It’s almost time for the annual AIGA Leadership retreat! This year’s retreat will be in Philadelphia from May 30 to June 2, and AIGA S.B. will be there! The annual leadership retreat gathers 250 board members from chapters across the country to share successes, brainstorm solutions and discuss the future of the organization nationally and locally.

Thanks to you, our local Santa Barbara members, we can boast a substantially-grown chapter that’s going places! Representing AIGA S.B. in Philly will be president Patty Driskel, Membership Director Jennie Jacobs, and Communications Director Keir DuBois. Stay tuned to our Twitter and Facebook feeds in the coming weeks for creatively illuminating conference updates!

Come check out “An Evening with Lynda Barry,” the amazing Cartoonist, Graphic Novelist and Author! Sponsored by lynda.com

When: Thursday, March 7th
Time: 8PM
Where: UCSB Campbell Hall
Price: $15 general / Free for all students with current ID

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It’s time to vote for the AIGA Santa Barbara events you want to see happen in 2013.

Vote by ‘liking’ your favorites in the dedicated Facebook album at facebook.com/aigasb. Voting is open through Feb. 15th. The winning entrant will be asked to participate in making their idea come true!

Give your favorite a thumbs-up and let’s make it happen. AIGA S.B. is your local chapter, so help “Design Your AIGA” this year!

UPDATE 2013.03.10: The results are in!

Thanks to all who voted for the member-submitted “Design Your AIGA” event ideas for 2013. AIGA S.B. is your local chapter, and your voices were heard! The top event suggestions, as voted on the AIGA S.B. Facebook page, were:

1. Design for Wine: A Lush Presentation on the Art of Wine
2. A Lettering Workshop with Erik Marinovich
3. Design Business Matters, Round 2: Panel Discussion
4. Before They Went Pro: Halloween Showcase
5. The Brand Gap with Marty Neumeir
(tied with) The Art of the Pitch: Sales Workshop
(tied with) Design for Vinyl: the Art of Music
6. The Business of Illustration: Panel Discussion
(tied with) Michael Schwab: the Stories Behind the Posters

Some events are already in the works, so stay tuned to find out what’s next for AIGA in 2013, and how you can help make these events happen!

Please join us for two special events in one evening of merriment and good cheer. This is the beginning of a grand tradition in the Santa Barbara design community. We invite you to join us as we honor Mark Oliver with our first Fellow Award.

AIGA Santa Barbara encourages you to bring an unwrapped toy (board game, small new plush item or art supplies) for the kids at Cottage Children’s Hospital. The giving comes back to you  with a $10 discount on your ticket for this event.

The more the merrier! Good food, good friends; a time to share and celebrate.  Cocktail attire or festive holiday dress suggested.

Date/Time/Location

December 5, 6:30-8 pm
Brooks Institute Gallery
27 East Cota Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Admission

$15 Members
$10 for Students with ID
$25 for Non-Members

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The DuPuis Group are generously opening their doors and welcoming AIGA Santa Barbara to their new home at the classic Bank of Italy building, in the heart of downtown Ventura. This is a rare opportunity to look into their exciting process and collaborative space. Find out how they turn marketing strategies into design strategies by employing the power of DESIGN THINKING. Don’t miss it!

Date/Time/Location

November 14, 6-7:30 pm
The DuPuis Group
394 E. Main Street, Suite C
Ventura, CA 93001

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Noreen Morioka shares her experiences and insight to what has given AdamsMorioka 20 years of fun, craziness, and—even more important—the bigger picture of evolving culture and more business. Why not? What we do is fundamentally the voice of both. Come share a laugh and challenge her thinking.

Noreen is a co-founder of AdamsMorioka, a design and communications firm with offices in Beverly Hills. She leads a multidisciplinary creative teams of strategists, designers, writers, photographers, animators and technologists in solving complex branding and marketing initiatives for major corporations worldwide. Their clients include ABC, Adobe, Gap, OldNavy, Frank Gehry Partners, Nickelodeon, USC, Sundance, The WaltDisney Company, Target, and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Along with her partner, Sean Adams, she is the co-author of two best-selling books: Logo Design Workbook and Color Design Workbook.

Since AdamsMorioka’s founding in 1994, the firm has been globally recognized by every major graphic design competition and publication including; Communication Arts, I.D., Step Inside Design, and Graphis magazines, as well as The Type Directors Club, The British Art Director’s Club, AIGA, and the New York Art Director’s Club. In 2000, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exhibited AdamsMorioka in a solo retrospective. Morioka holds the honor of being named to I.D. magazine’s “ID40,” citing them as two of the 40 most important people shaping design internationally.

Morioka is currently the President of the Los Angeles Chapter of AIGA (again!), a Fellow of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), chair of the AIGA National President’s Council, Fellow of the International Design Conference at Aspen, and a board member of New York Art Director’s Club. She also served as chair for the James Beard Awards for Design and Architecture. She is a frequent international design competition judge and lecturer.

Details

Date: Thursday October 25
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: 240 Studio, 240 Calle Cesar Chavez, Santa Barbara
Complimentary glass of wine and appetizers.

Cost:
Non Members $25
Members $15
Students with ID $12

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What will AIGA Santa Barbara look like in 2013? Join us for our chapter’s first Members Meeting and help create the AIGA that you want to see in the new year and beyond.

Current AIGA member? Past member? Thinking about joining? You’re all invited! Come to this free event at lynda.com on Wednesday, September 26 and have your say, because AIGA is changing:

• AIGA has a new membership structure. What does this mean for you?
• It’s nomination time for board members. Want to join the AIGA SB board? Come learn more about volunteer opportunities.
• We are planning events for 2013. What’s your dream event? Let us know! You have a say in what happens.

Jot down your thoughts on this handy-dandy napkin (jpg), post it to the AIGA SB Facebook page, and email president@santabarbara.aiga.org to RSVP. The top three ideas will win prizes, so send us your wisdom!

Let’s discuss, vote and decide on programming for the new year. This chapter is your AIGA; we thrive on your participation and we want to hear from you!

Date/Time/Location

Wednesday September 26, 2012
6 pm to 7:30 pm

lynda.com
5410 Via Real
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Cost: Free

AIGA Santa Barbara’s adopted nonprofit, Hospice of Santa Barbara, has an upcoming volunteer opportunity for interested AIGA members on Saturday, July 21, 2012, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Over 1,000 one-of-a-kind fine, vintage, hand-made and eclectic pieces from the estate of Esther Lavin Berger have been donated to Hospice of Santa Barbara. Join us for a very special day to celebrate the heartwarming generosity of Esther Lavin Berger and raise funds for an exceptional community program.

Event will take place on  Hospice of Santa Barbara’s front lawn
2050 Alameda Padre Serra
Free admission
Proceeds to benefit Hospice of Santa Barbara

For more information visit www.hospiceofsantabarbara.org or call (805) 563-8820. To read more about Esther Lavin Berger you can read the NewsPress article on her life and donation to Hospice of Santa Barbara here.

Volunteer Outreach: AIGA Members and Friends

Hospice of Santa Barbra is a volunteer hospice providing professional cost-free services to meet the emotional, social and spiritual needs of people facing the end of life or grieving the death of a loved one. AIGA Santa Barbara has been a dedicated volunteer for Hospice since 2010.

Volunteers are needed to help run this wonderful fundraising event for the morning (8:30 – 12:00) or afternoon shifts (12:30 – 5).

Anyone who volunteers is entitled to attend the preview sale the night before and can purchase items before the public can. This is a great opportunity to give back to a vital service that has touched the lives of many people in our community.

If you are interested in volunteering at the Estate Sale on Saturday, July 21st  please contact Tom Hinkle via email at Tom.Hinkle@v3corporation.com or by calling him at 805-331-0064.

Join AIGA SB and photographer Mehosh Dziadzio at his studio for a tour of his work and insights on how to forge long-term success in the business of photography.

Date/Time/Location

Wednesday, June 27, 2012
6pm to 8pm

Mehosh Photography
624 Olive Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Phone: 805.962.5049
Admission: Free!

Please RSVP to president@santabarbara.aiga.org.

Mehosh will be offering a raffle for a free headshot to all attending AIGA members. Additionally, AIGA SB will screen silent films from the legendary Flying A Studios later in the evening.

Background

Mehosh Dziadzio, award winning advertising, product, fashion, editorial, and portrait photographer, maintains a national and international presence, working for a diverse group of clients since 1985.

His photography has appeared in countless magazines and newspapers, both as advertisements and editorial, in fashion and product catalogs, books, brochures, annual reports and on numerous billboards, CD covers and websites.

Operating from a 2000 square foot state of the art digital studio in Santa Barbara California, Mehosh can accommodate everything from small products to large sets.

In 2010, Mehosh received the prestigious American Advertising Federation’s Gold Award of Achievement. He continues to turn out award winning campaigns for clients in the United States and around the world. His work can be viewed at www.mehosh.com.

How do you navigate being both a creative and business person? Making your living in today’s world is challenging, to say the least.

Add the desire to create and you really have your hands full. It’s not enough to produce beautiful work—you need to know how to market it, price it and budget it. Strong business skills are a must for survival in this competitive market. Join AIGA Santa Barbara for a sneak peek into how some accomplished creatives have navigated these complicated waters.

Seen from several perspectives (a large NYC agency, an illustrator/graphic/web designer, a boutique branding firm, a photographer/stock image provider), the discussion of how to run a business, make money and still have fun will be enlightening.

So, do something creative with your time—join us May 14th at Photo Studio 240 and listen in. It will be informative, engaging and lots of fun!

Date/Time/Location

Monday May 14, 2012
6 pm to 7:30 pm (be on time)
240 Studio
1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, Suite 240
Santa Barbara 93103

Cost

Students $5
AIGA Members $10
Non-Members $25

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Our Panelists

Jeff Burke
Photographer, BurkeTriolo, South Pasadena, CA

Jeffrey Thomas Burke is an accomplished photographer, commercial director, graphic designer and digital imaging artist. He is the founder and former CEO of PictureArts, a leading provider of stock images that was acquired by Jupitermedia in 2005. He is a past president and board member of the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA), the trade association for stock picture agencies in North America, and is the co-founder and past chair of the PLUS Coalition, an international standards and image licensing organization. He currently chairs the Brooks Institute Board of Trustees and serves on a number of community and industry boards and committees.

Jeffrey received a BA in Design from UCLA, an honorary MS in Photography from Brooks Institute and a Certificate in Management from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. He is a principal at BurkeTriolo LLC, a creative studio located in South Pasadena, California. Jeffrey shows his fine art work under the name J.T. Burke throughout California and in various European venues. He lives and works with his wife and fellow artist Lorraine Angela Triolo in South Pasadena.

Debbie Millman
President of Design Division, Sterling Brands, NYC

Debbie Millman has worked in the design business for over 25 years. She is President of the design division at Sterling Brands. She has been there for 17 years and in that time she has worked on the redesign of over 200 global brands.

Debbie is President Emeritus of the AIGA, the largest professional association for design. She is a contributing editor at Print Magazine, a design writer at FastCompany.com and Chair of the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In 2005, she began hosting the first weekly radio talk show about design on the Internet. The show is titled “Design Matters with Debbie Millman” and it is now featured on DesignObserver.com. In 2011, the show was awarded a Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.

Debbie is the author of five books on design including “Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits,” (Allworth Press, 2011), “Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design,” (HOW Books, 2009) and “How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer” (Allworth Press, 2007).

Mark Oliver
Creative Director, Mark Oliver Inc., Solvang, CA

Mark Oliver is President and Creative Director of Mark Oliver, Inc. The firm specializes in food and beverage marketing, branding, and packaging design, and strategic identity and branding programs. While clients of the 30 year-old company have included Fortune 100 firms such as Diageo, General Mills, and PepsiCo, the company has focused on startups and mid-size firms in the natural foods industry, such as Kashi and Back To Nature. The firm was a pioneer in the use of emotion-generating visual cues in packaging design.

A recipient of more than 430 awards from every major design organization and industry publication, examples of the firm’s work are included in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. He is a member of the Brooks Institute Board of Trustees, and a member of the AIGA. He is a founder of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Co-Founder of the Annona Company, a producer of natural food products, and President of the Santa Ynez Valley Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to the protection of rural and agricultural land in the Santa Ynez Valley in California. He has two grown children and lives in Solvang with his wife Donna.

Michelle Shapiro
Main Brain, Ipso Facto Creative Group, Santa Babrara, CA

Michelle Shapiro is a graphic designer and children’s book illustrator living in Santa Barbara, CA.  She holds the title of Main Brain at Ipso Facto Creative Group, an independent design studio offering a varied range of integrated services including design strategy, multimedia, print and web design.

Michelle also is the Creative Director for MAD Studios, a division of the Multimedia Arts and Design Academy at Santa Barbara High School. MAD Studios is a professional creative agency business model in which qualified student interns strengthen and hone design skills, learn and practice professional work habits, and build confidence and competence responsive to the workforce needs of the public and private sectors.

Moderator: Wayne Kosaka
Creative Director, Kosaka Design, San Rafael, CA