community + cultural info


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> 			Dear Design Colleague,
> 
> 		AIGA Pittsburgh is pleased to announce the Carnegie Mellon 
University, School of Design, Fall Lecture series.
> All design lectures are on the Carnegie Mellon campus and are free.
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> We hope to see you there.
> 
> Series
> 
> Speaker: Susan Rockrise, Creative Director, Intel
> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
> Time: 7 p.m., reception immediately following lecture
> Location: Kresge Theater, CFA Building
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> Speaker: Scott Summit, Owner/Principal, Summit ID
> Date: Monday, October 20, 2003
> Time: 7 p.m., reception immediately following lecture
> Location: Mellon Auditorium, Posner Hall
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> 
> Speaker: Chaz Maviyane-Davies, Designer/Filmmaker/Activist, Zimbabwe
> Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2003
> Time: 7 p.m., reception immediately following lecture
> Location: Kresge Theater, CFA Building
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> Speaker Bios
> 
> Susan Rockrise
> Creative Director and Brand Guru
> Intel
> 
> Susan Rockrise has been a brand evangelist for the past 20 years 
working alongside some of the great West Coast thinkers such as Peter 
Drucker, Steve Jobs, and Andy Grove. She received her undergraduate degree 
from Scripps College and her graduate degree from Claremont Graduate 
University where she learned her strategic approach to thinking and 
management from Peter Drucker, the highly regarded student of management. She 
has worked at Vicom, an ad agency, as a manager; at Esprit, where she 
managed the brand in 23 countries; with Steve Jobs at NeXT and at Intel 
with Andy Grove, where she is currently the company> '> s Creative 
Director.
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> She is sought after as a speaker and panelist at leading conferences. 
She participated in Metropolis Magazine> '> s 2001 West Conference, > 
"> Finding the Thread of Sustainability,> ">  where she was a panelist 
for the Wonderbrands segment with John Burgess, principal, Werkhaus 
Creative Communications and Chris Riley, chief strategic officer, Wieden + 
Kennedy. She has also participated in conferences sponsored by the 
American Institute of Graphic Arts, most recently the Experience Design 
Summit #5, in 2002, in Las Vegas.
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> Scott Summit
> Industrial Designer
> Owner/Principal, Summit ID
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> Industrial Design is deeply rooted for Scott Summit, founder and 
principal of San Francisco design firm Summit ID. With an entrepreneurial 
arts background stemming from an artist mother and a technology pioneer 
father, as well as a professional background in industrial design at 
Apple Computers, Tonic and Raychem, Scott Summit> '> s independent design 
consultancy was a natural path.
> 
> Summit ID was founded in 1997, built on an intensely focused design 
process that only an independent designer can provide. Summit ID is 
located in South Park, an epicenter of San Francisco> '> s creative 
environment. Since its inception, Summit ID has built a reputation for 
transforming innovative ideas into unique, often attention-grabbing products. 
The project range includes sporting equipment, medical devices, audio 
products, as well as a wide array of new technology and consumer 
products. To this end, Summit has traveled the world, working with major 
clients and manufacturers throughout Japan, Taiwan, England, Belgium, France 
and Israel.
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> After studying at the John Hopkins University, he joined a product 
design > '> skunkworks> '>  at the technology giant, Raychem. There, he 
mastered CAD systems ? then an emerging field, and now a skill essential 
to the modern industrial designer.
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> In 1992, with a background in conceptual design, tooling, and 
manufacturing, he joined the design team at Apple Computer. There, he met 
Gavin Ivester, who would soon found Tonic Industrial Design. During their 
first year in business, Summit and Ivester were recognized in ID 
Magazine> '> s Top 40 issue as maverick designers to watch. At Tonic, Scott 
worked on projects ranging from high-production Apple products, to a 
system that would define the language for Silicon Graphics in the creation 
of the Octane Computer System, to extensive development work on what 
would become Palm> '> s groundbreaking Palm V.
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> 
> Chaz Maviyane-Davies
> Designer and Filmmaker, Zimbabwe
> 
> Chaz Maviyane-Davies is the controversial Zimbabwean design 
consultant and filmmaker once described by Design magazine (UK) as > "> the 
guerilla of graphic design.> ">  His has an MA in Graphic Design (with 
distinction) from the Central School of Art and Design in London and an 
Advanced Diploma in Postgraduate Filmmaking from the Central St. Martins 
School of Art and Design in London.
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> Mr. Maviyane-Davies spent a year in Japan studying three-dimensional 
design and ten months in Malaysia working on various design projects 
related to consumerism, health, nutrition, the environment and human 
rights for the International Organization of Consumers Unions and JUST 
World Trust. In London, he has worked with Fulcrum (Design Consultants), 
Newell and Sorrell Design Ltd. and the Department of Graphic Design of 
BBC Television. Until recently he ran the renowned Maviyane-Project 
design studio in Harare. As a result of the social, humane and 
confrontational nature of his work, he felt compelled to temporarily leave his 
homeland because of the adverse political climate there. He is presently a 
visiting Associate Professor of Design at the Massachusetts College of 
Art in Boston.
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> As well as being published in numerous International magazines and 
newspapers, his work has also been acknowledged in > "> Whos Who in 
Graphic Design,> ">  > "> First Choice: Leading International Designers,> ">  
> "> Rewriting the Rules of Graphic Design,> ">  > "> Digital 
Portfolios Unzipped> ">  and > "> Graphic Agitation.> ">  He was included in > 
"> ID Forty,> ">  ID magazine> '> s 1998 annual honors list profiling 
leading-edge designers from around the world. This year he was recognized 
by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with an award for outstanding 
commitment to the struggle to transform society and create a just future.
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> Besides extensive individual and group exhibitions worldwide, his 
design work has been represented in most of the largest international 
graphic, invitational and poster exhibitions from 1980 to the present time. 
He has also been invited to judge several International exhibitions and 
competitions. His work is included in several international permanent 
collections in various galleries. He has won several International and 
National awards for design and advertising.
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> 		Sincerely,
> 
> 		Board of Directors
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