Utah Graphic Artists Forum

Voting on the finalists in the PS Print Holiday Card Design contest

Thursday, 5 November 2009 @ 19:21

The PsPrint.com $10,000 Holiday Card Contest has now been closed to submissions and the finalists have been selected and posted.

I am excited to announce that my card was fortunate enough to make it to the final round!

If you have the time, be sure to check out the finalists at:
http://blog.psprint.com/humor/

My very own card design/illustration can be viewed and voted on here:
http://blog.psprint.com/viewImage.php?src=http%3A//blog.psprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MagenMitchell_CardSmallF.jpg

The contest winner will be selected by how many votes their design has. There is no registration or any information required to vote. You can do a quick search on PS Print to see that they are a legitimate print company and this is not a phishing scam.
Be sure to vote for your favorite design!

Thanks everyone!

Magen Mitchell

Typeface: the film

Thursday, 29 October 2009 @ 14:40

The documentary film “Typeface” will make it’s Utah premiere Tuesday Nov 11. Check the site to learn more

http://typeface.kartemquin.com/

Typeface the film

IxDA Wireframe Discussion Panel

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 @ 18:06

Please join us for a panel discussion on wireframes!

We are inviting 5 experts to provide insight to their usage of wireframes and answer your questions.

When: 6 pm, Tues., November 3, 2009
Where: Omniture, Inc., 550 East Timpanogos Circle, Orem, UT Map
Full Details: IxDA Utah

Panel:

  • Refreshments will be served at 6 pm, the panel will begin at 7 pm.
  • Each panelist will be given 5 minutes to speak to their topic.
  • Discussion:
    • What tools do you use to develop wireframes?
    • What types of wireframes do you typically utilize?
    • At what point in the process do you utilize wireframes?
    • Why are wireframes important to your process?
  • The remainder of the discussion will be open to Q&A.

Confirmed Panelists:

  • Archana Thiagarajan, Sr. UX Designer at Omniture
  • Ryan Cobourn, Interaction Designer at Backcountry
  • Steve Ballard, Director of UX at @Task
  • Amitava Ray, User Experience Designer formerly with Next Page

Location Details:
Panel will be held in the Jerry conference room located on the 2nd floor of Omniture.

This conference room can be accessed through the South facing doors that are located farthest west on the main Omniture building.

Post to group through Google Wave

Thursday, 15 October 2009 @ 16:35

I have created a Google Group for us so that you may “wave” to everyone in the group via Google Wave. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a pretty URL or email address because they were already used and Google has a lame rule that they can only be used once, even if the previous instance has been deleted (which was by me, which makes it even more lame).

Visit the Google Group home page for more information. Join the group and then add the address “utah-graphic-arists@googlegroups.com” to your Google Contacts list. You can then add the group address to new waves and everyone will have access to it.

Note that Wave will bark that that user does not have a valid Wave account when you try to add it. Ignore that and simply strike the return key and the address will be added to your contact list.

LinkedIn group membership requests declined

Friday, 21 August 2009 @ 11:59

Some membership requests for our LinkedIn group were accidently declined. If that was you, please resubmit your request and it will be approved. We apologize for the inconvenience.