Last night, a friend and I went to the the inaugural event for AIGA Connecticut, which is the Connecticut chapter of the American Institute for Graphic Artists. Sean Adams, the AIGA President gave an insightful and great talk on fear in the design business.

Over the last 10 years at AdamsMorioka, they've made mistakes. Big design mistakes. Some were a collision of events that hit like a train wreck. Some were self-produced. All of the mistakes were motivated by fear. When is fear appropriate in design? Are we on the Love Boat, or a voyage of the damned? How do we know the difference? Where are the lifeboats?

The next event is William Drenttel of Design Observer giving a talk on his so called public life, there is more information on that right here. Looking forward to joing this remarkable organization and I couldn't be happier that it has been brought to this state. Even better, there is a student chapter that is being started at the Hartford Art School as well.