Design Management

What goes in a Creative Brief?

Ai Portland official template here!

Watch an interesting and fun video about Managing Innovation and Motivation here! "Drive" by RSA

• Check out Fast Company's Fascinating 10 Most Creative Women in Business By Suzy Evans on May 20, 2010

• Why You Should Start a Company In Portland, OR By Laura Rich on March 23, 2010

Student Management Opportunities:

brashCreative AIPD's student-run advertising agency, gives students real world experience, portfolio pieces they can use, and helps them build valuable relationships with local businesses. Room 221, 4:30-6:00 p.m. on Tuesdays.

AIPD AIGA To find out more about upcoming events check them out on Facebook! The AIGA is the oldest and largest professional organizations for creatives in the country. Come to the student chapter meetings at Ai! Room 221, 4:30-5:45 p.m. on Thursdays.

New Tracks Available

Haven't chosen your tracks yet? The Art Institute of Portland has some new studio concentrations to choose from. Take a look at what is now being offered!

Photography & Design for DMG

Lower division:

1. PHD101 Intro to Photography & Design

2. PHD141 Photography

or ART141 Basic Photography

3. GD251 Digital Layout & Design

4. PHD2XX Digital Printing

5. MA136 Image Manipulation

6. LD Tech Elective

7. LD Tech Elective

Upper division:

1. GD371 Publication Design

2. GD373 Digital Illustration

3. HUM357 Hist of Photography

4. UD Tech Elective

5. UD Tech Elective

Design Research for DMG

Lower division:

1. DSR101 Intro to Design Research

2. ANTH103 Anthropology

3. DSR151 Theories of Design

4. DSR241 Design Processes

5. HUM201 Visual Culture

6. LD Tech Elective

7. LD Tech Elective

Upper division:

1. DSR357 Trend Analysis & Research

2. DSR325 Design Writing & Research

3. DSR327 Adv Design Writing & Research

4. UD Tech Elective

5. UD Tech Elective

Jamie Hurd, Department Director

Monday - Friday: 9:30am - 5:30pm
jhurd@aii.edu

Design Management is a business program for the creative industries.

It is about helping businesses become creative, managing the creative process and maximizing creative capital. This is a multidisciplinary program for students who want to work in a design environment managing the creative process. Students will choose two different studio concentrations, and all students complete sequences of business and management classes.

• The Young and The Restless: How Portland Competes for Talent Portland is experiencing a positive demographic change which has the potential to boost the growth of not only creative services, but the city’s overall competitive advantage. That change is documented in a 2004 study.

• Creative Services Industry in Portland by The Portland Development Commission. The most needed skills in Portland are embodied in The Art Institute of Portland’s Design Management program.

Design Management Events

PAVE's 16th Annual
Student Design Competition
Challenges Now Available!

PAVE is pleased to announce that the design challenges for the 16th annual Student Design Competition, sponsored by Godiva Chocolatier Inc., are now available.

Now in its 16th year, the competition is geared toward college-level students who are involved in retail planning, visual merchandising, store design, and branding programs.

Click here to see both the visual merchandising and the store design challenges.

Entries must be received at Godiva Chocolatier Inc. by Nov. 3, 2010.

Accepting Applications
for the PAVE Helping Hand Fund

PAVE is now accepting applications for the 2010
Helping Hand Fund. The Fund provides grant funds to accredited two- and four-year educational institutions to enhance the quality of programs and services for students entering into careers in the retail design and planning and visual merchandising industries.

Grant award amounts will be based on the size and scope of the program for which the applicant requests funding. For details, please visit here.

To qualify, schools must have at least three students participating in the 2010 Student Design Competition.

Applications must be received by Oct. 30, 2010.

PAVE is continuing the Student Aid Program in recognition of the need to assist students with funds to cover basic needs. Special funds are available to assist students who are experiencing financial difficulties that may impact their ability to continue their schooling.

Students interested in applying for special financial assistance should review the guidelines and submit a completed application, with supporting documentation, to PAVE to be received by Oct. 1, 2010.

PAVE asks that educators communicate this new PAVE program with students who are eligible for assistance. For complete guidelines, an application form and entry requirements, please click here.

Applications must be received by Oct. 1, 2010.

About PAVE

Founded in 1992, The Planning and Visual Education Partnership's (PAVE) objective is to support students studying in the field of retail design and planning and visual merchandising through its annual Student Design Competition. PAVE also seeks to encourage retail management, store planners, visual merchandisers, architects and manufacturers to interact with and support design students. This is accomplished through projects, seminars, workshops, and the annual fundraising Gala with proceeds dedicated to educational programs and projects benefiting students.PAVE is a 501(c)(3) educational foundation administered by the Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.), formerly NASFM.

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<p> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/DMG/What%20goes%20in%20a%20creative%20brief.jpg"><img width="70" height="88" align="left" alt="" src="/sites/default/files/DMG/What%20goes%20in%20a%20creative%20brief_0.jpg" /></a>What goes in a Creative Brief? </p> <p>Ai Portland official template here!</p> <p>Watch an interesting and fun video about Managing Innovation and Motivation here! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc&feature=player_embedded">"Drive" by RSA</a></p> <div>• Check out Fast Company's Fascinating <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/10-most-creative-women-business">10 Most Creative Women in Business</a> By <a href="http://fastcompany.com/user/238573">Suzy Evans</a> on May 20, 2010</div> <p> </p> <div>• <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/article/why-you-should-start-a-company-in-portland-oregon">Why You Should Start a Company In Portland, OR</a> <span class="timestamp">By Laura Rich on March 23, 2010</span></div> <div> </div> <hr /> <h2>Student Management Opportunities:</h2> <p><a href="http://brashcreative.org/">brashCreative </a>AIPD's student-run advertising agency, gives students real world experience, portfolio pieces they can use, and helps them build valuable relationships with local businesses. Room 221, 4:30-6:00 p.m. on Tuesdays.</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-Institute-of-Portland-AIGA/295482282881?ref=ts">AIPD AIGA</a> To find out more about upcoming events check them out on Facebook! The AIGA is the oldest and largest professional organizations for creatives in the country. Come to the student chapter meetings at Ai! Room 221, 4:30-5:45 p.m. on Thursdays.</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h2>New Tracks Available</h2> <p>Haven't chosen your tracks yet? The Art Institute of Portland has some new studio concentrations to choose from. Take a look at what is now being offered!</p> <h4>Photography & Design for DMG</h4> <div><span>Lower division:</span></div> <div><span>1. PHD101 Intro to Photography & Design</span></div> <div><span>2. PHD141 Photography</span></div> <div><span>    or ART141 Basic Photography</span></div> <div><span>3. GD251 Digital Layout & Design</span></div> <div><span>4. PHD2XX Digital Printing</span></div> <div><span>5. MA136 Image Manipulation</span></div> <div><span>6. LD Tech Elective</span></div> <div><span>7. LD Tech Elective</span></div> <div><span>Upper division:</span></div> <div><span>1. GD371 Publication Design</span></div> <div><span>2. GD373 Digital Illustration</span></div> <div><span>3. HUM357 Hist of Photography </span></div> <div><span>4. UD Tech Elective</span></div> <div><span>5. UD Tech Elective</span></div> <h4>Design Research for DMG</h4> <div>Lower division:</div> <div><span>1. DSR101 Intro to Design Research</span></div> <div><span>2. ANTH103 Anthropology</span></div> <div><span>3. DSR151 Theories of Design</span></div> <div><span>4. DSR241 Design Processes</span></div> <div><span>5. HUM201 Visual Culture</span></div> <div><span>6. LD Tech Elective</span></div> <div><span>7. LD Tech Elective</span></div> <div><span>Upper division:</span></div> <div><span>1. DSR357 Trend Analysis & Research</span></div> <div><span>2. DSR325 Design Writing & Research</span></div> <div><span>3. DSR327 Adv Design Writing & Research</span></div> <div><span>4. UD Tech Elective</span></div> <div><span>5. UD Tech Elective</span></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>