Event poster designed by: Veronica Morena & Andrew Calipa

Guest Speaker Notes //

Mark Bevington got started about 10 years ago. He attended the University of Buffalo. And has a masters from Syracuse.

The name of Ninedot came from the nine dot game, and thinking outside the box.

Branding – identity as a business model & put a purpose behind it

Warren buffett’s the world’s most successful investors says that brand is the most important factor.

1) Access & define purpose

2) Plan & set objectives

3) Execute

4) Measure – if it’s not working, fix it & tweak it.

Better thinking / core strategy

-       environments

-       events

-       identity

-       design

-       interactive

-       research

-       events

-       advertising

-       strategy

a new way of thinking

branding 2.0

Have some meat to your design & your brand

Nine dot’s better way of thinking

Who you need as a team:

• project manager
• creative director
• designer
• writer

Chase the money or do something you love

It’s your passion.

Learn more about Mark Bevington and Ninedot at Ninedot.com

Yes, that’s right. I said it.

AIGA JWU Chapter t-shirt contest

What is it?

Our chapter is asking you, the talented up-and-coming designer, to submit an entry for our annual t-shirt design contest. T-shirts will be hand screen-printed and distributed to the rest of the group as a bad-ass uniform.

When is it due?

Sunday, October 23rd

What are the parameters?

All designs must be designed in illustrator as a single (one) color vector. You can use this American Apparel T-shirt template to prototype your design. (Construct your design in illustrator, and import it as a smart object into this PSD).

It’s also necessary to use the AIGA logo, feel free to get creative.

Where do I submit it?

All entries should be saved as a JPG and emailed to Professor Jimenez at Karynje{at}gmail.com by Sunday. October 23rd.

How do you guys decide the winner?

The submissions will be voted on by the executive board, as well as some faculty members, and the winner will be announced at the next AIGA meeting.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below, or email rob{at}roberskine.com

Best of luck!

On Friday October 21st from 7PM-9PM, we will be holding another one of our bowling events at Cranston Bowling, 1450 Elmwood Ave, Cranston RI. The event will be $12 per person. And as of now there is no theme and there doesn’t have to be. But if anybody wants to think of a theme and email one of the E-board members it would be fantastic! This is the weekend before Halloween so can be Halloween themed (;

Also on Friday November 4th, we are planning to attend the NYC AIGA 365 Gallery events. Concrete details still to come, but if you plan on attending we will most likely be leaving by 8AM to get to the city so we can get a jump on the day. Executive board members are trying to arrange ameet & greets with design firms in the city they visited last year.

At today’s presentation we had JWU Alumni Sam Kowalczyk come in and talk about projects and her time spent at the Business Innovation Factory. (Video of presentation to come!) Other presenters we are planning for the future are:
> Pete Cardoso – Does poster work for Lupo’s. He visited JWU last year thanks to Rob Erskine.
> 38 Studios – An entertainment and IP creation company in development on a broad range of products, including online and console video games, toys, novels, comics, film, TV, and other forms of digital media.
> Dan MacKinnon – JWU Alumni & Founder and President of Sub Culture Marketing.

Dues – something that is probably on everybody’s minds. The dues for this years groups are as follows:
> $20 to be apart of ONLY the AIGA JWU Chapter
> $50 for the National AIGA dues
We know that being a college a student and having lots of money isn’t something that goes together so well, so we gave options to still be apart of AIGA even if you can’t pay the national dues.

An idea that came up during our meeting was trying to hold an AIGA Jack O’ Lantern carving session out on Gaebe Commons possibly!

New & old members PLEASE do not be afraid to email or message on of the Executive Board members (Rob Erskine, Michelle Nutter, Andrew Calipa, Veronica Morena, Mike Pierce & Sarah Dillonaire) for ANY possible ideas you might have for fundraisers, speakers or field trips. We would love to hear from you!

I’m sorry that this post is so long, I just wanted to make sure everyone was updated on the information that was given at today’s meeting. Hope you join us at our next meeting & future events! Have a good night everyone (:

Credits to Sarah Lister for the awesome poster design

While AIGA’s executive board has a meeting tonight, our good friends at Ad Club over in the College of Business are hosting a screening of Art & Copy.

Be sure to check out this industry leading documentary at 6pm in the Advertising Lab on the 4th floor of the College of Business.

“Art & Copy is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for “Just Do It,” “I Love NY,” “Where’s the Beef?,” “Got Milk,” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them…” – from IMDB

Credits to Michelle Nutter for this awesome poster.

We’ve got a lot of exciting stuff planned.

Special guest lecturers from industry professionals from around the RI area.

Visits to letterpress’s and book binderies. Trips to visit other cities and conferences.

Competitions to test your ’snuff.

And Bowling just for funsies.

If you have any questions about joining or becoming a member feel free to leave a comment below, send me an email (rte116(at)jwu.edu), or come to our first meeting. Which, by the way, is at 6pm on Tuesday,  September 13th in the WTCC. We’ll be holding elections, making jokes, and discussing plans for the upcoming year.