AIGA Houston January Contest: NYE Resolutions

For the start of 2012, AIGA Houston is running a New Year’s Resolution contest! Submissions must be on a 720 x 720 composition and can feature illustration or design that represents one or all of your goals for the new year! Contest ends January 31st. To file a submission please email jpegs to socialmedia@houston.aiga.org. Entries [...]

Pretty Crucial

Photography in design is important. Even the prettiest box of Cracker Jacks, photographed without care, can be a mediocre sight. Slap up some white paper, throw in a light-things can still go wrong. The importance of composition in photography can not be neglected. For this reason, Iv’e chosen to roll out a few fundamental principles [...]

2011: End of Year Recap

2011 was a very good year for AIGA Houston. A quick montage of people, places and events that helped shape our experiences and community in 2011, and helped informed our vision for 2012. What are you looking forward to in 2012 from AIGA Houston? We’re interested in hearing your thoughts and ideas.   Music track: [...]

Students Doing Awesome Things: Project Khomble

Portfolio shows. They are the debutante’s ball of the design world. It’s the nerve-wracking rite of passage we all go through to demonstrate to the world that we’re ready to leave the comforting nest of design school and spread our wings in the marketplace as professionals. But for the founders of Project Khömble – Carmen [...]

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CultureStrike: Design Activism to Impact Immigration Reform

Protesting, making posters, writing, performing, using social media—through methods both new and old, design activists speak out against extreme immigration policies and economic inequality.

Collages with Friends: Khoi Vinh Launches Mixel

The former design director for NYTimes.com wants to ignite the circuits in your brain centering around visual creativity, and he’s doing it with a social art-making app for tablets called Mixel.

Needing Jobs

For decades designers have tried to convince clients and the world at large that design is central to our endeavors. Based on the coverage of Steve Jobs’ death, Caplan concludes that maybe the message has been getting through.

Monster of Apps: An Interview with Stefan G. Bucher

Stefan Bucher, whose Daily Monster inkblot creations have been connecting with web audiences for the past five years, now has an iPhone and iPad app. And it’s spooky good fun.

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