AIGA National Conference, New York, New York, USA
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Research in ProgressPoster (folded to be mailer brochure) to announce American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Fall 1997 Conference in New Orleans. Recto: Main image is color image of white headless chicken running in grassy terrain; six red drops of blood arranged around throat of chicken. At far left, brown-feathered headless chicken; trees at right. From upper right, in various text styles, "BUT, HURRY! (apprearance of font similar to chicken feet)/ Jambolaya/ THE DESIGN OF CULTURE/ MEETS/ THE CULTURE OF DESIGN/ THE 1997 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE/ OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS/ NEW ORLEANS/ LOUISIANA/ NOV. 13-16, 1997" (in yellow). Imprinted in handwritten cursive font around date arranged in three sections "NEW Orleans is/ THE AMERICAN MELTING POT/ AT A ROLLING BOIL,/ WHERE FRENCH, BRITISH,/ SPANISH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN/ AND NATIVE AMERICAN/ CULTURES HAVE COMBINED/ TO CREATE BREAKTHROUGHS/ IN MUSIC, ART/ LITERATURE AND FOOD./ WHAT BETTER PLACE/ FOR 2000 OF THE COUNTRY'S/ BEST GRAPHIC DESIGNERS/ TO MEET, TALK, EAT, DRINK,/ DANCE, ARGUE,think, AND LEARN/ HOW OUR WORK AFFECTS THE WORLD/ AND HOW THE WORL/ AFFECTS OUR WORK?/ (next section) FORGET ABOUT THE USUAL SUSPECTS WITH THE / SAME OLD SHOW-AND-TELL/ SLIDE SHOWS...THERE ARE DESIGN CONFERENCES YOU GO TO FOR/ INSPIRATION, AND THEN/ THERE ARE CONFERENCES/ THAT CHANGE YOUR LIFE./ THIS FALL'S AIGA CONFERENCE/ IN NEW ORLEANS WILL/ BE ALL THREE:/ DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT MISSING IT".At lower right corner, labels scattered with names of various participating designers. [To personalize and interact with the design, designers were asked to write their names or...
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Offset Lithograph On Paper
Gift of Sagmeister, Inc.
