[save the date]: Allan Chochinov lecture

Upcoming lecture sponsored by IDSA Atlanta

Be sure to highlight September 23, 2008 when IDSA Atlanta Chapter will be hosting a very special presentation by New York-based designer/educator Allan Chochinov. He serves as the editor-in-chief of Core77.com, one of the most widely read design websites in the world, and as strategist for Coroflot.com and DesignDirectory.com.

Date: September 23, 2008
Time: TBD
Where: TBD
Cost: TBD

Watch for details on this and other events via these email broadcasts in coming months and be sure to keep up with your IDSA chapter here on the web at www.idsa-atlanta.org and subscribe to the RSS feed.

[save the date]: Luke Williams, ID@GT Lecture Series

"Chasing Boundaries in Design: The Naked Interface" with Luke Williams
ID@GT Lecture Series

"As digital technology becomes invisibly embedded in everyday things, physical objects are becoming and important vehicle for interaction. They can help people define new systems of relationships with digital information. Luke will examine how perceptions and gestures formed through our experiences with physical products can effectively bring liberty to the interface. His presentation will discuss how patterns and archetypes from product design now frame new ways for people to orient themselves around information.

Luke Williams is Creative Director for frog design, and heads the ID practice for the New York and Austin studios."

When: Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 6:00 PM (EDT), reception to follow
Where: Klaus Advanced Computing Building, Seminar Room 1116, Georgia Tech (Atlanta,GA)
Cost: free
Event Contact: Claudia Winegarden, Industrial Design Program 919.389.2302

For details of, and directions to this presentation visit the Georgia Tech College of Architecture calendar page.

This event sponsored by IDSA Atlanta and Georgia Tech Industrial Design.

April events of interest

The Atlanta chapters of the AIGA and PDMA are hosting events in the very near future that may be of interest to IDSA members.

Mark Speece - "WHAT’S IN A NAME?

How to win at the product name game."

Hosted by the Product Design Management Association, Atlanta

"Join [PDMA] on April 17, 2008 at Georgia Tech College of Management, to learn more about the naming process Fortune 500 companies use to name products, services, or companies.
As cofounder and naming director of 800 Degrees, an Atlanta-based brand consultancy, Mark Speece will cast some light on the steps to take and the obstacles to overcome in the name process. His explanation will provide both an insight into “how the big guys do it” and practical, usable information that should make your next naming project a bit less daunting."

When: Thursday, April 17, 2008, 5:30 PM (EDT)
Where: Georgia Tech College of Management (Atlanta,GA)
Cost: PDMA Members: $20, Non-members: $25, Students (with valid ID): $10 (PDMA membership is free, see website)
Registration: Register now with PDMA Atlanta.

For details regarding PDMA Atlanta and this presentation visit the PDMA Atlanta website.

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Stefan Sagmeister - "Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far"

hosted by AIGA Atlanta

"Astonishingly, Stefan Sagmeister has only learned twenty or so things in his life so far. But he did manage to publish these personal maxims all over the world, in spaces normally occupied by advertisements and promotions: as billboards, projections, light-boxes, magazine spreads, annual report covers, fashion brochures, and, recently, as giant inflatable monkeys. In this presentation Sagmeister throws his diary, a lot of design, and a little art together with a pinch of psychology and a dash of happiness into a blender and pushes the button."

When: April 23, 2008, 6:00 PM (EDT)
Where: Zoo Atlanta: The Coca Cola World Studio (Atlanta,GA) 
Cost: AIGA Members: $20 / AIGA Student: $15, Non-Members: $40
Registration:  Register now with AIGA Atlanta.

For details regarding AIGA Atlanta and this presentation visit the AIGA Atlanta website.

[save the date]: Karim Rashid lecture and exhibition

"Karim Rashid: From 15 Minutes into the Future"
A lecture given by Karim Rashid

Artist Karim Rashid will lecture in conjunction with the exhibition “Karim Rashid: From 15 Minutes into the Future,” (March 14 thru May 18, 2008) which showcases a selection of Rashid’s more than 2,000 designed objects that have been put into production. He is a leading figure in the fields of product, interior, fashion, furniture, lighting and art design.

Artist Lecture
When: April 3rd, 2008; 4:30pm-5:30pm (EDT)
Where: Rich Auditorium, Woodruff Arts Center
1280 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, GA
Cost: Free and open to the public

Opening Reception for Artist Karim Rashid
When: April 3rd, 2008; 5:30-7:30pm (EDT)
Where: ACA Gallery, Woodruff Arts Center
1280 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, GA
Cost: Free and open to the public
Presented in conjunction with the SCAD-Atlanta Gallery Hop

Note: For both events, free parking and shuttle service will be available at SCAD-Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree Street

For more information, read the press release, visit www.scadexhibitions.com or call 404/815.2931

[save the date]: Eero Saarinen furniture lecture

"The Furniture of Eero Saarinen"
A lecture given by Brian Lutz

Brian Lutz, a writer whose monograph on the modern master's furniture is scheduled to be published by Yale University Press next year, participated in organizing the show currently on view at MODA, "The Furniture of Eero Saarinen: Designs for Everyday Living."

When: March 13, 2008, 6:30 PM 
Where: High Museum of Art/Hill Auditorium (Atlanta,GA) 
Cost: free (RSVP required, no walk-ins)
Registration: RSVP to the Museum of Design Atlanta by March 6

For details on the exhibition, visit http://www.museumofdesign.org/