Aaron Draplin | Pretty Much Everything

Aaron Draplin | Pretty Much Everything
A Book Tour and Talk

Thursday, November 16, 2017
The Waiting Room | 6212 Maple St, Omaha, NE 68104
Doors Open at 6:00pm | Talk Starts at 7:00pm


Tickets

Advance Tickets 
$5 AIGA Members (Navigate to AIGA Nebraska to validate your membership)
$10 Non-AIGA Members

At the Door Tickets
$10 AIGA Members
$20 Non-AIGA Members


Thank You!

A HUGE shoutout to Swanson Russell for being our Aaron Draplin sponsor! Without them, we wouldn't have been able to bring Aaron to Nebraska. Give everyone fron Swanson Russell a big high five when you see them!

About Aaron Draplin

Aaron Draplin is a graphic designer, author, and founder of Draplin Design Co. His clients include Nike, Burton Snowboards, Sub Pop Records, Esquire, Red Wing, Field Notes, Target, Ford Motor Company, and the Obama Administration. His book, Pretty Much Everything, is a mid-career survey of his work including case studies and advice which was released in May 2016. You can even learn a thing or two from Mr. Draplin through his Skillshare courses on logo design. 

Learn more about Aaron Draplin on his website: http://draplin.com/

Don't miss out on some awesome Draplin Swag. We hope to see you there!


About Draplin's book, Pretty Much Everything


Esquire. Ford Motors. Burton Snowboards. The Obama Administration. While all of these brands are vastly different, they share at least one thing in com­mon: a teeny, little bit of Aaron James Draplin. Draplin is one of the new school of influential graphic designers who combine the power of design, social media, entrepreneurship, and DIY aesthetic to create a successful business and way of life.
 
Pretty Much Everything is a mid-career survey of work, case studies, inspiration, road stories, lists, maps, how-tos, and advice. It includes examples of his work—posters, record covers, logos—and presents the process behind his design with projects like Field Notes and the “Things We Love” State Posters. Draplin also offers valuable advice and hilarious commentary that illustrates how much more goes into design than just what appears on the page. With Draplin’s humor and pointed observations on the contemporary design scene, Draplin Design Co. is the complete package for the new generation of designers.


An excerpt from Draplin's website bio:

Bred from the loins of the proud Midwest, this little f***** was squeezed out in Detroit, in the year 1973 to the proud parents of Jim and Lauren Draplin. Growing up on a steady stream of Legos, Star Wars, family trips, little sisters, summer beach fun, stitches, fall foliage, drawing, skateboarding and snowboarding, at 19 he moved west to Bend, Oregon to hit jumps "Out West." His career started with a snowboard graphic for Solid snowboards and took off like wildfire soon after. Everything from lettering cafe signs to drawing up logos to thinking up local advertising campaigns were manhandled under the ruse of the newly formed-and gigantically reckless-Draplindustries Design Co.

After five winters out west, the kid sobered up and headed back to Minneapolis to finish up a high-falutin' design degree at the prestigious and painfully expensive Minneapolis College of Art and Design. During this time he polished up his design skills, learned how to weld and how to develop a photo in nasty chemicals. These were the salad days. He fell back in love with a strong Midwest that he once tried so hard to leave.

In April 2000, much to the chagrin of his proud "Midwestern Roots," he accepted an ill-fated art director position with SNOWBOARDER magazine. He moved it all down to Shithole, Southern California-alongside some hot, caustic beach-and wrangled some 23 issues of the mag. He won "Art Director of the Year" for Primedia 2000, beating out such titles as Gun Dog, Cat Fancy and Teen. No other awards were bestowed in this period, and like he gives a rat's ass.

Thankfully, in April 2002, the Cinco Design Office of Portland, Oregon called up and offered a Senior Designer gig which he instantly accepted. He moved it all North to the land of rain and gloom and rolled up the sleeves to work on the Gravis, Helly Hansen and Nixon accounts.

The Draplin Design Co. finally stepped out on its own four hairy feet in the fall of 2004. Some four year later, he's proud to report that he's managed to "keep everything out of the red." He rolls up his sleeves for Coal Headwear, the Union Binding Company, Snowboard Magazine, Field Notes memo books, Ride Snowboards, Forum Snowboards, Grenade Gloves, Chunklet Magazine, Cobra Dogs, Absinthe Films, NemoDesign, Gnu Snowboards, RVL7 Apparel, Burton Snowboards, K2 Snowboards, Bonfire Snowboarding Apparel, South American Snow Sessions, as well as all sorts of one-off logos, t-shirt graphics and what not.

He owes it all to his parents, seriously.



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When & Where
Thu, Nov 16, 2017 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST
The Waiting Room Lounge
6212 Maple Street
Omaha, NE 68104