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AIGA/NY will host a holiday fundraiser that's new, bigger, and spectacular! The evening will start with a live auction by auctioneering expert extraordinaire, John Hodgman, author of The Areas of My Expertise and perhaps most fondly known as the PC in the Mac ads.

After a bit of drinks and dancing, the auction will start around 7:30 PM with many and assorted items to bid on. Dancing will follow with music by DJ drew2. Light food will be served, and the bar will be serving wine and beer all evening long. (Admission includes one free drink.)

AUCTION ITEMS:
You'll be able to bid on these items and more. (We're adding more and more items each day.) Don't forget your checkbooks!

1. Your Pixel-Portrait by Christoph Niemann
Children’s book author, beloved illustrator, and all-around swell guy Christoph Niemann will draw your portrait in his signature big-pixel style. Surely one of your best chances for immortality this year! Christoph is recently the author of The Police Cloud and the illustrator of The Boy With Two Belly Buttons by Stephen Dubner.
Notes: Media type and delivery to be arranged with the winning bidder.
Donated by Christoph Niemann

2. Private Bookmaking Class with Esther K Smith
For the lover of handmade things, Esther K Smith, author of How to Make Books and proprietor of Purgatory Pie Press will lead a session of up to eight people in making their own books from cakeboxes. Esther’s work has had exhibitions at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harper Collins Gallery, Harvard University and Smith College. You can bring friends to this one.
Notes: Bookmaking materials not included. Dates and other info to be arranged with the winning bidder.
Donated by Esther K Smith

3. Set of 8 Original Herb Lubalin Posters
A rare octet of posters by Mr. Herb Lubalin himself, reprinted to commemorate the the opening of The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography at Cooper Union. Offset printed in an edition of 1000. You can’t get these on no Internet.
Donated by Mike Essl

4. Custom Calligraphy by Marian Bantjes
We hesitate to describe this one. Better that we let you imagine just how wonderfully wonderful this one will be. Yes, it will be that wonderful. Marian will illustrate any two words of your choosing: your name or otherwise. ’Nuf said.
Notes: Wording and delivery to be arranged with the winning bidder. Marian reserves the right to choose the style and medium—your words are in her capable hands. The final piece may be digital, it may be hand made; you get a frameable piece. Marian retains the copyright.
Donated by Marian Bantjes

5. Private Tour for Two of the MoMA Poster Collection
Interested in design? We thought so. Did you know the MoMA Design Department has over 4,300 posters and pieces of ephemera in its collection? Would you like to see some of it. The MoMA Design Department will pull a selection of their most important works for your viewing pleasure, OR pull a tailored selection based on your particular interests. This is MERELY a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Notes: Details and dates to be arranged with the winning bidder.
Donated by Paola Antonelli and Christian Larsen

6. Michael Bierut’s Voice for Your Phone Greeting
Good Sport of the Year Michael Bierut will record especially for you (almost) any kind of phone greeting you want. Lend a note of midwestern authenticity to your phone or answering machine.
Note: Message to be delivered as an mp3 file. Script and details to be arranged with winning bidder.
Donated by Michael Bierut

7. Gold-plated necklace from MOSS
Designed by Frans van Nieuwenborg and Martijn Wegman and made in the Netherlands, this 14-ct. gold plated nickel necklace would look totally great on you. Really, look!
Donated by Moss

8. Philip Johnson Glass House Tour
Four tickets to tour one of the great monuments of Amercian Modernism. Built in 1949, it only became possible to visit the Glass House in 2007, when the National Trust for Historic Preservation opened the house to the public. (By the way, the tours are completely sold out through 2008, so this is pretty much your only chance to get tickets. Just thought we’d mention that.)
Note: Travel arrangements not included. Specific date of the tour to be confirmed after the auction. Please see philipjohnsonglasshouse.org for full details on the Glass House, plus directions.
Donated by AIGA/NY chapter

9. Two Rejected Book Jackets by Chip Kidd
You know there’s tons of great Chip Kidd work that will never be seen—you know it but you don’t want to believe it. But now you can see a little bit of it! OWN a little bit of it! This item includes vibrant inkjet prints of Chip’s designs for Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policeman’s Union and Knopf’s recent Charles M. Schulz biography, And Peanuts.
Donated by Chip Kidd

10. Mystery Box: Treasured Items from AIGA/NY Board
Contains one item from each of your AIGA/NY board members—16 surprises in all. Contents may or may not be handmade, valuable (sentimentally or otherwise), or just odd.
Note: Does not include first-born children.
Donated by ???

*Items subject to change. Final list of auction items will be provided with admission at the party.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
With each ticket, you'll receive a selection of wrapping paper from local designers, including:

	Designed by Dino Alberto
	Designed by Kevin Cornell
	Designed by Natasha Jen
	Designed by mgmt. design
	Designed by Esther Mun

BENEFIT:
All proceeds from the event will go to the AIGA/NY Mentoring Program, which pairs students from New York City’s High School of Art and Design with professional AIGA members.

The event will take place at The Prince George Ballroom, which provides permanent, affordable housing for 416 low-income and formerly homeless adults. Once one of New York City’s premier hotels, it was rehabilitated by Common Ground and reopened in 1999 after many years of decline.

If you are unable to make it to the party, you can still help out by donating to the Mentoring Program.