RE:MEMBER .Issue 30

Welcome

Welcome to the August issue of RE:MEMBER. Get ready
to say goodbye to the lazy days of summer and get set for an autumn
filled with exciting events you don’t want to miss! For those who
missed last month’s Small Talk, read below for a summary of the evening
at Liska + Associates. And don’t forget to join us for our Clear Space
event this Thursday night. Enjoy a night out on the town with cool
drinks and good company at Trace.

“Allow events to change you. You have to be willing to
grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You
produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to
experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.”
—Bruce Mau, designer (from “An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth”)

Chicago Chapter News & Events

Clear Space II - Trace
Thursday, August 16
3714 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
6:30pm

Come and socialize with your fellow members of AIGA Chicago at our next
Clear Space event at Trace! This free event is a wonderful chance to
meet up with like-minded people from our community, relax, and have
some drinks and some fun.

Since opening their doors in 2001, Trace has had one thought in mind–
creating a unique atmosphere to contrast against the stigma of what the
Wrigleyville bar standard has become. With the best music playlist in
the city, Trace’s chill and loungey feel can provide a year-round haven
from the atypical Wrigleyville haunt.

Tools of the Trade II - Emma Email Marketing
Thursday, August 23
The School of the Art Institute
112 S. Michigan
Chicago, IL 60603
Registration in lobby
Workshop on 14th Floor
6–9pm

AIGA Chicago and Emma Email Marketing have teamed up to bring you
Email by Design, a casual discussion among creative professionals about
how to design and implement successful email campaigns for yourself and
your clients.

The evening will be a casual, open discussion of the latest email
trends, tips and tools, including samples of good (and not so good)
email design. This interactive session will be moderated by Annie
Kinnaird, director of business development for Emma Email Marketing,
who will share industry best practices, explain how email tracking
works and what the numbers really mean, and answer all the
email-related questions you can dream up.

Learn how agencies and designers are incorporating email into their
service offering, and hear from your peers about their own experiences
with email marketing. This event is SOLD OUT.

This event is sponsored by CTI Paper USA, Forget Computers, Ltd. and Getty Images.

Small Talk summary
On July 24, at 6pm, AIGA Chicago visited
Liska + Associates for the season’s fourth installment of Small Talk.
Steve Liska prefaced the event by informing everyone, "I’m used to
doing this for students. I’m a little nervous about presenting to
peers." From that point forward, any further hint of diffidence was
undetectable in what was a very entertaining and thought-provoking
presentation.

Liska is very articulate—it’s the skill he prizes most: "Design is
subjective and hard to understand, so we [designers] need to learn how
to talk about it—and not in the language of design.... We have to work
around the push to dumb things down and to keep bringing the standards
up." Increasing the value of design in society hinges on our ability to
position ourselves as authorities and successfully communicate its
value to our clients.

Liska focused less on the minutiae of his company and client base and
more on his personal thoughts on topics ranging from the outsourcing of
design to the viewership of Dancing with the Stars.
The night offered thoughts on the state of design and communication,
yet one left with a very clear impression of where his business is
coming from and more importantly where it is headed.

This event was sponsored by Artisan, Dupli-Graphic and Getty Images.

Membership

Membership benefit reminder
AIGA’s official partner for Design Solutions, Adobe Systems, now offers
a 15-percent discount on anything in the Adobe Store, including Adobe
products, third-party plug-ins, training and more. To find out how you
can take advantage of your 15-percent savings at the Adobe Store, visit
the AIGA National Web site.

AIGA Chicago welcomes new members to the chapter

From National

AIGA Design Legends Gala is September 19 in New York
Every year, the Design Legends Gala honors those who have done so much
to advance the profession: AIGA Medalists and Fellows, recipients of
the Corporate Leadership Award and the Winterhouse Design Writing &
Criticism Award. Visit the AIGA National Web site for more information.

Don’t miss Next: AIGA Design Conference! Please help us promote
this year’s Next conference in Denver, October 11–14. The AIGA Design
Conference brings the world’s most innovative and inspiring voices in
design to one conference. To be included in the attendee directory you
must register by September 5. Visit the AIGA Design Conference Web site for information and registration.

Design Community Events

GreenTown: The Future of Community
GreenTown: The Future of Community is a one-day conference designed to
help you create an eco-effective community. If you are interested in
seeing how a community can become greener, join GreenTown on Wednesday,
September 19, to hear from inspiring speakers, learn from been-there
case studies and get actionable information to make your community more
eco-effective. For more information, visit the GreenTown Web site.

Get Connected at Spark 2007
Visual Voltage, the AIGA Student Group at the Illinois Institute of Art
in Schaumburg is gearing up to put on Spark 2007. The retreat takes
place from 1-6 pm on August 25 at the Prairie Center for the Arts. For
more information, visit the Visual Voltage Web site.

Call for Proposals: AIGA Design Educator conference
The AIGA Design Educator steering committee is announcing a Call for
Proposals to AIGA members who are interested in producing an AIGA
Design Educator conference. The next series of four conferences will
begin in Fall 2008. Proposal submissions are due by September 30, 2007.
For more information or to submit a proposal contact Design Educator
Steering Committee Vice Chair Robert Sedlack at rsedlack@nd.edu.

Adobe Lightroom Seminar Tour
On August 30, Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User
magazine, will be showing Chicago how to unlock the secrets of the “New
Digital Photography Workflow” using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe
Photoshop. Step by step, from the moment of capture to the final print,
you can learn how to take control of your digital photography workflow.
Visit the Adobe Lightroom Tour Web site for more information and to register for this upcoming Chicago event.

Special Thank You

AIGA Chicago and the Editorial Committee would like to say thank you
and best of luck to Allison Walsh, who has been the editor of RE:MEMBER
for the past year. Her dedication and tireless attention have helped
keep our chapter informed, up to date and entertained. We wish her well
in her new endeavors on the East Coast.