Highlights
2021 Events
Design Challenge Outdoors
June 5, 2021
A free, drop-in, design-making event to explore artistic expression hosted by MOCA. The design challenge. Participants took about 20 minutes to design their idea of what freedom looks like.
Museum (and Gallery)
Blitz Day
June 6, 2021
An online field trip to museums in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio; where a design hosted reports on the artwork showing and what activities were happening inside of the museum. Participating museums were: Akron Children’s Museum, Third Space Cleveland, Akron Summit ArtSpace, Cleveland Children’s Museum, and the African American Museum Cleveland.
Evening at the Solstice Steps
June 6, 2021
AIGA Clevelands' Design Life Balance Committee Co-Chairs, Erini Anthopoulos and Maria Ahmad take us to the Solstice Steps at Lakewood Park to connect, breathe, and stretch while enjoying the beauty of nature at its finest.
Little Jacket:
Collaboration in the Digital Age
June 7, 2021
Little Jacket has existed in several zip codes at the same time throughout its 17-year history, so digital collaboration was always part of its DNA. But the pandemic brought new needs and new opportunities. In this event, Little Jacket shared how they were working things out.
NOMA Cleveland:
On The Boards
June 9, 2021
An inaugural On the Boards event, showcasing the work of our members. Through conversation, our panelist presented and discussed what inspires them to design, why they design, and shared recent and current projects.
IDSA Cleveland: Overview
& 3D Software Demo
June 10, 2021
IDSA Cleveland will lead a demo session with Daniela Paredes Fuentes to engage and educate the K-12 youth in industrial design.
TWIST Creative: Spreading Kindness with Color
June 10, 2021
During the pandemic when there was so much uncertainty, the design team set out to “spread kindness” through a self-initiated project in the form of a coloring book filled with 31 pages of custom illustrations. In this virtual event, participants had the opportunity to meet the talented team at TWIST, hear about what inspired them, and see how TWIST is giving back to the community by reaching children of all ages to educate and inspire.
Check out their website at https://www.coloringwithkindness.com/ and the highlights from the event below.
Cleveland Institute of Art: Adversity and Discipline with Malcolm Moorer
June 11, 2021