by Jodi Vautrin photo by Ben Gebo   more photosWe hope you had a chance to join us on May 24th for the Designing with Web Fonts panel discussion in Cambridge. If not, we hope to see you next time! In the meantime, here are some discussion highlights and resources that...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  June 7, 2011  |  Comments (2)

by Matt Budelman "It's not what you look at that matters, It's what you see." —HERBERT MATTER photo: Ben GeboAfter arriving at swissnex Boston | Consulate of Switzerland, for the screening of The Visual Language of Herbert Matter, I was pleasantly greeted by welcoming hosts and a wonderful crowd of...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  June 1, 2011  |  Comments (1)

by Kathleen Byrnes Director of Events, AIGA Boston So, you'd have to be living under a rock to not know that the Royal Wedding is this Friday. I haven't received my invitation yet, but you know how the U.S. post office can be. I am sure my invite is just...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  April 27, 2011  |  Comments (1)

by Kathleen Byrnes Director of Events, AIGA Boston A couple of weeks ago, I made my way down to New York City to attend the AIGA Bright Lights event. Previously known as the Design Legends Gala, the newly renamed Bright Lights preserves the legacies of designers who have led the...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  April 20, 2011  |  Post a comment

by Kathleen Byrnes Director of Events, AIGA Boston Milton Glaser is as much of an intelligent and articulate artist as he is a person. He has spent a lifetime creating art that informs and delights and, if possible, art that can even effect positive social change. We all know Milton...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  March 19, 2011  |  Post a comment

by Matt Budelman "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." --Dr. Carl Sagan I recently came across this quote, and it struck a chord with me. As much as I was satisfied in my own delusion...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  November 21, 2010  |  Comments (2)

Ten lucky AIGA members will win exclusive, private tours of the studios of Pentagram and Milton Glaser this month. Raffle tickets are on sale through Wednesday, November 10th. Purchase tickets now. For a glimpse of what you'll see, check out this video......   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  November 5, 2010  |  Comments (1)

by Jason M. Rubin Matthew Carter was part of a small group of ambitious and visionary people who left Linotype to found Bitstream in 1981 as the world's first independent digital type foundry. Prior to Bitstream, customers bought type from their equipment vendor. Linotype fonts worked only on Linotype machines....   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  September 7, 2010  |  Comments (3)

AIGA Boston Vice President Heather Shaw was recently interviewed at the companion website for the book No Plastic Sleeves: The Complete Portfolio Guide for Photographers and Designers. She discussed what makes a good student portfolio, as well as the value of AIGA membership. Read the interview....   continue

Posted by boston in News  |  November 23, 2009  |  Post a comment

SAVE THE DATE! Monday, November 2 at 6:30. Get ready to retrain your brain! Our first event will include Dana Farbo, the president of acrossair, the company that developed, among other things, the augmented reality NY Subway app for the iPhone. We'll cover topics of interface design, location-aware mobile technology...   continue

Posted by boston  |  October 20, 2009  |  Post a comment

On October 9th, AIGA Boston advisory board member Denise Korn convened with a distinguished panel of designers and creative leaders at the AIGA National Design Conference, MAKE/THINK, in Memphis. Korn moderated the panel discussion "Looking Back/Looking Forward: Mentoring and the Economic Future of Design", engaging the group to share their...   continue

Posted by boston in News  |  October 17, 2009

Roger Ramirez  www.chariotphoto.com  603.606.1016"At a time when a steady supply of paying jobs are harder to find, there are various things one can do to turn the tide. One is cold-calling, which is never fun and only rarely successful. Another is to take a long vacation, sacrificing long-term financial stability...   continue

Posted by boston in Profiles  |  August 26, 2009  |  Comments (1)

The AIGA BoNE Show at MassArt on June 11th drew the largest crowd yet in the history of this event. A total of 49 local designers were awarded bones. And a few lucky attendees went home with their own sculpted letter. Did you attend? What did you think?...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  June 16, 2009  |  Comments (23)

8 March 2009 To whom it may concern, I am writing to thank you for accepting me for the Tim Moore Study Abroad Scholarship. I was so excited to hear the news. This summer I will be traveling to Mexico, where I will study and take two classes in the...   continue

Posted by boston in Profiles  |  June 10, 2009  |  Post a comment

For a lot of industries and organizations, going green is easier said than done. This is also true for the design industry where paper, it seems, grows on trees and green is Pantone 348C. The 2008 issue of AIGA Boston's The Journal - the theme of which is waste...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  May 2, 2009  |  Comments (1)

Here's an event that the design community might be interested in: DORMITORIUM: An Exhibition Of Film Decors By The Quay Brothers Opening Reception Thursday, April 30 2009, 7:00-9:00PM Venue Fourth Wall Project 132 Brookline Ave. Boston, MA 02215 On Exhibit Thursday, April 30 - Thursday, May 21, 2009 Gallery Hours...   continue

Posted by boston in Design Community Events  |  April 28, 2009  |  Post a comment

AIGA Boston: Inspiring ideas for 25 years limited edition posters! Hot off the (letter)press! These hand numbered, limited edition posters were designed by Stoltze Design, printed on Crane's Palette Espresso, and letterpress printed at EM Letterpress in New Bedford, MA.   continue

Posted by boston in News  |  March 25, 2009  |  Comments (1)

Perhaps you've read about the failure of the package redesign for Tropicana orange juice. The new look was unveiled just last month and is being discontinued because of strong backlash from consumers, who in blogs and emails have called the new look "ugly" and "stupid", and who say it makes...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  February 27, 2009  |  Comments (12)

1 room + 3 judges + 8 hours + 500 competition entries = 50 WINNERS Congrats to everyone who participated in the AIGA BoNE Show 2009! We will reveal the winners of the competition at the exhibition launch at MassART in June....   continue

Posted by boston in News  |  February 23, 2009  |  Post a comment

Calling all New England designers! The deadline for entries is fast approaching! Enter your design and avoid a $25 late fee by February 12th. Please remember that we must receive your mailed entry by 5:00pm. Late entries will be accepted until 5:00pm February 19th. Check out the blog at BoneShow.org/blog...   continue

Posted by boston in News  |  February 11, 2009  |  Post a comment

We're very excited to announce the launch of the BoNE Show 2009 web site. This year's theme is the New England design community—that means YOU! Claim your spot in the community by uploading photos of yourself and your work, or post a video of your answer to the question: Why...   continue

Posted by boston in News  |  January 11, 2009  |  Comments (1)

Here's an event that the design community might be interested in: Media Tech Tonic #6: Social Networking for Artists, Designers, and Creative Professionals November 19, 2008 from the Media Tech Tonic site: Everyone can network, and in today's competitive marketplace, it has become an essential competency for everyone. One challenge...   continue

Posted by boston in Design Community Events  |  November 13, 2008  |  Comments (1)

This Tuesday is voting day, and we encourage you to get yourself to the polls and have your say! Last month, we held an AFTA where we handed out copies of AIGA's Get Out the Vote posters. A juried set of 24 posters were professionally printed and distributed nationally. The...   continue

Posted by boston in General  |  November 2, 2008  |  Post a comment

Above: Leah at a park overlooking Florence her first weekend abroad. Left: Jewelry Leah made over the course of the semester....   continue

Posted by boston  |  October 29, 2008  |  Comments (2)

Above: Marisa at the Swiss Alps, top of Mount Titlis in Engelberg, Switzerland. Left: Marisa's drawing of Spalentor, used as a T-shirt design....   continue

Posted by boston  |  October 29, 2008  |  Comments (7)

In Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough and Michael Braungart present a manifesto calling for a new industrial revolution, one that would render both traditional manufacturing and traditional environmentalism obsolete. It's a much-lauded clarion call for both business big whigs and environmentalists alike, so we were a little taken aback upon reading AIGA Book Group member Andrew Child's rather critical review of the influential tome. (In fact, it's so influential that it's been adopted as government policy for building in China, which needs to house 400 million more people in the next 12 years.) Still, Andrew's review brings up some provocative points, whether or not we agree with all of them, so we present it to you here. What do you think?   continue

Posted by boston in Book Reviews  |  June 18, 2008  |  Comments (1)

L-R: Stephanie Kates, Lindsey Beaver, Rebecca Holden, Kristen Bernhard, Brian Hourihan, Justin Miller, Dr. Richard E. Wylie (President) L-R: Dean Mark Town, Amy Grigg, Annie Wilcox, Lindsey Beaver L-R: Linda Klein (faculty), Rebecca Holden, Lindsey Beaver, Annie Wilcox, Cynthia Roberts (faculty) L-R: Elijah Gould (AIGA student group president), Amy...   continue

Posted by boston in Profiles  |  February 1, 2008

The White Rhino core "herd" includes (L-R): Kristen Cooper, Senior Art Director; Richard Ballantyne, Production Director; Amy Forni, Account Manager; Kimberly Cloutier, Senior Art Director; Dan Greenwald, Founder/Creative Director; Pat Elsea, Controller; Jim Call, Vice President/General Manager; Anne Piessens, Director of Client Services; and Amy West, Account Coordinator. Additional...   continue

Posted by boston in Profiles  |  December 15, 2007  |  Post a comment

AIGA Boston is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Resnick has been named the 2007 AIGA Boston Fellow. Elizabeth Resnick is an Associate Professor in the Communication Design Department at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. She holds both a BFA and MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School...   continue

Posted by boston in News  |  September 18, 2007  |  Post a comment