Christopher Liechty, founding president of the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design will report on the state of design in the midst of China's preparations for the Beijing Olympics. A partnership with Package and Design Magazine, one of China's premier design magazines, opened the doors to some of China's most prestigious design and advertising firms as well as design schools.
Shift.Option.Talk is a series of informal, roundtable conversations with local designers in our community. Featuring a different location and host-designer every event, it's the best way to relax, meet other creative-minded designers and just shoot the breeze.
Petrula Vrontikis has been a leading voice in graphic design and design education communities for over 20 years. Her work has appeared in more than one hundred books and publications, and is part of the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.