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.

If you need special assistance to participate in this program, please contact AIGA SF at aiga@aigasf.org or 415-626-6008. For reasonable assistance accommodations to be provided, please RSVP for the event and notify us at least five business days in advance. If we do not receive timely notification of your reasonable request, we may not be able to make the necessary arrangements by the time of the event.
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7 Comments

On 6 May 2009 @ 9:05am, 9:05am Douglas Sandberg wrote:

That is great news and all talented and well deserving candidates!

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

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

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

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

On 3 Jun 2009 @ 7:23pm, 7:23pm Douglas Sandberg wrote:

Yes I would like to attend the opening reception to honor distinguished design fellows!

On 3 Jun 2009 @ 7:24pm, 7:24pm Douglas Sandberg wrote:

Yes I would like to attend the opening reception to honor distinguished design fellows!

On 11 Jun 2009 @ 6:05pm, 6:05pm Brie Hattey wrote:

I would really love to go to this event, the RSVP is telling me its sold out! Is there anyway to get into this event?
Thanks

On 11 Jun 2009 @ 6:05pm, 6:05pm Brie Hattey wrote:

I would really love to go to this event, the RSVP is telling me its sold out! Is there anyway to get into this event?
Thanks