AIGA New York Upcoming Events

AIGA/NY: DESIGN THINKING & SUSTAINABILITY WITH CHRIS HACKER FROM JOHNSON & JOHNSON

2010-02-18T09:29:55Z

Friday, 12 March 2010

Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10016

6:30PM Check-in
7:00-8:30PM Discussion

AIGA/NY: DESIGN THINKING & SUSTAINABILITY
Case Studies with Chris Hacker and his team from Johnson & Johnson

At the top of Chris Hacker’s agenda is the imaginative application of sustainable design thinking. He has overseen this process as Chief Design Officer at Johnson & Johnson for the last five years, and at Aveda™ for the previous five.

"After an hour of conversation, with Chris, you’ll walk away convinced he’s just the man to bring sustainable design to corporate America." —I.D. April 2009

This illustrated talk with Chris and several members of his design and engineering team will explain their approach to sustainability in both design and business, illuminating his mission: to change the way designers think about sustainability. They will discuss how they have updated the design process at J&J, where over the last 5 years Chris has built a 120-person think tank, including an award-winning design team, where environmentally-conscious decisions are a fundamental part of the process.

Chris will be joined by several members of his team: Elan Cole, Global Creative Director of the Beauty Care & Baby brands, Lisa Nugent, Global Creative Director of the Convergence Lab (The lab is a destination for Johnson & Johnson Marketing, R&D, and Design to come together for ideation and prototyping design solutions.) and Mike Maggio, VP Global Strategic Design Ops. They will talk about their role within the design process and discuss specific examples illustrating how they are implementing Chris’ vision, revealing the thrill of successes, the heartbreak of failures and the many compromises they have had to make on their journey toward sustainability.

“I grew up a hippie. …I can’t stay on the sidelines and not get involved. As an activist for the cause of environmental sustainability, I believe that if I don’t come to big companies and try to help them become better, then it’s hard to complain.” —Chris Hacker

Chris Hacker, Chief Design Officer, Global Strategic Design Office, Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies, leads all creative processes for brand identity, packaging design and brand imagery at J&J Consumer. The Global Strategic Design Office is based in New York City with branch offices globally, to further the application of strategic design thinking within the company and consists of Designers, Engineers and Technical Staff.

Hacker’s passion is bringing awareness to designers of their power in the business world to make sustainable design a key paradigm of design process and therefore make the products and materials produced lighter on the planet.

Chris was Senior Vice President of Global Marketing and Design for Aveda™ prior to joining Johnson & Johnson. In this capacity he had responsibility for overall strategic marketing leadership, new product development and promotion. Under his leadership, Aveda was awarded the 2004 National Design Award for Corporate Achievement from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

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MEMBERS SERIES: JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO AND YOU / THE ART OF ROCK BAND INTERFACE DESIGN

2010-03-04T14:33:38Z

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street
in DUMBO, Brooklyn

6:30–7:00PM Check-in and Play Rock Band
7:00–8:00PM Presentation
8:00-9:00PM Play Rock Band! Fab!

MEMBERS SERIES: JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO AND YOU
THE ART OF ROCK BAND INTERFACE DESIGN

You thought web interface could get complicated? And storyboarding three-minute spots could get dense? Watch and learn.

Lead Rock Band User Interfaces Artist, Kevin McGinnis, will walk you through the process of how Harmonix Music Systems creates their user interfaces. We will see detailed pre-production style boards, UI animation mockups and the tools the Harmonix team created and then used to put it all together.

Come early and stay late to play Beatles Rock Band on the big screen at Galapagos.

thebeatlesrockband.com
rockband.com

About Kevin McGinnis
Kevin is a North West native of the United States and for nearly 6 years has been the Lead User Interfaces Artist at Harmonix Music Systems. He has worked with and directed designers, printers, animators, programmers and outsource companies across virtually all disciplines of design. His roots are in graphic design and holds a Masters Degree in Graphic Design from RISD. Along with being in the trenches creating Interfaces for video game industry Kevin likes to share his experiences which brings him to speak around the world from Seattle, San Francisco, Germany, Poland and South Korea.

About Harmonix
Harmonix Music Systems is a videogame development company based in Cambridge, MA. The company specializes in music-based games, and is renowned for groundbreaking design innovation. Founded in 1995 by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, the company is home to a vibrant and dynamic group of designers, artists, gamers and musicians. The core principle at the heart of all Harmonix products is to share the joy of creating and performing music with everyone, regardless of musical experience.

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COLLABORATION: THE HEADS OF STATE

2010-02-18T14:59:26Z

Thursday, 01 April 2010

Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York, NY

6:30PM Check-in
7:00-8:00PM Discussion

COLLABORATION: THE HEADS OF STATE
This I Tell You Brother, You Can't Have One Without the Other

Whether working 3,000 miles apart on a silkscreen for Sonic Youth, or 3-feet away on an illustration for The New York Times, this duo collaborates on nearly every detail.

Please join us for an evening of posters, books, illustrations, broken pencils, heavy metal guitar techniques, marriage counseling and the secrets to everlasting creative collaboration.

The Heads of State is the design and illustration studio of Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers. Since 2002, this duo has been churning out award winning work while residing on opposite coasts. Known for a restrained graphic style and a sharp visual wit, they've seen eye to eye and/or locked horns for clients such as The New York Times, Penguin, The School of Visual Arts, Starbucks, Wired Magazine, as well as musical acts R.E.M. and Wilco. In 2009 they set up shop together in Philadelphia. They also teach at Tyler School of Art, where they both studied.

Each month, "Collaboration" will examine the process of co-creation; it will look closely at collaborative outcomes as we all learn to work with each other.

Join us to discover the pros and cons of working with experts in our field and others.

MAD Members please call 212. 299. 7780 for your tickets.

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