Join Aileen's List for Design Events

Aileen Tu, your AIGA Student Group President, has compiled a list of goings-on about town (below). Don't want to miss future updates? Join her list: aiga.uclax@aileentu.com.

THURS MARCH 03
SHE SAYS LA //// : TRENDSPOTTING IN 2011

Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Team One, 1960 East Grand Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245
Cost: FREE
What better way to kick off the first SheSays event this year than with an evening filled with discussion around digital topics and trends for 2011! Come join us for a lively evening where our panel of speakers in the business discuss what’s next in mobile, social, integrated production, multicultural marketing and digital communications.

Speakers
Michi Broman - Director of Operations, iconmobile
Elizabeth Brownsen - Management Director of Integrated Production, Team One
Beverly Macy - CEO and Co-Founder, Gravity Summit

inCONVERSATION | Bjarke Ingels of BIG @ LACMA
Architecture Lecture: Bjarke Ingels 

Time: 7:30 PM
Location: LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles California 90036
Cost: $10 general admission; $7 LACMA and A+D Museum members; $5 seniors 62+ and students with ID
Tickets: 323-857-6010 or ONLINE.

Event Description
Bjarke Ingels is the founding partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), which he started in 2005. Recent and current projects include the Danish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, the Danish Maritime Museum, and the recently-awarded Waste-to-Energy Plant in Copenhagen that doubles as a ski slope for the city's residents and visitors. Presented by LACMA and the A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles; organized by Francesca Garcia-Marques, Hon. AIA/LA and Ann Videriksen, Hon. AIA/LA.

A+D MUSEUM | Reception | A reception in honor of Bjarke Ingels to follow just across the street at the A+D Architecture and Design Musuem. Ticket includes admission to reception.

FRI MARCH 04
It Began In Brooklyn: From A to Z and Beyond
A Design Discussion with Michael Doret Hosted by Art Institute Hollywood

Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: The Art Institute of California - Hollywood, 5250 Lankershim Blvd North Hollywood, CA 91601
Cost: FREE
RSVP: AIGA LA says no RSVP necessary, but Facebook says RSVP to Michel Doret: events@michaeldoret.com

Event Description
Even if the name Michael Doret doesn’t ring a bell, you’re probably more familiar with his work than you may realize. If you’ve seen his logo for the NY Knicks, or any of his many covers for TIME magazine or for the hardrock group KISS, then you’re aware of the power and dynamism he has brought to the art of letterforms for many years. Michael is one of the most celebrated practitioners of “integrated letterforms”; his award-winning work blurs the distinctions between the worlds of lettering, illustration, and graphic design...Michael will delve into his past and share with the audience the primal sources for the sensibilities that drive his art, and how he came to do what he does. With graphic examples Michael will discuss how he discovered that his environment and surroundings while growing up made deep and lasting impressions in his young mind that are still blatantly reflected in the samples of work he’ll be showing from various stages in his career.

Rodarte: States of Matter @ MOCA Pacific Design Center
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: MOCA Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Cost: FREE (FYI - Pacific Design Center is always free)

Event Description
Join us for the opening of Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s first museum exhibition on the West Coast, featuring pieces from Rodarte’s Spring 2010, Fall 2010, and Fall 2008 runway collections, as well as original ballet costumes designed for the feature film, Black Swan. More info on the exhibit.

Self-parking is available in the Pacific Design Center lot. Enter from Melrose Avenue, just east of San Vicente Boulevard. $10 flat rate. Metered street parking is also available. Cash bar at Red Seven (adjacent to MOCA Pacific Design Center)

THURS MARCH 10
"Age of Mammals" Hosted by KBDA and UCLA Extension
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Cost: FREE [space is limited]
RSVP: facebook.com/uclaextensionvisualarts

Event Description
Design firm KBDA recently redid the exhibit design for "Age of Mammals" at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. Learn more about their process with Allison Bloss and Elizabeth Salud from KBDA on a small tour.

This event has limited room so please RSVP early and plan on attending since you are reserving a space. A confirmation will be sent prior to the event via FB.

LA Web Professionals Group 3/2011 - Dive into CSS layout using Dreamweaver with Brian Wood
Time: 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Location: Working Village, 212 Marine Street, suite 100, Santa Monica, CA
Cost: FREE
RSVP: Facebook event page http://on.fb.me/f3Ebtx, EventBrite or by email lawebprofessionalsgroup@gmail.com

LA Web Professionals Group on the Web and Facebook
Event Description

6:45 PM - Doors Open - Registration / Networking
7:00 PM - Part 1 - In this first part, we will have a quick review of CSS concepts. Then, we are off into using CSS and Dreamweaver to build a web layout. Important concepts we'll discuss include floats, positioning, layout types (static vs. fluid/liquid), best practices today, and more.
8:00 PM - Networking Break / Refreshments / Tweetup #lawpg
8:20 PM - Prize Drawing
8:25 PM - Part 2 - In this second part, we will dive into styling type with CSS and Dreamweaver. Learning important concepts such as sizing type, learning some of the web "standards" for things like line-height, margin, and more. We'll also take a look at styling things like lists, blockquotes, indents, and captions.

Speaker Bio
Brian Wood: A seasoned web technology trainer, Brian is an Adobe Creative Instructor and the author of books and training videos on Acrobat, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and InDesign. In addition to his regular training programs, Brian speaks regularly at national conferences such as Adobe MAX, The InDesign Conference, as well as at events hosted by AIGA and other industry organizations. He also has a free video tips blog at: www.brianwoodtips.com, and a video learning site at: www.askbrianwood.com, and a Dreamweaver CS5 book that takes you through building a website using CSS: http://www.askbrianwood.com/book-purchase/

Architecture and Design Museum | Free Admission Days
A + D Museum
6032 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: 323.932.9393
Email: info@aplusd.org
Web: http://aplusd.org/http://aplusd.org/
In celebration of A+D's 10th Anniversary, free admission will be given to all A+D Museum visitors on the 10th of every month for all of 2011!!