event calendar

event calendar: september 7 – 12, 2010

| heather parlato

kicking off post-labor day september with some great events. this week, AIGA is partnering with the behance network for our first-ever joint meetup!

here’s what i’ll be doing

thursday, september 9, 8pm lecture on ghost ships with jason brown at machine project, part of the ongoing shipwreck exhibit, FREE!

friday, september 10, 6-9pm AIA/LA design awards at the A+D museum, FREE with rsvp. the opening night includes a conversation with the juries of the awards followed by a reception.

other events for this week

thursday, september 9, 7-10pm behance / AIGA LA meetup at beechwood, FREE to behance and AIGA members with rsvp. come out and meet the greater los angeles creative community! note: this event will move to various locations around town on a monthly basis.

event calendar: august 23 – 29, 2010

| heather parlato

it’s my birthday week, so i’m taking off from networking in favor of personal time. here are some cool aiga events for those interested.

events for this week

thursday, august 26, 7pm cocktail reception and design presentations, FREE with rsvp. The co-authors of Predictable Magic have agreed to share insights on connecting emotional relevance to design success and economic prosperity, within the context of how design thinking is increasingly valued as a leverage point within the traditional marketing mix. The theme of the evening is “Developments in design strategy and emerging thought leadership in Southern California.”

saturday, august 28, 1-5pm AIGA Los Angeles Education 3rd Annual Summer BBQ, FREE with rsvp.

saturday, august 28m 2-5pm define: design, FREE with rsvp.

event calendar, august 16 – 22, 2010

| heather parlato

here’s what i’ll be doing

wednesday, august 18, 7-10pm type that moves (you) FREE with rsvp. put on by AIGA los angeles at typecon, we’ll be talking about the design of motion graphics and creating a typeface on the spot!

friday, august 21, 7-11pm house industries at reserve gallery opening FREE! Join us in West Hollywood for a House Industries show at Reserve Gallery featuring new wood serigraphs, custom Reserve/House products and plenty of House gear.

event calendar: august 9 – 15, 2010

| heather parlato

here’s what i’ll be doing

wednesday, august 11, 5:30-8pm LA’s longest running biznik mixer at jerry’s famous deli in the marina! FREE to biznik members, join biznik for free to promote your business and then rsvp to our super-fun mixer, hosted by myself and colleen wainwright, and come say hello!

event calendar: august 2 – 8, 2010

| heather parlato

between deadlines and launching all kinds of AIGA/LA programming, i’m buried in work and meetings. as evidence, i offer the one public event i’m hosting this week. cheers!

here’s what i’ll be doing

monday, august 2, 7pm AIGA/LA monthly programming meeting at betalevel. open to anyone interested in working with the los angeles chapter of AIGA on awesome events for the design community all across the southland. you must email me to attend.

event calendar: july 26 – august 1, 2010

| heather parlato

here’s what i’ll be doing

tuesday, july 27, 7:30-9am the LA area chamber referral network. my bimonthly breakfast to connect with my fellow chamber members is FREE to chamber members, but you can drop in as my guest if you’d like to check it out.

thursday, july 29, 7-9:30pm stimulatte [one drink minimum]. Come out and join us for a cup of coffee and some stimulating conversation at the Zephyr Cafe! This Month’s StimuLatte is being hosted by CSULA’s AIGA Student Group GAUGE. Thanks to Aileen Garrido! StimuLatte is a monthly networking event for held during the school year for Los Angeles area Design Students. come out, design students!

other events for this week

tuesday, july 27 – friday, july 30, 7-11pm each day Information Design: Transforming data into information, information into knowledge, and knowledge into stories, a week-long class at machine project.

event calendar: july 19-25, 2010

| heather parlato

here’s what i’ll be doing

tuesday, july 20, 5:30-7:30pm super summer valley business mixer at bokado in studio city. FREE!

thursday, july 22, 6:30-10pm moving from print to web, part 3 a three part How-To seminar series on demystifying the web for designers. free for aiga members, $15 for non-members.

event calendar, july 12-18, 2010

| heather parlato

this is the week for making the social rounds about town. my aiga involvement is taking me to a board meeting this week, so we can really dive into the inner-workings of how the organization operates. it’s time for the dumpling crew to convene over dumplings in san gabriel. and summer birthdays abound! but in all seriousness, there’s also work & networking to be done.

here’s what i’ll be doing

tuesday, july 13, 7:30-9am the LA area chamber referral network. my bimonthly breakfast to connect with my fellow chamber members is FREE to chamber members, but you can drop in as my guest if you’d like to check it out.

wednesday, july 14, 5:30-8pm LA’s longest running biznik mixer at jerry’s famous deli in the marina! FREE to biznik members, join biznik for free to promote your business and then rsvp to our super-fun mixer, hosted by myself and colleen wainwright, and come say hello!

other events for this week

monday, july 12, 7-9pm mission critical design LA UX Meetup and IxDA Los Angeles are honored to welcome Mikkel Michelsen visiting from Denmark to present his insights into the exciting world of mission critical interaction design, where safety, security and protecting human life enters the realm of digital technology and user experience design.

wednesday, july 14, 6-9pm come in: a spatial intervention kickoff party at the architecture + design museum > los angeles FREE but open to museum members only. The commencement of the A+D Museum’s first official exhibition in its new permanent home will be celebrated with a kick off party for COME IN! A Spatial Intervention Wednesday, JULY 14th.