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Winter 2009 Event

by Louise

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Room WE336,
Art and Design Faculty, AUT
St Pauls Street, Auckland CBD

Evening Agenda
6:00 PM – Arrive, drinks and snacks
6:30 PM – Speaker One and Q&A
7:00 PM – Break for refreshments
7:10 PM – Speakers Two and Three and Q&A
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Conversations on June 24th 2009

From need to want and back: Designing for tough times – Raul Sarrot
The rules are changing. Opportunities and risks are being redefined.  What is the best way out?  “Survival of the fittest” or innovation?
This is an opportunity to analyse and debate current challenges and explore how we – designers – plan to work through it.

On the edge of interactive and intelligent design – Ralph Matthews
Bringing a young designer’s perspective, Ralph will speak on what he believes is currently cutting edge in the field of interactive and intelligent design, and will talk about the artists that inspire him, such as Eness and the creators of ‘we feel fine’, Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar. With the advent of new technology, designers are increasingly employing novel ways to engage their audience. Interactive design continues to search for new ways to communicate ideas, encouraging people to explore and learn. Intelligent design or design drawn from nature has proven its power to communicate and worth over millennia. There is currently a move in some quarters of the design world to utilise this significant resource for use in a contemporary context. “10-30 million species have designed or created well-adapted solutions. It’s taking the design principles, the genius of the natural world and learning something from it.” Janine Benyus, The Biomimicry Institute.

Websites without compromise and with client expectations – Scott Bell
Having been through the dot.com crash and out the other side, Scott’s approach to managing projects and client expectations is down to earth without compromising the delivery of a professional, leading edge offering. He will be delivering key tips on dealing with client expectations throughout the website delivery model while still providing a compelling end result.