AIGA/LA 2009 Fellows Showcase Series: Inspire | Clive Piercy March 19, 2009

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We are excited to bring you the first session in our Fellows Speaker Series: Inspire.Stories overheard about Clive Piercy:1. He started his first design office in a laundromat2. He played football for Manchester (that's in England)3. He holds the Guinness Record for the longest foldout design presentation in the worldOne thing we know is true: Clive has a passion for design. And on March 19th well find out why.Hell also share his stunning (and very effective) work, confess an annoyance or two, embarrass himself with hair-raising client stories, and enlighten us with his take on designing in a foreign land (L.A.) for over 25 years.Bring your questions and let him have it. You wont be sorry.Clive will share the conversation with moderator John Sabel, Executive Vice President of Creative Print Advertising for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and a longtime collaborator.Parking InfoPaid parking lot south of the theater as well as street parking.Clive Piercy is the founder and Principal of the Santa Monica-based design studio air-conditioned. For the previous 20 years he was a partner and Creative Director of Ph.D, a studio recognized internationally for work that was characterized by its appropriateness, character, wit and style. His work for clients such as Nike, Peerless Lighting, Chronicle Books and Roxy/Quiksilver has won awards from most of the major national and international design competitions. He graduated from Brighton College of Art, in England, and began his career as a designer in the prestigious BBC Television Design Department, before moving to Los Angeles to be Creative Director of the Rod Dyer Group. He serves on the faculty of Art Center College of Design, California, is married to the illustrious illustrator Ann Field, and is a lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur FC.John Sabel is Executive Vice President of Creative Print Advertising for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. He has worked on numerous standout marketing campaigns such as Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Narnia, Pirates of the Caribbean and most recently the Oscar-winning Wall-E to name a few.About The Fellow AwardThe Fellow Award is a national AIGA initiative founded in 1999. The program is a means of recognizing mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community as well as in their local AIGA chapter. The areas of education, writing, leadership and reputation, as well as the practice of design are given equal consideration in measuring significant contribution.

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furthering excellence in design as a broadly-defined discipline,
strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place
design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information,
participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and
ethical practice.

AIGA was founded in 1914 and now represents more than 16,000 designers through nationalactivities and local programs developed by 47 chapters and more than 150 student groups. AIGA supports the interests of professionals, educators and students who are engaged in theprocess of designing, regardless of where they are in the arc of their careers. The disciplines represented in the profession include brand strategy, illustration, information architecture,book design, type design, design criticism and design for new media, film and television.

AIGA serves as a hub of thought-leadership and activity for the designing community. Theassociation is committed to stimulating thinking about design through the exchange of ideas and information, the encouragement of critical analysis and research, and the advancementof education and ethical practice.

Through conferences, competitions, exhibitions, publications and websites, AIGA inspires,educates and informs designers, helping them to realize their talents and to advocate the value of design among the media, the business community, governments and the public. AIGA is a national not-for-profit educational organization incorporated under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in the State of New York.
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Ticket Info:  

• AIGA Members, $20.00
• AIGA Student Members, $10.00
• Non-Members, $30.00
• Non-Member Students, $15.00

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