7:30 pm - 9:00 pm / 12 NOV 2009
Cal State L.A. - Music Hall
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA
View the video at: http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/art/kimbaer.php
Kim Baer, is principal of Los Angeles-based design studio KBDA, which she founded in 1982. The firm's client list ranges from nonprofit organizations, such as the Prostate Cancer Foundation, UCLA, and Chamber Music Los Angeles, to consumer-oriented companies, such as Nike, Nissan, and Hilton Hotels.
Consistently honored by every major design and business organization in the country, KBDA has produced work that has been featured in the Library of Congress and published in numerous design compilations. National design publications, including Communications Arts, Print, Graphis, STEP Inside Design, and HOW, have showcased the firm’s work and methodology.
The GAUGE Speaker Series brings design industry professionals to campus to stimulate discussion, inspire excellence and build community among the design students, alumni, faculty and staff of California State University Los Angeles. Established in the 2006-2007 academic year, GAUGE has brought one speaker each quarter to campus. Past speakers have included: Deborah Sussman, Agustin Garza, Stefan Bucher, Ricardo Cardenas, Michael Hodgson, Noreen Morioka, Yu Tsai, Petrula Vrontikis, and others.
Kim is an AIGA/LA Fellow (2004)
Parking: Lot 5 and the upper level of Parking Structure C for $.50 per hour. http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.php
Thank you so much for sharing with us last night, Kim! I enjoy your work and look forward to seeing more of it! :)
Thank you so much for sharing your views on graphic design and what you went though in your life. After listening to your life story and the important elements in graphic design, I feel as though you have reignited my passion to study the field.
Being able to meet Kim (a very approachable and insightful person) and catch a glimpse of what she as a designer has to offer was exhilarating as well as valuable. Personally, I was taken in by Kim's storytelling through a constellation of her personal life from the very beginning of her presentation. It was clean, quick, and to the point yet it set up the overall feel for what she was about to talk about--giving us a glimpse of what we had to expect. I was amazed at the wide arrange of clients that she had worked with, and she often pointed out the polar opposite feel of different companies. Something I found was met, from a design standpoint, with professional understanding of the client's image. Often times during the presentation she was frank about being met with a challenge where she and her team had no experience with. Yet they did the research, gathered a necessary team of designers and completed the task with professional charisma. Kim stressed the importance of constantly learning.
Overall it was an honor to have Kim be apart of Cal State LA's Speaker Series.
Thank you Kim!
I would like to thank everyone that made this event a success, and especially to Kim Baer for taking the time to speak with us.
Really enjoyed listening to Kim Baer. She was very informative and inspiring. She was very energetic and you can see how much she loves her job as a designer. Really appreicated her coming to CSULA.
I just wanted to thank Ms. Baer for her time to share her lecture with us. It was alot fun and i got alot ofexperience from it because I to want to follow the steps she has taken to get to where shes at right now in life. I enjoyed the lecture on thur., it gave me more direction or steps to take and think about to achieving my ultimate goal in life.
Hello Kim Baer,
I enjoyed the presentation you gave at Cal state LA. I didnt luagh much, but I enjoyed. I was impressed with the few of the many jobs you have had, and have created. I was even more impress with your patience, understanding, and creative approach to these jobs, and the hard work you put into it. Most of all, I was impress with your love for your art, and your self taught journey to become the ledgen you are today.
YOU ROCK!
Keep on creating.
-NGL
The Kim Baer love for graphic design was inspiring. It motivate me to develop my skills even more.
Thank you to Kim Baer for speaking Friday night at CSULA. She was a great speaker and shared valuable information with future designers at Cal State. She is an inspiration and was wonderful to hear.
Shani B.
My schedule didn't allow me to make it back to campus to see Kim Baer but I was glad that I was able to see her on the live stream! That helped so much because I didn't miss a thing. It is always interesting to hear how designers get their start and are able to become successful and enjoy their life as a designer.