BoNE Show Winning Entries posted online
Online now
The winning entries from the 2007 BoNE Show can now be seen at www.boneshow.org Congratulations to all of the talented designers who are included in this impressive body of work. And a big big thanks to the BoNE web team who did the work of posting the exhibit on the web site: Christi Gorelli, Amy Kvistad, Lucie Patrowicz, and Laura Sauter. Watch for the next BoNE Show call for entries in January, 2009.

2007 BoNE Show on The Road is available to tour
On exhibit now at Massasoit Community College until January 15, 2008
Opening reception in the Akillian Gallery, Wed, Dec 5th 12 - 2pm
For details call 781.821.2222 ext 2124. The 2007 Show is available to tour - just like the tagline says, "Bringing the Best of New England to the Rest of New England." The BoNE Show on the Road Committee will be available for assistance in logistical and event coordination. For more information on how to schedule the exhibit for use at your organization, call Tracy Swyst, AIGA Boston at 781-395-1327.

HATCH SHOW PRINT: An American Poster Shop
Thursday, December 6, 6:30pm, Cloud Place, 647 Boylston St, Boston
Join us for a night of letterpress show and tell, with Jim Sherraden, of the Nashville's Hatch Show Prints. If you follow country music, country music history or the history, art and culture of the American South, sooner or later you're bound to run into the letters, images and unmistakable "look" of Hatch Show Print. Jim will discuss his letterpress work, which reexamines the aesthetic culture of American entertainment and revisits the curiously colorful world of dancing girls, politics, and music. $5 AIGA Members, $20 Non-members, $3 Students with ID. Contact Justin Gonyea, 617-939-7025 for more information or visit boston.aiga.org

December Book Group Meeting
December 12, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.The Audubon Circle Restaurant Bar 838 Beacon Street Boston
AIGA Boston's Book Group meets every other month in Boston to discuss a wide selection of design books. The group is run by volunteers and made up of 10-15 people. Books to be discussed are suggested by the members of the group, and then voted on and selected. Our group meets every other month on a Wednesday evening from 7:00 - 9:00 pm in Boston to discuss our books. These meetings are very casual and friendly. In addition to discussing the book, we exchange other ideas and information. For more details, visit boston.aiga.org. For more information on the book group, please contact Safoura Rafeizadeh. Book to be discussed December 12th: Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility, edited by Steven Heller and Veronique Vienne.

SOLD OUT! Design Life Next: Ellen Lupton with Ben Fry, Chip Kidd, and Toshiko Mori
Thursday, December 13 at 6:30 pm, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 100 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA
AIGA Boston and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston invite you to an event inspired by Design Life Now, the inaugural touring exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution/Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Triennial. Discover the new and unexpected voices in design as these four give picks from their respective fields. Lupton, a writer, curator, and graphic designer, co-founded the trailblazing studio Design Writing Research. Kidd, a graphic designer, best-selling author, and editor, is well known for his book and cover designs. Mori is the principal of Toshiko Mori Architect and a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Fry is known for his work in combining computer science, statistics, graphic design, and data visualization. Admission: $12 general admission, $8 AIGA Members. Sign up now. Limited availability. Register at www.icaboston.org or call 617-478-3103 (call for AIGA member discount). For more details, visit boston.aiga.org

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 December 12. All selections will be added to the online archives before the end of the year.

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