Event Listing:
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- February 29, 2012
- , 6:00pm - 9:00pm
- , Vox Theater
OPENING NIGHT: Cut&Paste’s DESIGN SLAM
Watch a heart-pounding contest of quick-witted design and high-energy showmanship as Kansas City’s finest battle it out in the ultimate design competition!
Inspired by the global success of Cut&Paste’s annual Digital Design Tournament, the Cut&Paste Design Slam is a fast-paced format that tests the skill, speed and stage presence of contestants as they create original designs in timed rounds. The area’s best engineers, architects and designers compete to impress judges as they demonstrate impressive mastery in their respective fields. Audience members will get a front-row seat to the creative process in real time via large-scale projections.
This successful touring competition has been rapidly gaining in popularity since its launch in 2009—this is your first opportunity to see Cut&Paste in Kansas City!
Cut&Paste is a global movement of artists, firms, and media working to strengthen creative networks through events and local support.
Tickets are $9 in advance, $15 at the door.
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 1, 2012
- , 7:30pm - 9:50pm
- , The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
http://pecha-kucha.org/night/kansas-city/15
Free and open to the public. Please register to hold your spot.
Parking is located in the Museum Garage. Parking is free for members of the musueum, and $5 for non members.
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 1, 2012
- , 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- , Kansas City Design Center
Bringing Ink and Wood to Life:
Hatch Show Print’s Letterpress Heritage
Celebrate the grand tradition of letterpress printing in America with Jim Sherraden, manager and chief designer of Hatch Show Print.
“Advertising without posters is like fishing without worms.”
~ The Hatch Brothers
Anyone who follows the music, art and culture of the American South has surely run into the unmistakable look of Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest working letterpress print shops in America. They’ve produced vivid and iconic show posters for American entertainers since the 1870s and continue to create captivating posters for musical acts from Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews Band, to mainstream country stars such as Garth Brooks and Wynonna Judd.
Nashville’s Hatch Show Print is now a mix of working museum, letterpress shop and tourist attraction. Manager and Chief Designer, Jim Sharraden, will share the colorful history and art of Hatch Show Print. He’ll delve into the creative process in designing for contemporary clients without losing that irresistible turn-of-the-century appeal.
Free and open to the public. Please register to hold your spot.
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 2, 2012
- , 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- , Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Learn how to propel your brand with internationally famous designer and toy maker, Jeremy “MAD” Madl.
For almost a decade, he has worked nonstop on his own licensed artwork and toys, elevating “MAD Toy Design” to worldwide status. His first vinyl production figure, the MAD*L, is still one of the hottest brands on the global collector market, with sell-outs of each new release. His client base includes the NFL, Bruce Lee’s estate and Kidrobot, to name a few. This summer he launched his new SWATCH watch and toy figure with an international tour, capped off by the Times Square SWATCH store exterior wrapped in his design.
Who better to offer insights on how to build a brand, expand on a design, develop valuable relationships, and increase your exposure than Jeremy “MAD” Madl? Come and learn from the master, as he discusses his creative process, project collaborations with some of today’s hottest and biggest brands, and the experience of running a worldwide business from right here in Kansas City.
A graduate of LA’s Otis College of Art and Design, Jeremy Madl has been professionally illustrating and designing toys for over 13 years. Over his career he has worked with clients such as, YUM Brands, Pepsi, Scion, Upper Deck, Mattel, Spin Master Toys, and Cartoon Network.
Free and open to the public. Please register to hold your spot.
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 2, 2012
- , 6:00pm - 9:00pm
- , AIA Kansas City
Embrace your inner design superhero at this interactive evening
of food, fun and a super-sketching tutorial by Garmin industrial designer Alex Marshall.
Get your superhero mug shot and connect your superpowers with other Kryptonites on the superhero mug shot networking wall. Industrial designer Alex Marshall of Garmin Industries will reveal simple techniques to give your sketching abilities a boost. The evening will conclude with a new superpower exercise that uses your heroic problem-solving skills with an exciting team design challenge.
Award-winning industrial designer Alex Marshall blends aesthetics and research to create user-centered solutions that make tasks easier and more enjoyable. He holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Tickets are just $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 3, 2012
- , 10:00am - 12:00pm
- , Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch in the Truman Auditorium
Doors open at 10:00 a.m. with a Design College Fair.
Does a creative career in the exciting world of design intrigue you?
If so, you won’t want to miss this event!
There’s no doubt about it, the design industry is one of growing fascination and interest by today’s youth, inspired in great part by the popularity of design-focused reality TV shows. Now, designers of tomorrow can learn firsthand from the leaders of design today. Hear from the experts about careers in architecture, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture and urban planning in a casual setting that welcomes questions from the audience.
Last year’s Design Futures event was a huge success—attended by almost 200 high school and college students, guidance counselors and parents. This year’s presentation promises to be even bigger and better, with a top-notch panel of professionals from several fields of design. Take advantage of the opportunity to meet with a variety of universities and learn about the design programs they offer.
Get inspired. Get informed. Get ready for a possibly life-changing morning.
Admission is FREE!
Please register to hold your spot.
Questions? Contact Kathy Kelley at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 3, 2012
- , 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- , The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Atkins Auditorium
Enjoy a conversation with Ellen Lupton, curator of contemporary design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
Ellen will join us to examine recent graphic design through the lens of Graphic Design: Now in Production — a significant international exhibition on display now at the Walker Art Museum and in May 2012 at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Featuring work produced since 2000 in the most vital sectors of communication design, Graphic Design: Now in Production explores design-driven magazines, newspapers, books and posters as well as branding programs for corporations, subcultures and nations. It also showcases a series of developments over the past decade, such as the entrepreneurial nature of designer-produced goods; the renaissance in digital typeface design; the storytelling potential of titling sequences for film and television; and the transformation of raw data into compelling information narrative.
An educator and author of numerous books and articles on design, Ellen is a public-minded critic, frequent lecturer and AIGA Gold Medalist. There will be a book signing following the presentation.
Free and open to the public. Please register to hold your spot.
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 4, 2012
- , 1:30pm - 4:30pm
- , Meet at Faultless Starch
Led by Cydney Millstein, Architectural & Historical Research, LLC *Space limited to 25 guests
We will start the tour at Faultless Starch in their meeting room. Cydney will give a brief overview of the history of the West Bottoms, with emphasis on the 12th Street Viaduct, the original depot, the livestock and grain market, etc. Darby Trotter from Faultless Starch will give a tour of the facility. This will take approximately one hour.
Rain or Shine! Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather!
Free and open to the public. Please register to hold your spot.
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 5, 2012
- , 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- , AIA Kansas City
Get the scoop on Philippe Barriere’s new book Resolution, researched by his students at the University of Kansas.
In the face of environmental crisis and globalization, architecture is becoming indispensable as an instrument to reconcile man with his cultural, social and environmental setting. That, in a nutshell, is the philosophy behind Philippe Barriere’s highly acclaimed visionary book. His approach is to define new relationships between nature, man and society by creating an architectural model that permits a balance.
In this casual presentation, Philippe will guide his audience through the intricate research and viable resolutions that resulted in architectural works of realism and beauty. Autographed copies of Resolution: Repositioning the Relation Between Man and Nature will be available for purchase.
Philippe received his degree in architecture from the L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and received a Master of Science in Urban Planning from the Institut d’Urbanisme de Paris, followed by a Doctorate in Art History at the University Pantheon Sorbonne (Paris). He has worked as an architect in the USA as well as France, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and the French West Indies.
Free and open to the public.
- AIA Chapter Events > Special Events:
- March 6, 2012
- , 11:30am - 1:30pm
- , Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College
What does it mean to be a Design Psychologist? Find out from Toby Israel, Ph.D.
Defined as “the practice of architecture, planning and interior design in which psychology is the principal design tool”, this new discipline continues to gain international attention. You may have recently viewed articles in Oprah Home, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal or heard Dr. Israel interviewed on NPR’s Talk of the Nation and Radio Times. Unlike traditional designers, she helps clients “design from within” to create an authentic place that is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also supports positive growth and change.
In this presentation Dr. Israel gives examples of how the Design Psychology process can be applied to real projects, including residential, institutional and corporate. Participants will have the opportunity to complete hands-on exercises from the “Design Psychology Toolbox” — exercises that can be used to help the designer create ideal places.
Trained as an Environmental Psychologist, Dr. Israel has over 25 years of experience in design, psychology, the arts and education. She is the author of Some Place Like Home: Using Design Psychology to Create Ideal Environments, which summarizes her groundbreaking theories.
Free and open to the public. You MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE to receive a complimentary boxed lunch.
If you wish to receive 2 hours of CEU credit (available to ASID, AIA, PGASLA members), the cost is $20.00 per person (includes complimentary boxed lunch). You must register in advance.