From cave art to calligraphy, wedgewood to umbra, and war posters to graphic novels, the history of design is saturated with inspirational stories and ideas. Our design history is like the surface of the moon — marked with the trends and influences that now impact our future. We’ve made it this far into the 21st century with a depth of design history and culture behind us, so how do we now take risks and propel ourselves into the next hundred years of design?
What design objects have shaped how we view the world today? Does modern-day design improve our daily lives or hinder it? How concerned should we be about sustainability? And how will social media and digital technology affect the next decade?
IABC Ottawa and Pivot Design Group host this DesignMeets event on March 21st. Join us to participate in the discussion and hear speakers from different design disciplines share their perspectives on “Decades of Design – taking risks, making change, building futures”. Speakers will follow the 5-ideas, 5-slides in 5-minutes format.
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Date: Wednesday, March 21st
Time: 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Place: Hard Rock Café (upstairs) in the Byward Market – 73 York St, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
RSVP: Register on Eventbrite
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Speakers:
Mike McGuire (Master of Ceremonies)
Owner, Wingspan Design
At Wingspan Design, Mike provides critical design, branding, engineering, and product development services. Mike holds a Bachelors of Industrial Design (B.I.D.) with High-Distinction from Carleton University’s Industrial Design program. He is also a sessional lecturer at Carleton University.
Tero Hollo
Director, Fuel Industries
Tero Hollo is the Director of Creative Content at Fuel Industries. He provides unique creative direction and strategies to the company’s global Fortune 500 Brands that include Google, McDonalds, Microsoft, SparkCityWorld.com and many other organizations that are putting a targeted push towards the massive youth market. Tero is also the Co-Founder and President of Victory Arts Incorporated and he teaches graphic design for the Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) program through Carleton University and Algonquin College.
Sabine Mukaze
Masters Candidate, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Sabine is currently taking a Master’s in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden; this has provided Sabine with tools to tackle design challenges with Sustainability and Innovation in mind. She has a bachelor in Industrial Design from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her work experience is diverse from being a GUI/Graphic Designer at BTH Innovation Office, Research projects with Volvo and Dynapac Sweden, 2011 Co-Chair of World Student Environment Summit, Sweden; Representative of BTH at the 2010 World Student Environment Summit in Tubingen, German; Industrial Designer at Dynamo Playground in Ottawa and an Intern Industrial Designer both at Wingspan Design and National Capital Commission in Ottawa. She enjoys sharing stories and a good laugh.
Suzy Kendrick
PR Manager, CanvasPop & DNA 11
As a proud member of Generation Y, Suzy’s career in TV broadcasting and public relations has been marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media and digital technologies. In her current position as spokesperson for North America’s leading and most innovative digital art companies, CanvasPop and DNA 11, she is witnessing first-hand the important role social media and digital technology are playing in the future of design.
Michael Grigoriev
Masters Candidate, Carleton University
Michael is a budding design strategist exploring the role of design in catalyzing social change. Through his education in Industrial Design and now his Masters in Design, he has applied his talents to the corporate design world at RIM, with consultancies, and co-founded the Ottawa-based Internet start-up, SpecialsToday. Currently, he is exploring how design initiatives in the developing world can be strengthened by crowd-sourcing the collective intelligence of a community in a project named Intellective Design.
Patricia (Paddy) Vargas
Patricia Vargas is a stock image industry veteran with her career kick-started over 20 years ago as a photographer with the Canadian government shooting travel and tourism. She shifted her focus to the online stock photography industry with Corel Corporation and moved to the US in 2002 to join ArtToday Inc. to launch Photos.com – an online royalty-free subscription that simplified licensing content for designers and, spawned a revolution of similar easy-to-use licensing models throughout the industry. ArtToday Inc.was acquired by Jupiterimages in 2003 and Patricia led the company’s user-generated content program which introduced the creative designer to a world-wide network of un-tapped international talent and perspectives that were previously unavailable. As part of the Jupiterimages acquisition team, she pushed for 23 company acquisitions in 5 years rocketing Jupiterimages to the Top 3 in the industry next to Getty Images and Corbis. She holds a Master’s Certificate in Project Management and Operations, BFA – Photography and a Photographic Science Technician’s Diploma and truly loves any conversation with a visual twist.
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