800+ people attended this year’s buildOn Global Gala held at the Hilton in Stamford, CT. Courtney and Co lead the Gala Committee and produced all communications including invitation, program, environmental installations and graphics.
New to this year’s Gala was two 3-dimensional museum-quality installations where guests could purchase selected items like a chalkboard, brick or day of community service to help fund the US and International programs. A 20′ foot Discovery Wall was constructed that included 20 questions about buildOn and nudged viewers to interact with the piece to reveal the answers.
Our team traveled to Connecticut to volunteer and help set up the installations, and then stayed to attend the event. The biggest fundraising event of the year, the event raised over 1.2 Million Dollars for buildOn’s domestic and international programs. A huge success!
Here are a selection of photos from Bryan Cary.
To find out more about buildOn and how you can help go to buildOn.org.
Cover New York sent us a thank you gift recently for the studio tour we gave the visiting USC Roski design students from earlier this year. How did they know that I desparately need this book? Must be reading my blog posts. Anyway, it’s a timeless and beautifully illustrated book. Thank you for your thoughtful gift.
The featured speaker for the evening was Dr. Laura Thompson, PhD and Director, Sustainability & Technical Marketing from Sappi Fine Paper. Her multimedia presentation was informative and educational. Designers leaving the event felt better equipped to make recommendations to their clients about important topics like forest management, recycled vs. virgin, wind power printing, environmental issues, and sustainability when producing corporate communications. Calin Shope, from The Hennegan Company, rounded out the presentation, adding valuable perspective from the print production side, giving designers a complete understanding of all aspects of sustainability.