Listen, designers—learn how to take control of your creative workflow with the best tricks and tips the Draplin Design Company puts to use every single day. In this workshop you’ll learn from Aaron Draplin himself how to wrangle your design documents the DDC way—from setup, to optimization, to final art for output.
Not only will you leave equipped with an efficient creative process that leaves you with more time to get more things done, but you’ll be empowered to provide professional, iron-clad deliverables to handoff to clients.
As a bonus, you’ll also leave this session with an official DDC reference PDF, a handy guide to use as you apply your workshop learnings to your own design work. Lastly, Draplin wanted us to tell you, “he tends to go long” so be prepared for some workshop overtime as you’re immersed in all the tips, takeaways, and tall tales you’re in store for!
AAF Members: $65
Non Members: $75
Students: $35
MEET AARON DRAPLIN
Aaron Draplin, Owner of Draplin Design Co.
The Draplin Design Co. finally stepped out on its own four hairy feet in the fall of 2004. All these years later, he’s proud to report that he’s managed to “keep everything out of the red.”
He’s traveled the world telling his story, with over 450 speaking fiascos under his belt and counting! He co-created Field Notes with his older brother Jim Coudal, and their memo books are sold in over 2,500 stores worldwide, with limited-edition special editions shipped quarterly to a booming subscriber list. He’s filmed six Skillshare classes that are raging along, teaching kids all over the world. His first book titled Pretty Much Everything came out on May 17, 2016 on Abrams Books, which incredibly, is in its eighth printing. His roster of DDC Merch is up to 275 products and growing! You’ll see those goodies at DDC merch tables from coast to coast or in his online shop at draplin.com. He prides himself on a high level of craftsmanship and quality that keeps us up late into the wet Portland night.
He rolls up his sleeves for Coal Headwear, Union Binding Co., Richmond Fontaine, Esquire, Nike, Wired, Dinosaur Jr, Timberline, Chunklet, Eaux Claires Music Festival, Poler, Incase, Sub Pop Records, Fender, Marc Maron, Cobra Dogs, Jill Soloway, Sasquatch Music Festival, Rhett Miller, Old 97s, Jason Isbell, Nixon Watches, Bernie Sanders, Patagonia, Target, Chris Stapleton, NASA/JPL, John Hodgman, Ford Motor Company, Woolrich and even the Obama Administration, if you can believe that.
This program is brought to you by AAF Black Hills and Jackalope.
Special “Thank you!” to Black Hills Energy for sharing your space with us.