What is Think Tank?
What’s next in communications arts? Knowing the answers to that question could make the all difference in your career.
If you’re ready to be intrigued, challenged and inspired, then make your reservations now for Think Tank ‘08 presented by AIGA Nashville. Join us as our superstar guest panel of thought leaders will discuss what’s next in advertising, design and marketing. And get the information you need to position yourself to be on the industry’s leading edge.
The future is coming fast. So make your reservations now.
Speakers
Seymour Chwast
The Pushpin Group,
Director
presented by Mac Authority
Seymour Chwast, Milton Glaser, and Edward Sorel founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. The studio rapidly gained an international reputation for innovative design and illustration. Push Pin's visual language (which referenced culture and literature) arose from its passion for historical design movements and helped revolutionize the way people look at design.
Seymour Chwast's award-winning work has influenced two generations of designers and illustrators. He is a recipient of the AIGA Medal, is in the Art Directors Hall of Fame and has an honorary Ph.D. in Fine Arts from the Parsons School of Design. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other major museums around the world. Seymour Chwast continues to apply this focus to meet the needs of this consumer and business-to-business clients.
Seymour Chwast will discuss: Changes in the last half century and the value of designers generating their own projects.
Armin Vit
UnderConsideration
presented by AIGA Nashville
Born and raised in Mexico City, Armin is a graphic designer and writer now living in Brooklyn, New York. He has written for AIGA’s VOICE, Emigre, Eye, Creative Review, HOW, and STEP magazines, among others. He is a former faculty member of Portfolio Center and the School of Visual Arts. He has lectured on topics ranging from typography to branding in locations ranging from San Diego to Berlin. He is co-founder of UnderConsideration and its myriad sites. Before running UnderConsideration, he was with Pentagram.
Armin Vit will discuss: Developing a voice
in the increasingly crowded design dialog by learning a few
different chords, even if some are awfully out of tone. It’s
still your voice, and that’s what matters.
Rich Roat
House
Industries, Co-Founder
presented by AIGA
Nashville
Known throughout the world as a prolific type foundry, House Industries has made a considerable impact on the world of design. House Industries fonts scream from billboards, wish happy whatever from tens of thousands of greeting cards, serve as the basis for consumer product logos and add elements of style to a wide range of mainstream media. In their illustrious career, House artists have mastered a large cross-section of design disciplines. Their typography deftly melds cultural, musical and graphic elements. From early forays into distressed digital type to collaborations with acclaimed design heroes such as Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Ed Benguiat, and Alexander Girard, House Industries’ work transcends graphic conventions and reaches out to a broad audience. What ultimately shines in the House Industries oeuvre is what always conquers mediocrity: a genuine love for their subject matter. Be it hot rods or Swiss Modernism, House continues to provide typographic optimism in this age of the lowest aesthetic common denominator.
Rich Roat will discuss: House
Industries: Keeping An Analog Image in a Digital Age. A low-tech
walk through the House Industries oeuvre and show how the
15 year-old company has stubbornly stuck to its analog roots
through a firestorm of digital distractions.
Mike Janda
Jandaco / Janda,
Founder / Owner
presented by AIGA
Nashville
Take a little ambition, a ridiculously tuned sense of detail, a friendly personality and a cue ball—pack them all together, put them in a blender and out comes a yummy Michael Janda shake. Michael, a dot-com/dot-bomb survivor, has fourteen years of design industry experience. He has worked for graphic design firms, direct marketing agencies, and in-house art departments in designer, art director, and creative director roles. Prior to starting Jandaco, a full-service creative agency, in 2002, Michael spent a few years in Hollywood circles as Senior Creative Director for two of Fox’s internet ventures (Fox Kids and Fox Family). Jandaco, now 16 employees strong, regularly provides graphic design services for some of the world’s most recognizable brands including Disney, NBC Universal, ABC, National Geographic, HBO, Warner Bros., TV Guide, Fox, and many others. After doubling their billings a few years in a row, Jandaco was recently recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in Utah. With a Midwest work ethic and a motto that “OCD is an attribute,” Michael was tailor-made to be a leader in the graphic design industry.
Mike Janda will discuss: Nuggets
from the Trench: Real world advice from a successful digital
media agency. A discussion on the web industry and its trends.
Mike will share some of the experiences and secrets that
have made Jandco succeed over the past 6 years.
Schedule
Saturday
10:00am – 10:15am: Opening Introduction
10:15am – 11:00am: Speaker: Mike Janda
11:00am – 11:50am: Speaker: Rich Roat
11:50am – 12:15pm: Sponsorship Recognition, Raffle Giveaways
12:15pm – 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm – 2:20pm: Speaker: Armin Vit
2:20pm – 2:30pm: Break
2:30pm – 3:20pm: Speaker: Seymour Chwast
3:20pm – 3:40pm: Snacks & Coffee Break
3:40pm – 4:45pm: Round Table Discussion
4:45pm – 5:00pm: Closing Remarks, Raffle Giveaways
7:00pm - After Party in Nashville (location: TBD)
Register
Presale Prices:
AIGA Members: $60
AIGA Student Members: $25
Non-members: $120
Student Non-members: $45
Partner organizations: $90
Standard Prices:
AIGA Members: $70
AIGA Student Members: $30
Non-members: $130
Student Non-members: $55
Partner organizations: $100
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Directions
Click here for Lipscomb University on a Google map.
Ezell Center at Lipscomb University
One University Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37204-3951
From North of Nashville on I-65 or I-24:
Take
I-65 to I-40 West to I-440 East. Take Exit 3 (21st Ave./Hillsboro
Pike). When the off-ramp splits, follow the signs to Hillsboro Pike.
Once you are on Hillsboro Pike, turn left at the third stoplight. This
is Woodmont Blvd. At the first stoplight, turn right onto Belmont
Blvd. Go approximately two blocks and the campus will be on your left.
From South of Nashville on I-65:
Take
I-440 West. Take Exit 3 (21st Ave./Hillsboro Pk). When the off-ramp
splits, follow the signs to Hillsboro Pike. Once you are on Hillsboro
Pike, turn left at the third stoplight. This is Woodmont Blvd.At the
first stoplight, turn right onto Belmont Blvd. Go approximately two
blocks and the campus will be on your left.
From East of Nashville on I-40:
Take
I-24 East to I-440 West. Take Exit 3 (21st Ave./Hillsboro Pk). When the
off-ramp splits, follow the signs to Hillsboro Pike. Once you are on
Hillsboro Pike, turn left at the third stoplight. This is Woodmont
Blvd. At the first stoplight, turn right onto Belmont Blvd. Go
approximately two blocks and the campus will be on your left.
From West of Nashville on I-40:
Take
I-440 East. Take Exit 3 (21st Ave./Hillsboro Pk). When the off-ramp
splits, follow the signs until you are on Hillsboro Pike. At the third
stoplight, turn left onto Woodmont Blvd.At the first stoplight, turn
right onto Belmont Blvd. Go approximately two blocks and the campus will
be on your left.
