Refunds available for "Design Life Next" 12/13/07 ICA/AIGA series talk
Due to conflicts in the speakers' schedules, the ICA is unable to reschedule the ICA/AIGA Design Series talk "Design Life Next" with Ellen Lupton, Chip Kidd, Ben Fry and Toshiko Mori, originally scheduled for December 13, 2007. We apologize for any inconvenience. All ticket holders will receive a refund-please call the box office at 617-478-3103 during regular museum hours to receive your refund. Tickets are available for the next ICA/AIGA Design Series program, featuring writer and comic book artist Mike Mignola, creator of the "Hellboy" character, on Thursday, April 3, at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $12 general admission; $8 members, students, and seniors.

365 Show at Mt. Ida College
Thursday, February 7, 2008 5 pm - 7 pm
The Gallery at Mount Ida College 777 Dedham Street Newton, MA
An exhibition of outstanding communication design produced in North America in 2006, which opened to the public in December 2007 at the American Institute of Graphic Arts National Design Center in New York. Don't miss this first stop as it travels around the country. The exhibition will be on view from January 29, 2008 through March 2, 2008. On February 7th there will be a reception from 5-7 pm, and a Gallery Talk at 6:30. The Talk will include a presentation and panel discussion on sustainable design with panelists from Mohawk Paper Mills, Millennium Graphics, and Oxfam America.

BOOK GROUP
February 20, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Audubon Circle Restaurant and Bar, 838 Beacon Street, Boston MA
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. Learn more about AIGA Boston book groups. Book to be discussed February 20th: Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic www.boston.aiga.org

50 books / 50 covers Reception
Reception: February 21, 5-7pm,
AIB Boston Main Gallery, 700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
February 1-March 8. Reception: February 21, 5-7pm. 100 examples of outstanding book and book cover design produced in 2006. For more information, call 617.585.6676. www.lesley.edu

AIGA / PEM CREATIVE SALONS An Inspiring Dialogue on Japanese Aesthetics
Thursday, February 21, 6 pm at the Peabody Essex Museum
Phillips Library Auditorium, 132 Essex Street, Salem, MA
Consider and explore the influence of Japanese aesthetics. Keiko Thayer, a specialist in the Ohara school of ikebana, or flower arranging, demonstrates and elucidates this beautiful, traditional art for us. John McVey, graphic design scholar from Montserrat College of Art, makes connections between Japanese aesthetics and design. www.pem.org AIGA & PEM members $8, nonmembers $10, students $6, Free refreshments

FEBRUARY AIGA AFTA
February 27th 6:30-9:00pm
28 Degrees, 1 Appleton St Boston, MA
AIGA Boston's AFTA events are agenda-less, free-form gatherings of area creative folk. Each month a different firm in Boston 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! AFTA HOSTED BY CONTINUUM GUEST HOST: KIRKWOOD PRINTING

Gael Towey Lecture
Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:30pm
WGBH Auditorium, One Guest Street Brighton, MA
Lecture by Gael Towey, chief creative officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and founding art director of Martha Stewart Living. Come hear Gael talk about how design is a way to create value and energize a business and how in order to be a designer at Martha Stewart Living you have to love designing cupcakes.

Save up to $120 on your HOW Design Conference 2008 registration!
Early Bird Registration, March 28
Conference May 18-21, Boston, MA
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365: AIGA Annual Design Competitions 29 and AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers
Deadline: March 7, 5:30 Eastern
For nearly a century, AIGA's competitions have been among the most prestigious in the design world. The AIGA design competitions are authoritative, so if your work is selected, it becomes history. Through each annual selection, AIGA creates a definitive chronicle of outstanding design solutions, each demonstrating the process of designing, the role of the designer and the value of design. Selected entries will be added to the AIGA Design Archives online and the physical artifacts will be housed for posterity in the permanent archives of the Denver Art Museum. Details for "365" and "50 Books/50 Covers"-which both close March 7-can be found at www.aiga.org Don't miss your chance to show off your best work-and take your place in design history. All selections from the 2007 competitions can be seen online at designarchives.aiga.org

Chip Kidd
February 21, 6:00 PM
Borders Back Bay, 511 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
From the famed graphic designer and author of The Cheese Monkeys comes a remarkable new novel about advertising, electro-shock torture, potato chips, murder, powdered milk, suicide, shoes with buckles, crippling despair, and giant dogs. And the Holocaust. www.bordersstores.com, 617.236.1444.

SAVE THE DATE!
Sustainable Design: At the Intersection of Art, Policy and Science
Saturday, March 29, 1–5pm
Symposium in conjunction with D2E at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston from March 28–30, 2008.
This Symposium will bring together important voices in arts and science who advocate sustainability in their work. They will explore sustainable design in the context of art, science and policy and showcase methods and materials for the design and creation of environmentally responsible products and places. Key speakers are artist Michael Singer, internationally known for his commitment to sustainable practices, and Ursula Tischner, founder of econcept in Cologne, Germany, which supports companies, consumers and other organizations on their path to a more sustainable, future-oriented way of producing, consuming and thinking. Organized by the UrbanArts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, in partnership with D2E and the Goethe-Institut Boston. The event is free and open to the public. D2E Conference admission $10 in advance/$12 at the door.
More info at www.d2eboston.com and www.urbanartsinstitute.org