EMERGE represented at AIGA Leadership Retreat July 5, 2018
In early June, thirteen EMERGE team members represented at the Lead by Design AIGA Leadership Retreat in Baltimore, MD sharing out the launch of EMERGE 2.0 and Awareness Week plans for this fall. During this 30th annual retreat, nearly 300 chapter leaders from across the country came together to connect, share insight, and participate in hands-on learning opportunities. The EMERGE team presented an inspiration story about the national initiative, shared activation plans, held FaceTime and topic lunch sessions, and also spoke with numerous attendees at our initiative information table. Additionally, 50 retreat attendees joined us to ideate ways to activate EMERGE across AIGA chapters in partnership with the AIGA Diversity & Inclusion national task force. We are excited to continue the forward momentum for chapter and community collaborations throughout the country.
This video tells the story of our AIGA Innovate Grant—EMERGE national initiative.
EMERGE was created by chapters for chapters, and has launched version 2.0 in partnership with the AIGA Diversity & Inclusion national task force.
We invite you to learn more about EMERGE, including this fall’s Awareness Week, and how your chapter and community can participate.
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He started his own design studio, Oryx & Moth, doing branding, art direction and design for clients big and small. Meanwhile he was the chair of the Solopreneurs Committee for AIGA MN (2022-2023) and served on the Design Student & Alumni Board at the University of Minnesota (2010-2013). Prior to that he worked at TSG, a design agency in Robbinsdale, for clients including: Target, HealthPartners and Crate & Barrel. He's also had a short stint designing for financial institutions (PNC Bank, Citibank and BBVA Compass). He started out designing and art directing photo shoots for multiple national salon chains throughout the US and Canada. And has had mediocre hairstyles since.
His interests vary widely with the season but he always willing to chat about DIY projects, soccer, LEGO, minimalism, FIRE, AI, technology, saunas, traveling, camping, parenting, etc.