Junichi Tsuneoka will speak to the club and more free pizza.
http://www.stubbornsideburn.comMonday, September 8, 2008
News from HQ....
The latest Communique from AIGA is out www.aiga.org/communique
there are quite a few interesting articles to read.
-DG
Friday, September 5, 2008
Job search tips by Jade Gordon
Something that accelerates my job hunting is using Google Reader.
http://www.google.com/reader/
This is a "news reader" (You don't HAVE to use Google, there are other
news/feed readers). Essentially, a reader collects posts from blogs and
other sites set up to supply "feeds", and puts them all in one spot. I
made a "Jobs" category in my reader. Here are some of the places that have
feeds with Graphic Design job listings (even if only once in a while).
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=graphic+designer&l=seattle&from=rss
This is actually a site that collects listings from various places and
serves them in feed format.
http://marketplace.nwsource.com/jobs/
Seattle Times listings. You would have to input your own search criteria,
and get it's own feed.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Coroflot/AllJobs
Coroflot
http://www.designspongeonline.com/jobboard/
Design Sponge
http://feeds.feedburner.com/GamasutraJobs
Primarily for the Video Game and animation fields, every so often, they
look for Graphic Designers here.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/med/
Yes, all the categories of Craig's List have their own feeds!
I'm always looking for more places to add! A lot of sites I still have to
check manually, especially those that have complicated search functions as
the main way to check listings. I wish the temp agencies I joined would
use this too, it would make things so much simpler. The main advantage
other than the aggregation is speed. These are all "live" feeds, which
means I can see things relatively close to posting time. I mostly live on
the feeds right now, and you might even find a lot of listings get pulled
fairly quickly because they get a lot of responses from it. I like to try
to be one of those first responses!
Anyway, the advantage of school and attending all the events you can is
the in-person networking, and that is always going to be more valuable.
Still, it can be a good idea to keep an eye on the listings, watch for
trends, and so on. I find that this speeds things up, and I probably spend
about 75% less time reading listings with this advantage of a more
one-stop method.
Jade Gordon
http://www.design-by-jade.com
Thursday, September 18 | Doors 6pm, Lecture 6:30pm
Rocky Photographic Arts Studio | 116 Elliott Ave W, Seattle
Come meet fellow designers concerned about the environment and learn about new sustainable materials and practices that will help you become a green designer. This debut event for the AIGA Seattle Green Salon will feature two groups of local speakers – Amy Tucker of Xeko, and Rob and Jeff of SODO Creative – each equally committed to the environment and their craft.
We welcome you to come early. We'll begin the evening with light refreshments before jumping into the lecture at 6:30. A question and answer period will be held at the end of the night so be sure to bring your toughest questions – our experts will most definitely be up to the challenge!
Amy Tucker is a local designer who developed Xeko, a trading card game for kids and parents. Not only does this game promote being eco-friendly, but it was produced using only sustainable materials. Come hear how Amy put her green goggles on and reduced her carbon footprint with innovative ideas and strategies.
SODO Creative, LLC provides high quality print and Web marketing solutions with a commitment to social and environmental responsibility. At the SODO DOJO (a virtual workspace), Jeff and Rob are constantly devising new ways to reduce the amount of energy, materials, and impact to the environment for both business and clients.
AIGA Member: $10 Register
Non-Member: $20 Register
Student Non-Members: $15 Register
Only 49 seats available, so be sure to purchase your tickets today!
This event is generously sponsored by CCS Printing.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
September 4 - October 15 / The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show Remix at Design Commission
The Opening is Tonight!!!!!
Bumbershoot just isn't big enough to hold all the incredible posters from Iran. Join us on first Thursday after Bumbershoot at Design Commission in the Tashiro-Kaplan Building in Pioneer Square for a revised presentation of The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show featuring Iranian posters and Seattle-Iran pairings not presented at Bumbershoot.
Opening: September 4, 6-8pm, 121 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle WA 98104
After September 4, viewable by appointment: 206-223-7709 or studio@designcommission.com
Gallery Opening at Evo this Friday!!!
Artwork by Scott Fuller will be on display at evo with an opening happening this Friday. There will be a DJ, food, and limited edition t-shirts for sale at the opening. If you don't have plans already, this event was recommended by Jodie Eilers as she works with Scott at SuperBig.
Location:
Evo
122 NW 36th St
Seattle, WA 98107
Monday, September 1, 2008
As Hurricane Gustav threatens New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, AIGA is mobilizing the community once again to help designers who may be displaced from homes and businesses.
Weston McWhorter, the New Orleans chapter president, has alerted the local board to ways in which the national organization can help. While we are unable to offer relief services or displacement funding, we are able to provide connections between designers whose lives are turned upside down and those able to help.
After Katrina, AIGA’s Leave No Designer Behind initiative sought to make contact with all designers in the area to check on their safety and needs. By mid-week, AIGA and Chopping Block will reactivate the DisplacedDesigners.com site to provide advice and matching of needs and support. This assistance applies to all designers, not just AIGA members.
For those in the path of Hurricane Gustav
Please keep your chapter informed when your plans become clear so that we can account for our members; contact Wes at president@neworleans.aiga.org if you are in Louisiana or your local chapter president elsewhere in the affected area. You can also contact relief@aiga.org.
For those eager to help
Please consider how you might help those leaving the affected area, in terms of housing or studio space during any relocation period. When DisplacedDesigner.com becomes reactivated, you will be able to alert us to ways in which you can help. Following Katrina, designers were able to offer housing, studio space, new jobs and equipment for displaced members.
Immediate contacts
The national coordinator on staff will be Spencer Bruce (212 807 1990 or relief@aiga.org). We will provide an update when the website is available and initial reports are in.
The power of our community of designers is what we can do individually but, even more important, what we can do together.
Richard Grefé
Executive director
AIGA | the professional association for design
164 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10010 | 212 710 3100
grefe@aiga.org
AIGA: stimulating thinking about design
www.aiga.org
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