AIGA Mentoring Speaker Series | Annie Riker @ West Potomac High School
The morning of graphic designer Annie Riker’s presentation was a bone chiller. A cold winter morning that required far too many layers and hot cups of coffee. As she entered, however, Annie’s upbeat...
View ArticleQ&A: Matt Gray, DC United
Matt Gray has played soccer ever since he could walk. With the help of a father who coached at the college level for decades, he took his talents to Frostburg State University and the U.S. Olympic...
View ArticleQ&A: Kevin Grasty, American University
If you’re a college senior, the countdown to graduation has begun. In the spirit of commencement (and a hat tip to the graduating class of 2014), we wanted to see what was going on behind the scenes at...
View ArticleEvent Recap: Return on (Design) Investment
“Make it pretty!” These three small words can make any designer cringe–but it’s that feeling, that pit in your stomach when your clients ask to make their logo bigger, that inspired this series. As...
View ArticleAIGA DC’s SHINE Mentoring Program: What We Learned
After four months of partaking in SHINE, our peer-to-peer mentoring program, meeting periodically for career advice and networking guidance, mentor-mentee pair Beth Singer and Drew Litowitz impart...
View ArticleEvent Recap: When Lightning Strikes, Volume 4
“Wonder” is defined as a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable. In a room packed with some of DC’s most talented designers...
View ArticleIn the Stacks: Q&A with Antonio Alcalá, Studio A
Antonio Alcalá, founder of Studio A and AIGA DC fellow, is also an adjunct faculty member of the Corcoran College of Art + Design and a past president of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan...
View ArticleQ&A: John Clifford, Author of “Graphic Icons”
Whether you spent years studying graphic design in school or came into the profession by another route, John Clifford’s book, “Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design” is a great...
View ArticleQ&A: Chuck Kacsur, Washington Wizards, Capitals, and Mystics
Just in time for the fall sports seasons to kick off, we introduce you to Chuck Kacsur (pronounced CASH-er), a graphic designer for Monumental Sports, the organization that keeps Verizon Center buzzing...
View ArticleQ&A: Yathrib Ragsdale
This year, AIGA DC’s Design Continuum Fund awarded its annual scholarship to Yathrib “BeBe” Ragsdale of Woodbridge, Virginia, who attends George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. This Q&A...
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