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Don't miss Mano-a-Mano

Are you the design trivia expert at your firm? Know who’s responsible for the MTV logo? Hoefler from Frere-Jones? Now is your chance to claim the title of champion, in the design trivia throwdown called Mano-a-Mano.

Hosted by Speak Up creator Armin Vit, Mano-a-Mano puts 16 local designers in a bracket-style tournament to determine one winner. The subject? Design history and practice. Don’t worry, the questions are multiple choice and there will be copies of Graphic Design Referenced at hand.

Imagine trivia night meets WWF, and it’s all about design. Offices large and small: pick an expert to represent your studio for undisputed bragging rights, or let two of them vie for the prize publicly. Then come watch the action and cheer your player on. We promise a night unlike any other in Seattle this year!

It works like this. Interested in competing? send an email to mano-a-mano-seattle@underconsideration.com

Registration http://aigaseattle.org/events/index.asp?include=October_2009#22, or pay with cash at the door.

AIGA Members: $10 Non-members: $20 Door prices | AIGA Members: $15; Non-members: $25

Resources from Viv Ilo

Message from Viv Ilo

Here is the email I sent to another art group about the shows in Pioneer Square.

(If anyone wants to roam around there tomorrow - Saturday - please contact me. I would love to meet you there.)

This email is very late in coming to you all so if you want to see most of these shows you need to go this week. Now the disclaimer is that none of these shows are fiber shows (unless you count paper) but I am writing because they seemed unusually stellar this month.

This month (May) the art in the galleries in Pioneer Square is (to my eye) even more amazing than usual. I think most of the shows run through Saturday the 30th. And most are open Tues - Sat 11 AM - 5 PM though some hours may vary.

If perspective interests you David Schwarz's work at Foster/White Gallery is a must see. He is a glass artist and uses etching and layered glass to create phenomenal pieces! Imagine Escher type tessellations in round huge pieces.

The two artists at Davidson gallery are very amazing too. John Grade did a large piece of around 400 lip castings to make a large piece that is a lot of fun. It was commissioned by islanders. (My lips - and teeth - are #103). The other artist is Kevin Fletcher. His monotypes are amazing.

For us FiberNet folk, the vintage letter collage show at the Grover Thurston Gallery is quite nice. Lastly, Kent Lovelace, a favorite of mine, has a show at the Liz Harris gallery in Pike Place Market.

I often enjoy the art in the pioneer galleries but this month so many of the shows really stood out for me. I have listed only four here but there are a few other galleries that I am planning to go back to for a second time this week.

All of these galleries can be found on line for directions. Here is the map of the Seattle Art Dealers Association: http://www.seattleartdealers.com/map.htm You can sign up to receive their monthly brochure at any of the participating galleries.

Lastly, if anyone is interested in going to First Thursdays in Pioneer Square, please let me know. I often go and would love to have company.

Viv Ilo

Here is the Illustration Friday email from May 28th

Hello groovy art kids!

This week's topic is "Adapt", suggested by trish weill (http://www.delishdesign.com/delishdesign.html).

http://illustrationfriday.com/entry_p.php - add a link to your illustration for this week's topic! http://illustrationfriday.com/blog - the IF blog http://illustrationfriday.com/forum/index.php

Topic Suggestions

Hi everyone, We have another group meet-up this week on May 28th at noon. Vicki and I would like any input you have on topics you would like to discuss. Just post it right here. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing you all.

Corbet

Resources & Tools for the Creative Professional

Thanks for those who made it to our gathering on 4.23. Here is the amazing list of tools and resources we compiled as a group. Please add more. This will be a growing list available for everyone.

Organization & Scheduling: http://screeperzone.com/2008/01/04/how-has-activity-tracker-helped-you/ http://www.rescuetime.com/ http://macfreedom.com/ Microsoft Outlook http://www.noomii.com/

Social Media: http://mashable.com/

Networking Tools & Groups: Telephone & Email Friends & Family http://www.iloveseattle.org/ http://freelance-seattle.net/ http://twitter.meetup.com/cities/us/wa/seattle/groups/ http://www.creativecow.net/ http://www.contributionnetworkingparty.com/ https://dibspace.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/groupsDirectory http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=63223&trk=anetsrch_name&goback=.gdr_1240951322471_1 http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=66136&trk=anetsrch_name&goback=.gdr_1240951322473_1 http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=95409&goback=.gdr_1240951322473_1.anb_66136_*2

Biz Books: Love is the Killer App by by Tim Sanders No More Cold Calling by Joanne S. Black Heart of Business by Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss

Biz Research and Info: http://www.spl.org/ http://www.treehugger.com/ http://springwise.com/ http://www.googlecommunity.com/ http://www.teachstreet.com/

Technology: http://www.digitaleve.org/ http://www.fiercewireless.com/ http://www.lynda.com http://www.seattle24x7.com/

Marketing: http://ezinearticles.com/ http://biznik.com/members/ken-mahar google "call for entries"

Associations & Publications: AIGA http://aigaseattle.org/ Communication Arts http://www.personalhistorians.org/

Design & Art: http://www.designspongeonline.com/ http://www.iheartindie.com/ http://urbancraftuprising.com/ http://comedyunderground.com/seattlecalendar/view_entry.php?id=1227&date=20090507

Topics of Conversation

We have an event coming up next week.

Creative Professionals Meetup! Hosted by Vicki Dvorak & Corbet Curfman Thursday, April 23 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM http://biznik.com/events/creative-professionals-meetup

I wanted to see what topics people would be interested in discussing at the event. Let us know. Thanks.

Island of Trash

Have you heard about the island of trash? Here is a great opportunity to meet Algalita Marine Research Foundation at

Green Salon #3 | Compostmodern Wednesday, April 8 / 6:30 - 8:30pm Fremont Studios 155 N 35th St.; Seattle Register: http://aigaseattle.org/events/index.asp?include=April_2009#8

Algalita built a raft made from 15,000 plastic bottles and sailed from California to Hawaii during the summer of 2008 to bring attention to the issue of plastic marine debris. Hear in person what they have told to ABC News, Martha Stewart, NY Times and the TED conference about their extraordinary discoveries. They will be here in Seattle as part of their route travelling by bicycle from Canada to Mexico. Along the 2000 mile coastal route samples of plastic debris collected from the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) will be given to legislators, educators and organizations--sharing Algalita's research and education programs with 1000's of people.

We will also showcase great speakers from Compostmodern via webcast. These include Saul Griffith of Makani Power, Nathan Sherdroff the Design MBA Chair of California College of the Arts Emily Pillton of Project H and the Designers Accord.

All of this will be happening in the great atmosphere of the Fremont Studios. Enjoy light food and refreshments, mingle and connect when doors open at 6:30 pm. Speakers will begin at 7 pm.

Designer making the jump from agency to giving back

Hi all. I just wanted to introduce my self to the biznik community. I have recently left a marketing agency to start my own graphic design firm. I worked as an art director, graphic designer and illustrator for a variety of industries and companies in the Seattle area creating award caliber work. Over time, I found my interests lay closer to working with non-profit organizations and companies looking making it a better world. Now, I'm looking to use my skills and expertise to work with these companies and organizations. You can check out my new company at http://www.riverbeddesign.com. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all and the community.