InDesign In Fashion

Event Details

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Location

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

FIDM, tonight's host location, is an internationally recognized private college dedicated to educating students for the fashion, graphics, interior design and entertainment industries. In 1969, it opened with a staff of three educated a student body of seven. Today, the college offers bachelor's and associates degree programs in 26 majors with 7,000 students and a faculty of over 500. LAID thanks both Stephen Reaves, FIDM's Director of Graphic Design, and the FIDM administration for allowing the use of their facilities.

Parking

Sorry that we can't say parking is free. BUT...parking is underground and secure, and it only costs $5.

Meeting Topic: InDesign In Fashion

This is one in a series of presentations on how InDesign is used in specific industries. This evening Kevin Sheffield will guide you through the typical fashion design workflow with an emphasis on InDesign in the process. The overall goal is to keep the flow of creativity moving and avoid any traffic jams by enabling customers with the right information and guidance. Kevin will discuss the Creative Cloud and go through the new features and best practices of each application, describing how each is relevant to the fashion industry and used with PLM solutions. Kevin will end his presentation by taking a broader perspective and showing how skills in InDesign can lead to opportunities within the fashion industry.

Agenda

7:00 p.m. - Meet and Greet

7:10 p.m. - Presentation (with mid-presentation break)

9:30 p.m. - Raffles

10:00 p.m. - Goodbyes

Meeting Notes

The November 20, 2014 meeting of the Los Angeles InDesign User Group was one in a series of presentations on how InDesign is used in specific industries. Kevin Sheffield, currently Design Technology Manager at Kate Spade & Co., demonstrated the typical fashion design workflow with an emphasis on InDesign in the process. It was held at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, more commonly known as FIDM, the internationally recognized private college dedicated to educating students for the fashion, graphics, interior design and entertainment industries.

At Kate Spade, Kevin is responsible for managing all global technology (both software and hardware) related to apparel, textile, graphics and marketing. With a career spanning 16 years, he began by working as a fashion designer, subsequently holding positions both as a technical and textile designer. Kevin has also worked as a professional lecturer and has hosted classes and events for Adobe MAX, Marist College, 24 Seven Inc. and Gerber Technologies.

Kevin began the evening's presentation with an overview of the Creative Cloud and its new features, then explained now each application is relevant to the fashion industry. He also linked all of this to PLM solutions, which are specific to the fashion industry. Kevin ended his presentation by taking a number of questions from the audience, many of which had to do with his suggestion to use InDesign -- in certain circumstances -- rather than Illustrator, the program that most of those already in fashion were familiar with and use.

LAID was able to hold the meeting at FIDM due to the efforts of Stephen Reaves, FIDM's Director of Graphic Design, and the courtesy of FIDM administration. LAID thanks both for their efforts in making the premises available. FIDM opened its doors in 1969 with a staff of three educated a student body of seven. Today, the college offers bachelor's and associates degree programs in 26 majors with 7,000 students and a faculty of over 500.

LAID also acknowledges the help and assistance of Randy Dunbar and Robin Schneider in making this meeting happen.

Farthest Attendee

The person who travels the farthest to attend the meeting will receive a one-year subscription to InDesign Magazine. This prize has a $69 value. If everyone is kinda sorta in the area, then this prize will go the person who just had or is about to have a birthday. Winner — Irma Salazar

Raffle Prizes and Winners

6-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION: eDocker CREATE! Value $774.00 Winner — Robin Schneider

12-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION: Adobe Creative Cloud. Value $599.88 Winner — Loreli Warmack

3-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION: Fotolia. 50 high resolution photos or vector images per month for three months. (two raffles). Value $349.00 Winners — Yulaw Sry and Chris Wilde

3-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION: Stock Layouts. Full access to the entire Stock Layout template library for three months. Value $299.00 Winner — Dohee Lee

1-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION: FlightCheck Version 7 for Mac from Markzware. Value $199.00 Winner — Victoria Jefferson

SOFTWARE: Font Agent Pro 6 for Mac from Insider Software. Value $99.95 Winner — Chris English

SOFTWARE: Stylism for Illustrator CS5 to CC 2014 from Astute Graphics. Value $50.00 Winner — Ricardo Torres

Adobe for Fashion: Illustrator CS6 by Robin Schneider Winners — Kendall In, Ricardo Torres

SOFTWARE: TypeDNA. Value $49.00 Winner — Ricardo Torres

SOFTWARE: iDML iPad App for iPad from DTP Tools. Value $19.00 Winner — Irma Salazar

SOFTWARE: ColliderScribe for Illustrator CS5 to CC 2014 from Astute Graphics. Value $15.00 Winner — Chris English

TICKETS: LA Web Professionals Meeting. Value $7.99 (three raffles) Winners — Randy Dunbar, Christie Brown, and Chris English

Thank You to our Sponsors

Adobe 
Ajar Productions 
Astute Graphics 
DTP Tools 
eDocker 
Fotolia 
Future Media Concepts 
InDesign Magazine 
LA Web Professionals 
Markzware 
MathMagic 
O’Reilly Press 
Peachpit Press 
Stock Layouts 
TypeDNA