DesignThinkers Studio Tours - Nov. 10
9:30AM - 12:30PM, 1:30 - 4:30PM

See behind the doors of some of Toronto’s top creative studios. At each stop, you’ll hear about the studio, talk with the designers and check out their work.

Confirmed studios include:
• Viva & Co.
• Organic Inc.
• Shikatani Lacroix Brandesign
• Bruce Mau Design
• Hahn Smith Design
• TAXI 2

Pricing (+HST):
Member - 1 Studio Tour: $50.00
Member - Both Tours: $100.00
Non-Member - 1 Studio Tour: $75.00
Non-Member - Both Tours: $150.00

Registration
Register here.

Provisional RGD Speed Networking Event - Nov. 10
5:30PM - 7:15PM
Paupers Pub
539 Bloor Street West

An event for Provisional RGD members to practise networking among peers just in time for DesignThinkers.

This is an opportunity for new and young professionals to put their networking skills to the test in a speed-networking format. Provisional RGD members in the city and from out of town will be able to meet other members and find people to meet up with and talk to throughout the conference. Make lasting ties and meet new people in the industry during this exciting new event brought to you by the Provisional RGD Committee.

To kick off the evening, Ilise Benun will provide a brief presentation on the keys to successful networking. Ilise is an author, consultant, national speaker and co-founder of Marketing Mentor. Her books include The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing (HOW Design Books, Spring 2008), Stop Pushing Me Around: A Workplace Guide for the Timid, Shy and Less Assertive (Career Press 2006), The Art of Self Promotion (2007), Self-Promotion Online and Designing Web Sites:// for Every Audience (HOW Design Books). She also co-authored Public Relations for Dummies, 2nd Edition (Wiley, 2006) with Eric Yaverbaum and Bob Bly.

Food will also be provided. Drinks will be charged per person.

Pricing + HST (Provisional RGDs only):
$15 for Provisional RGDs attending the conference
$20 for Provisional RGDs not attending the conference

Registration
If you are already registered for DesignThinkers, you may register on your DesignThinkers registration form online. For those not attending DesignThinkers, please email events@rgdontario.com.

Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight – Nov. 10
Doors open at 6:30PM
Movie begins 7:30PM
Bloor Street Cinema
506 Bloor Street West

For many, Milton Glaser is the personification of American graphic design. Best known for co-founding New York Magazine and the enduring I ♥ NY campaign, the full breadth of Glaser's remarkable artistic output is revealed in this documentary portrait, MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT. From newspapers and magazine designs, to interior spaces, logos, and brand identities, to his celebrated prints, drawings, posters and paintings, the documentary offers audiences a much richer appreciation for one of the great modern renaissance men.

Pricing (+HST):
Advance: $10
Door: $15

For more on this event and to RSVP:
phone 1 888 274 3668 x 24
email events@rgdontario.com

DesignThinkers Opening Party – Nov 11
6 - 9PM
Nyood
1096 Queen Street West

The Opening Party is a chance to schmooze with your creative colleagues and chat with our DesignThinkers speakers. This event is free for all attendees. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and the first drink is on us.

If you are attending DesignThinkers, you may RSVP for the opening party on your DesignThinkers registration form.

Pricing (+HST):
Free for DesignThinkers delegates
RGD Members not attending DesignThinkers: $25
Non-Members not attending DesignThinkers: $35

To register please email events@rgdontario.com.

DesignThinkers Lunches - Nov. 11 and 12
12:45PM - 2:15PM
Baton Rouge Toronto
277 Front Street West

Share notes on the morning’s events and refuel for the afternoon! Lunch takes place a short walk from the convention centre, and it’s the perfect opportunity for discussion with your fellow design thinkers and speakers.

Pricing (+HST):
Member: $35.00
Non-Member: $40.00

Registration
Register here.

DesignThinkers Closing Dinner – Nov. 12
7:30PM
FRANK
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas Street West, Toronto

FRANK is a distinct Frank Gehry-designed space in the AGO. Its casual, chic décor includes modern Danish furnishings and a contemporary installation of Frank Stella's work.

Executive chef Anne Yarymowich collaborates with chef de cuisine Martha Wright to create contemporary comfort cuisine: food that is warm and inviting, prepared with honesty and integrity. FRANK's menu showcases an exclusively Ontarian wine list and seasonal ingredients, striving to support local producers with a dedication to global concepts of sustainable farming and slow food.

Pricing (+HST):
Members $85
Group rate* $95
Non-Members $105

*A group is 3 or more people coming from the same company.

Registration includes a pre-fixe menu and 1 drink ticket.

Registration
Register here.

Gourmet Typography - Nov. 13
9AM - 4PM
Location to be determined, Toronto

Take control of your type instead of letting it control you! RGD Ontario presents this master class, geared towards design professionals and type enthusiasts of all skill levels. This session focuses on learning and applying the typographic skills and aesthetics rarely taught in schools, or fully understood by professionals. Learn how to “see” like you've never seen before.

Ilene Strizver, founder of The Type Studio, is a typographic consultant, designer, writer and educator specializing in all aspects of visual communication from the aesthetic to the technical. Ilene formerly was the Director of Typeface Development for International Typeface Corporation (ITC) where she developed more than 300 notable text and display typefaces. Her book, Type Rules! The designer’s guide to professional typography, has received numerous accolades from the type and design community. Her clients include Agfa Monotype, Linotype, Adobe, Haband, Nassau Guardian, Johnson & Johnson and bethere.com.

You will learn:
• What makes a good typeface
• The ten worst typographic typos
• OpenType explained
• Eight tips to more professional typography
• Kerning demystified

Pricing (+HST):
Members* $300
Non-Members $350
Breakfast and lunch is included.

*Includes members of RGD, GDC, SDGQ, ARIDO, ACIDO, CAPIC + IABC

Registration
Register here.

This collection was produced with financial assistance from Canada's Digital Collections Initiative, Industry Canada.