Salt Lake Design Week’s Opening Night Celebration (SLC: Nov 14)

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Contact: Eugenie Hero Jaffe 801.599.2040


Salt Lake Design Week’s Opening Night Celebration Throws Down a Design Gauntlet with
Pixels of Fury—A Shutterstock Live Design Tournament
Monday, November 14, 7 pm
At The Leonardo

Salt Lake City, UT: The inaugural Salt Lake Design Week kicks off a week of design events, lectures, workshops and seminars with a boisterous Opening Night celebration, Pixels of Fury: a Shutterstock Live Design Tournament on Monday, November 14 at 7 pm at The Leonardo, 200 East 500 South.

Pixels of Fury is a live-time design competition where designers duke it out in front of an audience. Dozens of designers will race to complete design challenges while the crowd cheers them on. The competition is fast and furious along with live music, drinks, and Shutterstock imagery and prizes!
Salt Lake Design Week runs November 14–18 with more than 25 events from open studio tours and hands-on labs to lectures and design competitions.

Salt Lake Design Week will offer Lab @ the Leo, daily hands-on design workshops at The Leonardo; a film series at the Salt Lake City Main Library; a lecture series at the Salt Lake Art Center; nightly open studio tours; a Design Week lounge at The Leonardo Café and more.

Software giant, Adobe has signed on as a presenting sponsor and will offer two in-depth workshops to sharpen users skills on classic and new Adobe applications.

Pixels of Fury: A Shutterstock Live Design Tournament is Monday, November 14 at 7 pm at The Leonardo, 200 East 500 South. Tickets are $5 for AIGA Members and $10 for General Public.

Salt Lake Design Week runs November 14–18 in venues throughout downtown Salt Lake City. For a complete event schedule, registration information, and how to get involved visit www.sldesignweek.org <http://www.sldesignweek.org/> .

Register now at www.sldesignweek.org <http://www.sldesignweek.org/>


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Find Salt Lake Design Week on Facebook and follow @SLDesignWeek on Twitter. All Salt Lake Design week participants will receive half price admission to The Leonardo.
Salt Lake Design Week is a community event hosted by AIGA Salt Lake City, in partnership with AIA Utah, IDSA Rocky Mountain Chapter, SEGD and other Salt Lake City design groups, museums, businesses and schools.
Salt Lake Design Week Presenting Sponsor: Adobe; Supporting Sponsor: Shutterstock Images; Presenting Media Sponsor: Bombshell Music & Media