MelDel Designer/Creative entrpreneurMelissa Delzio
melissa@meldel.com
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Remarks, Art & Graphics Hits the Street
I just started the distribution of Remarks, Art & Graphics a small newsletter that I developed from a variety of my blog posts, photographs, and design work. The R.A.G. (as I call it) started as a promotional piece, but I see it possibly evolving into a different future of [...]
Papergirl Portland
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My partner and I recently helped Abe Ingle and a small group of Portland art supporters, bike enthusiasts and pedicabbies to pass out hundreds of pieces of free art via bike all over the city. The project was called Papergirl, and it has its origins in Berlin. The art [...]
AIGA Leadership Retreat
As a newly appointed AIGA Portland Board Member, I had the privilege of attending the national AIGA Leadership Retreat which took place in none other than our very own Portland. It was like an AIGA boot camp. Three days full of focus groups, parties, breakout sessions, parties, presentations, parties, all culminating in the constitutional convention, [...]
Share on FacebookGreen Design is Good Design
With this slide, Saul Griffith, inventor, MacArthur Fellow, Ph.D., launches into his presentation at San Francisco’s recent AIGA event, Compostmodern. I saw a re-broadcast of Saul’s speech at AIGA Portland’s event of the same name, that also featured Brian Dougherty from Celery Design. Shortly after showing this provoking slide, Saul is quick to report that [...]
Share on FacebookAd2 Portland takes on Harry’s Mother
Every year Ad2 Portland (an advertising networking club for young professionals) takes on a different public service campaign for a local non-profit organization. This year’s challenge: Harry’s Mother, a program within Janus Youth that provides emergency shelter for runaway teens, and offers free family counseling to reconnect these teens with their families. The Ad2 team [...]
Share on FacebookCreative Storm
The crisp fall air is back, combined with the onset of Portland showers and with it a slew of creative events in October that don’t involve pumpkins.
Here are some thoughts from a few I attended:
10/18/07 – Art Chantry lecture- PNCA
Seattle-based design icon Art Chantry spoke to a packed house last Thursday at PNCA. He [...]
Share on FacebookCut & Paste : The Final Review
I finally wrapped up Cut & Paste, the international digital design tournament that I brought to Portland this past Friday, September 21st. It has been a project that started over a year ago with my soliciting the Executive Director to produce this iron-chef-like design battle in Portland as had been done in NY, Chicago, LA [...]
Share on FacebookCut & Paste
Occupying much of my free time and causing me to spend more hours than I had hoped typing vigorously on my laptop has been a little project I have taken on called Cut & Paste. This digital design tournament with plans for international domination has awarded me the title of Portland Team Lead and all [...]
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