Comments on: Winter 2008 Event

By: elliot

elliot — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:37:00 +0000

Hi everyone
Thanks Louise and Shaun for organising such a great event. Left pretty wired that night.
Just want to share this web tool. Might be useful to use on client sites or on personal blogs.
http://www.scribd.com
And since you are all graphic design guru’s you will like this visual way to surf the web.
http://www.piclens.com
Elliot

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:52:30 +0000

Great suggestions thanks. For more on Cognitive psyc check out “Cognition” by Margaret W. Matlin. I have had a few good chats with designers since and I think it is important it is used as a tool for analysis rather than designing per se. Oh and the drinks were awesome :-)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:29:05 +0000

Great intiative! Thank you to the organisers and speakers.

I would love to see it take an even more intellectual track. I’ve always been frustrated with the lack of theory in New Zealand graphic design compared with other disciplines like architecture, where students and practitioners are quite comfortable with theory and is seen as a necessary part of their practise.

Could the speakers post their readings/references?

Only one practical suggestion – perhaps a longer break between speakers to allow time for questions.

By: casey

casey — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:21:28 +0000

The liquid sponsors were delicious.

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:54:40 +0000

Louise,

Design Assembly is a great idea, really enjoyed last night’s talks. All 3 speakers were excellent, inspiring and enlightening. One suggestion though, perhaps limit to just 1 or 2 speakers for future events, as it did get a bit long, and late, specially for those who came in straight from work. Thank you for organising this, great work, looking forward to the next event! :)

By: kate

kate — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:05:59 +0000

Hi to everyone that attended the innaugural event. What a success. Such an awesome turnout. What I liked was that all three talks were relatively intellectual, perhaps an outsider would have been surprised.

As promised, below are some of the websites I mentioned in my speech. I’ll also be uploading the full presentation to http://www.slideshare.com (just as soon as I change the fonts to arial!). I’ll let you know when it’s available.

http://www.ted.com
http://www.commandshift3.com
http://www.stumbleupon.com
http://www.bootb.com
http://www.springwise.com
http://www.trendwatching.com
http://www.ponoko.com
http://www.creativecommons.com

and i didn’t mention this one but its a bit of fun too: http://ourbrew.co.nz/

cheers
Kate

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:54:56 +0000

Thanks everyone, I had a great time last night. Kate could you please put up some of your links from your talk? I am looking fwd to next time.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:20:08 +0000

Hi Everyone,

Design Assembly launches Wednesday night and we are full to capacity!

Remember to bring along your business cards to enter into the draw to win one of the many great spot prizes – to be drawn at the end of the night.

I’ve uploaded a PDF handout that goes with Welby’s talk – you’ll find the link to this at the end of the blurb on his talk – on this page.

See you Wednesday night!

Louise

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:09:09 +0000

This sounds great. Can hardly wait for the date….

By: Elliot

Elliot — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:29:26 +0000

Hi guys

Nice work on the site and everything else.

Elliot