HOW Design Live Chicago June 22-27
 

HOW Design Live Schedule

HOW Design Live

HOW Design Live Schedule-at-a-Glance

Get a quick overview of all the events, sessions and workshops happening at HOW Design Live—you can even print out the handy at-a-glance schedule shown below.

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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
2:00 pm - 3:15 pmWelcome and Opening Keynote: Decoding the Meaning of Design (Dieline)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmColor Strategy, Forecasting and Expressions (Dieline)
4:45 pm - 5:45 pmBeing First: Lessons from Packaging’s Past (Dieline)
5:45 pm - 6:45 pmHappy Hour (Dieline)

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
8:00 am - 8:50 amBreakfast Roundtables
9:00 am - 10:00 amDesigning for Icons (Dieline)
10:15 am - 11:15 amDesigning Holistically: Harmonizing Graphics & Structure (Dieline)
11:30 am - 12:00 pmFreeing the Siren: A Look at the Starbucks Brand Evolution (Dieline)
12:15 pm - 12:45 pmHow Designers (and Design Thinking) Solve Real Business Problems (Dieline)
12:45 pm - 2:15 pmLunch on your own
1:00 pm - 1:30 pmThe Future of Freelancing (CFC)
1:30 pm - 3:00 pmTo Plan or Not to Plan? (CFC)
2:15 pm - 3:15 pmDesign Thinking? How About Design Living? (Dieline)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmUnlikely Inspiration (Dieline)
3:30 pm - 5:00 pmBeing a 24/7 Creative Pro (CFC)
4:45 pm - 5:45 pmChallenging the Future of Food with Design (Dieline)
5:00 pm - 6:30 pmHappy Hour (CFC)
6:30 pm - 7:30 pmIn the Trenches (CFC)

Friday, June 24th, 2011
8:00 am - 8:50 amBreakfast RoundtablesDesigning Courage – Seattle’s Best Coffee’s Inside Story of an Unexpected Partnership (Dieline)
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
9:00 am - 9:30 amUsing Public Relations to Position Your Design Firm Beyond the Price Wars (Dieline)
9:00 am - 10:15 amIntro to Marketing for Freelancers (CFC)How to Fail at Marketing: Advanced Techniques for Freelancers (CFC)
9:00 am - 12:00 pmEscape the Tri-Fold Funk C IH (extra fee required)Effective Brainstorming for Designers C IH (extra fee required)Vector Basic Training S W (extra fee required)Pitch Perfect™: Never Be A Deer in Headlights Again B F MC ST (extra fee required)
9:45 am - 10:15 amThe Perfect Face: Custom Type for Specialty Food Packaging (Dieline)
10:30 am - 11:30 amBrand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits (Dieline)
10:45 am - 12:00 pmBasic Money Management Strategies for Freelancers (CFC)I Want to Make a Million Dollars! (CFC)
11:45 am - 12:45 pmExploring The Package Design Process (Dieline)
12:00 pm - 2:00 pmLunch on your own
12:00 pm - 2:15 pmLunch on your own (actual times dependent on session selections)
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
12:45 pm - 2:15 pmLunch on your own
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
2:00 pm - 3:15 pmBecoming a Hired Gun (CFC)
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmPhotographing People, Places and Things C (extra fee required)Caffeine for the Creative Team: Turning Brainstorming Into Brainsqualling C IH (extra fee required)Hard-Core User Tips: InDesign™ S (extra fee required)How to Launch a Project on Time & Under Budget B F IH (extra fee required)
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm? (That's right--this session is actually entitled "Question Mark") (Dieline)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pmThe Dieline Package Award Ceremony (Dieline)
3:45 pm - 5:00 pmRound Up! (aka: I Went to CFC, Now What?) (CFC)
4:30 pm - 6:30 pmHOW Design Live Networking KickOff
5:00 pm - 6:30 pmHOW Design Live Networking KickOff
5:00 pm - 6:30 pmDinner on Your Own/HOW Design Live Networking KickOff
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm1. HOW Design Live Opening Keynote: Being Available in the Moment (HOW, InHOWse, CFC, Dieline)
8:00 pm - 10:00 pmHOW Design Live Opening Reception (HOW, InHOWse, CFC, Dieline)

Saturday, June 25th, 2011
8:00 am - 8:50 amInHOWse Networking Breakfast: Coffee and Collaboration (InHOWse)
8:00 am - 9:00 amContinental Breakfast/Resource Center Open
8:15 am - 9:00 amDesign + Email Marketing = Supercharge Your Results
9:00 am - 10:15 amWhat the Future Wants From a Designer (InHOWse)
9:00 am - 10:15 am2. Creating the Martha Stewart Living Digital Magazine App for the iPad B C W3. Galumphing, Goats on Roofs and Other Revelations to Spark Inspiration C IH MC
10:45 am - 12:00 pmManaging a Cross-Generational Creative Team (InHOWse)Make Your Designs Earn Extra Cash!
10:45 am - 12:00 pm4. The Creative Process Illustrated: How Big Ideas Are Born C MC5. The Creative Team of the Future B MC6. The NEW Web Typography: Where The Sexy Is C MC W7. Influence in Business Through Design Thinking C MC8. Creative Stuff: The Comprehensive Bulleted List C MC
12:15 pm - 1:30 pmThe brilliance of the 2011 NVA’s in print, by the world renowned Counterspace and HP Indigo
12:15 pm - 1:45 pmLunch with Justin AhrensLunch with Glenn John ArnowitzLunch with Shannon CarterLunch with Chris ChapmanLunch with Chris Elkerton
12:15 pm - 1:45 pmLunch with Bryony Gomez-Palacio & Armin VitLunch with Allan HaleyLunch with Jessica HischeLunch with Blake HowardLunch with Jake & Pum Lefevure
12:15 pm - 1:45 pmLunch with Heather LinsLunch with Matthew LoydLunch with Kevin McConkeyLunch with Brian MillerLunch with Deborah Morrison
12:15 pm - 1:45 pmLunch with Wendy OldfieldLunch with Mig ReyesLunch with Rochelle SeltzerLunch with Jason Cranford TeagueLunch with Cami Travis-Groves
12:15 pm - 1:45 pmLunch with jeffstapleLunch with Anne-Marie ConcepcionLunch with Mark O'BrienLunch with Jim Krause
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
12:15 pm - 1:45 pmLunch with Donna FarrugiaLunch with David LinkLunch with Stefan MumawLunch with James VictoreTop Secret Adobe Technology Preview
12:00 pm - 2:00 pmResource Center Open/Lunch on Your Own
1:00 pm - 1:45 pmBecoming a Photo-Finding Phenom
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm9. Using the Brand Value Pyramid: Developing More Meaningful Messaging & Stronger Design B DD IH10. Above the Fold: From Print to Web C DD MC ST W11. The Creative Side of Growing a Design Business (And Earning Good Money, Too) B F12. Making Clients Part of the Design Process B IH MC13. Get Out of Your Rut! C F MC
2:00 pm - 3:15 pmIn-House Optimization: How to Turbo-Charge Your In-House Team (InHOWse)Revive Print Campaigns With New and Innovative Digital Print Substrates
3:45 pm - 5:00 pmPurpose vs Responsibility: How Your Design Prowess Balances the Two (InHOWse)Digital Printing Essentials: What You Need to Know to Create Top-Notch Print Projects
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm14. The Problem with Pro-Bono B DD15. How the New Kids on the Block Do It C MC16. Fee + Equity: How to Charge Less and Make More B17. Critiques: Powerful Tool or Power Trip IH18. Turning Your Creative Obsessions into Opportunities C MC
5:00 pm - 6:30 pmNetworking/Happy Hour (InHOWse)
5:00 pm - 6:30 pmHappy Hour in the Resource Center
6:30 pm - 7:30 pmCreating Ideas That Matter

Sunday, June 26th, 2011
7:30 am - 8:30 amAdobe Abracadabra With Rufus Deuchler, Senior Worldwide Design Evangelist
8:00 am - 8:45 amColor Management for Designers
8:00 am - 8:50 amBreakfast Roundtables
8:00 am - 9:00 amContinental Breakfast/Resource Center Open
9:00 am - 10:15 amAdvantages and Disadvantages of Chargeback and Allocation Funding Models (InHOWse)
9:00 am - 10:15 am19. Who Died and Made You Boss? C20. Where Ideas Come from and Where They Go CDon't Let Your Fonts Manage You
10:45 am - 12:00 pmFrom Firefighter to Strategic Partner (InHOWse)How to Design In Metallics for Generating Revenue with Digital Print
10:45 am - 12:00 pm21. Power of the Package DD22. See Different. Do Different. B DD MC23. Creative Stuff: The Comprehensive Bulleted List REPEAT C MC24. Marketing Your In-House Department IH25. The NEW Web Typography: Where The Sexy Is REPEAT C MC W
12:00 pm - 1:00 pmGoogley Fonts - Custom Type Design as Brand Touchpoint (InHOWse)
12:00 pm - 2:00 pmResource Center Open/Lunch on Your Own
12:15 pm - 1:30 pmHow eBooks Might Save Book Design
12:15 pm - 1:45 pmPublishing to Digital Devices With InDesign CS5.5
2:00 pm - 3:15 pmAsk the Speakers (InHOWse)
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm26. Cheap Type Tricks C DD MC27. Secrets to Creating Effective, Compelling and Memorable Design Portfolios MC ST28. Lead Generation 101: How to Make Your Site Into a Business-Generating Machine B W29. Make and Sell Your Own Products B DD MC30. The Un-Guide to Creativity and Brainstorming C IH
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm31. Letter for a Living C DD MC32. Alt-Dot-Career B DD MC ST33. Developing Addictive Experiences for the iPad and Other Interactive Tablets B C DD MC W34. Design Strategy B F IH MC ST35. Sketch, Sketch, Sketch C DD
3:45 pm - 5:00 pmSelling Ideas to Internal Clients and Bosses (InHOWse)Take Adobe Illustrator© To The Third Dimension With EskoArtwork© DeskPack Plugins
6:00 pm - 7:30 pmPortfolio Review
9:00 pm - 11:30 pmSunday Night Reception

Monday, June 27th, 2011
8:30 am - 9:30 amContinental Breakfast/Breakfast Roundtables
8:45 am - 9:30 amFrom Fringe to Mass Market: Once-Underground Trends that have Gone Mainstream (HOW, InHOWse)
9:45 am - 11:00 am36. All Your Creativity Questions Answered C37. How to Build a Better Business B MC38. Making Your Way in a Digital World W
11:15 am - 12:30 pm39. HOW Design Live CLOSING KEYNOTE: Fascinate: How to Persuade and Captivate C