DESIGNERDS

ENTRY AT 8.00 h – BEGINNING AT 9:00 h

Human Interface Design, Illustration

The End of Design

9:00

Language topic: German

These are Golden Ages for designers. Design becomes more important every day, its contribution to economical success is universally acknowledged. The most prosperous enterprises in the world are driven by design. Looking soberly at the most recent developments it becomes clear that an entirely different interpretation is more plausible: It’s the end of design as we know it. Most designers of today might be obsolete tomorrow. read more ...

Jay Rutherford

Visual communication, Typography

On becoming a nerd

10:00

Language topic: German, English

Where do nerds come from? What is it about their upbringing, or perhaps genetic makeup, that makes them nerds? Is nerdness a good thing or a bad thing? How do we avoid turning our children into nerds? Or how can we ensure that they become nerds? In this talk I would like to reveal the development of a particular nerd over several decades, how he became a nerd, what happened as he grew up, and what he’s doing now. read more ...

COFFEE BREAK

Salon Alpin

Visual Art, Illustration, Animation

Happy inside the Box

11:30

Language topic: German

Looking behind the scenes of some of his most successful projects Lip Comarella will describe his experiences dealing with the limits of everday work. Real and self-inflicted artistic limitations should be considered less as an obstacle and more as a driving force of creativity. read more ...

LUNCHTIME

Resistenza

Typography, Calligraphy, Fontdesign, Lettering, Branding

We never read, we just look at letters

14:00

Language topic: English

In this fast-paced era of technology, devices, categories, information overload and the ultimate chaos online, the best way to be connected is to turn everything off for awhile. Nibs, pens and brushes are some of the tools Resistenza uses to get offline and go back to the times when ink, paper and human skills were the best way to communicate. read more ...

Dieter Telfser

ID-Design, Writing

DYE – Dynamic Entities, Systems, Networks

15:00

Language topic: German

A critical look into the systems and performances of industry in a cross-comparison. Identity as the key in its techniques of power – the consumers in their isolated autonomy. How vital are design processes and their products really to give new and mind opening impulses to the people? Between the beginnings of marking up to this self-differentiated entertainment, lie 40 years of instruments. read more ...

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Marian Bantjes

Typography, Illustration, Graphic Design

What is there to say?

16:30

Language topic: English

Typography and custom lettering has reached a zenith in design and Illustration. Never before have there been so many expert and experimental letterers churning out alphabets, fonts and illustrated words. Unfortunately however, despite this, it seems that many, if not most of these people have nothing to say. read more ...

PODIUM DISCUSSION