By Mark Kaufman
Mark those calendars! On April 20-27, 2007 AIGA Seattle will be presenting Into the Woods, a three day conference featuring designers, illustrators, artists and filmmakers from around the globe.The roster of featured speakers is taking shape, so far the heavy hitters that will be gracing our lecterns are the designers Angela Adams from Portland, Maine, Mick Hodgson of ph.D in Los Angeles, LUST from the Netherlands and Chicago based illustrator Jay Ryan. Unfortunately Jeff Soto had to back out, and we are diligently working to add another speaking slot to this stellar line-up. The three day conference is jam packed with many events and workshops including Letterpress Lounge / Amy Redmond, Presentation Primer / Steve Mason, Crosscut: Talking Story/ Terry Marks, Cut & Paste/ Christine Castro Hughes, Ready, Set, Blog!/ Christine Castro Hughes, How to Tame an Angry Portrait/ Rama Hughes, Comic Strip Journaling/ Rama Hughes, and Into the Music/ Jacob Trollbäck. Jacob absolutely wowed those in attendance as a featured speaker at the last AIGA Seattle Design Camp which I co-chaired. This time out I am helping to organize Into the Woods, but most of the heavy lifting is being done by a great team headed by Jen Lemmer and Michael Curato. I'm going to be there and you should be too, it is a great event, lot's of fun and very inspirational, so check it out and register today. I'll keep you posted on ITW news including additional speakers, events and workshops.