Monthly Meetings

The DSVC hosts a meeting every month from September to May featuring a nationally recognized speaker from the visual design world. Meetings are held at the Angelika Film Center in Mockingbird Station on the first Wednesday of the month. There is a reception in the upstairs lobby beginning at 6pm, followed by our presentation at 7pm.

  • WINNING AND LOSING, The Big Game of Pitching Work

    Feb 1- Creative director Limbert Fabian joins us to share a look at Radium/Reel FX pitches for projects won and lost. Sharing thoughts on client expectations and the high stakes of high…

  • DSVC Welcomes the Pride of Alpine Texas, DJ Stout

    DEC 7 ­ For our December meeting, DSVC is pleased to welcome DJ Stout, former Texas Monthly creative director and current partner at Pentagram in Austin. DJ will talk about how great it is to be a Texa…

  • The Art (and war) of Marketing Movies

    Nov. 2nd DSVC welcomes John Sabel, EVP of Print Marketing for Walt Disney Studios.  In the end, it is the box office total that counts - no matter what the journey it took to get there You might think that…

  • DSVC Welcomes Interactive Studio, Super Top Secret

    Falling somewhere between war lords and Lords of Dance, the duo of Ryan Martindale and Ryan Potter have formed one of the hottest interactive firms in the country. Hailing from Salt Lake City, Super…

  • September Meeting: Gareth Smith and Jenny Lee

    DSVC is proud to present Gareth Smith & Jenny Lee of Smith & Lee Design for our first meeting of the year. This dynamic duo specialize in title design and created the sequences for films including Tha…

  • DSVC is Pleased to Present Illustrator Mick Wiggins

    MAY 4, 2011 – Mick Wiggins began his journey as a free-lance illustrator in 1984 and is an early pioneer of the digital art world. Specializing in award-winning editorial and book cover art, his client …

  • DSVC presents Typographer Joshua Darden

    April 6, 2011 - The Darden Studio produces and publishes the typeface designs of Joshua Darden and his collaborators. Housed in a former telephone switching station in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, the…

  • DSVC presents photographer Francois Robert

    MARCH 2, 2011 – Photographer Francois Robert , born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, is renowned for his commercial work. His fine-art photography is equally provocative and covers a wide ra…

  • DSVC presents Richard Boynton and Scott Thares of Wink / Minneapolis

    Wednesday, March 23 URGENT NEWS: Due to the extreme weather cancelation, this meeting has now been rescheduled for 3/23/11. Founded by partners Richard Boynton and Scott Thares in Ja…

  • DSVC Welcomes Eddie Opara, New Partner, Pentagram NY

    DEC 1 - DSVC is pleased to introduce the prolific new partner at Pentagram New York, Eddie Opara. Eddie was born to Nigerian parents in Wandsworth, London in 1972. He studied graphic design at the London Co…

  • DSVC Welcomes Designer and Illustrator Matt Stevens

    NOV 3 - DSVC is pleased to welcome creative director, poster designer, illustrator, fake national brand designer, and semi-pro Layer Tennis player, Matt Stevens. At his day job, He is the creative director …

  • DSVC Presents Armin Vit, of Under Consideration

    Oct 6 - Born and raised in Mexico City, Armin is a graphic designer and writer now living in Austin, Texas. He is co-founder of UnderConsideration, a graphic design firm and publishing enterprise all rolled i…