Comments for idesign 08 http://idesign-london.com it's all about meaningful interaction Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:08:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Portfolio Clinic by twopointouch » Line-Up for Portfolio Clinic http://idesign-london.com/portfolio-clinic/#comment-91 twopointouch » Line-Up for Portfolio Clinic Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:08:48 +0000 http://idesign-london.com/?page_id=101#comment-91 [...] Should be an excellent session. It’s part of the conference package (book now), but you can get into this bit for free. More details here. [...] [...] Should be an excellent session. It’s part of the conference package (book now), but you can get into this bit for free. More details here. [...]

]]> Comment on i-design – Working the walk by Haig Armen http://idesign-london.com/2007/09/21/idesign-working-the-walk/#comment-2 Haig Armen Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:05:26 +0000 http://idesign-london.com/2007/09/21/idesign-working-the-walk/#comment-2 I'm an interactive designer from Vancouver, Canada that attended the iDesign conference and found it refreshing and optimistic. Generally, the lectures and discussions were interesting and of a high callibre. I'll be posting a more extensive review of the affair on my company blog (http://blog.industrialbrand.com) on my return to Canada. My experience in interaction design span over 15 years with some award winning work with Travel Cuts and CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.), and I found the days events to be well organized and informative. Conferences tend to cater to either the technical aspects of Interactive Design or the minutia of photoshop techniques. iDesign had high level lectures with interesting conversations about the illusive and often-hyped buzzword, Convergence. One lecture seemed to stand out though. Dr. Nick Baylis' impromptu talk about 'Computers are bad for us' was not only obvious but left us without any possible suggestions or tips on improving our relationships with computers. Luckily, he was followed by Bill Thompson who promptly skewered Dr. Baylis before launching into his lecture about how technology is changing our lives. I was wondering if any of the speakers would be kind enough to upload their lectures for further reference. I would greatly appreciate it. cheers Haig Armen Interactive Director Industrial Brand Creative Vancouver, BC. I’m an interactive designer from Vancouver, Canada that attended the iDesign conference and found it refreshing and optimistic.

Generally, the lectures and discussions were interesting and of a high callibre. I’ll be posting a more extensive review of the affair on my company blog (http://blog.industrialbrand.com) on my return to Canada.

My experience in interaction design span over 15 years with some award winning work with Travel Cuts and CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.), and I found the days events to be well organized and informative. Conferences tend to cater to either the technical aspects of Interactive Design or the minutia of photoshop techniques. iDesign had high level lectures with interesting conversations about the illusive and often-hyped buzzword, Convergence.

One lecture seemed to stand out though. Dr. Nick Baylis’ impromptu talk about ‘Computers are bad for us’ was not only obvious but left us without any possible suggestions or tips on improving our relationships with computers. Luckily, he was followed by Bill Thompson who promptly skewered Dr. Baylis before launching into his lecture about how technology is changing our lives.

I was wondering if any of the speakers would be kind enough to upload their lectures for further reference. I would greatly appreciate it.

cheers
Haig Armen
Interactive Director
Industrial Brand Creative
Vancouver, BC.

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