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Designer, letterpress printer, activist, and artist Rick Griffith is a recent recipient of a prestigious 2025 AIGA medal for excellence in design—the most distinguished honor in the US for communication design. Griffith has taken an unconventional path that has led him to where he is today. Join Griffith, with event moderator Ramon Tejada, for a night of discovery as he presents his Design and Culture presentation at this year’s annual lecture (The Professional Association for Design) and ICA/Boston, a partnership that started over 18 years ago to highlight the work of today’s leading designers and thinkers. Following the talk, and for a one-night only at the ICA, tonight’s audience has a chance to acquire a limited edition set of postcards from Griffith’s famed enterprise MATTER, as far as we know the world’s only design studio, manufactory, and revolutionary bookstore.
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WHEN + WHERE:
Thursday, June 4, 7–8:00 PM EST
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TICKET PRICING:
$15 for ICA members, AIGA members + students /
$20 for general admission
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SPEAKER:
Rick Griffith has been a fixture in Denver’s creative sector since arriving in 1996. He is a former Denver Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, and founder and partner in MATTER, the ambidextrous design consultancy with a print shop for the public good, and a bookstore/venue for Denver’s intersectional community of revolutionaries, designers, activists, and other thinking persons. For over 25 years has been challenging the traditional boundaries of retail and studio practice to become something intentionally unruly, non-binary, collaborative, and pluralistic. He speaks globally on Design, Ethics, Typography, and his prolific creative practice. His work is sometimes collected and can be found in the permanent collections of The Denver Art Museum, Tweed Museum, New York’s Poster House, Butler Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts at Columbia University, and the Letterform Archive.
Ramon Tejada is a DominicanYork (of Dominican-American, Afro-Caribbean, and LATINX descent) designer and educator based in Providence, RI. He works in a hybrid design/teaching practice focusing on collaboration, inclusion, unearthing, and the responsible expansion of design, a practice he has named “puncturing.” Ramon is an Associate Professor and Department Head in the Graphic Design Department at RISD.
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VENUE ACCESSIBILITY
AIGA Boston is committed to hosting events that are accessible for all. If you need special assistance to participate in this event, please contact Catherine Headen (catherine@boston.aiga.org), President of AIGA Boston. For reasonable assistance accommodations to be provided, please notify us at least five business days in advance of the event. If we do not receive timely notification of your reasonable request, we may not be able to make the necessary arrangements by the time of the event.
CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY
This ticketed event is managed by ICA Boston and does not allow for refunds.
PHOTOGRAPHY RELEASE
Your registration constitutes permission to use photos, audio, and video recording taken of you at the event for promotional and educational purposes in connection with AIGA Boston.
CODE OF CONDUCT
AIGA Boston has adopted the AIGA Code of Conduct with regard to its activities. We reserve the right to refuse admittance for violations of this Code, or other unlawful or disruptive actions. Any concerns should be addressed to the Director of Membership or Community Outreach.
