AIGA Baltimore

Here is an image of the book I helped make at the AIGA Baltimore/Lead Graffiti workshop a couple of weeks ago. To read more, check out these two posts (and thanks to Ray Nichols for this photo.)

Last weekend was the Photopolymer Workshop by AIGA Baltimore and Typecast Press. Mary Mashburn, of Typecast gave a tour of the shop while going over letterpress history. Then she showed the magic of creating a photopolymer plate. Each participant go to print their own Baltimore themed postcard design, and they then did a print exchange at the end. Everyone got to work on the two Vandercook presses, and a good time was had by all.

Last October, AIGA Baltimore sponsored Create Don’t Hate with Worldstudio. Now the seven selected billboards are up in Baltimore!

To read more about the program, check out this post: AIGA Create Don’t Hate

Just thought I would let you all know that I am running a Letterpress Series.

Did you miss AIGA Baltimore’s Bernard Canniffe Lecture the last week? If so, you missed quite an inspiring night. Here are some notable quotes from the man himself:

“Design for the community will be one of the most important things in the future.”

Last October, AIGA Baltimore sponsored Create Don’t Hate with Worldstudio. This was a mentoring program for high school students in the Baltimore area. Graphic designers were matched up with students interested in visual arts from Patapsco and Patterson high schools. The groups worked together to create posters that later on could become billboards throughout the city. The program lasted four weeks, with students and mentors meeting once a week.

Last week, I listened to Michael Bierut present “My Life as a Font” at a UMBC/AIGA Baltimore event. He worked his way through the alphabet, showcasing a project for each letter and discussing the typeface used. But what I really enjoyed hearing were all the lessons he seemed to pick up along the way.

Katie McKenna Daniels is trying to save the planet one sustainable design at a time. As the design director for Vermilion Design in Boulder, Colorado, she created logos for Noodles & Company, Bingham Hill and the CU Art Museum of the University of Colorado, and it was at Vermilion that she learned the importance of reducing her clients’ environmental impact. She recently relocated to Maryland and started her own business, McKenna Daniels Design.

This weekend, I attended the conference Social Studies: Educating Designers in a Connected World. There were many sessions to choose from, and I had a difficult time deciding which ones to attend. Even though the speakers were focusing on educators, it still gave me inspiration even as a professional in the field. Here is some of what I gleaned from the sessions.