AIGA JWU Events

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

Professor Karyn Jimenez will be giving a detailed and instructive demonstration on a very popular form of hand printing, lino-blocking and spray paint stenciling, Tuesday December 14th at 6:00pm in Westminister Conference Center in the Academic Center. Also be sure to come hungry cause there will be free pizza.

This will be a very informative and creative event that will help in future projects. It’s good to break away from the printer and do something with your hands, the results are amazing and it feels incredible to see the end result.

Lino-blocking, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum(sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or gouge, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show printed. The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller (called a brayer), and then impressed onto paper or fabric. The actual printing can be done by hand or with a press (from wikipedia).

More information will be posted after the event in case you weren’t able to make it.

Here’s a sneak peak of some of Professor Jimenez’s demos:

We’re very excited to have Pete Cardoso from Ghost-Town.net come visit us, this Thursday (November 4th) at 12:00pm noon in the Westminister Technology Conference room. Come by to see and hear about his awesome work and experiences. There will also be snacks and refreshments, so feel free to come by on your lunch break. Students will also have their most recent work up on display, it will be an event you won’t want to miss.

Brian Alves, associate professor at Johnson & Wales University, has scheduled a visiting artist’s lecture with video artist Jon Shumway.  His work offers a uniquely personal approach/ perspective on digital media. This is open to anyone who would like to attend. If you have any questions you can drop Professor Alves an email or leave a comment below.

We’ll be sure to provide more information on this event as it draws closer. RISD is very eager to meet and network with our AIGA Student Group. If you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment below.

Very important post vacation meeting! We will be planning all of the details for our Comedy Fundraiser. Please do everything you can to make it to this meeting. If you want to, or know someone that wants to donate items to be raffled off at the comedy fundraiser, please either bring it, or let us know.

If you are going to be designing a poster for the event, please have it submitted by this meeting. If you are not going to make it to this meeting, please shoot an email to aigajwu@gmail.com and make sure that you register to be a part of our Relay For Life Team.