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  • Salon: Running a Healthy Freelance Business During the Recession Event February 11, 2010 Teaism Restaurant, Penn Quarter

    This event is sold out. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming Salons! Join AIGA DC and freelance design expert Angela Terry as we discuss methods for developing...

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  • Student Portfolio Review and Career Day Event February 27, 2010 George Mason University School of Art (Fairfax Campus)

    Calling all design students! AIGA DC invites you to a Portfolio Review and Career Day. This is an opportunity to receive valuable one-on-one feedback on your portfolio...

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AIGA DC Michael Osborne Continuum Event
On Sunday, November 15, 2009, the AIGA DC Continuum Fund held a special meet-and-greet gathering for the Continuum Circle donors with an intimate evening party and presentaion with designer Michael Osborne at Pat Taylor's home in Washington, DC. Comments (0) (Nov 22)
Michael Osborne Designs for AIGA DC Continuum Fund Button Campaign
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David Franek Designs for AIGA DC Continuum Fund Button Campaign
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Sustaining Partners support AIGA DC for a full year, enabling us to stay true to our mission: to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force. As a partner you contribute to our membership, profession, and the greater good—not to mention your business! For more information about Partnership opportunities, please contact Kristan Butler.

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Voice: AIGA Journal of Design

Setting Sights on the Arrow by Phil Patton
How simple yet complex is the arrow? Patton takes aim at this most basic graphic form and what it tells us.
A Word to the Unwise by Steven Heller
To whom it concerns: Generic emails to potential employers will get you noticed, but for all the wrong reasons. Heed Heller’s advice.
A Modest Proposal: Customized Currency by Aaron Marcus
With a $12 trillion national debt, Marcus thinks our desperate times call for desperate measures. Could the idea of selling out the dollar be right on the money?
Google Me to the Moon by Angela Riechers
How did we ever go anywhere without Google and GPS to guide the way? Riechers explores the fun and frustration that come with virtual travel.
I.D. Magazine, 1954?2009 by Ralph Caplan
After 55 years of reporting on design, I.D. magazine published its final issue this month. Former editor Ralph Caplan shares his memories of how it began.
?Twas the Icon of Christmas by Steven Heller
How did Santa Claus come to be known for his snowy white beard and red suit? Heller looks back at the illustrators who gave life to this now iconic image.

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