DEVELOPING KC with PETER PARK
11:30-1:00 | Pierson Auditorium, UMKC
Peter Park, Director of Planning and Community Development for the City and County of Denver, CO, focuses on the mechanics of restoring urban character and rejecting the suburban alternative of multiple car lanes, sprawling surface parking lots, and segregated land uses. Park had previously captured national attention for turning Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist’s expansive vision of walkable, neighborhood-focused development into the nuts and bolts of city policy– until Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper snagged him.

BRANDING OBAMA with SOL SENDER, VSA
6-6:30 reception // 6:30-8:00 lecture (NOTE TIME CHANGE!) Truman Forum, KC Public Library Plaza Branch
Dubbed a “strategic and smart campaign” by Fast Company, the Obama “brand” has received much recognition not only within the design community, but also throughout the nation and abroad. According to Newsweek, “Reinforced with a coherent, comprehensive program of fonts, logos, slogans and web design, Obama is the first presidential candidate to be marketed like a high-end consumer brand.” Identity designer, Sol Sender of VSA Partners in Chicago will discuss experiences in developing this historical political brand.