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AIGA Colorado's april event was a tour and lecture with AIGA Associate Curator of Graphic Design, Darrin Alfred of the exhibit The Psychedelic Experience: Rock Posters from the San Francisco Bay Area 1965-71. Though this tour was one night the exhibit itself runs through July 19, 2009.

The show, curated by Darrin, is an amazing look inside one of the nations most extensive collections of psychedelic rock posters from the mid 60s to early 70s. Also as part of the exhibit there is an interactive area called the "Psychedelic Side Trip" which allows you to craft poster art, listen to vinyl, and create some liquid light shows of your own.

Okay I will admit I was one of the millions of Americans who saw the free Denny's grandslam super bowl ad and got up early to get some free food. With lines out the door my buddy and I decided it wasn't going to happen so we took a trip instead to the locally owned Moonlight Diner.

The food we had was good, its diner food so don't expect anything gourmet but this wasn't greasy nasty food either. The vibe was awesome. Moonlight is from central casting for shiny, squeaky clean, diners you always imagined. It glows at night like an Edward Hopper painting.

The only downside is this little diner is by DIA so like the airport its a bit of a trek to get there. Its worth it though for the diner experience and the service was excellent.

Moonlight Diner
6250 Tower Rd
Denver, CO 80249
(303) 307-1750

Craftwork is a series of events hosted by AIGA Colorado. The point of the events are simple, get together with other designers and do a fun "off the clock" creative project.

This event happened at "The Shoppe" a local cereal bar/design book store/cupcake boutique.

Housed in the Denver Art Museum, the AIGA Design Archives features design work from its annual competitions.
The work is being cataloged and preserved as artifacts. This video shows the work being done currently in the archiving process.