Happened
Fri, Apr 21st, 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Fri, Apr 21st, 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Pier Sixty, LLC at Chelsea Piers
Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, New York NY 10011
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2017 AIGA Awards Gala
Join us for an evening with the biggest movers and shakers of the creative industry and celebrate the 2017 Medalists—Art Chantry, Emmett McBain (posthumously), Rebeca Méndez, Mark Randall, Nancy Skolos, Thomas Wedell, and Lance Wyman, as well as the Corporate Leadership Award recipient, Bloomberg L.P.
Chaired by Brian Collins, Bobby C. Martin, Jr., and Christine Taylor, the 2017 Gala will take place Friday, April 21, 2017 at Pier Sixty, 23rd Street and the West Side Highway, New York City.
The proceeds from your tickets and contributions will benefit essential programs from AIGA and the New York chapter that provide access, education, and preservation of design through educational and networking events; design resources such as the AIGA Design Archives and the Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships; and original editorial and digital content—ensuring that AIGA supports designers at every stage of their career.
For more information, visit: aiga.org/gala
Location
Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers
23rd Street and the West Side Highway
New York, New York
Contact Leadership
Rich Higgins is the Creative Director at Parallel Retail Group. His background is as diverse as a platypus.
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.
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.