Rich Roat: House Industries – May 23rd
Join Rich Roat of House Industries for talk on:
“An Emotional Alphabetical Emulsion Of Mixed Media”
We’re teaming up with South Carolina AIGA again to bring you a blockbuster of a speaker from House Industries.
House Industries is in the business of configuring penciled and inked alphanumerosymbolistic figures into digital glyph arrangements for the purposes of creating dynamic character arrays. While each component must maximize visual harmony in the permutational microcosmic world of typography, the unique House Industries process ensures that individual elements can also survive and thrive in the transition from vectorized vapor to tangibly tactile analog artifacts.
About House Industries
Founded in 1993 by Andy Cruz and Rich Roat, House Industries is known throughout the world for its eclectic typeface collections and inspiring exploits into product design. House’s diverse body of work is defined by an authenticity that is only achieved with passion, time-honored fundamental skills and a genuine love for their subject matter.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 — 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
IT-oLogy (map)
1301 Gervais St.
Columbia, SC 29201
Free for AIGA members, $5 non-members. Register here.
The Kick Awesome Show in Columbia April 26th
Live filming of the Kick Awesome Show: kickawesome.tv
The Kick Awesome Show is dedicated to design, the web & general nerdery, with Your hosts Nate Croft & Jon Longnecker.
It’s happening at IT-oLogy. Come out early if you’re in town for Converge and mingle with other attendees and speakers.
Social hour starts at 6:00 PM on Thursday April 26th, there will be a cash bar for your enjoyment. Then the show will kick off at 7:00 PM. Hear interviews with other Converge speakers and watch the guys go crazy in front of the cameras.
This sucker is free if you want to come out too!
Also Happening
Indie Game Developer Showcase
The showcase is taking place during ConvergeSE April 27 & 28th in the IT-oLogy “Portal” game room. Around 25 game creators will be gathering to show off their games, talk shop and generally mix it up Friday April 27th.
The showcase is free for all Converge ticket holders to check out, but chip in $12.00 (if you don’t have a ticket) and we’ll provide you with lunch and validate your parking. Purchase a Showcase Ticket.
Darts, Drinks, and Meets Feb 16th at the Publick House
Come to Publick house on (Thursday the 16th 6-8ish - Google Map) to meet and mingle with members of RefreshColumbia and AIGA SC!Web Dev Position at Interactive Intelligence
We received an email from Interactive Intelligence saying they’re looking for a web developer for their Columbia, SC office. Here’s the brief:
We are growing like gangbusters and looking for a talented web developer to work on exciting projects that join mobile, web and the desktop. Come join our fun atmosphere with laid back dress code as you develop elegant solutions for the web and mobile devices. We expect you to be awesome and have fun. You will be compensated accordingly.
Learn More About this Position
Find Inspiration With Finely Crafted Beer and Design (Thursday Oct 13th)
When: Thursday Oct 13th @ 6:00 PM)
Where: IT-oLogy (map)
What: Beer Tasting & Design Talk
The event is free to everyone, however if you want to participate in the beer tasting it’s $12. Just to cover the cost of your beverages.
If you like finely crafted design & printing then you’ll love it when it’s paired with finely crafted beer. Our next meeting is a mixer between the South Carolina AIGA and our little RefreshColumbia group. We’re going to be doing a full on beer tasting mixed with a talk from Nick Wilson of The Half & Half design & print making studio.
The Design Talk
Nick Wilson will be talking to us about the “craft” of design and printing – something he knows tons about. Plus he’ll be showing off some really amazing work for us. Nick Wilson attended The University of South Carolina, graduating from the graphic design program in 2007. The Half & Half studio opened above Sid & Nancy, in Five Points, later that year. They’ve since moved to 2119 College St.
Their work is as passive, yet aggressive as their dynamic. A discordant, nevertheless familiar arrangement leaves the viewer with the sense of a profound tensile strength; ferocious, like a hungover lion…The female one, they are actually the hunters, which is surprising…At least to this reviewer. I mean, they have no mane, you know?* – The State
The Beer Tasting
We’ll be pouring five beers of inspired design representing a broad spectrum of styles, from the brightest gold to pitch black. Tickets for the beer tasting are set at $12 – you can still enjoy the evening as the event is free to everyone.
Your Beer Sherpa for the evening:
Brian Cendrowski is the newly elected president of the Upstate Brewtopians homebrew club. He’s been a homebrewer and beer blogger since 2007 and has been honing his taste buds to the deliciousness of craft beer for over 10 years. After being inducted into the Columbia Flying Saucer’s Wall-of-Fame as plate #40 in September 2004, he realized his life’s calling and has pursued great beer ever since.
