May 20 – May 26, 2012

1/ AIGA/NY Greatest Hits
Six pairs of beloved New York City designers countdown the past 30 years of AIGA/NY events. Twelve presenters who lived it and love it summon forth AIGA/NY’s past three decades of programming.
When: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Where: SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd St., New York, NY 10011, NYC
Price: $10 AIGA/NY member; $30 general public

2/ Dare 2 Draw
Come Dare2Draw with Special Guests Amy Reeder and Tim Hamilton, featuring 90 minutes of dynamic figure drawing, with live-action models & props and our signature Dare2Draw “Quick Draw” Contests, with all art done on Blue Line Pro boards. The pro art is auctioned for artists-in-need by Hero Initiative. Dare2Draw is a non-profit organization. The mission is to help provide networking, mentoring and promoting opportunities, for cartoonists of all levels, while raising money for artists in need.
When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 8:00 – 9:30 pm
Where: Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NYC
Price: $10 general public; all levels welcome

3/ The Job Hunt
Join Evie Porwick, founder of Evie Porwick/FPO, a veteran of creative recruitment, to discuss strategies you can employ to get employed even in this tough economy. Discuss where to start, what to do and how to get exactly where you want to go.
When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 8:00 – 9:30 am
Where: General Assembly, 902 Broadway 4th Floor at 21st Street, NYC
Price: $5 AIGA/NY member

4/ Gourmet Typography Workshop
Every creative professional, including the most seasoned designer, can benefit from learning to communicate more effectively with type. These three sessions will give you the expert-level typographic skills and aesthetics necessary to master your typography, and visibly improve your work. Gourmet Typography Training will sharpen your eye and reignite your passion for typography.
When: Thursday, May 24, 2012, 9:00 – 9:00 pm
Where: TDC Conference Center, 347 W 36th St, Ste 603, NYC
Price: Single session: $175 TDC members; $225 general public; All three sessions: $450 TDC members; $575 general public.

5/ Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945
Showcasing the spectacular craftsmanship and sophisticated design associated with both Japan and Art Deco style, this exhibition is the first in the U.S. to explore a little-known brand of pre-WWII modernism borne of competitive ingenuity and vivacious cosmopolitanism.
When: Ongoing exhibition though June 10
Where: Main Gallery, Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, NYC
Price: Free Japan Society members & children under 16 free, $10 students & seniors, $12 general public. Admission is free to the public on Friday nights, 6-9 PM.

May 13 – May 19, 2012

1/ Public Space Potluck: Dutch Kills Green
Field trip to Dutch Kills Green, a one-acre public space at the eastern end of Queens Plaza, Long Island City’s newly-transformed gateway to the borough.
When: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Queens Plaza, Long Island City, Queens
Price: Free and open to the public. RSVP to rsvp@designtrust.org by Monday, May 14

2/ Silk Screen: Just Beyond the Basics
Ready to get your hands dirty and be a part of AIGA/NY’s 30th Anniversary Celebration? We’ll be silk screening tote bags using the “30 Years” design. You’ll get to keep a bag, plus you are welcome to bring something of your own (like a t-shirt) to print it on.
When: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Etsy Lab, 55 Washington Street, Suite 712, Brooklyn, NY
Price: $15 material fee

3/ L.E.D. BALL
The Museum of Arts and Design is holding its fourth annual young patron’s gala, the L.E.D. BALL hosted by both celebrities and star fixtures in the design world. Enjoy A-list dj sets, cocktails and dancing, and a live musical performance. The Museum itself will be lit up with a video artwork projected onto its façade and jam-packed with designs in L.E.D lighting inside. All proceeds, including ticket sales and sustainable artworks for auction incorporating light-emitting diodes by over thirty top designers, will benefit the Museum’s educational programming for children.
When: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 7:30 pm
Where: MAD Museum, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC
Price: $125-$1,000 general public

To showcase the creative innovation happening today in New York City, the MoMA Design Store is inviting local designers living and working in the city’s five boroughs to submit items for a product collection launching in 2013. Product categories will include, but are not limited to, paper (note cards, postcards, journals), home (tabletop, kitchen, home textiles, desk, kids’, gadgets/tools), personal accessories (bags, jewelry, scarves, wallets, pouches, and other small accessories), furniture (wall clocks, stools, lighting), and books.

In order for your submission to be considered, products must be already, or soon-to-be, in production, manufactured in the continental United States, and able to be delivered to MoMA in saleable condition.

Interested designers should visit MoMAstore.org/NYC for more information about the submission process.

May 6 – May 12, 2012

1/ Creative Week
Creative Week is a celebration of creativity in advertising, design, digital media and all the arts that feed and touch those disciplines.
When: May 7-11, 2012
Where: Various Venues, NYC
Price: Various prices, see website for complete list of registration and ticket options

2/ Unconventional Path
Greg Lamarche discusses how graffiti has influenced his development as a collage artist, letterist and illustrator. The talk will explore techniques and unorthodox practices using hand lettering in relationship to fine art and commercial art.
When: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC
Price: Free TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

3/ Deco Printmaking Workshop
Graphic designer Adrienne Wong leads a three-hour workshop on basic block-printing techniques. Create multi-color, unique greeting cards and tea towels with Art Deco motifs inspired by the exhibition Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945.
When: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, NYC
Price: $75 Japan Society members, students, seniors, $80 general public

4/ TDC Walking Tour with Paul Shaw: Midtown East
Because of its constantly evolving architecture and businesses, Midtown is full of a wide array of lettering examples. On the east side, between 42nd Street and 59th Street, we have an opportunity to see many examples of Art Deco, 1920s Gothic lettering, some 1950s scripts, a little bit of neon, and plenty of post-1970s commercial typography (including the work of Paula Scher).
When: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Price: $35 TDC members, $45 general public

5/ Against Type
This talk will feature various typographic tales from Heads of State as they fall in love with letters, rebel against fonts, forsake letterforms to become illustrators, and then beg for forgiveness.
When: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC
Price: Free TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

6/ One Show
Celebrate the year’s best work in print, television, radio, outdoor, innovative marketing, integrated branding and branded content.
When: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Allice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam, NYC
Price: $250 One Club members, $275 general public

7/ Visual Design, Sound & the Wilderness
Over the last 5 years The Wilderness has garnered acclaim for their direction of seminal music videos. Originally a design and motion graphics firm, The Wilderness has stepped into more live-action projects including documentaries, brand films and commercials. The team will discuss various apexes of filmmaking and how it relates to design, fine art and music.
When: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NYC
Price: $20 AIGA member, $10 AIGA student member, $30 General public

8/ IN/VISION, 2012 SVA MFA Interaction Design Festival
IN/VISION, the 2012 MFA Interaction Design Festival at the School of Visual Arts is a celebration of work from interaction design graduates who present their explorations in a public forum.
When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

April 29 – May 5, 2012

1/ TDC Walking Tour with Paul Shaw: Queens, New York
2012 TDC Type Walk will return to Queens, Woodside and Jackson Heights. These are two ethnically strong neighborhoods—Irish, Filipino, Korean, Ecuadorean, Colombian, Chinese and more—which means that we will see a wide variety of commercial lettering, Irish pub lettering, public and parochial schools, Catholic churches, botanicas, Italian bakeries, pre-war apartment buildings, possibly a cemetery, and certainly non-Latin scripts. It will be a unique experience.
When: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Price: $35 TDC members, $45 general public

2/ Elizabeth Weinberg
Elizabeth Weinberg was selected as one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch in 2010, has been published in American Photography 26, and was chosen for American Photography 27.
When: Monday, April 30, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Apple Store SoHo, 72 Greene St., 2nd Floor, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

3/ Eventually Everything: The 2012 D-Crit Conference
The 2012 D-Crit Conference, featuring graduating students of the SVA MFA in Design Criticism, moderated by Change Observer co-editor Julie Lasky.
When: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 12:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Visual Arts Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public; Registration required

The AIGA/NY Mentoring Program is pleased to announce, Public Notice: A Green Patriot Salon at Ed. Varie.

Student, Mentor pairs were invited to join Green Patriot Posters, an arts collaborative that addresses climate change and the need for a new economy, to create posters for the show.

A Green Patriot Salon brings together more than 100 of the best contemporary poster designs promoting sustainability. The opening reception for the mentoring program is on Saturday, April 21 from 4-5:30 pm.

April 22 – April 28, 2012

1/ Peter Buchanan-Smith
Come hear about the wilderness within—and about patience, precision, preposterous provisions and pragmatism that make BEST MADE a new paradigm for work and play, commerce and connection.
When: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC
Price: $10 AIGA/NY student members, $20 AIGA/NY members, $30 general public

2/ Insistent Typographer
Lucille Tenazas is both an educator and graphic designer. Lucille’s work has always questioned conventional forms and ideas, leading to an experimental approach that synthesizes critical concepts, formats and delivery systems.
When: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC
Price: Free TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

3/ Living Room: Housing Works Builds Housing
Living Room: Housing Works Builds Housing is a space to explore the housing and related services created by Housing Works for homeless individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS in New York City between 1990 and the present. It is grounded in a full-scale blueprint for one supportive-housing unit in the Keith D. Cylar House, the first of Housing Works’ many housing projects throughout the boroughs, as well as bureaucratic definitions of sickness and health, and selected moments from the supportive housing movement—the effort by nonprofit organizations since the 1960s to create affordable housing coupled with medical and social services.
When: On display April 26 through April 28, 2012, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Where: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

April 15 – April 21, 2012

1/ Blackwing Launch Party
In the hands of giants like Chuck Jones, Stephen Sondheim, John Steinbeck and Duke Ellington, Blackwing pencils have helped create more timeless works of art than any single paint brush, fountain pen or laser printer in modern history.
When: Thursday, April 17, 2012, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Where: Art Directors Club, 106 West 29th Street, NYC
Price: Open to the pubic, reservation required

2/ Linotype: The Film
Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary centered around the Linotype type casting machine. Called the Eighth Wonder of the World by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing and society. The film tells the surprisingly emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and how it impacted the world.
When: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Higgins Hall, Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY
Price: $12 general public

3/ Post Illustration
How has the contemporary illustrator – who is now part artist, part designer, part art director, part storyteller, part entrepreneur – managed to remain living not in the present of illustration but in the future of post-illustration, and to consistently pull that future into the present?
When: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Tishman Auditorium - Parsons, 66 West 12 Street, NYC
Price: $10 AIGA/NY members and student members, $20 general public

April 8 – April 14, 2012

1/ Facebook Advertising Best Practices
Learn everything you need to know about Facebook’s latest marketing news and updates to understand what these changes mean for you and your social marketing strategy.
When: Monday, April 10, 2012, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Where: Art Directors Club, 106 West 29th Street, NYC
Price: $50 general public

2/ Design + Tech: Stories of Collaboration from the Past, Present and Future
Join us for the opportunity to hear from an inspiring line-up of design and tech teams as they share both work and process stories from their creative endeavors.
When: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: General Assembly, 902 Broadway 4th Floor, NYC
Price: $10 AIGA/NY members, $20 general public

3/ Deborah Sussman
Join us for this rare discussion of an important Los Angeles exhibition and of life in the Eames Office! Great for fans and students of the Eameses, of design history, of exhibition design, and of Los Angeles design.
When: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Bumble and bumble, 3rd floor auditorium, 415 West 13th Street, NYC
Price: $10 AIGA student members, $20 AIGA members, $30 general public

4/ 4-hand Typogrpahy
Veronika Burian will discuss her collaborative work within TypeTogether on type designs conceived for intensive editorial use. The focus will be on the complex issues behind technical, historical and theoretical aspects of these typefaces. How they are set, printed and read.
When: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC
Price: Free TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

March 25 – March 31, 2012

1/ Witold Rybczynski, The Biography of a Building
Witold Rybczynski will share the remarkable inside story of the planning, building, and use of the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, designed by Norman Foster in the mid 1970s for Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury’s private collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures.
When: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: SVA MFA Design Criticism Department, School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd floor, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public, registration required

2/ Alex Lin: What to do (and not do) as a graphic designer
Alex Lin will present recent projects and reveal the design lessons that each project has taught him.
When: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC
Price: $10 AIGA student members, $20 AIGA members, $30 general public

3/ Guerrilla Girls
Guerrilla Girls, an anonymous group of feminists fighting sexism in the art world, stage a multimedia performance in full jungle drag. The performance will also include participatory exercises from the newly released edition of The Guerrilla Girls’ Art Museum Activity Book. A book signing will follow the performance.
When: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:00 pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
Price: Space is limited, advance ticket purchase for general admission