Raising your level of membership, is a great way to raise the bar for yourself, encouraging you to grow as a designer, and show your current, and prospective clientele, or boss that you take your profession seriously. There are also many membership benefits, such as member-only RFPs, free online portfolio hosting, group rate insurance plans, free subscription to Applied Arts Magazine and discounts on events, competitions, publications, software and services.
The winter portfolio review submission deadline is November 14, 2008. A PDF version of the Membership application and portfolio submissions forms is available to be downloaded. For additional information about the portfolio review process, a PDF of the document Portfolio FAQs, Tips and Criteria can also be downloaded. Contact Richard Osborne MGDC, Atlantic Chapter Membership Chair, at membership.atlantic@gdc.net for more details.
Please drop off portfolios to: Richard Osborne MGDC, Hudson Design Group 600-860 Main Street Monction, NB E1C 1G2 506 852 3802 Shipping by courier, post or by bus is acceptable, but please inform the Membership Chair that you are sending it. Be sure to include your portfolio, fully completed application form, and resume.
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- November 14Location: Membership Chair's Office, Moncton, New BrunswickWant to join or upgrade your current level of membership and add those four lovely letters after your name? The winter portfolio review submission deadline is November 14, 2008.
- November 19Location: at Queen Street StudiosType designer Rod McDonald will discuss how digital technology is affecting typeface design.
- November 24Location: The Argyle Bar & Grill, 1575 Argyle StreetA talk by Andrew Steeves of Gaspereau Press
Please RSVP by November 20, 2008 to atlantic@gdc.net
6:00pm
He will discuss the development and predominance of photographic reproduction on book jackets, giving a brief overview of the way in which the desire to improve photographic reproduction has driven the development of printing technologies and altered our ideas about printing and design. He will pay specific attention to the effect these developments have had on typography.
Andrew Steeves is a printer and typographer and the co-owner of Gaspereau Press, Kentville, Nova Scotia.
We look forward to seeing you there.
