Tim Moore Commemorative Scholarship Dinner
Wed Oct 11th, 6-10 pm at Cloud Place, 647 Boylston Street, Boston
To honor the memory of the late Tim Moore, beloved member of Boston's creative community, AIGA and PPCNE are joining together with Jan Moscowitz and Tim's many friends to launch a scholarship in his name, to support and inspire young designers eager to study abroad. We hope you'll join us for this celebratory fundraising dinner. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Gina Deschamps at 978-744-2152 x35 or by email at president@boston.aiga.org

AFTA: hosted by Continuum
Thu Oct 19th, time and location TBD
This month's casual AFTA-work gathering of area creative folk. Watch your email inbox or www.boston.aiga.org for details to come.

Professional Development: Profit is not a Four-Letter Word
Thu Oct 26th, 9:30 am - noon at Cloud Place, 647 Boylston Street, Boston
The assumption in a lot of creative firms is that if you do great work, profit will follow. Not necessarily, says Jim Ahern, a CFO of Continuum. As Jim will share with the AIGA audience in late October, to achieve greatness and fuel growth you need to first be profitable. A healthy financial backbone allows a company to take risks, to hire and retain the best employees, to train and nurture existing talent and to invest in marketing. Sound a little "chicken or the egg?" It's not. Jim, who has helped Continuum increase profitability and double its revenues in the past 5 years, will help us understand what comes first - and how to help make it happen. For more details, visit www.boston.aiga.org

Georg Olden: A Trailblazer. Creative Pioneer. Haunted Soul. Forgotten by his industry. Lecture by Andrew Bass
Thu Nov 9th, time and location TBD
Andrew Bass will tell us about this extraordinary designer who carved a pioneering path during the 40's through the 70's as one of the most prominent African-American graphic designers/art directors you never heard of. A discussion of his life, his work, his success, his torment and his tragic end. Watch your email inbox or www.boston.aiga.org for details to come.

Design Legends Gala 2006
Oct 25th, Chelsea Piers, Pier 60, 23rd Street at the Hudson River, New York City Reception 6:30-7:30 pm Dinner 7:30-10:30 pm
This unforgettable black tie affair will celebrate the 2006 recipients of the AIGA Medal: Michael Bierut of Pentagram Design, Rick Valicenti of Thirst/3ST, and Lorraine Wild of Green Dragon Office as well as the recipients of the 2006 AIGA Corporate Leadership Award, Target Corporation and Viacom Inc., recipients of the 2006 Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing and Criticism, recipients of the 2006 AIGA Fellow Award, and winners of the 2006/2007 Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship. Details are available at www.aiga.org/designlegendsgala

Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference
Oct 26-28th, The Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue at 45th Street, New York City
The "Gain" conference demonstrates the value of designing as a strategic process that adds substantial value to business and organizations. Influential designers and visionary business leaders describe how they have initiated fundamental change in their organizations, their industries, their product mix and their bottom line by making design part of their culture. For more information visit the conference website at gainconference2006.aiga.org

Fall Folio Feast
Sat Oct 21st, 10 am-2 pm at SPACE gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, ME, Free
The Maine Illustrator's Collective organizes this yearly portfolio display for Art Directors and Buyers. Our special guest will be Melissa Sweet. A buffet created by Collective members with ingredients from local farmers and bakeries will be provided. Art Directors who pre-register for the event will receive a collection of tear sheets. In addition, due to the torrential downpours at last year's event and the crazy weather in the Northeast this year, we will give away one-of-a-kind illustrated umbrellas to participating Art Directors. For more information, visit maineillustratorscollective.org

Spilling Ink: The Experts Speak, Boston Print Buyers Conference
Thu Nov 2nd, 8:30 am - 7 pm at the Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center, 219 Littleton Rd., Westford, MA
At its first all-day conference, Boston Print Buyers, the leading independent print buyer organization in the nation, will give print professionals the opportunity to gain the latest information and insights in the printing field. Only the Boston Print Buyers Conference offers the combination of cutting-edge educational session topics and information delivered by many of the print industry's leading national - and international - authorities. A true highlight of the day's schedule will be the keynote luncheon presentation, Changing Print: Critical Trends in Printing and Print Buying, with special guest speaker Frank Romano. In addition, 12 conference sessions will cover topics such as color consistency, digital printing, direct mail, and more. For more information, visitÊwww.bostonprintbuyers.com

DESIGN2.0: Discussions on Design Strategy and Innovation
Wed Nov 15th, 1-6 pm at Vessel, 125 Kingston Street, Boston, tickets are $125 until Oct 31st, $175 after, with a $25 discount for AIGA members (not applicable to $50 student price)
As products and systems become smarter and more technologically imbued, the mandate of the designer is thrown into question. If we can make anything, what should we make? And if all of our activities have consequences - environmental, economic and social - what are the opportunities for moving positively into the future? How can we balance serving interests with setting agendas? Join Core 77 for a panel discussion on the front lines. Panelists include: John Maeda of the MIT Media Lab, Natalie Jeremijenko of UCSD and ITP, Bill Cockayne of Change Research, and Jason Pearson of GreenBlue. For more information, visitÊwww.core77.com/design2.0. To receive the $25 AIGA member discount, email Erin Wells at communication@boston.aiga.org for the promotion code.