In the News

With the very successful 2008 Design Summit behind us, we thought it would be nice to reflect on some of the publicity and press the event generated:

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Post-Summit Photos and Presentations

Be sure to check out the exciting post-summit photos and speaker presentations at
http://media.sarasotadesignsummit.com/

Gaming Technology Guru to Address International Design Summit

Sarasota, Fla. – (Oct. 14, 2008) – Phillip Holt, GM of EA - Tiburon in Orlando, was announced today as the closing keynote speaker of Ringling College of Art and Design’s Sarasota International Design Summit, Oct. 27-29. Holt will speak at lunch on Wednesday, October 29 and will provide a broad overview of the changing face of the games industry and how the biggest developer in the U.S. adapts to changing trends in its core business.

“EA looks at every nature of online communication and where people are spending their time,” Holt said. “Increasingly, social networks like Facebook are becoming important for EA to understand to deal with gamers and leverage the information. It’s a huge industry with more than $10 billion in annual revenue in North America and $30 billion in annual revenue globally.”

EA Tiburon is the second largest studio among Electronic Arts' World Wide Studio facilities. For over a decade EA Tiburon has served as the primary developer of Madden NFL, one of the highest-revenue franchises in gaming history. In addition to Madden, it essentially serves as the guardian of all EA football franchises, as well of other sports series such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour and NASCAR.

“Madden is a game experience that's true to football and authentic to everything that Madden stands for, but it’s open to a casual or a passive fan of football. They want to buy it because of what we deliver,” Holt said. Prior to his position at EA Tiburon, Holt was vice president of product development at THQ. Holt was in charge of that publisher's growing lineup of studio operations.

Interview with Franco Lodato, Steve Hamm, and Walter Bender

Listen as Michelle Bauer and Brent Britton talk to Franco Lodato, Steve Hamm, and Walter Bender, speakers at the 2008 Sarasota International Design Summit, about their exciting topics for the upcoming event.

Scroll down the page until you find Oct. 4th, then have a listen!http://www.tampabayceo.com/ceolounge.html

Interview with Tom Crawford, Dave Gray, and Tom Wujec

Listen as Tom Crawford, Dave Gray, and Tom Wujec are interviewed on CEO Lounge by Michelle Bauer and Jody Haneke about the upcoming 2008 Sarasota Design Summit.

Scroll down the page until you find Sept. 20, then have a listen!http://www.tampabayceo.com/ceolounge.html

Summit Shout Out on What an Experience!

Thank you Dave for the terrific write up of the upcoming Summit on your blog.

Every year, the conference picks a unique theme that all of the sessions touch on in some way or another. For folks working with creative technology... this is the year to shine.

We are all looking forward to your keynote! See you there.

An Oh-so-cool Fractal Table

As blogged on MoCo Loco,

The Fractal Table is a table developed by Platform Wertel Oberfell and Matthias Bär for Materialise.MGX. It's based on fractal growth patterns - their studies on these patterns show treelike stems growing into smaller branches and getting increasingly dense at the top. Translating this fractal growth into furniture can only be done by way of rapid prototyping.

h/t Timo Arnall

Sustainability Succeeds - Speaker Series with Hussain Ali-Khan

Hussain Ali-Kahn and team deliver a presentation on their project...THE NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING: Delivering Transparency...Living with Light.

The 2006 lecture series organized by Skyscrapper Museum in NYC created

"Eight evenings of presentations and panel discussions brought together 30 leading professionals in the green building movement, including developers, architects, engineers, environmental consultants, and government officials. Highlighting the creative collaboration among clients and designers, each program explored a major tower project or architectural practice, public policy issues and questions for the future."

The Greenteams responsible for the development of sustainable and green building strategies for skyscrappers were invited to discuss 'How sustainable works for business'.

Definitely thought provoking.

Video of the Week

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us

Timo Arnall's Eclectic Blog

Beyond interactive products and ubiquitous computing, Timo Arnall generously shares resources, materials from leading thinkers in academics and the field. His blog ...delicious bookmarks..

An interesting chart on the nature of emotions from a recent post -

Matt Jones of Dopplr speaking at Mx 2008

A preview of Matt Jones' thinking on 'service-oriented' experience from his recent presentation at Mx 2008...well worth the watch.

MX2008 Matt Jones from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

Tom Wujec - AutoDesk Multitouch Wall

Tom Wujec, TEDster and 2007 Summit speaker + graphic visualizer, demos the amazing Auto Desk Multitouch wall. As followers say...sweet!



A recap of Tom's visuals of 2007 Summit sessions - really conveys the experience.

Putting the Relations back in Public Relations by Ed Schipul

If you are reading this..here...you are part of his 'case study'!

A visually compelling presentation by Ed Schipul...a bit of a preview of Ed's topic at the Summit...

Strategic PR with Social Media

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: barcamp media)

Chris Bernard's Design Thinking Blog

Chris Bernard of Microsoft, SIDS speaker, has an insightful blog....definitely worth adding to your Netvibes. His recent post on the the Bejing Olympics broadcast "Why Television Will Never Be the Same" translates tech + theory into reality.

The Summit folks are delighted he will participate in the October event.

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Google, Adobe, & Microsoft UI Visionaries to Speak at Summit

Top user-experience technology designers from Google, Adobe, Microsoft and others will discuss our new hyper-connected world and how the proliferation of online video and new visual, social, and mobile media is shifting power to consumers.

Summit organizers have confirmed the addition of Charles Warren of Google, Chris Bernard of Microsoft and Ryan Stewart of Adobe to an outstanding lineup of speakers. Full list of speakers and bios is available on the Sarasota Design Summit 2008 site.

Those interested in attending can coordinate plans in the Summit's Upcoming listing

Google's Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web

See how Google's new OS, Android, will bring full-blown Internet viewing to cell phones.

2008 IDEA Design Award Winners

Check out these great designs!

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/07/0717_idea_winners/index.htm

Video of the Week

Autodesk Design Innovation

Collaboration Cue Cards

Dan Rose on his Collaboration Cue Card Project

Every time I present at a conference or facilitate a session, I'm going to give each person an unruled cue card and have them take 60 seconds to draw how they would describe the concept of "collaboration" without using any words. Pictures, shapes, colour, tone only. My desire is to do this with enough people from around the world to see if any interesting visual themes emerge. I'm hoping that others will do the same and contribute to this Flickr group: http://flickr.com/groups/726056@N20

Video of the Week

Bruce Damer on the Discovery Channel. Part Four of The Human Body, Pushing the Limits Series: Brain Power

Did You Know ?

Shift Happens designed by XPlane

Pixels at an Exhibition

The curator and Internet-art booster Rachel Greene has come up with a suggestion: artists could use YouTube like a supply store. To make the point, she recently asked a set of art-world figures — Sue de Beer, Matthew Higgs, Matthew Ronay and Wayne Koestenbaum — to present and project their favorite YouTube videos in Manhattan on May 13 at the Kitchen gallery. According to catalog copy for the show, “Artists Using YouTube,” some of the videos on exhibit provide “indirect fodder” for the artists’ own work.
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Virtuos Circles

A graphic representation of Ning's "double viral loop" maps the patterns of invitations sent and accepted by new members across its network. A beautiful display of human interaction on the Web.
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Loic Le Meur's New Startup Launches Seesmic

The rumors were correct. Loic Le Meur, a well known European entrepreneur who recently relocated to San Francisco, unveils his new video startup, Seesmic.
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Leadership and Innovation in a Networked World

Check out what Diego Rodriguez, partner at IDEO and associate professor at Stanford d-school, is saying about new communication and collaborative platforms, media and tools now allowing many-to-many collaboration.
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Autodesk's Tom Wujec to Speak at 2008 Sarasota International Design Summit

Tom Wujec will once again play a key part in the Sarasota International Design Summit, bringing with him past years' technology experiences and insights. Wujec has produced stunning illustrated records of some of the world's leading business and design conferences, including the Fortune Innovation Conference and TED, and during this year's Design Summit, Wujec will record each speaker's key ideas in a collection of sketches that colorfully depict the central topics, areas of concern, and innovation practices, which he will present at the end of each day.Tom Wujec is a Fellow and Principal Consultant at Autodesk, the Oscar- winning industry leader in 3D computer animation technology. He has brought several award-winning products to market and is co-author of Return on Imagination: Realizing the Power of Ideas, published by the Financial Times, and author of Five Star Mind and Pumping Ions, which have been translated into over a dozen languages.

DreamWorks CEO to Speak at Ringling College Graduation

Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., will speak at Ringling College of Art and Design's 2008 Commencement Ceremony on May 2, 2008 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Florida.Mr. Katzenberg’s 2008 Commencement address will focus on the value of the creative spirit, a message sure to resonate with Ringling’s graduates and their families. When asked to comment on his perception of creativity and individual voice, Mr. Katzenberg eloquently noted, “Artists create. It’s that simple and that mysterious ... an authentic form of magic requiring no trick but talent.”
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