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November 9, 2007
The Show had a successful venue change up this year! The evening was hosted by the Bemis Center on 12th and Jones. The 5th floor was all ours and every wall was covered with Nebraska’s best. A local brewery donated beer and root bear, and snacks were provided.
There were best of show, professional and student level awards given. Everyone got great exposure, mingled, ate and danced to DJ Steve Gordon.
The after party was at Nomad Lounge.
See Who Won >>
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| Judges Reception |
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October 5, 2007
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October 4, 2007
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| League of Letters Power Networking Event |
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September 13, 2007
Power Networking6
League of Letters in partnership with AIGA, hosted an innovative and fun way to network with your peers at Nomad Lounge.
These power networking sessions are quick and comfortable; we make it easy to strike up conversations with members and nonmembers of the six associations that make up the League of Letters.
Those associations are AIGA, AMA, IABC, MADMA, OFA and PRSA. |
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| Summer Seminar Series - Camp Creative / CS3 Training |
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August 22, 2007
Keith had attendees mesemerized from the first moments of his presenation presenting tips and tricks for utilizing the the new features in CS3. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive. |
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| Summer Seminar Series - Camp Creative / Graphic Finishing Techniques |
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July 25, 2007
Embossing, foil stamping and more. Oh my! |
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| Summer Seminar Series - Camp Creative / Designing For Digital Output |
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June 28, 2007
This class covered the differences when makeing your files ready for digital printing. |
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| Adobe CS3 Seminar |
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May 2007
The Adobe Design Premium conference, hosted by Mutual of Omaha, was exciting, informative and entertaining! For three hours Adam, the professional trainer from Adobe, went over: Bridge, Photoshop, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator and InDesign. The session was so inspiring, we are trying to bring Adobe back- watch for upcoming information.
Like all other AIGA - NE events this was a great opportunity to network and meet other creative professionals. One CS3 license was given away to a lucky winner, and everyone that attended got a 13 hour training CD and a 512 mb usb. |
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| Joe Duffy |
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February 1, 2007
Joe’s presentation of his work was enthusiastically received by the audience, which was the largest
ever to attend a speaker event for our chapter. An in-depth question-and-answer session followed,
where Joe further connected with the audience and made a lasting impression on the 132 people
in attendance. |
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| The Open |
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February 2007
Students gathered at the Divvy Collective
to grill 6 local designers with any, and all, questions they
could think of. |
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| Members Party Featuring Joe
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January 2007
Joe Duffy's presentation of his work was enthusiastically
received by the audience, which was the largest ever to attend
a speaker event for our chapter. An in depth question-and-answer
session followed, where Joe further connected with the audience
and made a lasting impression on the 132 people in attendance. |
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| 15th Annual AIGA Nebraska The
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November 2006
Recognizing the best in Nebraska design.
See Who Won >>
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| Member's Party Featuring Ric
Grefé of AIGA (2006) |
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January 13, 2006
Our 2006 Kickoff Event featured Ric Grefé, Executive
Director of AIGA. Check back soon for photos from the event,
but in the meantime listen to Be
A Design Group's podcast interview with Ric, recorded while
he was in Omaha. He talks about many of the topics he covered
in his presentation, including the rebranding of AIGA.
Listen
to the Podcast >>
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| 14th Annual AIGA Nebraska The
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November, 2005
Once again showing the best design
from the Nebraska area. Congratulations
to all those who were awarded.
See Who
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| AIGA 365:25 Gallery Exhibit (2005) |
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September 9, 2005
So much great work we had to put it on the floors. The AIGA 365 is a national juried competition celebrating the best in design from across the country. Each Fall, AIGA Nebraska brings in this travelling exhibit in order to kick off our local awards season.
Featuring AIGA Nebraska President and Lead Bass, Drew Davies >>
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| AIGA Summer Seminar Series (2005) |
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Summer (and, honestly, a little bit of Fall) 2005
Continuing the tradition of devoting the summer months to the business of design, AIGA featured guest speakers on copyright law and proposal writing. To wrap the summer into a drop-shadowed little bow , none other than AIGA National Sponsor ADOBE gave a full-day InDesign CS2 training seminar.
One Summer; One Photos Page >> |
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| Contest2005: Postcards From the Good Life |
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April, 2005
In the second annual AIGA Nebraska Contest (see below for Design the Hand You're Dealt; Contest2004), designers from the home of the Good Life showed their astute knowledge of their homeland, their history, and their typography. Also in the gallery: Andy Warhol.
View the winners >>
View photos from the event >>
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| Speaker Event Featuring Robynne Raye of Modern Dog |
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April, 2005
Robynne Raye of Modern Dog, Seattle, spoke in Lincoln about building her business from a small shop to an unstoppable force of nature. With all the hillarity, hijinks, and pitfalls that go along with it.
View photos from the event >>
View Robynne Raye's BeADesignGroup.com preview >> |
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| Member's Party Featuring Kit Hinrichs of Pentagram (2005) |
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February, 2005
Look below this event. We've had speakers before. Really, really good speakers. Well-spoken, thoughtful speakers. Highly intelligent speakers. We were not prepared for Kit. Kit owned.
Kit owned.
The Greatest AIGA Members Party of All Time >>
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| 13th Annual AIGA Nebraska The Show |
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November, 2004
The best of the best with none of the rest. Proving yet
again that AIGA brings the best designers in Nebraska
together, the 2004 The Show raised the bar yet again
for excellence in graphic design. Congratulations to
all those who were awarded.
See The Show >>
See Who Won >> |
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| The Show (Judges' Reception) |
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October, 2004
Judges Kevin McConkey (Grip Design, Chicago), Maria
Kennedy (Karacters, Canada) and Justin Ahrens (Rule29,
also Chicago) were on hand to present their work, their
passion, and their work again. Later that evening they
were treated to a night out in downtown Omaha. It's all
here.
You can't even handle it >> |
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| Design The Hand You're Dealt |
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August, 2004
The world's first ever deck of cards design competition was unveiled in a gallery show in August. It was incredible.
View the winners >>
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| 365:24 Gallery Show |
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June, 2004
Lincoln welcomed the national AIGA show in June.
View photos from the event >> |
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| Speaker Event Featuring Volume, Inc. |
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March, 2004
A giant crowd welcomed San Francisco's Volume Inc. in March. But for those of you who were not there, peruse the photos and pretend you were.
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photos from the event >> |
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| The 2004 AIGA Nebraska Member's Party |
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February, 2004
Dudes and Ladies enjoyed the finest in meats and cheeses at our Member's Party. You can't enjoy the meat and cheese, but you can enjoy the photos in our gallery.
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photos from the event >> |
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| 12th Annual AIGA Nebraska
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November 7, 2003
AIGA's biggest party of the year.
Candid shots of the region's best designers celebrating,
mingling, and carrying on like the rockstars they are. Who
won? We'll show you. AIGA presents the best design of
2003.
See
the set-up >>
See the
show >>
See who won >> |
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| The Show (Judges' Reception) |
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October, 2003
"Who are these people to judge my
work?"
Those people are Bill Grant, Sam Shelton,
and Sean Adams, who showed their stuff and waxed philosophically
about the design world at the 2003 Judges' Reception. View
photos from the event >> |
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| 50 Books / 50 Covers |
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September 25, 2003
A room filled with books and beautiful
people... and everyone's looking at the books.
View
photos from the event >> |
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| Speaker Event Featuring Aesthetic Apparatus |
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April 25, 2003
Lincoln plays host to Aesthetic Apparatus;
a two-man design studio with flair to spare.
View
photos from the event >> |
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| The AIGA Nebraska Member's
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January 31, 2003
The 2003 AIGA Nebraska Member's Party
was held at the Fluxion Gallery in downtown Omaha.
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photos from the event >> |
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| 11th Annual AIGA Nebraska
The Show: The Design-O-Matic Show |
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November 8, 2002
The 2002 Design-O-Matic was held at the
Jackson Street Artworks in downtown Omaha.
See the show >>
See
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| Design-O-Matic Judges Reception |
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October 4, 2002
Steve Hartman of Creativille in St. Louis,
Stefan Bucher from 344 Design in Los Angeles, and Sharon Werner
of Werner Design Werks in Minneapolis gave an exciting and
fun display of how the Design-O-Matic by AIGA co. worked for
them!
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photos from the event >> |
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| Behind Painted Walls |
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September 7, 2002
AIGA welcomed famed illustrator and painter
Joel Nakamura to Omaha's Hot Shops Art Center.
Joel took us on a spiritual journey into the eclectic blend
of primitive and modern influences that has established Nakamura
as a force in the fields of both fine art and design.
We continued the tribal energy by joining ska band, Jimmy Skaffa
out on the dance floor to celebrate into the night.
View photos from
the event >> |
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| Bowl-a-Rama |
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April 24, 2002
With guest speaker Sam Shelton
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