The fourth AIGA DC Continuum Fund button set designed by Michael Osborne, will premiere today, Monday, November 16, 2009, at the AIGA DC presents Michael Osborne event for the suggested minimum donation of $5.

Michael Osborne is a San Francisco based designer, founder of the non-profit design studio Joey's Corner, principle of Michael Osborne Design and has been recognized by countless awards & organizations for his stunning work. He believes in supporting good causes through quality design.

Michael founded the design studio Joey's Corner as a non-profit organization to honor the memory of his son Joseph Michael Osborne. During his presentation, Michael will guide us through the process of setting up a non-profit, finding clients and ways to establish proper funding for a non-profit. Michael will demonstrate the tangible and intangible rewards of helping the organizations that typically cannot afford professional design services.

Since 1981 Michael has also operated Michael Osborne Design in San Francisco. As President and Creative Director, Michael has created award-winning packaging, corporate identity, and retail design solutions for clients including Jack Daniel's, Kettle Chips, Gymboree, William-Sonoma, and Target. In the summer of 2006 Michael was the recipient of the AIGA Fellowship Award, and his work has been featured in numerous national design publications and is included in the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

When:
Please join us in welcoming Michael to Washington, DC on Monday, November 16, 2009. Happy hour at Kellari Taverna to follow!

Registration opens at 6:30 PM, and the event begins at 7:00 PM.

Where:
Charles Sumner School
1201 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Costs:
Members, $12 ($15 at the door)
Non-members, $16 ($20 at the door)
Students, $8 ($10 at the door)

AIGA DC will also have Stanley Hainsworth, The General Design Company, and David Franek button sets available.

If you would like more information about AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Scholarship or have questions about donating to AIGA DC's Continuum Fund, please email continuum@aigadc.org or visit www.aigadc.org/continuum.

More photos can be found on the AIGA DC Flickr page.

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Carolyn Belefski
Continuum Chair, AIGA DC

Posted by washingtondc in Blog | November 16, 2009

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The third AIGA DC Continuum Fund button set will premiere on September 22 at the AIGA DC Fellow Award and Annual Meeting for the suggested minimum donation of $5.

David Franek will be receiving the Fellow Award and designed the button set in honor of his event and to raise money for the Continuum Fund. He is president and brand director at The Design Channel an award-winning design studio in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The concept for David's buttons is an on-going theme he has been working on and publishing on www.thedesignetwork.com.

AIGA DC will also have the Stanley Hainsworth and The General Design Company button sets available at the September 22 event.

Join us September 22 as we kick off a new year with our Fellow Award and Annual Meeting. The evening will include an address by current AIGA DC President Jill Spaeth on the state of the chapter, as well as presentation of the chapter Fellow Award to David Franek. Please plan to be a part of this festive event and Happy Hour to follow!

Costs:
Members, $10 ($15 at the door)
Non-members, $15 ($20 at the door)
Students, $5 ($10 at the door)

Registration opens at 6:30 PM, and the event begins at 7:00 PM. Happy Hour to follow at Zengo, 781 7th Street, NW.

If you would like more information about AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Scholarship or have questions about donating to AIGA DC's Continuum Fund, please email continuum@aigadc.org or visit www.aigadc.org/continuum.

More photos can be found on the AIGA DC Flickr page.

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Carolyn Belefski
Continuum Chair, AIGA DC

Posted by washingtondc in Blog, Discussions | September 16, 2009

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Last Tuesday, August 4, 2009, AIGA DC hosted a summer party to celebrate and recognize this year's AIGA DC Fellow Award recipient David Franek* and MICA student Sarah Machicado, the winner of our first AIGA DC Continuum Scholarship. David Franek is president and brand director at The Design Channel an award-winning design studio in Chevy Chase, MD.

Those who attended the event are AIGA DC board members, founding members of the fund, and official members of the 2008-2009 Continuum Circle. (The Continuum Circle is comprised of donors who make cumulative pledges of or exceeding $350 per year to the Continuum Fund).

The intimate gathering was hosted at Tamera Lawrence's home in DC. Everyone enjoyed catching up with each other over their busy summer and reconnected to focus on the Continuum Fund. AIGA DC Advisory Board members Beth Singer and Sam Shelton spoke about starting a permanent legacy of giving back to the profession of design and highlighted our achievements and upcoming plans.

David spoke about his super career path leading up to his Fellows Award and Sarah spoke about the value of her scholarship and what she wants to pursue in the future. AIGA DC President, Jill Spaeth, then fielded questions about the chapter and activities we are planning.

It was a great event that took time and effort from many people on the AIGA DC board, including myself, Kerri Sarembock, Jill Spaeth, Mira Azarm, James Hobbs, Tamera Lawrence, Beth Singer, Dan Banks, Emily Carr, and Sam Shelton. Thank you to all that contributed and attended.

The AIGA DC Continuum Fund would also like to thank C & R Printing for donating all the printing including the paper for the wine tasting event last March at The Art Institute of Washington. Please consider them for your printing needs and mention AIGA DC to show them how valuable their contributions are to the design profession.

If you would like more information about AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Scholarship or have questions about donating to AIGA DC's Continuum Fund, please email continuum@aigadc.org.

To view more images from the 2009 Continuum Summer Party 2009, visit the AIGA DC Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigadc/sets/72157621963880196/

Special thanks goes out to Joe Carabeo of Astray Productions for photographing the event!

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Carolyn Belefski
Continuum Chair, AIGA DC

*We will also honor David at an event open to all our membership this fall for the Fellows Award. Please visit aigadc.org for the latest updates on our 2009-2010 programming season as we start up again this fall.

Posted by washingtondc in Blog | August 6, 2009

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Last month James Hobbs and I helped organize the second set of buttons for AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Button Campaign to help DC metro area students pursue a graphic design degree. The buttons premiered last month at Sea Change: AIGA Leadership Retreat 2009 in Portland, Oregon. All proceeds go to AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Scholarship, which allows young people from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds not only to realize their artistic dreams, but also to give back to their communities.

Soung Wiser of The General Design Company helped coordinate this set of three buttons. The congratulatory, buddy nature of the fist bump, the high five and the thumbs up drove the idea for the thank you buttons. The hand gestures bring a feeling of connection, community and a "Hey, isn't it awesome to be part of this? Slap me some skin!"

The button sets will be available at future AIGA DC events for the suggested minimum donation of $5. Thanks goes out to Tamera Lawrence who designed the label and Joe Carabeo of Astray Productions for photographing the buttons.

If you would like more information about AIGA DC's Continuum Fund Scholarship or have questions about donating to AIGA DC's Continuum Fund, please email continuum@aigadc.org or visit www.aigadc.org/continuum.

More photos can be found on the AIGA DC Flickr page.

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Carolyn Belefski
Continuum Chair, AIGA DC

Posted by washingtondc in Blog | July 10, 2009

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February 2009 marked the 10 year anniversary of the AIGADC Talk discussion list. I presented the idea to the AIGA DC board in February of 1999 and with the their help, got it up and running and delivered to the membership. I had to poke and prod to get conversation started, but once the train was rolling, it was non-stop. Sometimes hot and sometimes cold, sometimes dull and sometimes bold, as you now know, this has become the place to rant about graphic design throughout the region. As you may not realize, it is the envy of many AIGA chapters.

Continue reading "AIGADC Talk Turns 10!"

Posted by washingtondc in Blog, Discussions | May 14, 2009

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