[IxDA Discuss] NYC IxDA Event: Kip Voytek, January 18th

[Nasir Barday]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks to everyone who came out to the NYC UX Holiday Party last month! We
hope the rest of your holiday season was great.

The NYC IxDA has a great program coming up for 2007, and we're starting with
an event this month in Midtown. Kip Voytek, Vice President of Interaction
Design at R/GA, will speak about how interaction design adds a new dimension
of creativity to brand narratives, enriching them, and making them more
engaging.

Get your RSVPs in soon-- there's no charge to attend, but our events fill up
quickly!


__--Interaction Design and Branding--__
Presented by Kip Voytek, Vice President of Interaction Design, R/GA
January 18th, 6:30pm
Location: Near Midtown at Seventh Ave, full details provided on RSVP (e-mail
nyc-rsvp at ixda.org)

About Kip Voytek:
Voytek first joined R/GA in 1999, where he was an Executive Producer on Nike
and excelled on pioneer ID projects that included the original global
standards for ibm.com and breakthrough e-commerce applications for
BedBathandBeyond.com, as well as the historic ellisislandrecords.org. Over
his  career, he has won dozens of awards from some of the most prestigious
competitions, including the One Show Interactive and Cyberlions. Voytek
began his career as a game designer and writer at Engineering Animation,
Inc. (EAI) and Byron Preiss Multimedia, developing games, characters and
scripts for licensed and original properties.Prior to his new media career
in 1995, Voytek was a Congressional staffer and speechwriter, economic
policy researcher and political strategy consultant. He received a BA in
History from Haverford College.

About R/GA:
R/GA (www.rga.com) serves as the lead digital partner for Fortune 500
companies and world-class brands such as Avaya, Lowe's, Purina, Subaru,
Target and Verizon. R/GA focuses on creating optimized, user-centric
experiences that sell products, engage customers and build brands across
channels, from online to offline and from the Web to wireless devices.

Founded in 1977, R/GA is the world's most award-winning interactive agency
and has received the top creative awards for film, broadcast and
interactive. R/GA is part of The Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG), one of the
world's largest advertising and marketing services organizations.


As always, if you are interested in getting involved with the NYC IxDA,
please e-mail us at nyc at ixda.org, or visit our web site at
http://www.ixda.org.


Thanks,
Nasir Barday
NYC Interaction Design Association