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Claire Marie Blaustein
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Jun 23, 2021

Mapping Your Practice

This is an exercise to look at the things you’re good at, what you want to learn, and what you love to do at work. If you want to skip the explanation of how this came to be and go straight to how to use it, go ahead. Why I Needed a Map I…

Design Thinking

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Mapping Your Practice
Mapping Your Practice
Design Thinking

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AIGA DC

·Sep 10, 2018

Bill Barbot on Being Punk

Bill Barbot is one of the founders of the creative agency Threespot, a firm that says on their website that their mission is to “use our time and talents to make a difference. All day, every day.” Before Threespot, Barbot played guitar and sang in bands in the DC punk…

Music

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Bill Barbot on Being Punk
Bill Barbot on Being Punk
Music

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AIGA DC

·Mar 14, 2018

Girls’ Night In : A Conversation with Alisha Ramos

Alisha Ramos is the founder and CEO of “Girls’ Night In,” a brand focused on women and self-care. Since its launch as an email newsletter in January 2017, it has grown into a larger platform for online and in-person events that promote community and growth. As someone who recently made…

Entrepreneurship

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Girls’ Night In : A Conversation with Alisha Ramos
Girls’ Night In : A Conversation with Alisha Ramos
Entrepreneurship

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AIGA DC

·Feb 13, 2018

Are Design Awards Worth It? Past AIGA 50 Winners Say Yes

Entering work for a design award may seem like a daunting task. But there are good reasons to make the leap — for affirmation, motivation and even new business. With the deadline for designers to enter AIGA 50 just around the corner, we’re sharing thoughts from some past winners on…

Design

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Are Design Awards Worth It? Past AIGA 50 Winners Say Yes
Are Design Awards Worth It? Past AIGA 50 Winners Say Yes
Design

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AIGA DC

·Oct 23, 2017

Mike Monteiro: “If you’re waiting for someone else to do the right thing, you’re doing it wrong.”

Mike Monteiro has built a reputation as a powerful public speaker and a force for ethics in design practice. In advance of his talk for DC Design Week on How to Fight Fascism he talked with me about DC, being in the room, getting fired, and fucking up. AIGA DC…

Design

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Mike Monteiro: “If you’re waiting for someone else to do the right thing, you’re doing it wrong.”
Mike Monteiro: “If you’re waiting for someone else to do the right thing, you’re doing it wrong.”
Design

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AIGA DC

·Oct 19, 2017

Emory Douglas on Doing Design for Activism

During the 1960s and 70s, Emory Douglas was Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party and the creative force behind The Black Panther newspaper. Douglas talked with AIGA DC in advance of his DC Design Week event at Bowie State University to share his ideas of how to marry…

Black Panthers

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Emory Douglas on Doing Design for Activism
Emory Douglas on Doing Design for Activism
Black Panthers

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·Aug 29, 2017

Look What Saul Bass Made Taylor Swift Do

The buzz around Taylor Swift’s new “Look What You Made Me Do” can go in plenty of directions. Is it about Kim and Kanye? What does Katy Perry think? Has Swift shed her “good girl” reputation? Who is she talking to on the phone? But let’s take a minute…

Movies

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Look What Saul Bass Made Taylor Swift Do
Look What Saul Bass Made Taylor Swift Do
Movies

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AIGA DC

·Aug 1, 2017

Designing for Bands and Getting Paid: Jeffrey Everett on the D.C. Creative Scene

Jeffrey Everett, the designer behind Rockets Are Red and El Jefe Design, is putting together a poster retrospective at The Gallery at Lost Origin Productions. “Facing the Music: Thirteen Years of Concert Posters” officially opens Aug. 15, but Everett will give an exclusive talk for AIGA DC on Aug. 14…

Music

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Designing for Bands and Getting Paid: Jeffrey Everett on the D.C. Creative Scene
Designing for Bands and Getting Paid: Jeffrey Everett on the D.C. Creative Scene
Music

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·May 3, 2017

Trials and Triumphs of Designing for Government

Designing for the federal government has its challenges. It is also one of the most important places for good design to happen. — When I joined the federal government five years ago, I didn’t think I’d survive the first six months. After years of working for tiny startups and small arts organizations, the sheer size of what I was approaching terrified me. Some of how I did my job wasn’t just about company…

Government

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Trials and Triumphs of Designing for Government
Trials and Triumphs of Designing for Government
Government

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Claire Marie Blaustein

Claire Marie Blaustein

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Content and experience design // President, @aigadc // I put the claire in clarity. // clairemarieb.com

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