AIGA Jacksonville and Font Bureau present re:CHARGE08, a 2.5 day conference designed to re-energize and inspire the creative monster living inside each of us through lectures, workshops, and social interaction with some of the design industry’s biggest talents.
re:CHARGE is two days of conference style activities, with some of graphic design’s biggest stars. It’s not often you see this type of talent come together in Jacksonville, much less experience it in such an intimate environment. Fresh from SXSW Interactive, which had over 5,000 attendees this year, it will be fun to experience such a high caliber event, without all the people.
I went to the last re:CHARGE, held at Flagler College in St. Augustine (the one before that was at UNF). My favorite thing about the last conference was interacting with the speakers. Meeting them, going out for drinks with them, etc. I’m happy AIGA Jacksonville decided to host the event Downtown, instead of a university. The conference should have a very cosmopolitan, urban feel to it.
re:CHARGE begins on Thursday with an opening roundtable “How Design Affects Small Business and Community”, but the real sessions begin on Friday and continue on Saturday. There are a total of 12 sessions, presented designers from around the country and around the city. This year’s line-up includes: Stephen Bucher, Juliet D’Ambrosio, Cyrus Highsmith, Sally Hogshead, Berwyn Hung, Jeff Matz, Debbie Millman, nGen Works, Matt Rollins, Christopher Simmons, Carl Smith, and Ann Willoughby.
I’m happy to say nGen Works, the company I work, for will have two sessions during the conference. One titled “Growing a Successful Creative Business” with Carl Smith and the other “Exploring The Creative Process” with Varick Rosete, Travis Schmeisser and possibly yours truly.
Pricing is a little steep unless you’re a design nerd, in which case the price is no object, or work is paying for it. If you want to check out the conference without breaking the bank, try the Keynote pricing which starts at $15 for student members and goes up to $40 for non-student/non-AIGA members.
If you don’t want to spend ANY money but still want to partake in this week’s most awesome downtown event there are two re:CHARGE related art shows you can check out at Art Walk. I’ll be posting more about both this this week. One is called Circuits and is at the Burrito Gallery. The other is student poster show at Opaq Gallery, above TSI. More on those later this week.
And if you made it this far, I have a super special announcement tomorrow. In true Urban Core style, you’ll want to come back tomorrow to read.
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