AIGA, TDC, SOTA, UCDA, HOW, Adobe and STEP Inside Design.
 

Admission to workshops
$30 AIGA Student Members
$40 AIGA Members
$60 Non-Members

"AIGA 25: Inspiring ideas for 25 years" anniversary T-shirts for sale at the workshops! Cash and checks accepted.
 

 
PARTY ALL NIGHT
The Celebration of the Century (since the Inaugural, anyway) begins! Party with pals and peers, enjoy special speakers, an awesome auction and assorted activities, and relish the refreshments!

Keynote Speakers include:
Chris Pullman, Founding member of AIGA Boston Chapter
Denise Korn, Principal / Korn Design and Founder of YOUTH DESIGN
Javier Cortés, Partner / Korn Design
Kristine Austria Sanchez, Tim Moore Scholarship Recipient (2007)
Graphic Design Major, Massachusetts College of Art & Design

Activities and Fundraising:
Commemorative book: 51 Posters:
This limited edition book showcases 25 years of AIGA Boston's history through a treasury of the chapter's event posters. Only 350 hardcover books printed!

AIGA Auction:
From wallets to bike frames, consulting services to coffee makers, check out the variety of assorted items donated by friends of AIGA for the auction!

Yard Sale:
AIGA is spring cleaning! Classic posters, books, brochures, catalogs and other assorted relics from AIGA Boston's history. Items ranging from $1 – $15... Everything must go!

Anniversary T-shirts:
"AIGA 25: Inspiring ideas for 25 years". Choose from rich black or espresso brown tees, all have silver ink. Yum.

Proceeds go directly to your AIGA Boston Chapter, including the Tim Moore Scholarship and Youth Design Boston.
Cash and checks accepted.

Vlora Restaurant
545 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Valet service available for $16

Saturday, March 28
7-11pm

Admission to party
$5 AIGA Student Members
$15 AIGA Members
$25 Non-Members

Contact People:
Workshops: Chris Grosse, secretary@boston.aiga.org
Auction: Matthew Bacon, community_outreach@boston.aiga.org
Party: Heather Shaw, vicepresident@boston.aiga.org