September AFTA
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:30pm-9:00pm,
at Bambara, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA 02141, 617.868.4444
Come join Proteus on Boston's Left Bank for the September AFTA. AIGA Boston AFTA events are agenda-less, free-form gatherings of area creative folk. Each month a different firm gets to pick the place and play host for the evening; and YOU get to drop by "afta" work and hang loose with the local design community!

AIGA/ICA Design Series: Design Life Now, exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution/Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Triennial
Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:30 PM Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston 100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA
ICA Boston and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston invite you to the opening event of Design Life Now, the inaugural touring exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution/Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Triennial. Be among the first to see the most important design show of the season, before it officially opens to the public. Explore what Design Life Now means today with Julie Lasky, editor-in-chief of I.D. Magazine, and two of the Triennial’s designers. Yoon and Davis are young, innovative, and engaged in working across and between design disciplines. From architecture and concept clothing to web design and rock posters, find out why their work is significant in this exhibition and why this exhibition is significant to them. Admission $15 - general admission $8 - AIGA Members Gallery admission is included. Sign up now. Seating is limited. Register at www.icaboston.org or call 617-478-3103

AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2006
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:00 - 8:00 p.m
Please join us at the AIGA National Design Center in New York City to celebrate the opening of "AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers of 2006" and "Norman Ives, American, 1923-1978." No reservations are required for the opening, but print out this email and bring it with you; it will serve as your ticket. The exhibitions open to the public on September 18 and run through November 21, 2007. Look for details at www.aiga.org/exhibitions-main

Enter the 2008 ReBrand 100® Global Awards
By October 10, 2007
The ReBrand 100 Global Awards, juried by an esteemed panel of international business leaders, is the highest recognition for brand rebuilding and redesign in the business arena. Entry deadline: September 26, 2007 (post mark date) Late entry deadline with late fee: October 10, 2007 (post mark date) www.rebrand.com

Next: AIGA Design Conference
October 11-14, 2007 Colorado Convention Center 700 14th Street Denver, Colorado
The AIGA Design Conference is a biennial gathering of the design community to celebrate design excellence, reinforce friendships and connections and stimulate thinking about the critical issues that surround design practice. This conference is generally recognized as one of the most engaging, provocative, inspiring and fun conferences offered in the design community. There are only 4 weeks left to register! http://designconference2007.aiga.org/dc_register

April Greiman: "Think About What You Think About"
Tuesday, October 16 - Sunday, November 11 Salve Regina University
a graphic design exhibit by April Greiman, will be on display in the University Gallery. The head of a multidisciplinary design studio, Made in Space, Greiman is a pioneer in digital design. An opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call (401) 341-2981. Contact jennifer.dech@salve.edu, or visit: www.salve.edu/news/events.cfm

October Outer-AFTA
October 18, 2007 5:30pm-8:00pm
at Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609, 508.799.4406
Come join Worcester Art Museum for the October Outer-AFTA. We've expanded our AFTAs to outside the Boston area! In addition to our monthly Boston-area AFTAs, we will include an Outer AFTA every three months. AIGA Boston Outer AFTA events are agenda-less, free-form gatherings of area creative folk in towns and states neighboring Boston. Every three months or so, a different firm gets to pick the place and play host for the evening; AIGA Boston gets to thank one of our generous sponsors for their ongoing partnership; and YOU get to drop by "afta" work and hang loose with our design community!

Tim Moore Scholarship Deadline November 1, 2007
Application Deadline November 1, 2007
AIGA Boston is honored to offer a scholarship in memory of our colleague, Tim Moore. Download scholarship application. boston.aiga.org/tim_moore. Awards: $500 - Discovery Award (1-3 weeks study abroad) $1,000 - Explorer Award (4-6 weeks study abroad) $1,500 - Pioneer Award (7+ weeks study abroad) Questions? Contact Gina Deschamps: president@boston.aiga.org

Designing For Life: Second Sarasota International Design Summit
November 5 - 7, 2007 Sarasota, FL
Ringling College of Art and Design is pleased to announce the dates for the second Sarasota International Design Summit. Mark your calendar for November 5-7 and join us at this exciting event, which will be held at The Ritz Carlton, Sarasota and the beautiful Ringling College campus. Register Early and Save AIGA members - save $200 off regular registration rates through September 30; $100 off regular registration rates thereafter. Simply enter code FC2007 in the designated field when filling out the online registration form. Register 2007 Summit Theme: Designing For Life This year's Summit theme will explore how design is influencing the creation of new products, services, and business models related to major lifestyle trends and sustainability.

365 AIGA Annual Design Competitions
December 12, 2007 and online
AIGA competitions selections are posted You can now view the jury selections for "365 AIGA Annual Design Competitions 28" online at www.aiga.org/365-selections-recent. The selections will be on display at the National Design Center in New York City December 12. All selections will be added to the online archives before the end of the year.

AIGA design education conference: Massaging Media 2: Design Education in the Age of Dynamic Media
April 4 - 6, 2008 in Boston at The Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center
Save the date: Details to be announced. Joe Quackenbush (joe@jamdesign.com) Brian Lucid (lucidmedia@yahoo.com) The Seaport Hotel

DESIGN LIFE NOW exhibition
September 28, 2007 - January 6, 2008 Boston Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston 100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA
See the most innovative American design from the prior three years in the fields of product design, architecture, furniture, film, graphics, new technologies, animation, science, and fashion. www.icaboston.org/

Small Design @ MassArt
Tuesday October 9, 2007 5:00 pm FREE Massachusetts College of Art Tower Auditorium 621 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115
The Dynamic Media Institute, graduate design program at the Massachusetts College of Art, invites AIGA members to a lecture by David Small. David Small, alumnus of MIT's Media Lab, the principal and founder of Small Design Firm, specializes in the design for physical interfaces, architectural space and innovative visualization of information. The Dynamic Media Institute, graduate design program at the Massachusetts College of Art, offers a creative and intellectually stimulating environment wherein graduate students focus on the role and possible new uses of dynamic media in communication design. Each student's unique vision and passion for design develops into an original body of ideas and fresh practice. www.dmiboston.org For more information: contact@dmiboston.org

STC Now Accepting Entries in Annual Competitions
October 12, 2007 November 3, 2007
Are you a technical communicator? Submit your best work to the annual competitions held by the Society for Technical Communications (STC)! All technical communicators - professionals, documentation groups, and college students - are eligible and encouraged to enter. You do not have to be a member of the STC. For details, visit www.stcboston.org/competitions. Technical Publications (deadline: September 21, 2007) Online Communication (deadline: October 12, 2007) Technical Art (deadline: November 3, 2007)

Aquent Graphics Institute: Mastering the Creative Suite 3
Nov 13 - 15, 2007 9am - 4pm Hilton Back Bay Boston, MA
Live Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, and Dreamweaver CS3 training. Learn from the team of authors and instructors that created many of Adobe’s official training titles and have now combined their talents to bring you the Dynamic Learning series of seminars, books, and training videos. Come discover the new features and pick up hard-to-find tips and tricks that can save you hours of time. www.agitraining.com

CM Pros Summit: Web Content Management
November 26, 2007 At the Westin Copley Place, Boston
Event Explores Web Content Management Technologies and Their Impact on the Way We Work Recent advances in content management tools - including Semantic Web technologies—are creating dramatic changes to the way organizations and their staffers work. Web content management software has made it possible for organizations to increase workplace efficiency through collaboration, eliminate unnecessary waste through automation, lower cost of production through process improvements and workflow routing, and, perhaps most importantly, make possible the delivery of relevant content with pinpoint accuracy, increasingly, on demand. When localization and translation enter the equation, these benefits grow exponentially. Where can organizations find the knowledge needed to take advantage of these powerful, paradigm-shifting technologies? The CM Pros Fall 2007 Summit is an excellent starting place. The event will focus on the importance of web content management and the technologies that are quickly turning the web into a platform for the development of business solutions and information services. The Summit will feature presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions aimed at helping to demystify web content management strategies, tools, standards, and technologies. Find out more at www.cmprosevents.org Members - $395 USD / $295 before September 30, 2007 Non-members - $495 USD / $395 before September 30, 2007 (includes free first year CM Pros membership)

Shrinkage Worldwide Awards Competition
June 15 - November 19, 2007 Zurich, Switzerland
shahneshinfoundation.org/awards/meet.html or shahneshinfoundation.org/contact/index.html

ADI Design Award: Graphic Design Annual Competition
July 1 - November 30, 2007 Hangzhou, China
www.ad110.com/

Grün & Grassett Poster Exhibition
July 13 - October 13, 2007 Chaumont, France
www.ville-chaumont.fr/emag/index.html
office-tourisme.Chaumont@wanadoo.fr

2007 Gwangju Design Biennale
October 5 - November 3, 2007 Gwangju, South Korea
www.design-biennale.org/2007gb/en/

HKDA Awards and Exhibition 2007
5 - 14 October 2007 Hong Kong, China
www.hongkongda.com/awards07/regStart/index.html
info@hongkongda.com

Design/Culture: Icograda World Design Congress
October 20 - 26 2007 La Habana, Cuba
http://lahabana.icograda.org
secretariat@icograda.org

Hong Kong International Poster Triennial Exhibition al
November 1, 2007 - April 31, 2008 Hong Kong, China
triennial@lcsd.gov.hk
www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/PDF/triappf.pdf

United Designs Exhibition
November 19 - 30, 2007 South Korea
www.designresearchlab.com
aychoi@hanyang.ac.kr

Guangzhou Design Week 2007 Exhibition
November 29 - December 4 2007 Guangzhou, China
www.gzdesignweek.com
info@gzdesignweek.com

HOW TO SUBMIT INFORMATION ABOUT A DESIGN EVENT
AIGA Boston invites you to submit your design community events for our monthly, online newsletter: Design Link, connecting the local design audience to events, happening and news in the design community. Submissions received by the 15th of the month will be considered for inclusion in the following month’s publication planned for online distribution approximately the 3rd week of the month. Please include a brief description of event (75 words max), URL or contact email or phone number so that AIGA members can access full details. Submit to info@boston.aiga.org. No images please.