An Evening Soiree at creative go-round

Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Please bring a picture ID
Tickets are available for $25 in advance and $30 at the door
Parking: Street Parking is available
Transportation:One Block South on Milwaukee from the Grand/Milwaukee Blue Line
Contact us: 312.733.6647 or info@creativegoround.org
For more information visit our event page

Now Accepting Summer Design Internship Applications!

We're currently accepting applications for internships for the coming summer term. Come and focus your design education towards providing quality solutions for our growing list of clients. Apply Here

Neenah Paper delivers excitement and resources to our designers.

With a growing digital workflow being established in the design industry we've found that our design students are less familiar with the production process of design then in the past. So before the holidays we had an inter-office session with our emerging designers about the importance and possibilities of paper choice. It's just one of many topics we discuss with them over the course of their internship.  We weren't surprised that they were unaware of the amount of paper options out there, but we certainly wanted to educate and inform them of the subtle (but effective) tool that is proper paper choice. 

We pulled out the office swatch books and encouraged them to flip through and feel the differences between a 65lb sheet of text stock and a beefy 140lb sheet of cover stock, and explore the numerous differences in texture, weight, and color that vary between paper types. We explained that decisions regarding *how* solutions would be produced are just as important as to *what* was going to be produced and how paper stock plays a part in those decisions. 

In an effort to expand the resources available to our designers, our friends at Neenah Paper were generous enough to send us some goodies to help consider possibilities. It was an early Christmas at Creative Go-Round the day the boxes showed up.

”Just got a ton of @NeenahPaper samples in at work today. It's amazing to think how exciting paper can be!!” -Alex Gilbert

It was great to see our design students as well as our design professionals nerd-out over something as important but often overlooked as paper. 

A huge amount of thanks go to Neenah Paper for the goodies. You delivered above and beyond our expectations and our designers will benefit greatly for it.

Closed for the holidays.

artnog at creative go-round

This event will be full of local art, eggnog, caroling, and fun. For more information visit www.artnog.com

creative mo-round party!

This past week we had our first Movember party here at creative go-round. Some sported their own mo's while others were provided with an acrylic typestache of their very own! There was music and fun to be had by all. A special thanks to Angels Envy for sponsoring the drinks. And thanks to all of you who came out to support the cause. See you next year!

mentor shows work at Bordo Bello

denver, co

Two weeks ago our resident Mentor Jason participated in AIGA ColoradoÕs annual charity event/auction Bordo Bello. For the fourth year now Bordo Bello has generated funds that contribute to Denver's arts community. It was an amazing night of meeting attendees, talking art, sampling tasty brews from Odell Brewing Co. and getting into friendly bidding wars for decks to take home, all for good causes.

branding your nonprofit

Tuesday, August 30, 4-7PM | limited to 75 people

led by Christopher Gerke, creative go-round

In this course we'll be continuing our study of nonprofit brand management from social media leaders in Chicago. Specifically, we'll look at the importance of having a consistent brand across your social media outlets. With a clear brand vision and a consistent voice, you can make your brand more compelling and relevant to your target audience. In this workshop, you will learn to: - Develop a clear brand for your nonprofit - Maintain brand consistency across your social media platforms - Formulate and execute a specific brand voice There will be plenty of opportunities to engage the instructor and fellow participants during the course to foster an environment of sharing best practices and gaining insights from other nonprofits. Event Details:

¥ Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce in the AON Center - 200 E. Randolph St., 22nd Floor
¥ Doors open at 4PM, course begins at 4:30
¥ Great networking opportunity before and after event with a 15 minute-break during the course Take advantage of this great opportunity to learn from industry leaders in social media strategy.

$35* general audience
$25* CNP Premium Members
*plus processing fee