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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. > > 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 > > > 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 > > > 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 > > > > 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. > > 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. > > > > Scott Summit > Industrial Designer > Owner/Principal, Summit ID > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > Sincerely, > > Board of Directors > > To subscribe or unsubscribe to our mailing list, please visit our website at http://pittsburgh.aiga.org/connect_mailing.cfm. > > AIGA / Pittsburgh > American Institute of Graphic Arts > 187 36th Street > Pittsburgh, PA 15201 > http://pittsburgh.aiga.org > info@pittsburgh.aiga.org > > |