Show Your Stuff

What have you been working on?
are you jazzed about your new camera that takes amazing photos?
are you learning how to design a website?
have you found your voice in the blogosphere?
did the hamilton woodtype museum make you want to quit school and arrange letters all day?
Whatever it is, we want to see it

This meeting will allow us all to learn from each other and find more ways to procrastinate on homeworking doing what we love to do - create.

So, if you have a website, blog, or are working on a new freelance assignment, uploading a video and taking some really kick ass shots with your camera COME AND SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF US!

Tuesday, Feb 16 //  5:45-6:45  //  AA 321

First Meeting of the Semester

AIGA UW-Stout Student Group's first meeting of the semester is this Tuesday, the 26th at 5:45 in AA321

THIS MEETING IS FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN AND MULTIMEDIA DESIGN STUDENTS

We will be discussing memberships, future events and speakers and everything else we have in store for the Spring Semester.

If you are not able to attend please e-mail AIGA@uwstout.edu with your name, graduation Month and Year, email address, if you are already a member, and why you could not attend this meeting.

http://uwstoutaiga.blogspot.com/

{Poster Design by Derek Huber}

Get the Most out of your Membership :: What you missed

Hey everyone tonight was awesome! Here is what you missed and what you may want to know about AIGA:

Seth Johnson & Kolean Pitner
Talk about AIGA membership….this is where its at people!
The Professional Assoc. for Design
Works to advance design as a professional craft, strategic tool, and vital cultural force.

You can connect with Design Firms, Advertising Firms, Corporate In-house studios, freelancers, print designers, interactive designers, etc. through being an AIGA member.  If you move away from the Minnesota chapter you can connect with people like these in your new AIGA chapter.

Stuff they do for Student Members:
Portfolio 1:1
StimuLatte
(seventh sin – interactive shop in MN)
(eight hour day – MN)
Cocktails with Creatives
Design Camp discounts
Design Show discounts
Access to job/intern listings

Stuff they do for Associate Members:
Quarterly lectures
Mentor Program
Access to list of annual salary survey
Workshops
Cocktails with Creatives

WHAT IS AIGA?
AIGA is its members. Not a building, not a board of directors, but its members.

JOIN BECAUSE:
Contacts: networking events, workshops, lectures, searching job boards, being on a committee
Continuing Education
Camaraderie: opportunities for networking with other designers, meeting new friends
Chance to Give Back:

NOT A MEMBER YET?
Become an annual member on your own for $75.
Become a member with a group of other students for only $50
You can get:
Your portfolio on AIGA’s website
Listing of jobs/internships
Committee membership
Annual Salary Survey
All chapter mailings
All national email mailings
Put it on your resume!

DISCOUNTS ON:
Health Insurance
AIGA local and national events
AIGA competitions and conferences
Lynda.com training libraries
Aquent Graphics Institute
Magazines & Books
FedEx & FedEx Kinkos: 20% off (go to website and sign up for program)
Adobe store: 15% off

MORE THINGS TO DO THROUGH AIGA
Portfolio 1 on 1:

Student portfolio weekend (Friday and Saturday)
Friday: Studio tours
Saturday: Workshops: resume writing, portfolio stuff then Portfolio review
Scholarship opportunities
Job opportunities

Design Camp:
Nisswa, MN
National Designers
Workshops
Cocktail Hour
Freebies

Design Show:
Juried show
Numerous categories
Discount on entrance fee

“Insights” lecture series:
Nationally/Internationally known design speakers

“So…” lecture series
Luncheons
StimuLatte
Cocktails with Creatives


{Poster designed by Katy Verbrugge, AIGA UW-Stout Vice President and Graphic Design Sophomore.}

Resources [on & off campus]

In your Senior classes you'll be asked to be thinking beyond your design and more about the materials, inks and paper... but why wait that long? Your design will look so much better if you start early!

ON CAMPUS
-Screenprinting Lab 2nd floor (after you've taken 1 class just buy your own screen, inks, etc) for metallic inks, new effects, print on bottles, 3D packages... Paul Delong = screen printing professor
-2nd floor industrial/interior design labs- Large Format printers (free)
-3D printer in the industrial design department (ask Andrew Macintosh-print lab guy- for help) makes your file into a 3D object
-Process Lab, 1st floor - - get a mold done for packaging etc.,
-Print resource center- inkjet large format printers (use for projects with more graphics & typography-less imagery, rich colors)
-art metals room - sandblaster, woodburning (like burning a logo into a wood sculpture)
-3rd floor resource center: design books
-4th floor Library: Design books/art history -very cool
-instructional resources (library)--sell books to you for cheap
-packaging technology department (other side of the process lab): lab assistent can help you, lots of different packaging materials, help you with different folds, what kinds of materials are best for creasing/folding

STS - Stout Typographical Society >> sts@uwstout.edu
help you print just about anything
-coasters
-laser engraving on metal, plastic, wood etc...
-magnets
-vinyl
-stickers
-screen printing > new machine this year that can print full color images
-printing books
-window clings
-letter press plates
-large format up to 4 ft wide by however long you want
-tshirts
****if you think of it they work with you to make it happen- they do act as a business> give them some lead time, they can work with you and help with your design to get your project done the way you want

OFF CAMPUS
PAPER>>you should be collecting paper samples!!
-Paper Depot
-Paper Source
-French Paper Co.
-MoHawk
-Neenah
-Gilbert
-Gmund

PRINTERS
Service Center (MSC)--large format, buttons, printing
Knaack's Advertising Svc (Menomonie)--laser engraver, vinyl cutting, screen printing etc > go up broadway, take a right by taco johns
UPS (Menomonie)--by Walmart/Quiznos
Fedex (Eau Claire)
Ambiant Vision Inks (Menomonie)--(715) 491.0238
-In Downsville: take any design and turn it into vinyl so you can transfer it to basically anything (such as the type they put on the student gallery glass)...ask Jeff in the Furlong Gallery for more info *pretty cheap*

Any questions let us know! =)

AIGA Meeting 10.6.09

Don't forget we have a meeting tonight!

Tonight we will be going over some tools in Photoshop and learn more about photo editing.

AA 125 @ 5:45

 tutorial from Lunacore Photoshop Training

Useful Links

Useful Links to start you out on the right foot this semester:

FACEBOOK
Be sure to follow us on facebook and get meeting reminders, link up with other students and all that other good stuff. Search for AIGA UW-Stout Student Group and don't forget to join AIGA Minnesota Student Community to get even more event info and reminders

AIGA.UWSTOUT.COM
While Colin is working on our official website we've started with a blog (this blog!) Events, Speakers, Workshops, Resources, Student Spotlights, Artist Spotlights and other fun stuff will be posted. Make sure you subscribe either through posts/atom or by your email

AIGA MN
Look around the site - there's lots to see.

AIGA PORTFOLIOS
National members have the option to create an online portfolio through the AIGA site. This can allow potentional employers to search for you and gives you a credible online portfolio. This AIGA portfolio is a great start if you're not ready to create your own webpage.

LINKED-IN
blogged about here

GMAIL
We took a poll and by the show of hands everyone that uses gmail Loves It!
Gmail can organize your emails, blogs, documents, photos and so much more. PLUS you don't have you give up your name@my.uwstout.edu - Gmail can redirect all your other email address into your gmail account. I haven't check my stout email account in a year!  *if you are switching over to gmail and having your other email redirected test to make sure they are getting redirected*

GMAIL READER
A great feature gmail has is organizing the blogs you subscribe to. 
When you want to get updates from a blog or website find the "Subscribe" link. Choose "Add to Google" then choose either "Add to Google Homepage" or "Add to Google Reader" 
Once you've subscribed to a blog you will receive updates every time they make new post. 

COROFLOT
Just like the AIGA portfolio except anyone can sign up. Coroflot

BEHANCE
This online portfolio requires you to be invited by someone else. This is a great source for inspiration! Behance

Staci Paul has a project up:

Jesse Lindhorst has a few projects up:

TWITTER
You may think that Twitter is pointless... who wants to get updates about what people are doing all the time!? But maybe you're not following the right people. Twitter allows you to be "facebook creepy" without the whole creepy part involved... and the fact that it's not facebook.  You can choose to follow people you admire, firms you want to work for, causes you are interested in and get updates about events they are hosting, new products that are coming out and tons of inspiration.
Remember to "Brand" your twitter! Here's a great template from Smashing Magazine about Twitter Templates

Submit your Monster

Don't forget to submit a line vector drawing of your monster(s) to AIGA@uwstout.edu to add to our t-shirt this year. Deadline is next Tuesday, September 28th

Poster Designed by Jon Daniels, AIGA member and Graphic Design Senior

1st Meeting Recap

Thanks for everyone for coming to the first meeting. Here are a few highlights:



MEMBERSHIP: payment due by TUESDAY, September 22nd

Option 1) National AIGA membership $50/year
Recommended for Juniors and Seniors who want to start getting involved and gain some experience

• OFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP recognized under Minnesota and Nationally
  
• receive discounts on AIGA funded events
• personal profile and portfolio on AIGA website
• access to job postings and member/company listings
• publication discounts
• able to attend meetings
• on the AIGA Stout mailing list
• able to attend University hosted events

Option 2) University membership: $10/semester.
EVERYONE has to pay this fee to be part of the Stout Organization

• unofficial membership not recognized by AIGA
  
• able to attend meetings
• on the AIGA Stout mailing list
• able to attend University hosted events

DESIGN CAMP [link]
If you don't have a National Membership already I would suggest signing up for one through the AIGA site because the checks we are sending in will take too long to process.


MAKE/THINK CONFERENCE [link]


BUSINESS CARD PRINTERS

• Vista Print
• Moo Cards
• Ideal Printers

TSHIRT DESIGN
We voted on a "Monster/Zombie" theme for t-shirts this time around. The goal is for as many people as possible to draw an original monster and submit it to AIGA@uwstout.edu
The board members will then arrange the monsters on a shirt - the front, the back, on the bottom, on the sleeve... Print them and Sell them. Posters to advertise will be up soon.


NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd
Ray Rivera from the career services will be speak to all Art and Design majors about resumes and portfolios. After the meeting you're welcome to ask the officers about their personal stories and questions because Design resumes are a bit different than business resumes.

If you have any questions please email AIGA@uwstout.edu

First Meeting

Don't miss our first meeting of the school year. Come check us out, ask questions GET INVOLVED!

Tuesday, September 15th :: 5:45pm :: AA 210

Poster Designed by Lindsey Bock, AIGA UW-Stout President and Graphic Design Senior