[Sigia-l] Reminder: NYC IxDA Hosts Kip Voytek, January 18th

[Nasir Barday]

Hi Folks,

A quick reminder about tomorrow's NYC IxDA event with Kip Voytek. Get
your RSVPs to nyc-rsvp at ixda.org soon-- as usual, we've only got a few
spaces left.

Cheers,
- Nasir


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nasir Barday <nbarday at gmail.com>
Date: Jan 11, 2007 1:42 PM
Subject: NYC IxDA Event: Kip Voytek, January 18th
To: SIGIA-L <sigia-l at asis.org>


Hi Everyone,

Thanks to Everyone who came out to the NYC UX Holiday Party last
month! We hope the rest of your holiday season was great.

The NYC IxDA has a great program coming up for 2007, and we're
starting with an event this month in Midtown. Kip Voytek, Vice
President of Interaction Design at R/GA, will speak about how
interaction design adds a new dimension of creativity to brand
narratives, enriching them, and making them more engaging.

Get your RSVPs in soon-- there's no charge to attend, but spaces are
filling up quickly! To RSVP for this event, please send mail to
nyc-rsvp at ixda.org.


__--Interaction Design and Branding--__
Presented by Kip Voytek, Vice President of Interaction Design, R/GA
January 18th, 6:30pm
Location: Near Midtown at Seventh Ave, full details provided on RSVP
(e-mail nyc-rsvp at ixda.org )

About Kip Voytek:
Voytek first joined R/GA in 1999, where he was an Executive Producer
on Nike and excelled on pioneer ID projects that included the original
global  standards for ibm.com and breakthrough e-commerce applications
for BedBathandBeyond.com, as well as the historic
ellisislandrecords.org. Over his  career, he has won dozens of awards
from some of the most prestigious competitions, including the One Show
Interactive and Cyberlions. Voytek began his career as a game designer
and writer at Engineering Animation, Inc. (EAI) and Byron Preiss
Multimedia, developing games, characters and scripts for licensed and
original properties.Prior to his new media career in 1995, Voytek was
a Congressional staffer and speechwriter, economic policy researcher
and political strategy consultant. He received a BA in History from
Haverford College.

About R/GA:
R/GA (www.rga.com) serves as the lead digital partner for Fortune 500
companies and world-class brands such as Avaya, Lowe's, Purina,
Subaru, Target and Verizon. R/GA focuses on creating optimized,
user-centric experiences that sell products, engage customers and
build brands across channels, from online to offline and from the Web
to wireless devices.

Founded in 1977, R/GA is the world's most award-winning interactive
agency and has received the top creative awards for film, broadcast
and interactive. R/GA is part of The Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG), one
of the world's largest advertising and marketing services
organizations.

To RSVP for this event, please send mail to nyc-rsvp at ixda.org.


As always, if you are interested in getting involved with the NYC
IxDA, please e-mail us at nyc at ixda.org, or visit our web site at
http://www.ixda.org .


Thanks,
Nasir Barday
NYC Interaction Design Association