Monthly Archives: April 2011

Small Steps: The Video

The video from Rachel Dominguez-Benner’s workshop, Small Steps: A Creative Business Primer, is here! Watch it below, or click through to download the full length podcast.

Many thanks again to Rachel, who was a super trooper and delivered loads of great information!

Registration Open: A Torrid Love Affair

Gina and Celeste are the two fabulous owners of Radish Underground and participated vicariously in last year’s boutique Mixer Match with the help of a little video camera and a willing friend. Their enthusiasm for finding a way to make it work carried over into their desire to share some of the great advice that they’ve gathered in their time as makers, sellers and shop owners.

Join them on June 18 for A Torrid Love Affair: The Designer–Boutique Relationship. The workshop is guaranteed to be a hilarious, heartfelt look at how handmade artisans and crafters can maximize their retail potential and build strong, lasting relationships with other shop owners.

Learn more about the workshop and register.

If you’re a Twitter user, keep your eye out for the #btqlove (short for boutique love) hashtag as we promote it and tweet about the workshop when it happens.

Apply Now for the Mixer Match

Mixer Match

Speed Networking, Round Two
Visual Artists and Galleries

Wednesday, May 18, 6:00 pm
Design Within Reach Portland Studio
1200 NW Everett St.

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Call to Designers and Artists: Prototype as Process

ADX presents an investigation of the idea of prototype. The show simply explores how people work. They are less interested in the end product itself but the process of concept, exploration, failure, redesign, feedback loop, light bulb moments and unexpected discoveries.

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Instructor Profile: Alicia Nagel

Alicia NagelBusiness owners large and small, non-profit organizations, design and marketing firms have called upon Alicia’s branding expertise on a strategic as well as design level. Having worked in design for the past ten years, Alicia started out in advertising which gave her a keen awareness of the purpose and story behind a design.

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