SPD.ORG: Speaker Series

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 of 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

Gary Koepke for SPD@FIT: April 16th

NEW DATE! Same great inspiration...
Modernista! Co-founder Gary Koepke: From Creative Director to Agency Entrepreneur   

On April 16th, please join us for an SPD@FIT evening with Gary Koepke, Co-founder and Executive Creative Director of Modernista!, the fastest-growing independent creative agency in the world. Gary will recollect his transformation from graphic designer into agency founder and owner, tell stories from the front lines of creative entrepreneurship, and share some thoughts on publication design, the work that launched his career and that he continues to pursue at Modernista!

Keep reading for all the details...

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SPD@FIT

02.20.09posted by
The Editors

DWI: Do It With Illustration

Under the Influence with Today's Most Arresting Illustrators

Come and meet six of the brightest illustrators working today. Hear how they create the images that inform, seduce and enlighten us on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. From cover portraits of President Obama to adjusting to life in the suburbs to packaging for sexual lubricant creams (!) to the pitfalls of job-hunting--get an inside view on how these artists tackle a broad range of topics and their perspectives (illustratively speaking), on politics, work, life and love.

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SPD@FIT

01.05.09posted by
Emily Smith

PAULA SCHER: Now & Then

ADVANCE TICKETS ARE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!!

For our inaugural SPD@FIT event for 2009, we knew we needed something big enough to keep pace with the other big inaugural events of 2009. Join us on Tuesday, February 10th for an evening with Paula Scher, Partner at Pentagram, for an evening Paula describes in this way:

As a child of the sixties I was always rebellious. It came with the decade. I found that a form of rebelliousness is always present in my best work, and my work suffers when it is widely accepted and it becomes a part of the establishment.
This talk will show how I have rebelled against Helvetica, expectations of others, and mostly rebelled against myself.

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SpeakEasy

10.20.08posted by
Emily Smith

VIDEO: Intuition Is Underrated

We know: finally. (It's a tech adventure at SPD.)
Video of Arem Duplessis' sold-out Speakeasy night, "Intuition is Underrated."

Wonder what SPD Annual got Arem interested in magazine design? Who inspired him? Want to know more about the thinking behind some of those classic NYT Magazine covers? How he feels about the people who copy his style, and the team he calls on to get it all done so brilliantly? Video after the jump...

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SPD@FIT

10.19.08posted by
Catherine Talese

LOUPED IN: Tuesday, November 11

"The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different." - John Szarkowski

The Photography Editors

They began in philosophy and film, retail and environmental studies; but today they are all photography editors: passionate about the images they produce, and the photographers they work with. On Tuesday night they'll talk about what sparks their imagination, their inspirations, and the assignments that keep them questioning, "how should this look?"

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SpeakEasy

10.16.08posted by
Deb Bishop