INTRODUCTION

The great design migration to central Wisconsin is upon us!


All conference activities are FREE and open to the public except the two all-day workshops.


The 8th annual NOWHERE Design Conference is an event to make friends, talk design, be inspired, and enjoy the company of other creatives.



Octodextrous Design

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  • 1 Ability to use all limbs simultaneously to do tasks at one time

  • 2 Being a multi−faceted designer

  • 3 An idea established by the eight officer positions of UWSP’s AIGA chapter

  • 4 Able to function without sleep for eight days

  • 5 The ability to think, create and do eight things in a single moment

ARTISTS

Space150
Tim Drabandt, Senior Designer
Tim Drabandt helps lead the creative vision for two of space150's major clients, American Express and 3M. With past agencies, he has served other large brands including Best Buy, Matador Records, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Hasbro. He has won AIGA Minnesota's Best Game Award. Joining us from Target's inHouse Design Department, Tim leverages his exceptional design skills to energize clients' brands with clarity and simplicity.

Brian Brooks, Senior Designer
With a degree in design from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Brian has over 10 years of experience across a wide range of creative disciplines. Some of Brian's past project include working as art director for the 2010 international redesign of NikeGolf.com & NikeVision.com . Other notable clients include: Target, Adobe, Xerox, American Eagle, Smartwool, Teva, Icebreaker Clothing, Victorinox, Cessna, Sage Flyfishing, Slingshot Sports, Nasdaq, Merk, and Proctor & Gamble.



Jolby is a collaborative design and illustration studio based in Portland, Oregon. Josh Kenyon & Colby Nichols began their partnership in 2005 after meeting at the Art Institute in San Diego. They combine their talents as Art Directors, Designers and Illustrators, utilizing their experience from working within agencies over the course of their careers. The two have exhibited their illustrations in galleries all over the world and have produced award-winning designs for clients including Disney, Intel, T-Mobile, Pitchfork and AIGA. They try to achieve two goals within the work they create: "Tell a memorable story" and "make people smile".



Gage Mitchell is the founder and principle designer at Modern Species in Seattle, WA. Modern Species provides sustainable branding and design for organic food & beverage companies as well as natural personal care products. Gage's goal is to destroy the crunchy granola stereotype of the organic industry by creating sexy, premium organic brands that appeal to a broad range of consumers, not just modern day hippies.





ALUMNI

Elsa Weber is a May 2011 UWSP graduate who is currently working as a Graphic Designer at the Ashley Furniture corporate office in Arcadia, WI.



Ryan Albers is a 2010 graduate of the graphic design program at UWSP who currently works as an in-house designer at Lee Beverage of Wisconsin.



Kristin Joiner is the Art Director of BRAVA Magazine, a lifestyle magazine based in Madison, WI. She is also the owner 622 press, a letterpress studio.



Elizabeth Rammer works as a Production Specialist at Hamacher Resource Group, a marketing firm in Waukesha, WI that's specialized in health & beauty, primarily as a product photographer and editor.



Kate Pahl graduated from UWSP in 2007, and has since co-founded Spruce Studios, a marketing and design studio in Madison, WI.

SCHEDULE

Friday March 2
9AM-4PM Workshop lead by Jolby
12PM Lunch
1PM-3PM Eco-Design Presentation - Modern Species in room 182 NFAC
7PM Public Presentation - Space150 in room 221 NFAC

A day in the life
What does it look like to be a designer after school? What are the types of people you work with, who does what, how you spend your time, what clients are looking for.

Saturday March 3
9AM-4PM Workshop - lead by Space150
9AM-12PM Alumni Presentations in room 182 NFAC
12PM Lunch
1PM-4PM Alumni Portfolio Reviews in room 182 NFAC
7PM Public Presentation - Jolby in room 221 NFAC

Collaborate for the Better
At the very core of Jolby is a two-headed creature that operates on pure collaboration. Partners Josh Kenyon & Colby Nichols both believe that creative success is best achieved through working together with others for the good of the project. Each day, Jolby sketches, talks, clicks, laughs, eats, and works together to not only create, but to get better at what they do. Their talk will aim to show you how Jolby does it, the struggles, the victories, the multi-tasking, and the secrets of working with others effectively. Remember that on the other side of every collaboration is a better you!

Everyone is welcome to join!

WORKSHOPS

Workshop with JOLBY − Two Heads, One Workshop

Jolby's principles of collaboration challenge them each day to hone their skills and get better at what they do. A brief discussion on Josh and Colby's process of how they work together will start the workshop, followed by a project that will have you collaborating with someone you don't know.

The assignment for the workshop will be to recreate the cover of a book. Titles will include old classics and some newer titles as well. Each participant will be paired with someone they don’t know, and together they will sketch, design, draw, and create their covers, all while getting feedback and critiques from others.

Throughout a typical design career, creatives will be put on countless teams and paired to work with other creatives with different personalities, values, and work habits. This workshop will aim to help you get the most out of collaborating with someone else.

Workshop with SPACE150 − Uncommon Commerce

Brands are creating crazy, innovative campaigns in order to get recognized and ultimately generate sales and awareness for their product. In this workshop, we will be focusing on how to sell a business using creativity and innovation. We'll ask students to come up with a business strategy and sell it to us and the rest of the participants. Prizes will be involved - as well as a social media shout-out to the winner.

REGISTRATION

Registration opens on Monday, February 13th

All conference activities are FREE and open to the public except the two all-day workshops. To register for either of these workshops send an email to: aiga@uwsp.edu place "NOWHERE registration" in the title.

Be sure to include the following information: First & Last Name, Phone #

Specify Workshop: JOLBY or SPACE150 NOT BOTH

Due to limited spaces, we are limiting only ONE workshop per person.

$15 for AIGA members and $25 for non-members. The first 20 people that send emails will have their spot reserved, once the workshop is full a waiting list will be created. If payment is not recieved by February 24th your spot will be lost.