AIGA at VCU

2 more days to submit your shirt design!!!

Want to see your design on a t-shirt? Submit your design! We're accepting submission from now until September 22nd!!

Interested in becoming an AIGA @ VCU officer? There's still time to get your name on the ballot! Email us with your name, email address, major and year, and a short statement on why you want to be an officer by midnight tonight!

GDES PORTFOLIO REVIEW INFO SESSION TONIGHT! 7:30! POLLAK 321! BE THERE! BE SQUARE! BE PIZZA!

Confused about GDES end of year portfolio reviews? Come out to Pollak Room 321 TOMORROW November 29th at 7 PM and let us demystify the process for you! There'll be pizza, too!

Come watch Halloweentown + work with us this Monday!

October 24th, 6pm, at Pollak 317!

Design for Good: How do you design a way for those living off the finance grid to build credit? InVenture is a startup that uses mobile data to generate financial identities for those who need them most. Learn more by watching the TED talk below:

A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet) Trust: How do you earn it? Banks use credit scores to determine if you're trustworthy, but there are about 2.5 billion people around the world who don't have one to begin with -- and who can't get a loan to start a business, buy a home or otherwise improve their lives. Hear how TED Fellow Shivani Si…

Design for Good: CAVD DataSpace is a new platform designed to collect and visualize research on AIDS from around the world. The goal is to help scientists find a vaccine by making it easy to compare large sets of data on a standard scale. Check out their video below for more information. Bonus: How does the design of currency shape the image of a nation? Read this entertaining round table discussion from the NY Times to find an answer for yourself: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/arts/design/tubmans-in-jacksons-out-whats-it-mean.html?_r=0

Introducing the CAVD DataSpace (1080p) There have been hundreds of HIV vaccine studies over the years. Each study set out to answer specific questions, but other insights may be hidden within these data…

Check out this great end of semester event hosted by AIGA Richmond! Student get in for $20, reserve your ticket now and come join the conversation to see what your position on design is!!!

$20 too much? Think about volunteering through US! Find the Google form on our page to sign up and get in free!

AIGA Richmond's Position Conference Position is a one-day conference focused on helping build better creative companies.

Design for Good: Check out Rural Studio, an Auburn University design-build program that completes architecture projects in underserved Alabama communities. Their work for the Akron Boys & Girls club 2, shown here, is just one of over 150 projects they have completed to date. http://www.ruralstudio.org/projects/akron-boys-girls-club

Akron Boys & Girls Club 2

HELLO INTERNET!

Have we got an opportunity for you! Our lovely mothership AIGA Richmond is hosting an awesome design conference called AIGA Richmond's Position Conference

AIGA Richmond Position Conference VOLUNTEER SIGN UPS We need volunteers for the AIGA Richmond Position Conference on April 30th from 8am-6pm. Come for the day and help usher attendees, sell and distribute tickets, and be an all around great person! Volunteering for this event guarantees you FREE admission into the conference as a student!

Design for Good: This week we're highlighting two projects from Water is Life, filter straws and the Drinkable Book. Filter straws are designed to clean about 2-3 liters of water a day while someone is drinking. The Drinkable book was prototyped in part by our own Jamie Mahoney. Each page contains instructions on use and can tear out to become a water filter. One book provides clean water for one person for a year! Read more here: http://waterislife.com/clean-water/new-technology

NEW-TECHNOLOGY | WATER IS LIFE WATERisLIFE is always researching new water delivery tools. Our goal is to understand, research, help develop and ultimately deploy new technology that works. Here are several we are working on: