I stopped by a local design boutique shop before the event started, to find a business card holder. I chose the one below over the 15 other well designed holders that the shop had to pick from. While I was leaving the store I noticed the owner was giving his old magazines away. One of these was Metropolis Magazine . I’ve wanted to get a Metropolis magazine subscription for some time, and after looking through my free issue I don’t think I can resist any longer.

I then proceeded to the AIGA Nebraska Party to hear Kit speak. He does amazing work and is a great speaker. Here are a few highlights.

ï First solve the communication problem for the client.

ï What we do is important. It either ads value or diminishes the value of our culture.

ï He encouraged people to turn there passions into professional opportunities.

ï He mentioned that the famous Goudy qoute “A person that would letterspace lowercase would steal sheep.” is actually a tamed down version of the original quote. Apparently Goudy said this letterspacer would “copulate with sheep”.

ï When asked about the design of the American flag compared with other flags, Kit said he couldn’t judge it objectively, but that is was the only flag to have change built into it.

ï If Kit did something else it would have something to do with telling stories.

He gave away some great books and then sold his typographic calendar for a very reasonable price. All of the money went to AIGA Nebraska.

The next day I did a little shopping in the “big city”. I went to another design boutique shop and picked up a great book on chairs for my wife. I then went to a couple different “off price” retailers and found some great products. I purchased these two transparent decks of cards by Kikkerland and one deck of cards by Umbra .

From the evidence of all of the products I picked up in large chain stores and small shops, the products that Kit had designed and the turn out for this AIGA event, I think that design has a very bright future.