AIGA Maine

The professional association for design. AIGA's mission is to advance designing as a strategic tool, professional craft and vital cultural force

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REMINDER: Justin Dauer's talk is happening TOMORROW, Oct 7th, at 6pm EST. Please register on our site (https://t.co/CyvQEbPIBE) to attend this free event #AIGAmaine

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Join us on Thursday October 7th at 6PM EST for Justin Dauer's lecture "Humility: The Designer’s Most Essential Trait". The lecture is virtual, free, and will be followed by a Q&A. Please register on our site (https://t.co/CyvQEbPIBE) to attend. #AIGAMaine

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AIGA Maine is seeking up to five new board members to join our team.

Deadline for application for a two-year term is October 1, 2021.

Learn more and apply: https://t.co/KnfxGZhtWT

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Open Crit is back! Thurs, 8/19, 5:30–7pm.

Free / Virtual / Limited Tickets

Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive: "the only event that's better on Zoom" & "it's helpful it is to share my screen and make edits in real-time."

Learn more:
https://t.co/b44CCX10jB

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Did you miss last month's Lightning Talk: Creating Public Art in Maine? Video of the discussion with Jan and Ebenezer is now available to watch. https://t.co/RSDF4t54vb

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This month's AIGA Maine Member Spotlight features AIGA Maine member and Questex Creative Director: Matt Poor.

Read the full interview and learn more about Matt:
https://t.co/o3iXAjBIvO

#AIGA #AIGAMaine #MaineDesigners #MemberSpotlight #DesignInterview

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As #PrideMonth comes to an end, it's a great opportunity to reflect on how we can continue honoring, celebrating, and showing up for the LGBTQ+ community today and every day.

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THIS THURSDAY: Lightning Talk: Creating Public Art in Maine

This event will explore the journey of creating public art works from the perspectives of two local artists.

https://t.co/a5NEr35tvG

#AIGAMaine #MaineDesigners #MainePublicArt #LightningTalk #AIGA #VirtualEvent

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Virtual ‘Lightning Talk’: Creating Public Art in Maine on 6/24 at 6pm. Presentations followed by a Q&A with speakers Jan Piribeck, Professor of Digital Art & Foundations, USM and Ebenezer Akakpo, Designer/Owner, Akakpo Design Group

Free tickets: https://t.co/GR9lYGDtTg

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🏳️‍🌈 Happy #PrideMonth! We celebrate and honor our LGBTQIA+ communities, colleagues, friends, and family. Honor what you need and show yourself the love you deserve.

🌈 Illustrations by @antonioluvs for @over
https://t.co/W7cFSvTi99

#Pride2021 #PrideIllustration

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We're restarting our popular Open Crit event as a virtual workshop on Thursday, June 3rd 5:30-7pm with a limited number of free tickets available. Registration required: https://t.co/aV3hjNGbVC #mainedesigners #aigamaine #designevent #virtualevent #opencrit

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Curious about the Maine type design scene? Check out the list on The American Type Scene website (and make sure your designs are listed!)
https://t.co/zuWyRM4JNV
#mainedesigners #typedesign #typography #typelove #goodtype

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We recently stumbled across the Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, which has a trove of historical maps of Maine including this one of Portland published in 1889. Look at the line quality of that water! Best thing is... they're all public domain! https://t.co/Z0wvWkvrIk

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Looking for an afternoon burst of inspiration? Spend a few minutes browsing design.archive, a new digital archive curated by @valerymarier in her free time.

#designarchive #designhistory #designinspiration #designresearch #graphicdesignhistory #eyeondesign #graphicdesigner

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Poisson d'Avril!

#iipoissondavril #poissondavril #aprilfools #aprilfirst #AIGAMaine

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India is an independent, Portland-based designer. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with background in print design, she found her passion in the spreading of ideas through marketing and information design.
#AIGAMaine #MaineDesigners #AIGABoard #AIGA

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Who is ready for Maine Maple weekend? Check out this beautiful maple syrup packaging by Québécois designer Andrée Rouette! #packagedesign #mainemaple

https://t.co/by5Ioercog

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Meet the 2021 board: Tim leads the Value Consulting organization for Adobe’s Digital Media toolset. During his 20-year tenure at Adobe, he has worked with almost every tool in the Creative Cloud toolset from print, to web, to video, to UI design. #AIGAMaine #MaineDesigners #Adobe

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Have you checked out the AIGA Design Archives?

There's a ton of inspiring content, including this 2006 book cover for a publication by the Cryptozoology Museum, designed by local Portland studio, Superflu Design. https://t.co/ALx4JlYRxJ

#AIGAMaine #MaineDesigners #AIGA

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Erin is a graphic designer and writer with a fine arts background. After 5 years as a freelancer she worked as a designer at The SunriseGuide. Now she is a part of the communications team at UPSTREAM, a national nonprofit focused on solutions to plastic pollution. #AIGAMaine