SPD.ORG: Speaker Series

06.24.10posted by
The Editors

Summer Speakeasy: Adobe CS5
One Night Only, All You Need to Know

Improve your print skill and mock up interactivity using tools you already know. This special Summer Speakeasy is not only a great night to get up-to-speed on what's new and improved with Adobe's CS5, but SPD Members, this is FREE for you when you RSVP in advance! Not to mention, at the end of the night we're giving away one free copy of CS5 Design Premium. Seating is limited, so reserve your space and get all the info on what we'll be learning after the jump...
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SpeakEasy

06.03.10posted by
The Editors

SPD@SMASHBOX LA: Unsung Heroes of the American West

We're headed west, California, Los Angeles, specifically, for our next Speakeasy: UNSUNG HEROES OF THE AMERICAN WEST! Join us as 6 Art Directors and Photo Editors feature their favorite LA-based photographer or illustrator, and talk work, creativity, assignments, and more.

Smashbox Studios, West Hollywood hosts SPD and our friends on the West Coast for an evening of fun, creativity, networking and cocktails: six Art Directors and Photo Editors have been asked to present a talented, LA-based photographer or illustrator whose work they admire -- and we're NOT revealing the artists until the night of, so rsvp after the jump!
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SPD@FIT

03.03.10posted by
The Editors

SPD@FIT: George Lois on 'The Esquire Covers @ MoMA'

We show this all the time, we love it so, but there's never too much of a great thing: here's a a tiny flash of what you might get a chance to see at our evening with George Lois for SPD@FIT on Tuesday, March 30th, where he talks with Wired's Scott Dadich about his show of Esquire covers at MoMA, the subject of a new book from Assouline, George Lois: The Esquire Covers (~~rumor has it~~proven fact: books will be there for purchase and autographing):

Info on this film and tickets after the jump...
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Master Class

03.01.10posted by
The Editors

Master Class: TypIDentity

Introducing, the SPD Master Class.

Our goal: an exclusive bi-monthly workshop for SPD Professional Members providing inspiration, education, hands-on skills to SPD members through intimate access to well-respected, award-ridden, top-dog design professionals. After this 1-day intensive workshop, you'll have a new mentor, a deeper professional network, and a broader skill-set to take to work on Monday morning.
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SpeakEasy

02.22.10posted by
The Editors

ARTFUL COMMUNICATION: Gina Barnett

Sometimes, we all need a little help in the personal-professional department: we all have to have difficult conversations, but we could handle them better. We could collaborate better, present our ideas and our work with more confidence, agree to disagree more productively. Some of us are thinking about the next phase, and how to move into it gracefully, but we have no idea where to start, or how to do that very well. In a nutshell, we don't always know how to do all those little things that could make it all easier.

When what you need most of all is to redesign yourself, who knows where to start?

On Thursday, March 25th, please join us for an evening that might help us start to figure it all out, courtesy of Gina Barnett. Who's that, you ask? We'll let Gail Anderson share her experience:

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SpeakEasy

01.26.10posted by
The Editors

PAUL SAHRE: Alien abduction attempts, the hairless hand, dead pig heads, boring sex and eating the dinosaur.

The one and only Paul Sahre will be kicking off SPD's spring speaker series on Tuesday, February 9th at the Helen Mills Theater.
According to Paul's site, he...
...is a graphic designer that works out of his own shitty office in New York City.
...received his BFA and MFA from Kent State and teaches at the School of Visual Arts.
...finds comfort in the fact that we are all hurtling through space. … MORE

SpeakEasy

09.28.09posted by
The Editors

RICHARD WILDE on Refueling: Putting Myself Back Into My Work

LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN FOR SALE AT THE DOOR!
Tuesday night. October 6, 2009.
The SPD Speaker Series is back, and with a big night to kick off the year!
Richard Wilde, celebrating 40 years of shaping the visual culture at SVA with "The Wilde Bunch," takes a evening out to share with us one of the most important parts of being creative: taking time to refocus your creativity.
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SPD@FIT

03.13.09posted by
The Editors