Monday, June 9, 2008

News and updates!

Hello to our chapter members!

 

There have been lots of goings-on in the chapter in our first and second quarters; hopefully we saw you there, and if not, perhaps we can catch you up.

 

>        We had our first event with our friends in the Pittsburgh AIGA, with Tucker Viemeister giving his presentation on “Its Always Something.”  This was a retrospective of his experiences as a designer and his views of design’s role in the world today. Read about it in this month’s Design Perspectives.

 

>        Our second event was at the Pittsburgh Auto Show.  This year we mixed it up a bit and made it an interactive event.  With over 20 people participating in this fun Photo Scavenger Hunt, we have some winners to announce!  And you can see our participants photo sets on Flikr. Go here for the whole story.

 

>        The third event this year was sponsored by Imaginit Technologies.  They presented their Digital Design workflow process using the latest tools from Autodesk.  Most impressive were the sketching demos in Alias and the real time rendering in Showcase.  More on that here.

 

>        The Art Institute of Pittsburgh’s student IDSA chapter is hosting a kickoff party and design event next Saturday the 19th in Schenley Park.  The Asphalt Assault will be a skateboard design competition with a race following, and a picnic as well.  Read more about that here.

 

>        Also- we have begun uploading the photos of the last two year’s events onto our new chapter’s Flikr page.  We have many photos to share, and if anyone wants to share chapter pictures with us as well, let us know and we will get them up on the site.

 

>        Bayer Material Science and the local student chapters are participating in a collaborative effort to design Bayer’s exhibit for the IDSA National Conferece.  We are still looking for more professionals to be advisors to the students as they grow through this great program.  Any interested parties should e-mail me at tonys@ballydesign.com

 

Stay tuned to our Calendar and website- we will be announcing the year’s second half of events shortly!

 

Best Regards,

The Western PA IDSA Chapter Council

 

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