Merge presents: Reply All

When

Friday
December 10, 2010
7:00 PM – 4:00 AM

Where

Evil Olive
1551 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL

It’s like a conference after-party without the long day of conferencing. Expect hilarious guest speakers, local Chicago DJs spinning good vibes and art auctions with proceeds going to Reason to Give.

This free Merge party is put on by a small group of AIGA Chicago members, all volunteering to do some good and connect the creative community.

Five talented creatives will rock the mic, sharing stories of process and screw-ups.

Jackson Cavanaugh

Jackson was once a lifeless corporate design drone. So he quit and started drawing typefaces. Now he’s an at-home type designer, creating bespoke & retail typefaces for others to make corporate shit with.

Margot Harrington

Margot is a freelance graphic designer, front-end web developer and blogger captivated by all forms of making and doing. Friends include oldstyle numerals, antique books, bike rides & old wacky electronics.

Luke Williams

Luke works with the largest brands during the day at Leo Burnett, and the smallest start ups and non-profits at night as a freelance designer. He loves typography and Saul Bass just like you do!

Jana Kinsman

Jana is 1/5 of the Chicago all-female creative collaborative Quite Strong. During the day, she uses her illustrative voice serving as an in-house designer for Crate and Barrel.

Nick Campbell

Nick gets a kick out of solving problems. He’s responsible for making the ever-popular iPhone app, ShakeItPhoto and shares his motion graphics knowledge at his site, Greyscale Gorilla.

These resident Chicago DJs will be keeping the beats going all night long.

Kid Color

This ya boy, Kid Color. Doing big things all day all night.

Kyle Stewart

He runs Hot Biscuits. His motto? “Bangers or die.”

Zebo

A crateful of styles, from hip-hop to French electro-disco.

Marco Morales

Aiming to bring the old vinyl days of DJing in every set he does.

While the DJs are spinning, we’ll have some beautiful visuals made by these fine folk.

3st

Thirst is a firm devoted to art with function and serves a collection of clients whose refined and enlightened design sensibilities yield rewards in the experience of creation.

Jason Esser

Jason is a creative at the Digital Kitchen Chicago office. He is also known to bust a move when Kayne West is being played. Let’s hope the DJs drop Kanye.

John Schlemmer

John is a motion designer at Razorfish by day, and a pillow maker with MySuiteStuff at night. He is also known to be the biggest Apple aficionado in existence.