photos by Joana Young

AIGA San Francisco will host a free Opening Reception in our office to kick-off Design Week and unveil the exhibit: 50th Anniversary of Communication Arts. The exhibit will be up until August 7, 2009.

AIA/AIGA Gallery Space is open generally Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Founded in 1959, Communication Arts is the premier source of inspiration for graphic designers, art directors, design firms, corporate design departments, advertising agencies, interactive designers, illustrators and photographers—everyone involved in visual communication.

As part of the event, the AIGA SF board of directors will present the prestigious AIGA Fellow Awards to three San Francisco Chapter members:

• Doug Akagi, Alterpop
• Leslie Becker, California College of the Arts
• Michael Cronan, ::CRONAN::

The AIGA Fellow program is a means of recognizing mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community as well as in their local AIGA chapter. List of San Francisco Fellows.

Read our interviews in our Community section with Doug Akagi, Leslie Becker, and Michael Cronan.

6 Comments

On 6 May 2009 @ 4:45pm, 4:45pm Tishia Que wrote:

Do I need to rsvp for the opening reception and awards?

On 6 May 2009 @ 4:58pm, 4:58pm Don Savoie wrote:

Yes, please so that we can estimate refreshments. It is free.

On 3 Jun 2009 @ 11:02am, 11:02am charlotte lee wrote:

2 persons – We will attend Fellow Awards
Mon. June 15
Thank you

On 4 Jun 2009 @ 11:36am, 11:36am Don Savoie wrote:

If you could please use the RSVP link above on the right, then you will be added to our list. Thank you.

On 15 Jun 2009 @ 3:33pm, 3:33pm Nobu Saito wrote:

Hello, I tried to RSVP on your link, but it doesn’t accept it anymore. I would like to attend your tonight party. Please add me on your list. Thank you.

On 6 Jul 2009 @ 9:44am, 9:44am Don Savoie wrote:

Yes, the exhibit is up until August 7.