Semi-Permanent gets underway at Darling Harbour, Sydney, next Friday, 19 March, and features two days of art, design, creativity, and a line up of speakers that includes triple j presenter and writer Craig Schuftan, US photographer Jill Greenberg, and Melbourne graphic design duo Tin&Ed.
Semi-Permanent goes on the road, visits Sydney next week
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 12 March, 2010 to the events subset
Webstock bags are swag unto themselves
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 22 February, 2010 to the design and art subset
I’ve been looking through some of the photos* from last week’s Webstock conference in Wellington, and of all things a picture of this year’s Webstock computer carry bag, above, caught my eye (photo by Cle0patra).
This has to be the best one yet, I already have the 2008 and 2009 bags, so here’s hoping [...]
SXSW: a word about conference panels and audience discussion
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 19 March, 2009 to the comment subset
Tina Roth Eisenberg, aka Swissmiss, thinks it is time the format of the conference panel – which usually feature a number of speakers in discussion on a stage – was given an overhaul.
Put the panelists in the center of the room, hand them a microphone and have them stand and walk around. The dynamic of [...]
Webstock 2009 photos
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 23 February, 2009 to the events subset
I’ve just spent an hour or so going through some of the many photo collections from last week’s Webstock conference in Wellington. Even though I’m not really much of a web person anymore I will get along to one of the conferences one day… they simply look too good to miss.
Anyway to get a feel [...]
The Semi-Permanent design conference podcasts
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 19 February, 2009 to the design and art subset
The Semi-Permanent crew have produced a series of podcasts (requires iTunes) which feature behind the scenes insights from the global design conference series.
Unconferences are the future of conferences
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 19 February, 2009 to the trends subset
Ross Dawson: conferences as we know them are dead, long live unconferences.
Offering many opportunities for people to keep up to date on new trends and ideas, plus benefit from being able to connect with their peers. I believe and hope that traditional conference formats will struggle in coming years. Traditional event formats are dry and [...]
Some tips for speaking and presenting at conferences
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 19 February, 2009 to the comment subset
“The art of speaking is roughly 51% entertainment, 49% meaty content.” Tips for speaking at conferences by Cameron Moll.
It’s Webstock week in Wellington, New Zealand
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 16 February, 2009 to the events subset
Webstock 2009 kicks off in Wellington today.
And if you haven’t seen it already, check the Webstock 2009 Official Trailer, set to the Mi-Sex tune “Computer Games”.
TypeSHED11, typography in Wellington
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 27 January, 2009 to the events subset
TypeSHED11 kicks off in Wellington, New Zealand, on 11 February and runs until the 15th:
TypeSHED11 is set to explore the notions and voices of typography – no matter how small or vocal, how grand or local – across the disciplines, of graphic design and advertising, photography, film, literature, architecture, music, the visual arts – and [...]
Ignite your conference presentations!
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 8 January, 2009 to the events subset
The inaugural Ignite Sydney event happens on Thursday 22nd of January, at the Shelbourne Hotel.
It’s a presentation style pioneered in the US by some guys who wanted to spice up their presentations – and it quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. The idea is simple – make the presenters stick to a rigid format of 20 [...]
