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LA Design Events: April 2011 Wrap-Up
Behance/AIGA LA meetup, march 2011 (image: AIGA Los Angeles)
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Hey, LA design community! Get out your planner, launch your fancy calendar apps, and take note of some great design industry events happening around town for the last two weeks of April. As usual, if you have an event to share, post it in the comments to maximize the direct proportionality of the more truly being the merrier.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 7 - 9pm
AIGA LA Studio Tour: Level LA
$10 AIGA members / $20 non-members
LEVEL blends a potent mix of branded content, technology platforms and connected devices to design total user experiences that amplify the relationship between brands and consumers. Join us at LEVEL as we get a peak of how they create innovative solutions for dynamic brand like Qualcomm, VIZIO, RIM (Blackberry) and NAMCO BANDAI Games. The 2011 AIGA LA Studio Tour series highlights the amazing work being created right here in our own sunny backyard. Learn about the inner workings of established studios, see where their magic happens, and acquire the answers to all of your burning questions while mingling with like-minded designers over light snacks and beverages.
Thursday, April 28, 2011, 7 - 9pm
Command XCV: Cut Copy & Paste
Free
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In this jointly produced event, students will come together, teaming up with different schools, joining in a live action design battle show down! This design battle royale launches designers into the spotlight and offers audience members the unique experience of sharing in the creative process. There will be prizes, food and music in addition to the gladiator style design face off... interested in competing?
Thursday, April 28, 2011, 7 - 9pm
Ideo's Fred Dust Presents: Designed to Scale
Free with rsvp by April 24, email in the link above
This talk will explore the evolution of the practice of design using examples from IDEOs portfolio of work which includes the design of large scale governmental change, human systems, brands right down to individual human behaviors. From designing a next generation US Social Security service to new luxury, from engaging people in political participation to keeping them on their health plans design plays a role.
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 10am - 5pm
AIGA LA Student Portfolio Day
$15 AIGA student members only, register at the link above
AIGA LA Student Portfolio Day at Woodbury University. AIGA student member's portfolios are reviewed by industry professionals. $15 entry fee includes lunch.
Ongoing:
January 23 - May 8, 2011
A Marriage of Craft and Design: The Work of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman
Free to CAFAM members / $7 for non-members
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Artist-designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman brought beautiful, yet affordable, home accessories to a rapidly expanding post-World War II California population. With their talents in decorative art and design, the couple helped to shape the phenomenon that came to be known as “Mid-Century California Modernism.”
April 3 - April 24, 2011
Tomorrow Today: A Juried Student Exhibition from Pasadena City College
Free to PMCA members / $7 non-members / $5 students
Tomorrow Today features work by current art and design students at Pasadena City College, selected by a jury of distinguished art professionals, including the PMCA staff. This is the first exhibition co-organized by PCC and the PMCA.
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