MelDel LLC Designer/Creative entrpreneurMelissa Delzio
melissa@meldel.com
Design
Engage: The AIGA Leadership Retreat
I recently had the privilege of attending the AIGA (the professional association for design) Leadership Retreat this year in Chattanooga, Tennessee, representing the Portland Chapter. A few members from all 65 of the nation’s AIGA Board of Directors converged in Chattanooga to meet, mingle, plot and plan the direction of the organization. It was my [...]
Our Portland Story Sneak Peak
Yeah, I know it has been awhile, but good things take time, patience is a virtue, etc. The Our Portland Story Volume 1 book is actually wrapping up. Final edits to pages are being made by generous designers, my editor is pouring over every last detail, and a new website that I designed is being [...]
Webvisions 2010 – Star Wars Reference Count: 3
In May, I attended WebVisions, a three-day Portland web and technology conference. I met some great new people, and was inspired by many of the speakers including: Luke Williams from Frog, Stanley Hainsworth from Tether (and AIGA), Ward Cunningham of wiki fame, and Renny Gleeson from Wieden + Kennedy. And as any great tech/geek fest, [...]
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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, [...]
Green 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 [...]
Ad2 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 [...]
Creative 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 [...]
Cut & 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 [...]
Cut & 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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