The fourth event in The Archives Series hosted by AIGA West Michigan is planned for Thursday, October 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The location will be the newly expanded Newell Brands Design Center, in Kalamazoo, both a showplace and work site for multi-disciplinary design teams. The theme, “Transform,” includes special effects that go to […]

The third event in the AIGA The Archives Series is scheduled for Monday evening, August 12, at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Called ‘Discovery: Beyond White Paper,’ the event will include a short presentation and exhibit of over 40 pieces from the archives collection that demonstrate the possibilities beyond ink on white paper. You’ll […]

AIGA West Michigan has announced the second in its four-part series in collaboration with the West Michigan Graphic Design Archives, focused on “color.”  Among the questions to be explored through this selection from the complete Archives collection are: • What can be achieved with one color? How about twelve colors? • How does colored paper play a […]

On February 26, AIGA West Michigan hosted the first of four events featuring a special presentation of work from the Archives. This first event focused on 16 posters and 40 smaller pieces that showed a connection between designers, photographers, and illustrators. The presentation was curated by Barbara Loveland and Linda Powell, 2017 AIGA West Michigan Fellow Award […]

The West Michigan Graphic Design Archives, housed at the Zhang Regional Collections Center on the campus of Western Michigan University, invites visitors to tour its facility and view its collection. An in-person introduction to the contents and services of the Archives is invaluable to design students, educators, researchers, and practitioners. The Archives offers tours of […]