New Work for a Good Cause

This is a poster design I did last weekend for the non-profit group ecofficiency.org that I am involved with. With a quick turnaround time of 48 hours I took some inspiration/influence from the Hatch posters that where used by many of the big country acts in the 50s and 60s and are making a comeback.

The Event should be a fun one and the money raised is going to help purchase water purification systems and send two of our members to Haiti to help distribute the systems to some of the poorest areas near Haiti's capitol Port-au-Prince. The team members will be departing on December 20th and return on the 29th.

Please help make this event a success by showing up and donating to this very worthy cause. This is our groups second event to help Haiti, our first event raised over $2000 which went directly to Doctors Without Borders.

More info about the event, donating, and ecofficiency.org can be found here.

AIGA Speed Networking

Its like speed dating except were design geeks.

This Thursday, February 19th the Orange County Chapter of AIGA will host its first "Speed Networking" event. The event is open to members and non-members alike ($10 fee for non-members). At the last AIGA OC mixer this was some talk of having one of these and it seems the powers that be have decided to make it happen. Basically this is how it works:

• 8-10 people sit down on each side of a table.

• You have 2 minutes to greet the person across from you, and then you each briefly describe to each other what type of work you do and the type of clients you have and 'want' to have.

• An alarm will sound at the end of 2 minutes and everyone moves over one seat. .

• The round ends when you reach the end of the table and you've spoken with each person on the other side of the table.

This sounds like a great way to get together with and meet some of your fellow designers, make some new contacts and have a laugh and a beer all at the same time.

The monthly mixers are usually well attended and this one I am sure will be no exception, so bring that stack of business cards and come meet some new people. The first round will start promptly at 6:00 pm.

The event:
Thursday, Feb 19th, 5:30-8:30 pm:
Tapas Restaurant & Bar
4253 Martingale Way, Newport Beach ::>view map
(949) 756-8194

For more info go to the Orange County AIGA site.