AIGA HOUSTON | the channel newsletter | April 2007
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CONTENTS
Announcements
AIGA Houston Design Legends Gala
Meet an AIGA member **New Section**
Upcoming Events Calendar
Student Portfolio Review
Dear AIGAbby
HOW Conference
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ANNOUNCEMENTS :
AIGA Houston is now on flickr
Check out AIGA Houston’s latest event photos online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/aigahouston/

Welcome new and re-newed AIGA members!!
New: Yesenia Angel, Angelo Directo, LaShane Eaglin, Krystle Ganotisi, Suzette Haskell, Chris
Hetherington, Andrew Laabs, Grace Liang, Lotus LoCaste, Alfredo Mejia, Melanie Morris, Brandice< Newby, Andrea Richardson and Kevin Yu
Renewed: Noora Alsalman, Terressa Broussard, Marcella Cabrera, Ann Costa, Courtenay Shea
Graham, John Lara, Shawna Murland and Tenya Yeh

How dues are spent
Where do you thing your $295 in membership fees goes to? Do you want to see how your
membership dues are spent? Check out the link below to see the value of your membership dollars:
http://www.aiga.org/resources/content/3/5/7/6/images/howduesarespent.swf

Next: AIGA Design Conference
October 11-14 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver
Early registration ends May 16, so visit designconference.aiga.org for more information and reserve your seat before prices go up (save $125 by registering now).

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AIGA Houston Design Legends Gala :
The President and Board of Directors of the AIGA Houston Chapter invite you to attend the 2007 Houston Design Legends Gala. Saturday, May 5th at 6 p.m. at the Houstonian Hotel.

An event honoring AIGA Houston 2006 Fellows Cheryl Beckett and Chris Hill and Recipient of the AIGA Houston 2006 Corporate Leadership Award, Walter P Moore.

What is the AIGA Houston Fellow Award?
The AIGA Houston Fellow award program is a means of recognizing mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within the design community. The areas of education, writing, leadership and reputation, as well as the practice of design are given equal consideration in measuring significant contribution.

What is the AIGA Houston Corporate Leadership Award?
The AIGA Houston corporate leadership award was established to recognize the role of perceptive and forward-thinking organizations that have been instrumental in the advancement of design be applying the highest standards, as a matter or policy. Recipients of this award demonstrate respect for the lives they touch, a rare commitment to consistency and quality, and a model for the successful interaction between aesthetics and pragmatics.

Please visit our website for more details!

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AN AIGA MEMBER: Meet Nuzi Barkatally
As our local design community continues to grow, we want to make it just a little easier for you to recognize your creative leaders, professionals, students and sponsors. In this month’s “meet a member” section, we feature student member Nuzi Barkatally.

Nuzi Barkatally is in her junior year of study at the University of Houston design program. She lives near the UH campus, but sometimes she goes home to visit her parents and her dalmatian, Cookie. Aside from making awesome design, Nuzi is also the AIGA UH student rep. In her spare time, Nuzi enjoys long walks along the Pacific beaches of Los Angeles (who doesn’t!) and random spurts of dancing.

Q: What made you want to study design?
Nuzi: In college I decided to take a Fundamentals of Graphic Design course for fun (I was a Communications major at the time). The class was an awakening for me! I had an amazing teacher from the graduate department, by the name of Ray Ogar. In that class, we were just making compositions of circles, but Ray would push our critical thinking skills. I found myself approaching things in a whole new way. I was hooked ever since.

Q: What inspires you?
Nuzi: People who stand up for what they believe in, especially when I see designers making a statement by means of their design.

So next time you see Nuzi at an AIGA event, wave hello.

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UPCOMING EVENTS
April

Wed 18
AIGA Houston presents : Nitty Gritty Teleforum FREE for Everyone
Fri 20
AIGA Houston presents : REACH Student Series : 9th Annual Student Portfolio Review
Thurs 19 – Sun. 22
AIGA Austin presents : Design Ranch 2007 Design Conference.
SEVEN years of creative re-inspiration with SEVEN workshops from SEVEN dynamite speakers.
visit http://aigaaustin.org/events/2007/04/detail/276 for more details.

May
Sat 5
AIGA Houston Design Gala, The Houstonian Hotel and Resort
Thurs. 10
University of Houston Graphic Communications Student Exhibition
Fri 18 - June 16
Rice Design Alliance presents: Snapshot 2007 : Houston Design on View Exhibition

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Student Portfolio Review : Friday , April 20
Do you have the potential to proceed as a designer? Then reveal your talent and find your place.

AIGA Houston 9th Annual Student Portfolio Review ’07

This event is absolutely free, first come, first serve.
For more information contact:
Rose Newton | 713 397 1215
education@houston.aiga.org
www.aigahouston.org

Students participating in the event are also invited to the studio open houses from 9am to noon.
Note: This is ONLY open to students, so please check with their faculty for detailed information. The studios participating are:

Brand Extract, LoucksDesignWorks, HILL, Origin Design, RigsbyHull and Savage Design
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A mesage from your very own , AIGAbby
Hello Everyone,
AIGA Gabby here. Some of you may have wondered where I got my interesting name. The answer is simple... I like to offer advice and I’m also very talkative. (Just ask my editor.) The way I see it, any question is worth many words of wisdom. So there you have it. The advise doctor is in. Please send your questions to me via: aigabby@houston.aiga.org. I promise to answer them to the fullest.
Gabbily,
AIGAbby

P.S. My appearance may resemble your AIGA president,
Robin Tooms, but she’s got rosier cheeks. ; )

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For More Information on this event, contact Purvi Baron at events@houston.aiga.org or Robin Tooms at president@houston.aiga.org
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REGISTER FOR THE HOW DESIGN CONFERENCE
You’re invited to join HOW magazine in Atlanta June 10-13 for the 2007 HOW Design Conference. This is your chance to see awe-inspiring design—and the process behind it; to learn from design legendssuch as Kit Hinrichs and Deborah Sussman; to dig deeper into InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash; and to surround yourself with 3,000+ fellow creatives.

Plus, as a member of AIGA Houston, you can register at the special Organization Rate. To redeem your discount, choose the group rate option and enter Organization Code AG3 when you register online at HOWconference.com.

There’s a lot to learn, hear, see and do at a HOW Design Conference. To find out more, or start your registration now, visit HOWconference.com.

See you in Atlanta!
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Special thanks to: Jeff Stark, Charles Houser, Michael Castro, Ken Bullock, Edmee Micheli and David Siudmak