Book Launch: Designing for Local Communities
Thu, Aug 07
|Bloomfield Hills
Join us for the launch of Designing for Local Communities: A guide to freelancing and empowering groups in your neighborhood by Meaghan Barry (CAA MFA 2D Design ‘12) presented in partnership with AIGA Detroit and Design Core Detroit.
Time & Location
Aug 07, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Bloomfield Hills, 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304, USA
About the event
Join us for the launch of Designing for Local Communities: A guide to freelancing and empowering groups in your neighborhood by Meaghan Barry (CAA MFA 2D Design ‘12) presented in partnership with AIGA Detroit and Design Core Detroit. Barry will be joined in conversation by Chioke McRae, President of AIGA Detroit and Lyla Catellier, Curator of Public Programs at Cranbrook Art Museum.
Book signing at 6pm, conversation at 6:30pm.
An essential how-to guide for designers, Designing For Local Communities encourages readers to find their first clients within their local community. By working with small businesses, the designer can build a freelancing portfolio, while simultaneously investing in their neighborhood. Dispelling the myth that you must live in a big city or work for huge brand clients to be considered successful in the design industry, Meaghan Barry celebrates the benefits of working directly with small businesses and non-profits, building value for designers and…