2007
- 2008 Events
All are welcome to come to a meeting;
meet like-minded computer graphics folks, lend your ideas,
volunteer and/or find out more about your local chapter.
2007 - 2008 Event Dates
 Events
May 2008 - Chapter Elections
June 11, 2008 - Design Thinking: Action and Ecosystem with Bill Buxton, co-sponsored with CHIFOO
July 17, 2008 - BYOA - Bring Your Own Art
August 11 - 15, 2008 - SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles, CA
Past events
Chapter Elections
May 2008
Time to elect our new chapter leaders.
- Chair,
- Vice Chair,
- Treasurer,
- Secretary,
- Public Relations Officer,
- Members At Large
See our bylaws for a description of the positions.
Elections will take place via email in early June,
and announced at our June Meeting.
Design Thinking: Action and Ecosystem
Bill Buxton, Microsoft
Co-Sponsored with CHIFOO
Wednesday,
June 11, 2008
Book signing at Powell's Technical Bookstore 5 - 6pm
Lecture at The Portland World Trade Center 7 - 8pm
Doors at the World Trade Center open at 6:30pm
Lecture starts promptly at 7pm
The number of books, articles, and conferences on innovation, creativity,
and design is staggering. Yet, there is still precious little on what
designers actually do, how they do it, and how they interact with the
other disciplines involved in bringing concepts to fruition. This talk
is based in the premise that design is a distinct discipline with specific
skills and practices. Furthermore, the physical and cultural ecosystem in
which designers work has a huge impact on their ability to exercise these
skills. This talk aims to shine some light on design skills and their
relationship to various aspects of this ecosystem. The purpose is not to
make everyone a designer; rather, it is to help both designers and
non-designers better understand how and where they fit into the larger
mosaic that makes up the partnership required to go effectively from
concept to practice.
Bill Buxton is a designer and a researcher concerned with human aspects
of technology. His work reflects a particular interest in the use of
technology to support creative activities such as design, film making,
and music. Bill's research specialties include technologies, techniques
and theories of input to computers, technology mediated human-human
collaboration, and ubiquitous computing. In December 2005, he was
appointed Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Prior to that,
he was Principal of his own Toronto-based boutique design and consulting
firm, Buxton Design, where his time was split between working for
clients, lecturing, and trying to finish a long-delayed book on sketching
and interaction design.He is also an Associate Professor in the Department
of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, where he still works
with graduate students.
CHIFOO Meeting Description
BOOK SIGNING
(Free and open to the public)
Powell's Technical Book Store
33 NW Park Ave
Portland, OR 97209
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LECTURE
(Members free; $5 public)
Networking and social hour will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby,
with the lecture starting at 7:00 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.
Portland World Trade Center
Bridge Level
121 SW Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97204
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Please RSVP to
cascadesiggraph ( at ) gmail (dot) com
by noon on June 10th
so that we can plan for attendance.
Underground parking is available at the World Trade Center building. Parking cost is $3. Attendees are
encouraged to use public transportation.
Cost:
FREE to Cascade SIGGRAPH and CHIFOO Chapter members;
$5.00 public;
Annual local Cascade SIGGRAPH chapter membership may be purchased at the door for
$25 ($18 for students). Buy your membership at the meeting and get in for FREE.
Annual CHIFOO membership costs just $20 and offers benefits galore.
Join CHIFOO now and attend all meetings in 2008 for free!
BYOA - Bring Your Own Art
Thursday,
July 17, 2008
Monday - Friday,
August 11 - August 15, 2008
in Los Angeles, CA
International Computer Graphics conference.
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