On April 22nd AIGA, Portland’s Professional Association for Design, will host its annual Green Design Expo to be held at the Leftbank Annex.  As part of their sustainability initiative, this year’s expo will be focusing on green design and featuring speakers and vendors from the green design industry.

Along with local product and service vendors, there will be a number of speakers.   The featured keynote speakers are Marty McDonald, the founder and Creative Director of egg - a Seattle-based firm specializing in brand development and communications for sustainable brands - and Hilary Bromberg, egg’s Strategic Director.

Kristin Rogers Brown, Vice-President of AIGA Portland, will be discussing AIGA’s living design principles and Will Villota, Brand Manager at Bonneville Environmental Foundation will be talking about market research into consumer sustainable lifestyle choices.

If you are need of inspiration and want to learn more about sustainable design and how to implement it into your everyday practice, this is the expo for you.

For more information and to RSVP to the event click here

Wednesday was an amazing night of wine, soup, beer, and dance with Leftbank Cafe’s first Happy Hour + the opening night of Whitebird’s Uncaged Series at the Annex!

According to one of the dancers, the show is about “strife.”  The Willamette Week had a few more words that that…

For me, is was a strikingly raw, emotional performance. A beautiful way to christen the Annex.

The show is running through Sunday (the only day with tickets still available). The Cafe will stay open for the run, so stop by beforehand if you are lucky enough to get tickets!