Portfolio Review Night 2012 Recap

On April 19th over 80 design students gathered at the Heights Theater to have their student portfolio reviewed by 30 established design professionals. Students from 10 schools participated, with students driving in from as far as Oklahoma to have an opportunity for feedback from professionals that is grounded in real world experience. For those that [...]

Design Innovation : Summer Fun

That’s right everyone! Finals are over, and it’s finally warm enough to go swimming in those pools and start relaxing on that beach. At least I’m excited about it! I love being outdoors so I’m all about warmer weather. And as we know, there’s plenty of that to be had in Houston. The blistering heat [...]

Stick ‘Em Up! Screening at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

This movie did what it was supposed to do. Stick ‘Em Up! evoked. It motivated. It fired me up to do something wild and crazy and defiant! …like vandalize this bandwidth with my creative process (also known as a blog-post). I hereby trespass onto this forbidden webpage with the hopes that my words will last [...]

3 Questions: Holstee

By designing and curating with a conscience, Holstee offers a place for mindful shoppers to find meaningful products. I’ve been seeing their Holstee Manifesto poster pop up in a lot of places and decided to get in touch with them to learn more. 1. I saw your Poster Manifesto on Pinterest and it intrigued me. [...]

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Webinar: Design Research: Getting to know Your Users

Design research is an investigation based on empathy, insight and understanding (a fundamental element of building successful digital experiences). In this members-only webinar, learn how it can help designers discover what tasks people accomplish with digital services and devices, where they want to perform these tasks and what kind of information they need to complete them.

Design leaders maintain confidence in the design economy's growth

NEW YORK—May 14, 2012. AIGA’s Design Leaders Confidence Index rose again in the first quarter of 2012, rising from 100.71 to 104.15—the second highest level of confidence since AIGA began monitoring confidence in 2005.

NEA Awards Two Grants to AIGA

NEW YORK—April 27, 2012. This week the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the results of its August 2011 deadline, which included support towards the development of a National Design and Social Impact Mentorship Program and 100 Years of Design in America, a series of educational videos about accomplished designers.

Design Reading: A Brand-new Conversation on AIGA.org

What role does memory play in design? Book-inspired questions like this one, sparked by Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, are at the heart of Design Reading, an ongoing online dialogue about the influence of reading in our work.

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