James White
signalnoise.com
"Never fear"
"Never fear"
"You don't need clients in order to make things"
This designer gave a great presentation focusing on his personal projects, it was great to hear how some of them became payed projects, even though they started just because it was fun for him to make them. He also managed to raise thousands of dollars for Japanese disaster relief with a simple but beautiful poster design, inspiring stuff!
Multitouch Barcelona
multitouch-barcelona.com
This local studio creates interactive projects that deal with social behavior. They focus on "what happens outside the screen" and on how their projects can create a situation for social interaction. At OFFF Lisbon 2009 they created a huge space invaders game that could be played by dozens of people at the same time. Other projects include small installations where the public can create stop-motions, enticing the imagination of regular people and giving them the means to make something "creative". In these projects the public goes through a learning process by watching each others work and so the creations become more and more elaborate. One of these, "flyme", a flying stopmotion creator by the use of a tranpoline was at this year's OFFF.
This local studio creates interactive projects that deal with social behavior. They focus on "what happens outside the screen" and on how their projects can create a situation for social interaction. At OFFF Lisbon 2009 they created a huge space invaders game that could be played by dozens of people at the same time. Other projects include small installations where the public can create stop-motions, enticing the imagination of regular people and giving them the means to make something "creative". In these projects the public goes through a learning process by watching each others work and so the creations become more and more elaborate. One of these, "flyme", a flying stopmotion creator by the use of a tranpoline was at this year's OFFF.
Even their business cards were interactive!
Han Hoogerbrugge
hoogerbrugge.com
Although I didn't watch his presentation, I was lucky to catch some of his animations on the screen outside. Definitely got to do some more research on his work. I couldn't stop thinking this guy is a genius!
Although I didn't watch his presentation, I was lucky to catch some of his animations on the screen outside. Definitely got to do some more research on his work. I couldn't stop thinking this guy is a genius!
Jennifer Cirpici
breakingcanvas.com
Her talk gave some though on the necessity/unnecessity for an education in design. She showed us that sometimes all you need is to work hard and get your work out there, something that is quite easy nowadays with the internet and platforms like behance, cargo, twitter, facebook, etc. Her tips on applying for an agency:
Her talk gave some though on the necessity/unnecessity for an education in design. She showed us that sometimes all you need is to work hard and get your work out there, something that is quite easy nowadays with the internet and platforms like behance, cargo, twitter, facebook, etc. Her tips on applying for an agency:
- have a resume + portfolio ready (printing a small booklet also helps)
- don't wait for them to call you, calling them will show interest
- know how much you want to earn
She also presented the project Designers' against child slavery - dacsunited.com
Johnny Kelly
nexusproductions.com
J. Kelly presented some of his stunning animations. I didn't know his name but had previously come across his work online. He uses mixed media combining stopmotion and CGI, in some of his works. His graduation film "Procrastination" is a must-see, also the add he made for Bacardi is both funny and inspiring.
J. Kelly presented some of his stunning animations. I didn't know his name but had previously come across his work online. He uses mixed media combining stopmotion and CGI, in some of his works. His graduation film "Procrastination" is a must-see, also the add he made for Bacardi is both funny and inspiring.
