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• Spark 2009: Brand Me by andy

  Visual Voltage, the Art Institute’s student chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design, is proud to present ”Spark 2009: Brand Me.” Join us at our annual summer design conference and learn how some of Chicago’s best designers brand their companies, their clients, and themselves as individuals. Guest speakers include… [Creative Pitch] <http://www.creativepitch.org/home.htm>A collective started by the design firm Brainforest, Creative Pitch works together with schools and companies to hold art supply drives. All supplies are distributed to the teachers and students who need them most…[Jim Lienhart]<http://lienhartdesign.com/> A veteran Chicago designer, Jim has worked with countless Fortune 500 companies, including Fannie May, Fruit of the Loom, Kraft Foods, McCormick Place, McDonald’s, Nabisco, and much more…[Kerosene Creative]<http://www.kerosenecreative.com/>Surely a show-stopper, Kerosene dabbles in all areas of the broad gamut of design, including print, web, sound, motion graphics, and more. The firm is best known for its work for New Line Cinema and Miramax: web design for movies include The Taking of Pelham 123, Dragonball Evolution, Sex and the City, Inkheart, Bride Wars, Pride and Glory, Appaloosa, and The Women. Other clients include Lego, Nike, Pepsi, Burton, ESPN, and Michael Jordan. Join us for a day of industry insight on August 29th from 12pm-5p at Schaumburg’s Prairie Center for the Arts. See you there!

• Archive 09: OMG STA [btw] by andy

  The Society of Typographic Arts is pleased to announce Archive09!That’s right, friends, it’s that time of year again. Time to see if all those early morning press checks and that late-night pizza by computer glow have paid off. Time to stock the 2009 shelf of the Chicago Design Archive with the best work the Chi has to offer. Archive09 picks the most BA design in Chicago and archives it for decades to come. Can your work cozy up with the likes of Paul Rand or our very own Rick Valicenti? We’d love to see!<http://www.sta-chicago.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=143:archive09-omg-sta-btw&catid=1:sta-programs&Itemid=6>

• Disney Pixar’s “Up” Trip by andy

  May 29, 2009

  7:10 pm

  Join us as we go see Disney Pixar’s newest 3D animation, “Up.”

• Leadership Awards by andy

  May 28, 2009
  6:00 pm	to	7:00 pm

  Come see if Visual Voltage has won the coveted “Outstanding Organization of the Year” award on May 28th at 6:00 on the 5th floor at ILIS.

• Jim Lienhart Encore Performance by andy

  May 28, 2009
  6:30 pm	to	7:30 pm

  “Jim Lienhart, one of Chicago’s elite veteran designers, wowed attendees at the STA Do-It-Yourself Conference in January. We all agreed that his presentation, filled with fun, humor, and playful art, had to be seen by a larger audience.Lienhart Design is a leading strategic design firm with over 25 years’ experience working with clients from Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurs. Its capabilities include branding, identity, naming, print communications, real estate marketing, package design, magazine design and website design.”http://www.sta-chicago.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140:lienhart-encore&catid=1:sta-programs&Itemid=6

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