one last week of daylight savings before we officially go into the dark time of year. i’m using my last well-lit evening hours socially this week, after lots of work & deadline-meeting. how about you?

here’s what i’ll be doing

tuesday, november 2: voting! FREE and open to the citizens of the US!

sunday, november 7: turning the clocks back. also free.

other events for this week

thursday, november 4, 7-10pm mad skillz: an evening of software design tricks & tips free for AIGA members, $10 for non-members. come learn Google Sketch Up, Rhino 3D, and Alias Sketchbook Pro with experts from Lynda.com.

here’s what i’ll be doing

thursday, october 7, 6-9pm folded inspiration with kit heinrichs and trish witkowski by sappi paper FREE with rsvp. this inspirational & information folding demo is an amazing presentation. i saw it at the HOW conference this year, and i’m so happy that AIGA was able to help out with the LA leg of their tour. the event is currently sold out, but if they get any cancellations, sign up!

sunday, october 10, 10am-3pm cicLAvia los angeles! FREE & open to the public. LA’s first cicLAvia has a 7-mile route through hollywood. grab your bikes and explore the city on a blocked street route, 10-10-10!

other events for this week

friday, october 8, 11am-1pm constructing a revolution FREE! Christopher Mount will present an in-depth, critical survey of the buildings, books, posters, and art — as well as the politics and culture — of Soviet Constructivism. Among other exhibitions, Christopher has organized the Museum of Modern Art show of Russian movie posters by the Stenberg Brothers.

saturday, october 9, 7:30-10pm cut&paste digital design tournament $15 per person with group discounts available. The evening event features a live design competition of 16 digital designers competing in 2D, 3D and motion design to claim their place at the 2010 Cut&Paste Global Championship, a Converse audience design activity, Show&Tell live presentations on design process curated by Maxon and IDSA, and drink special by MediaTemple.

it’s a short week for me, since myself and the superbunker are heading up to san francisco for arse elektronika thursday – sunday. it’s scorching hot today, so i’m running away to the beach!

something fantastic to do this week

sunday, october 3, 3pm green is not the only color: the sustainable design rainbow FREE with admission to the pasadena museum of contemporary art. Sustainable design. Sounds green, but what does it mean to graphic design? Use less paper? Make a banner about trees? Create a community? Use your skills to change a social condition? Confusion still abounds, so let’s get a better understanding of the many ways and forms in which sustainability might take place in design — or even become a design practice.

i’m taking most of the week off for deadlines and wind-down from last week, but if you do catch me, it’ll be at the print fair.

here’s what i’ll be doing

saturday, september 25 9am-5pm 2nd annual LA printers fair at the international printing museum in carson. only $5 to attend! visit the AIGA booth D55!

friday, september 24, 8pm colin dickey on the ss normandie at machine project. FREE with rsvp.

other events for this week

wednesday – friday, september 22-24 opportunity green business conference. The 4th annual Opportunity Green Business Conference, held September 22 – 24 at Los Angeles Center Studios in partnership with the UCLA Anderson Price Center for Entrepreneurship, is a convergence of the most innovative and successful design, technology and business leaders driving today’s green economy.

thursday, september 23, 6-9pm the mad men of los angeles. While New York has its Mad Men, the west coast counterparts were found along Wilshire Boulevard, and attended meetings of The Advertising Agency Production Men’s Club, now known as APALA. Learn about the early years of APALA and the Los Angeles advertising and graphic industry firsthand from professionals who actually lived and breathed the business during those amazing early years.

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.