2011-05-31 14:41:03 // Design Daily Team
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Care for a good smothering of design inspiration in the near future? If creative goodness by way of art, design and creative technologies sounds like a bit of you, be sure to check out upcoming event We Can Create, courtesy of the fine folk at communications agency The Church. Run by creatives, for creatives, the event brings together a mighty impressive list of 12 of the planets top creative thinkers and doers in an art and design showcase.
2011-05-31 09:48:33 // Design Daily Team
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Care for a good smothering of design inspiration in the near future? If creative goodness by way of art, design and creative technologies sounds like a bit of you, be sure to check out upcoming event We Can Create, courtesy of the fine folk at communications agency The Church. Run by creatives, for creatives, the event brings together a mighty impressive list of 12 of the planets top creative thinkers and doers in an art and design showcase.
2010-10-18 14:40:18 // Design Daily Team
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Those of you lucky enough to attend this year’s Semi-Permanent will no doubt remember Storm Thorgerson’s mass-kiwifruit experiment entitled 'F**k Avatar'. As part of the mass-audience participation experiment, audience members seated downstairs at Storm’s presentation were asked to hold cut halves of kiwifruit in front of their eyes, representing what Thorgerson called ‘4D glasses’. So, how did it turn out?
2010-09-02 12:16:37 // Deirdre Robert
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A curious man to interview, Storm Thorgerson unleashes his childhood dream on us (sort of) — to be a romantic lead on a galeon boat. He also talks about those other talents of his — graphic design and filmmaking. And of course, the sexual behaviour of small rodents.
2010-08-24 14:23:08 // Design Daily Team
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Here’s one person you ought to be jealous of, or in the very least, be buttering up to. Art Director Jessica Neale is the lucky winner of our ‘Win an iPad’ competition and can now waltze into work and make her colleagues incredibly jealous. She shares a couple of Semi-Permanent highlights with us.
2010-08-24 09:27:00 // Design Daily Team
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He's the tallest person we interviewed at Semi-Permanent and he also had the best shoes. Nicolas Roope, of Antirom and Poke fame, shares his social media wisdom and tells us why interesting ideas are no longer good enough.
2010-08-21 18:28:58 // Design Daily Team
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After sharing the stage and banter with his son Otis, Dick took a moment to speak with us before he jetted off home. He tells us why he's converted to Facebook and discusses his artful inflection into the Rugby World Cup branding.
2010-08-21 13:59:19 // Design Daily Team
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Pixar animator Andrew Gordon had every member of the audience transfixed under his animation spell and en route to our interview, politely posed for photo's and signed autographs from awe-struck fans. Not that he's letting any of it get to his head. He tells us "once you feel like you've arrived, then you've got a problem". He also lets us in on his love for Weta Digital and Weta Workshop
2010-08-20 17:37:40 // Deirdre Robert
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As unassuming and down to earth in person as she was in her presentation, illustrator and typographer Jessica Hische reveals to Design Daily her master plan for getting 50% off Karen Walker gear and tells us why sociology and psychology are deeply embedded in her illustrations.
2010-08-20 15:47:36 // Design Daily Team
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Semi-Permanent is in full artistic and creative swing, and it couldn't have got off to a better start than with typographer and artist Jessica Hische, who wowed the crowd with her works and words, and also made them laugh more than a few times. We spoke with Semi attendees during a break to find out their highlights so far and who they're most amped about seeing.
2010-08-19 15:53:25 // Design Daily Team
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After months of anticipation, Semi-Permanent 2010 has arrived. If you can't make it to the event, fear not - we've got you covered. Together with Idealog, we've assembled a super team of bloggers and tweeters to keep you updated with all the latest happs from the event, and we'll also be posting video interviews with the speakers. So rest assured, there will be plenty to distract you from your work tomorrow
2010-08-13 12:19:50 // Design Daily Team
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With exactly one week to go until Semi-Permanent 2010 commences, we’re taking a look at The Light Surgeons, a collective of pioneering multimedia artists, founded in 1995 by creative director Christopher Thomas Allen. The collective functions as a media arts production company that seeks to create new cross-disciplinary audiovisual work that breaks new ground through its installation, live performance and digital film productions.
2010-08-10 13:29:56 // Deirdre Robert
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It’s the talk of the creative industries and it’s certainly generated a lot of buzz on Design Daily. So we thought whom better to feature as this week’s Tuesday Chew than Semi-Permanent’s mighty producer, Anna Cameron? Now that you've all had your say on who sits on your Semi-Permanent wish-list, Anna tells us who’s on her list and also let’s us in on a few secrets about the event's future.
2010-08-05 10:29:18 // Design Daily Team
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Buck works with a broad range of clients in the advertising, broadcasting, retail, film and entertainment industries. Comprised of illustrators, animators, filmmakers, artists and designers, Buck direct and produce live-action, stop-motion, 3D character animation, and traditional cell animation as well as design and animate motion graphics. Buck are visual storytellers and conceptual thinkers approaching what they do with a designer’s eye, and a creative process based on the building up of ideas, encouraging maximum input, collaboration and experimentation.
2010-07-28 17:32:14 // Design Daily Team
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This week we profile Katrin Sonnleitner, a product designer’s whose work has been exhibited worldwide. Her work is known for dealing with the relationship between human and object, as well as crossing borders between art and design.
2010-07-22 13:03:38 // Design Daily Team
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In the lead-up to the design smorgasbord on offer at this years Semi-Permanent, we’re giving you the chance to win a pass to the event by simply telling us who, if you could choose just one person, you would most like to see make an appearance at Semi-Permanent.
2010-07-21 09:31:00 // Design Daily Team
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With only one month to go now until Semi-Permanent 2010 kicks off, this week we profile UK graphic designer and filmmaker Storm Thorgerson. Among his many achievements, Thorgerson is known for designing some of the most famous album covers for the likes of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
2010-07-12 10:03:39 // Sam Eichblatt
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Meet German designer Katrin Sonnleitner, soon to visit New Zealand for Semi-Permanent 2010.
2010-07-07 16:42:25
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With just over six weeks to go until this year’s Semi-Permanent event, we’re giving you a taster of what you’re in for by profiling a different speaker each week. This week, it’s the duo of Karen Walker and Mikhail Gherman.
2010-06-22 21:14:21 // Sam Eichblatt
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Pixar senior animator Andrew Gordon is making his way down under for SP10 in August. We caught him in June to ask about the future of Andy, Buzz and Mr Incredible.
2009-08-17 08:55:56 // Deirdre Robert
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Philip Hunt, aka ‘Studio AKA’, chats to us about bringing children’s books to life and the stiff competition he faces from his own daughter.
2009-08-17 08:50:01 // Deirdre Robert
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Pentagram’s Harry Pearce discusses his passion for mixing his creative work with human rights project Witness. Then there’s the conversation he had with Te Radar involving Spike Milligan and gravestones.
2009-08-17 08:45:00 // Deirdre Robert
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No one proposed to him when he was signing books—much to his disappointment. He had the audience and fellow speakers in awe, and it’s got nothing to do with his catchy name and youthful looks! We spoke with a modest James about his incredible body of work and why he’s, er, aging backwards.
2009-08-17 08:40:18 // Deirdre Robert
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He’s a bit of a legend in the design industry and on a surfboard. We talk with David Carson, a man who makes a living from his hobby
2009-08-17 08:35:01 // Deirdre Robert
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We can’t help but love Alexia Sinclair’s stunning work. We discussed childhood loves and her plans for world domination.
2009-08-16 22:29:27 // Deirdre Robert
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Paul Soong from The Church talks about the permanence of Semi-Permanent and why it’s important to nurture upcoming creative Kiwis
2009-08-16 21:48:52 // Deirdre Robert
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He likes to lie down but it’s a good thing he was upright when we spoke to him. Semi-Permanent MC Te Radar shares his unique analogies on creativity.
2009-08-16 20:22:26 // David MacGregor
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Sanky, founder of AllOfUs an innovative interactive design firm in London, explains how a 10-year-old can get inside Einstein's head.
2009-08-16 17:23:44 // David MacGregor
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Legendary designer David Carson engages with spontaneity, wit and insight at Semi-Permanent. Well … wit and insight …
2009-08-15 20:35:28 // Deirdre Robert
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He’s very tall and filled to the brim with creative prowess. Weta Digital’s visual effects supervisor Matt Aitken tells us why Hollywood loves New Zealand
2009-08-15 20:34:56 // Deirdre Robert
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She feels like she’s drunk, but she’s not. We managed to snag some time with adrenalin-filled Semi-Permanent producer Anna Cameron and found out that even karaoke has its place at this event
2009-08-15 20:33:40 // Deirdre Robert
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While the rain was pouring outside, we spoke with some of the fine folk inside and soaked up some artistic spectacle
2009-08-15 08:49:26 // David MacGregor
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A slightly surreal experience with an advertising guy who acts like an artist … or should that be an artist who acts like an advertising guy?
2009-08-15 08:44:49 // David MacGregor
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An audience with Australia's next representative at the Venice Bienalle who dodges and burns the line between fine art and pop culture.
2009-07-02 08:48:31 // Matt Cooney
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Alexia Sinclair’s digital art is part fashion, part montage, part tribute and totally original. Whether her subject is an artistic depiction of Cleopatra or a commission for Canon, the Sydney-based artist combines her unique artistic eye with virtuoso digital skills. And in mid-August she’ll be in Auckland for Semi-Permanent ’09.
