Tuesday, October 5, 2010
6:00 - 8:30

Cambridge Innovation Center View Map Learn More
1 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02142

Save the Date!

AIGA presents a discussion panel at the FutureM conference hosted by MITX.

In the past decade, designers have increasingly been involved in creating value for clients (whether public or business) through applying design thinking to complex problems, even when the outcomes may be more strategic, multi-dimensional and conceptual than what most would consider traditional communication design.

How might we educate designers as problem solvers of the future, now? How might a designer evolve to solve the future problems clients & businesses pose? How does a creative business need to evolve to stay competitive and offer their clients competitive thinking?

As AIGA, the professional association for design, reevaluates its mission to “advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force” for its centennial in 2014, we invite you to join the discussion with our panelists ranging from design educators to investors in design-driven businesses.

Registration info to follow soon.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010
6:00 - 9:00

Flatbread Company View Map Learn More
45 Day St.
Somerville, MA 02144

AIGA Boston AFTA events are agenda-less, free-form gatherings of area creative folk. Each month a different firm gets to pick the place and play host for the evening... AIGA Boston gets to thank one of our generous partners for their ongoing support... and the local creative community  gets to drop by "afta" work and hang loose!

Friday, September 24, 2010
6:00PM

Cambridge Public Library View Map
449 Broadway
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Legendary type designer Matthew Carter is the sixth recipient of the AIGA Boston
Fellow Award. We will honor his work and career with speakers, exhibits, and
a silent auction highlighted by posters of original letter designs by local design
luminaries.

Hear fascinating type-related presentations by:
• David Berlow and Cyrus Highsmith, Font Bureau
• Tobias Frere-Jones, Hoeffler, Frere-Jones
• Ben Rubin, Ear Studio
• Andrew Spindler, Spindler Antiques
• and more

Enjoy refreshments, view classic type designs, learn from experts, and bid on one-
of-a-kind artwork.

Register today. Seating is limited.

Note: this event is open exclusively to AIGA members until 9/8.

$25 – Members / Student Members
$50 – Non-members

Event logo by Kathleen Forsythe, Forsythe Design

Friday, September 24, 2010
6:00PM

Cambridge Public Library View Map
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138

Legendary type designer Matthew Carter is the sixth recipient of the AIGA Boston
Fellow Award. We will honor his work and career with speakers, exhibits, and
a silent auction highlighted by posters of original letter designs by local design
luminaries.

Hear fascinating type-related presentations by:
• David Berlow and Cyrus Highsmith, Font Bureau
• Tobias Frere-Jones, Hoeffler, Frere-Jones
• Ben Rubin, Ear Studio
• Andrew Spindler, Spindler Antiques
• and more

Enjoy refreshments, view classic type designs, learn from experts, and bid on one-
of-a-kind artwork.

Register today. Seating is limited.

$25 – Members
$50 – Non-members

Event logo by Kathleen Forsythe, Forsythe Design

Thursday, August 26, 2010
6:00 - 9:00

ICA View Map Learn More
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210

Baseball, beaches, beer, and barbeque—summer has been a blast! Before you unpack your peacoats, join Stoltze Design for one last summer splash on the ICA patio (bathing suits optional). Sip drinks from the Water Cafe's outdoor bar and enjoy the sun setting over Boston Harbor for one sizzlin' August AFTA. Stoltze is particularly excited to host as we celebrate our 25th anniversary and the launch of our new website. Last one in's a rotten egg!

Thursday, July 22, 2010
6:30 - 9:30

Watch City Brewing Company View Map Learn More
256 Moody Street
Waltham, MA 02453

Be afraid. Be very afraid.
If the hellish heat won't get you, the Hart Boillot AFTA surely will.

Drag your soul to Watch City Brewing Company for a crafty brew or a bloody mary, then sink your teeth into the latest design chatter.

An event so scary-good, you may need a change of clothes. Be there.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 — June 17, 2010
6pm - 8pm

Two locations
Cambridge + Portsmouth, MA + NH

Come and mingle with ASMPNE in two locations: Portsmouth, NH and Cambridge, MA.

AIGA Boston AFTA events are agenda-less, free-form gatherings of area creative folk in towns and states neighboring Boston. For each event, a different firm gets to pick the place and play host for the evening; AIGA Boston gets to thank one of our generous sponsors for their ongoing partnership; and YOU get to drop by “afta” work and hang loose with our design community!

Co-hosted By
AIGA Boston
American Society of Media Photographers New England

When
Portsmouth, NH
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
6:00 - 8:00pm

Where
The Portsmouth Brewery
56 Market Street
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
(603) 431-1115
Map

Parking available :
High-Hanover Parking Facility
34 Hanover Street
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
(603) 431-5904

When
Cambridge, MA
Thursday, June 17, 2010
6:00 - 8:00pm

Where
The Middle East Cafe
472/480 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA
(617) 864-3278

Parking available:
55 Franklin Street Garage - Enter after 5pm, exit by 2am. Middle East Validation Stamp Required. Garage is attached to the Hotel @ MIT

Questions about AIGA’s Outer AFTA events?
Want to host one? Hosting an Outer AFTA is a great way for a firm of any size to be involved with the creative community. If you’re interested, get hold of this gal:

Jillfrances Gray :: Outer AFTA co-chair
T: 617 872 8220 | E: jfg@jfg.com

Thursday, June 3, 2010
6:30 PM

Acme Bookbinding View Map Learn More
100 Cambridge Street
Charlestown, MA 02129-1228

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As the digital world rapidly overtakes more and more of our life, one fact still remains.
 

Designers love books.

We love the texture, we love the intimacy, and some of us even like the smell. Just like silk screened rock posters & letterpress business cards, books never go out of style. To prove this we will bring you on an exclusive tour of one of the most prestigious and well-respected bookmakers in the country right here in the heart of Boston, Acme Bookbinding. We'll show you how their exquisitely printed artifacts & centuries old techniques merge with newer digital technologies to bring you the 21st century book.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
7:30 - 9:30

Sauciety Restaurant View Map
The Westin Boston Waterfront
425 Summer Street
Boston, MA

AIGA Boston is proud to offer members a chance to have a breakfast roundtable with one of the top design icons in our industry, Paula Scher from Pentagram. The breakfast is open to the first 10 AIGA Boston members who register to sign up for the event.

 

Location

Sauciety Restaurant
The Westin Boston Waterfront  
425 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
617.532.4600
Directions
 

Admission

$45 for AIGA Boston Members  Pre-Register
As a benefit of membership, this event is opened to AIGA Boston members only.
 

Contact Person

Kathleen Byrnes
Email: paperdoll22@verizon.net

 

In Partnership with:

 

Monday, May 24, 2010
6:30 PM

The New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University View Map Learn More
C. Walsh Theater
55 Temple Street
Boston, MA 02114

Based on the popular TV show, we will be having an insightful one-on-one interview with Paula Scher, a principal in the New York office of the distinguished international design consultancy Pentagram. Interviewed by Laura DesEnfants, you will hear how Paula has developed identities, packaging for a broad range of clients that includes, among others, The New York Times Magazine, Perry Ellis, Bloomberg, Target, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the New 42nd Street, the New York Botanical Garden, and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Paula's graphic identities for Citibank and Tiffany & Co. have become case studies for the contemporary regeneration of classic American brands.

In 1998 Scher was named to the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, in 2000 she received the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design. She has served on the national board of AIGA and was president of its New York chapter from 1998 to 2000 and in 2001 she received the AIGA Medal.  Her work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich; the Denver Art Museum; and the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

In Partnership with:

               

  Location

The C. Walsh Theatre
Suffolk University
55 Temple Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Admission

NOTE: If you registered for the February date, your credit card was not charged so you will need to re-register again for this event. If you have registered for the March 29th event, you DO NOT need to register.

$10 AIGA Members  Pre-Register
$20 Non-Members  Pre-Register
Pre-registration closes at 5pm on Friday, May 21th. Tickets may be purchased at the door.

Student Admission

$5 Student Members with ID Pre-Register
$5 Student NON-Members can reserve a seat in advance but will need to purchase tickets at the door by cash or check. Please bring a valid ID.  Reserve a Seat

Directions

map and directions

Parking

The theater is located on Temple Street, a tiny alley behind the State House. There is no parking available on Temple St. You will need to park on Charles Street at meters or at the Charles River Plaza Parking Garage, 181 Cambridge Street (between MGH and Gov’t Center). For public transportation take the T and get off at either the Park St. or Charles St. or Government Center stops. 

 

Contact Person

Kathleen Byrnes
Email:paperdoll22@verizon.net

Friday, May 21, 2010
1:00 - 5:00pm

Cloud Foundation
647 Boylston Street, Third Floor
Boston, MA 02116

See: http://boston.aiga.org/events/2010/05/44839109

Friday, May 21, 2010
1:00 - 5:00pm

Cloud Foundation View Map Learn More
647 Boylston Street, Third Floor
Boston, MA 02116

AIGA Boston | Professional Development Series

Join David Gibson, noted wayfinding designer, author, and co-founder of Two Twelve Associates in New York and explore how an understanding of a traveler's mind and the growth of urban centers can help us create better wayfinding systems for hospitals, campuses and other complex places and spaces.

Following David’s lecture there will be a panel discussion centered on process and collaboration in wayfinding design moderated by Chris Pullman. Panelists will include David Gibson (Two Twelve Associates), Barbara Welanetz (Mass General Hospital) and Mark Andreasson (Design Communications Ltd.)

For more information, visit boston.aiga.org

Wednesday, May 19, 2010
6:30 - 9:30

Barlow's View Map Learn More
241 A Street
South Boston, MA 02210

Join Corey
For a Thoughtful Story
Let's Toast to Branding and Design
For an Evening of Libations and a Thoughtfully Good Time