Sydney Creativity and Design Festival 2018

Sydney 2018 Semi Permanent Creativity and Design Festival
Sydney 2018 Semi Permanent Creativity and Design Festival
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24 — 31 May 2018
Carriageworks

A creativity and design festival of talks, exhibitions, installations, innovation labs, workshops and parties using creative tension as inspiration.

Highlights

  • National Geographic Syd 2018
  • Future State Syd 2018
  • Tinker Hatfield Abstract
  • Future of work 2018
  • Creating AKQA 2018
  • An interview with Paula Scher-1

Speakers & Artists

Allie Fisher
Allie Fisher1
Dan Evans
DanE-2
Lana Kim
LanaK-2

Schedule (Local Times)

  • 11:00 AM

    National Geographic Syd 2018

    Panel

    How to redesign National Geographic

    With Patrick Godfrey and Scott Dadich of Godfrey Dadich and Emmet Smith, Creative Director of National Geographic

  • 2:00 PM

    Future State Syd 2018

    Panel ∙ 10 hours

    Future State

    Sport, Music and Food - Designing for high-performance athletes and the modern-day fan, creating and producing music in the 21st Century & crafting new experiences with food.

  • 3:30 PM

    No Sleep Till Sydney 2018

    Panel

    No Sleep Till Sydney - A round-the-clock collaboration

    Go behind the scenes to see the process of creating the Semi Permanent opening titles with NYC-based, Hong Kong-born, Australian motion designer Joyce N Ho and her cast of collaborators.

  • 12:00 PM

    Tinker Hatfield Abstract

    Panel

    Creating the Netflix series, Abstract with Tinker Hatfield

    Patrick Godfrey & Scott Dadich invite legendary NIKE Air Jordan designer, Tinker Hatfield (via live stream) to talk about creating the Netflix series Abstract, The Art of Design.

  • 1:00 PM

    Future of work 2018

    Panel

    Designing the Future of Work

    We believe, we all have the ability to shape what work will look like in the future and at Semi Permanent 2018 we’re going to explore how. Presented by Western Sydney University.

  • All day

    Launch Pad Exhibition WSU

    Experience

    Launch Pad Exhibition

    Western Sydney University’s Startup Incubator ‘Launch Pad’ will be showcasing cutting-edge technology developed by their resident Startup companies, including the latest in 3D printing technology and AI-powered robots.

  • All day

    The Studio by Dropbox

    Experience

    The Studio

    A space built by creatives, for creatives. In collaboration with Dropbox.

  • 2:00 PM

    An interview with Paula Scher-1
    Premium

    Experience

    Paula Scher: How I Really Do Things

    Pentagram principal Paula Scher will give a masterclass on the ins and outs of the design industry.

  • 2:00 PM

    Susan Hoffman Wieden Kennedy 2018

    Talk

    Bravery is Stupidity

    With Susan Hoffman - Co-Chief Creative Officer, Wieden+Kennedy

  • All day

    Somesthetic Transfer

    Experience

    Somesthetic Transfer

    The first series of somesthetic transfers that use machine learning to take both the style and texture of an artwork and apply it to another image to be printed in 3D. AKQA in partnership wit Google.

  • All day

    Virtual Art

    Experience

    Virtual Art

    VerbSyndicate and Ironlak are teaming up to bring some of Australia's foremost street artists to Semi Permanent. Presented in collaboration with VerSyndicate and Ironlak.

  • All day

    MindGamers Experience

    Experience

    The MindGamers Experience

    In a world-first, the Semi Permanent audience will be able to experience the musical supergroup Mind Gamers (Sebastian Tellier, Daniel Stricker, John Kirby) new song Come To America. Presented in collaboration with Oculus Go by Facebook.

  • 5:00 PM

    Launch Party Sydney 2018

    Experience

    Launch Party

    Enjoy some drinks and good tunes with a line-up of DJs curated by Semi Permanent - bring your friends.

  • 10:00 AM

    Creating AKQA 2018

    Talk

    Creating AKQA with Founder and CEO Ajaz Ahmed

    A few lessons and stories from running the creative innovation agency AKQA with 2,100 people across 23 studios in 15 countries

  • 1:00 PM

    World-leading design and vfx pioneers 2018

    Talk

    World-leading design and VFX pioneers

    For over 20 years The Mill has been producing iconic work across Film, VFX, Gaming and more. In 2018 we welcome The Mill's Elizabeth Newman and Lisha Tan to the SP Stage to hear about the duo's learnings, triumphs and regrets.

  • 3:00 PM

    Personal Presence with NIDA

    Experience

    Personal Presence with NIDA

    Tap into your personal presence; get back in touch with the basics of communication exploring practical tools and techniques.

  • 4:30 PM

    Google's Empathy Lab 2018

    Talk

    Google's Empathy Lab

    Hear from Danielle Krettek, the founder and creator of Google's Empathy Lab, and how she is designing more emotionally-attuned and human-kind experiences.

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