In HOW's Self-Promotion Design Annual: the city guide to Denver for the AIGA Design Conference

A year ago the AIGA National Design Conference came to town and 6,000 attendees each received a guide to Denver created by a team of locals, including myself. It was a big project that was a lot of fun, a ton of work and now it's featured in HOW Magazine's Self Promotion Design Annual (Oct. 2008).

The guide's cover features a Colorado-themed illustration by Jason Thielke that was cut into eight pieces so that attendees could compare their books.

To develop the content, dozens of Colorado designers suggested hundreds of their favorite places in town. Their submissions were placed on a giant map and a team of creatives divided Denver into its ten best intersections, each serving as the heart of a neighborhood covered in the book. The intro to each neighborhood section was designed by a local firm or freelancer. Here's who was involved:

Creative Direction:

• Dawn Putney - Toolbox Creative

Design:

• Tom Campbell, Wendy Brookshire, Matt Kistler - Toolbox Creative
• Charles Carpenter and Jorge Lamora - EBD

Copywriting:

• Andy Bosselman

• Theresa Brown - Holland & Hart in-house

Project Management:

• Stephanie Friday - Design And Image

Cover Illustration:

• Jason Thielke

Design of Intersection Intro Pages:

• Design And Image
• EBD
• Enzed
• Superheros
• Factory Design Labs
• Harvesting Ideas
• MATTER
• Metro State AIGA Chapter
• Robert W. Taylor Design
• Toolbox Creative

Printer:

• Spectrographics

Client:

• AIGA (national) through AIGA Colorado

Photos of the book:

• David Mejias