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AIGA New York Upcoming Events

THE DINNER PARTY: A conversation about Food and DesignNovember 24

Wednesday, 03 December 2008

The Great Hall, Cooper Union
7 East Seventh Street
New York, NY
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6:30PM Check-in
7:00-9:00PM Presentations & Panel Discussion
9:00-9:45PM Food & Drink


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Chefs and designers. Both create delights for the senses. Both make delicious things in different ways. Both arrange every experience for the optimum of piquancy. The Dinner Party brings the worlds of food and design together for a discussion about creativity, inspiration, and what makes things tasty. This unique event reaches beyond the design world to blend two parts culinary wisdom, two parts design insight, and twenty parts poly-unsaturated goodness. To conclude the discussion, we'll be serving specialty cocktails and delicious nibbles from some of New York's finest food carts.

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BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 3: GETTING NEW BUSINESSNovember 18

Tuesday, 09 December 2008

Mud Café (come to the private area in the back)
307 East 9th Street
between First and Second Avenues
New York NY, 10003

8:00-8:30AM Congregating
8:30-9:30AM Conversation

A sure-to-be-spirited conversation led by Melissa Hoffman, an expert in business development. As Managing Director for L. Mazur & Co.‚ Melissa provides brand strategy, business development, and account management for the firm’s retail, hospitality, and beauty brands.

In 2001, as Managing Director of Fitch Worldwide, Melissa oversaw business development for clients ranging from Nokia, Best Buy, and Saks, among many others. From 1994 to 2000 she served as a Principal with Desgrippes Gobe, one of the top ten international marketing agencies, directing global business development and strategic marketing for beauty, fashion and retail brands including Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Reebok, Godiva, Coca Cola, and many others.

In 2000, Melissa wrote and starred in her own one-woman show, “Bossy Girl Monologues” as part of the American Living Room series at Lincoln Center. Her book of short stories is being published in December, 2008.

BREAKFAST CLUB:
AIGA/NY’s casual morning get-

SMALL TALK NO. 4: TOM SACHSNovember 10

Tuesday, 02 December 2008

Bumble and bumble, 3rd floor auditorium
415 West 13th Street Between Ninth Avenue & Washington St.

6:30–7:00PM Wine & hors d'oeuvres reception
7:00–8:00PM Presentation

Design as Obsession
Artist as Cultural Collector

Tom Sachs's art reveals obsession and labor, but is also characterized by the sense of playfulness and exuberance that infuses each of his objects. His work largely consists of complex contraptions and scale models hobbled together from found and collected materials. Pieces such as Chanel Guillotine, Unité (a foam core reproduction of Corbusier's Unité d'habitation), and “Vader” (a plywood-and-glass refrigerator), all share a uniquely hand-crafted aesthetic as well as Sachs's sense of humor and cultural insight.

Sachs's work has been collected by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Centre Georges Pompidou, San Francisco MoMA, and the Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo. Major solo exhibitions include SITE Santa Fe (1999), the Bohen Foundation, New York (2002), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2003), Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, and Fondazione Prada, Milan (2006)

Design Remixed: Big SpaceshipSeptember 5

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Apple Store, Soho
103 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
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6:30–8:00PM

An innovation-led digital creative agency, Big Spaceship partners with brands to create deeply engaging experiences, products and relationships. Telling stories and starting conversations across the digital landscape, the company has garnered many accolades for its work, including One Show, Clio, Webby and Cannes Lion awards. Big Spaceship holds more FWAs than any other firm and was the first American agency inducted into the FWA’s Hall of Fame.

Michael Lebowitz
Michael Lebowitz founded Big Spaceship in 2000 and serves as its CEO. A founding board member of SoDA, the Society of Digital Agencies, Michael is also a member of AIGA’s Visionary Design Council and the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. He is a frequent juror for creative awards and has lect