In my other life, I am a graphic designer. In fact, I am the PR/Marketing Chair of the Portland chapter of AIGA, which is a national organization for graphic designers. So recently, I found myself pushing a design event on Portland art blogs, and I figure, the least I can do is hawk my own wares.
Tomorrow night (Wednesday), AIGA Portland is holding an event called The Urban Forest Project, which seeks to promote green, environmentally-friendly, design. In April of 2007, 25 local designers donated their time to create unique banners for the project, which hung from poles throughout downtown Portland. Tomorrow night, they’ll be unveiled in their second lives, as handmade bags, which will be sold to benefit a local non-profit called Friends of Trees. Shortly after, the remaining bags will be sold online, details to follow. Here’s a sneak peak of a one of the bags, based on a banner made by Chris Bell - they’re really pretty amazing.
SOCIO XV: Urban Forest Project Celebration
September 19th, 2007
6 - 9 PM
Art Institute of Portland: Gallery
1122 NW Davis St
Portland, Oregon
Doors open: 6:00pm
The event is free for AIGA members; $5 for everyone else.