College for Creative Studies (CCS) and AIGA Detroit present the Toyota Lecture on Design: Celebrate Michigan Design: celebrating the past, present and future of graphic design in Michigan on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 from 6:30 – 10:00 p.m. The event features Edward Fella, an artist and graphic designer whose work has had an important influence on contemporary typography both in the US and in Europe; Nelson Greer, whose illustrious career has taken him from Lansing to Detroit to Toronto and back again; and Ron Rae, a mainstay in the Detroit graphic design and illustration world. These prominent designers will share their experiences of working in the 60’s Detroit commercial art industry.

Doug Kisor, Professor and Chair of CCS’s Graphic Design department will be presented with the AIGA Fellow Award. AIGA annually awards the Fellow to mature designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their design community. Kisor is only the second person in Michigan to have received this award in the past 10 years.

The event also includes a Silent Poster Auction featuring hand-signed limited edition posters from designers Nina Bianchi, Andrea Cardinal, Ed Fella, Nelson Greer, Ron Rae and Liisa Salonen. All proceeds from the auction and sale will benefit art programs in Detroit Public High Schools.

The free lecture and reception will be held in the Wendell W. Anderson Jr. Auditorium in the Walter B Ford II Building on the CCS campus. Seating and parking are both handled on a first come, first serve basis with parking available in the CCS parking structure as well as on surface streets near campus.

Please RSVP to the event by emailing rsvp@detroit.aiga.org (include number of attendees in subject). For more information call 313.664.7465 or visit www.detroit.aiga.org