presented at FITC Toronto 2018
More info at http://fitc.ca/event/to18/
Lauren Hom, Hom Sweet Hom
Overview
In early 2016, Lauren packed up her studio in New York City in pursuit of the ultimate form of inspiration: travel. After exploring the world for a year, she was surprised to discover that she didn’t feel more inspired than before. The truth is, she’d actually found more inspiration for her work in her normal, everyday life than in her epic world trip.
That’s not to say that travel can’t be wildly inspiring – it totally can be. But what if she told you that there’s just as much inspiration in fighting with your spouse as there is in traveling the world? Would you believe her if she told you that she’s gotten more inspiration from a night of drinking than a night of watching TED talks? What Lauren hopes to teach you today is that EVERY experience in your life can be used as inspiration. You are the secret source of inspiration you never even knew you had – you just need to know where to look.
Objective
To inspire the audience with stories of how I’ve turned mundane events into powerful creative projects & how they are more than capable of doing the same
Target Audience
Designers and entrepreneurs who want to get more eyes on their work & feel more creatively inspired
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Every experience is inspiration – even the bad stuff
There is magic in the mundane
Relatable ideas are shareable ideas
Use your skills to solve your problems & you’ll solve them for others too
The secret to creativity is simply paying attention
where do we go from here. -- a humble journey to rebuild human fellowshipfriendplace
We as human are losing to machines. We are losing our fellowship, we are more and more morally isolated and became an ignorable piece in this technology connected world.
Industrial globalization, policy of having wealth trickle down from the rich, are they good or bad? They sure helped advance technology and GDP, but why we feel there is something wrong? Well, put them under the perspective of human fellowship, friendship, think what they have done to our community. Think where are we headed. Think. Don't google your soul from others. Don't follow.
This is our humble journey to rebuild human fellowship. Starting from step one, now and together.
Our goal is to inspire an international movement of millennials to follow their ambitions and break out the bad habits they may have been trained their entire life.
where do we go from here. -- a humble journey to rebuild human fellowshipfriendplace
We as human are losing to machines. We are losing our fellowship, we are more and more morally isolated and became an ignorable piece in this technology connected world.
Industrial globalization, policy of having wealth trickle down from the rich, are they good or bad? They sure helped advance technology and GDP, but why we feel there is something wrong? Well, put them under the perspective of human fellowship, friendship, think what they have done to our community. Think where are we headed. Think. Don't google your soul from others. Don't follow.
This is our humble journey to rebuild human fellowship. Starting from step one, now and together.
Our goal is to inspire an international movement of millennials to follow their ambitions and break out the bad habits they may have been trained their entire life.
When being you is more than good enough re-branding you as you!Caroline Balinska
Do you have those moments so self doubt? Of course you do! You are human!!....
(If you are reading this and you never have self doubt then I suggest you may be a narcissist or something along those lines and you may need to speak to someone.... Just saying...)
When being you is more than good enough re-branding you as you!Caroline Balinska
Do you have those moments so self doubt? Of course you do! You are human!!....
(If you are reading this and you never have self doubt then I suggest you may be a narcissist or something along those lines and you may need to speak to someone.... Just saying...)
Presentations from SheSummits 2016, SheSays Denver's inaugural digital conference. Relive the day and the amazing sessions that explored Inspiration, Experimentation, Making and Courage.
About the Conference:
SheSummits is a unique digital conference designed exclusively for women working in UX, design, technology, media and marketing. Celebrate your craft, find inspiration from digital innovators and connect with women pioneering their way through the world of digital agencies and brands.
The Creative Career (Girls Unlimited April 2015 Keynote)Cheryl Platz
Redmond's Girls Unlimited program hosts annual workshops focusing on career options for young women in the area. In 2015, I was invited to return for my second Girls Unlimited keynote talk, this time focusing on my career in the arts - both in interaction design and in acting. The talk ends with a number of calls to action that are applicable to any beginning artistic career.
This presentation is part of the application I am submitting to IE Business School. I am answering Question I: "Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development."
Communication is the most frequently used concept, but do you actually know what is at stake when you think about it? In keywords: communication, strategy, scope, adaptability, weigh, ghost writing, PR,profitability, breakthrough. Search for Writer of Your Success Story.
I was lucky to be young mother and work all the way. My daughter always kept me grounded on what’s important, a supportive husband has kept me stable and supported me throughout. I have always had a home to come back and recharge. I have suffered stress and politics and deception as any other natural leader, but I have seen success, growth and rewards. So life balances up when you have a strong core in your personal life and when you have the vision to see what is next, a purpose, if not nothing makes sense. Always look for a goal, for a dream, for a passion and they will give you the strength to continue.
Inspirational email marketing; Red C's Email Marketing WOW Book 5Red C
Yet again we've been astounded by the amazing feedback we received on our previous edition of the Email Marketing WOW Book. A big thanks to those who shared their thoughts on the brilliant emails this time round. Anyway, it's been a while, but the wait is over.
Since our last edition we've been busy creating hundreds of fantastic emails for our clients. But we always keep an eye out for any gems that appear in our inboxes too, and we've picked out the best to showcase to you. Whether it's enticing copy, great design or clever ideas that have caught our eye. We believe good email marketing should be celebrated.
So take a look - we hope this edition of the WOW Book provides you with some great inspiration for your future email campaigns. Enjoy!
When you start doing really well you begin to see a lot of people close to you acting very irrational. A lot of this is due to the fact that your success is threatening to them. Allow them to be irrational but do not allow it to affect you. Do not stress about it.
I have created my Painted Picture as part of the Freedom Plan by Natalie Sisson. This is my vision on how my business and life will be by December 31st, 2017
Thank you for reading and sharing! You are now a part of my vision just by reading it :)
I hope it inspires you to create your own Painted Picture
Check out our website: http://feelyourtempo.com/
Check us out on our social media pages:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Feel-Your-Tempo-114665148553019/?fref=nf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tempoplanet
Instagram: http://instagram.com/feelyourtempo
Zombie alert. Are you walking dead?
Contributing writer to the November issue of Photoshop User Magazine:
By Design Column
Photoshop User Magazine/Kelby Media Group
http://kelbyone.com
When being you is more than good enough re-branding you as you!Caroline Balinska
Do you have those moments so self doubt? Of course you do! You are human!!....
(If you are reading this and you never have self doubt then I suggest you may be a narcissist or something along those lines and you may need to speak to someone.... Just saying...)
When being you is more than good enough re-branding you as you!Caroline Balinska
Do you have those moments so self doubt? Of course you do! You are human!!....
(If you are reading this and you never have self doubt then I suggest you may be a narcissist or something along those lines and you may need to speak to someone.... Just saying...)
Presentations from SheSummits 2016, SheSays Denver's inaugural digital conference. Relive the day and the amazing sessions that explored Inspiration, Experimentation, Making and Courage.
About the Conference:
SheSummits is a unique digital conference designed exclusively for women working in UX, design, technology, media and marketing. Celebrate your craft, find inspiration from digital innovators and connect with women pioneering their way through the world of digital agencies and brands.
The Creative Career (Girls Unlimited April 2015 Keynote)Cheryl Platz
Redmond's Girls Unlimited program hosts annual workshops focusing on career options for young women in the area. In 2015, I was invited to return for my second Girls Unlimited keynote talk, this time focusing on my career in the arts - both in interaction design and in acting. The talk ends with a number of calls to action that are applicable to any beginning artistic career.
This presentation is part of the application I am submitting to IE Business School. I am answering Question I: "Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development."
Communication is the most frequently used concept, but do you actually know what is at stake when you think about it? In keywords: communication, strategy, scope, adaptability, weigh, ghost writing, PR,profitability, breakthrough. Search for Writer of Your Success Story.
I was lucky to be young mother and work all the way. My daughter always kept me grounded on what’s important, a supportive husband has kept me stable and supported me throughout. I have always had a home to come back and recharge. I have suffered stress and politics and deception as any other natural leader, but I have seen success, growth and rewards. So life balances up when you have a strong core in your personal life and when you have the vision to see what is next, a purpose, if not nothing makes sense. Always look for a goal, for a dream, for a passion and they will give you the strength to continue.
Inspirational email marketing; Red C's Email Marketing WOW Book 5Red C
Yet again we've been astounded by the amazing feedback we received on our previous edition of the Email Marketing WOW Book. A big thanks to those who shared their thoughts on the brilliant emails this time round. Anyway, it's been a while, but the wait is over.
Since our last edition we've been busy creating hundreds of fantastic emails for our clients. But we always keep an eye out for any gems that appear in our inboxes too, and we've picked out the best to showcase to you. Whether it's enticing copy, great design or clever ideas that have caught our eye. We believe good email marketing should be celebrated.
So take a look - we hope this edition of the WOW Book provides you with some great inspiration for your future email campaigns. Enjoy!
When you start doing really well you begin to see a lot of people close to you acting very irrational. A lot of this is due to the fact that your success is threatening to them. Allow them to be irrational but do not allow it to affect you. Do not stress about it.
I have created my Painted Picture as part of the Freedom Plan by Natalie Sisson. This is my vision on how my business and life will be by December 31st, 2017
Thank you for reading and sharing! You are now a part of my vision just by reading it :)
I hope it inspires you to create your own Painted Picture
Check out our website: http://feelyourtempo.com/
Check us out on our social media pages:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Feel-Your-Tempo-114665148553019/?fref=nf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tempoplanet
Instagram: http://instagram.com/feelyourtempo
Zombie alert. Are you walking dead?
Contributing writer to the November issue of Photoshop User Magazine:
By Design Column
Photoshop User Magazine/Kelby Media Group
http://kelbyone.com
Anyone who is into marketing knows the struggles, the tools needed, and what makes it a success. Or do we? Sometimes we think we know, until, doing it becomes more of a task than we thought. No visitors, tons of traffic and no sales, and even lack of discipline creates frustration. One of the things I have learned throughout my journey, you can't reinvent the wheel. Do what works for others. There is a reason so many do it similar, it works! Now that I have found success, I'm striving to share it with others, the way others shared it with me. I am thankful they did share there tools and experience, instead of keeping it to themselves.
Digital content strategies from the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau. We used real life examples from local businesses on what to do and what not to do when planning for social media content and marketing.
#IconsAround Interview : Somrwita Guha , CEO of Papercup - Creative Entrepren...Sourav Ghosh & Team
People say ‘women can’t do business’. There is a saying ‘Bengalis can’t do business’. Many left Kolkata saying ‘You can’t run a Startup in Kolkata’. Stop, stop, stop! Who cares what people say? Rather let me introduce you to a person, who has dispelled all these myths, and growing a Startup in Kolkata, inspite of being a Bengali woman. Meet Somrwita Guha, the coolest boss and young owner of Papercup.
I have a big idea: What if we could design our life?
Just like we create maps for our cities, designs for our homes and plans for our gardens, why can’t we:
- Create maps for our goals
- Designs for our dreams
- Plans for our success
So, I decided to take the science of goals and the research about long-term happiness and turn it into a planner. Specifically the: Life Design Workbook. Take control of your goals, your happiness and your success.
Varun Vachhar
rangle.io
Overview
JavaScript frameworks allow us to build innovative and delightful experiences for our users. A common approach adopted with these modern tools is to combine all required JavaScript into one large bundle. Therefore, causing the loading performance to suffer. Especially on older devices or devices with low memory and processing power.
An alternative approach is to split your code into various smaller chunks which you can then be loaded on demand — allowing you to reduce the load time drastically.
In this session, Varun will demonstrate how you can adopt the practice of code-splitting when building applications with frameworks such as React and Vue.
Objective
Learn how to use code-splitting to improve the loading performance of Javascript heavy applications.
Target Audience
Front-end developers who build JavaScript heavy applications
Assumed Audience Knowledge
Basic understanding of web development and some familiarity with frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue.
Level
Intermediate
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
What is code-splitting?
Different types of code-splitting
How to split a React or Vue application
How to “lazy-load” parts of the application
Removing duplicate code from chunksa
Presented at Web Unleashed 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/webu
Andréa Crofts
League
Overview
Examining our responsibility as creators to design for disconnection.
The “restore connection” alert isn’t just for devices– it applies to people too. And it’s more important now than ever before.
Digital creators, we need to talk. The rise in mental health as a result of situational stress is a prevailing theme in today’s society, and some of the products we’re building are the root cause. But we have the power to change this. As creators of digital products, how might we enable our users to be more present in their lives? How might we invest in features like Instagram’s activity timer, despite the fact that they’re fundamentally counterintuitive to the usage metrics most behemoth tech companies are driving towards?
We have a responsibility as creators of digital products to enable others to disconnect …and re-connect with themselves, physically and mentally. This intersection is an emerging category Andrea likes to call digital health, and it’s something we can create together.
Objective
To share actionable strategies, principles and considerations for designing with digital health top of mind. Andrea will get into some #realtalk about how we can collectively create more balance and presence for the humans using our products.
Target Audience
Designers and digital creators of all kinds – especially those building digital products at scale!
Level
Open to audience members of any skill level (this is a more high-level talk)
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Tips and best-in-class examples of designing for digital health
Design guidelines and principles for designing with digital health in mind
Evidence-based practices to ground your future design decisions
Strategies for re-framing the success metrics of digital products
Design ethics resources
Presented at Web Unleashed 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/webu
Luke DeWitt
REDspace
Overview
JavaScript’s popularity has exploded over the last decade, taking it from a laughable scripting language to one that powers much of the web today. Because it’s so flexible and so easy to learn, it’s extremely popular with new developers looking to cut their teeth in programming. However, these strengths are also weaknesses, as it’s incredibly easy to write bad JavaScript without even knowing it.
A lot of these newer developers jump from “Hello, World!”, to TodoMVC in order to find the library that makes their life easier. By doing this, they skip over some of the important details of not only how JavaScript works, but also how to optimize its performance to ensure the best user experience.
The Chrome profiler is a very handy tool that not a lot of developers have experience with. In this talk, we’ll take a beginner’s look at the profiler tool and examine how to use it to best improve your web application, and identify bottlenecks in your code without having to rely only on console.log statements.
Objective
To help developers understand how to better make use of the JavaScript profiler.
Target Audience
Any JavaScript developers
Assumed Audience Knowledge
Basic JavaScript
Level
Beginner / intermediate
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Javascript inner-workings
Profiling concepts
Identifying bottlenecks
Profiling node applications
Tooling
presented at Web Unleashed 2019
For more info see https://fitc.ca/event/webu19/
Kevin Daly RBC Ventures
Every developer has faced the difficult choice of deciding what tech stack they should use for a new project. Should you use the latest tech or something that everyone knows? Which framework is the best for your team? To survive your tech stack, developers must make trade-offs with developing on new tech stacks and the ability to maintain and scale their applications.
In this presentation, you’ll learn how to evaluate your tech stack and understand the pros and cons of using bleeding edge technology. Using his past experiences, Kevin will also share his lessons learned and how his team tackles managing their tech stack today.
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Bushra Mahmood
Unity Technologies
Overview
In this talk, Bushra Mahmood will explain how to articulate and pitch augmented reality as a viable medium to help solve problems. Learn about what makes an AR application come together on both mobile devices and headsets. Uncover different tools and methodologies for problem-solving and making a compelling story.
By properly understanding this technology and its parts, creatives can take an active role in shaping and defining this new space in computing.
Objective
Learn the tools and techniques required to pitch an augmented reality project.
Target Audience
Designers, product managers, product stakeholders.
Assumed Audience Knowledge
An understanding of product design and an awareness of AR
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
The right language to use when explaining ‘spatial’ design
The different requirements and considerations for scoping an AR project
The tools that are currently available for AR authoring
Insights into what the near and far future will hold for this medium.
An example of an AR application pitch
Start by Understanding the Problem, Not by Delivering the AnswerFITC
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Karri Ojanen
RBC Royal Bank of Canada
Overview
Over the past number of years companies have adopted the idea of customer-centricity. People across functions can fluently talk about the importance of paying special attention to end-user needs and overall customer experience.
But innovation and forward-thinking ideas that connect both customer and business needs can’t simply be squeezed out of brainstorm sessions and sticky notes if the organization doesn’t learn how to effectively look outside of its own silos. In this session, Karri will show how to move from jumping to solutions to driving innovation by understanding the question first.
Target Audience
Designers, researchers, strategists, product managers, and technology leads
Three Things Audience Members Will Learn
Methodologies and tools to form insights out of a holistic understanding of customer challenges
How to synthesize data to form a vision of the better future
How to break the vision into manageable chunks that drive value for the business and the customer at every launch
Cocaine to Carrots: The Art of Telling Someone Else’s StoryFITC
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Alan Williams
Imaginary Forces
Overview
During dailies as an intern at Imaginary Forces, Alan’s director, Karin Fong, would follow her animation feedback with one of the scariest and empowering questions of his career, “what do you think?” Over the last eight years, Alan’s transition from technician to creative director came from a dramatic shift in how he approached and answered that question. By examining larger conceptual principles to practical application in commercial and tv/film design, such as HBO’s Vinyl and Netflix’s Anne with an E, he will share hard-learned lessons that can empower you, whether in Photoshop, behind a camera, or pitching to clients, in developing and selling your creative voice.
Target Audience
Visual communicators eager to become more evocative storytellers
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
‘Method branding’ in a selfie culture
O.C.D. (observe, collect, dissect) & the imagination
The resuscitating power of rearrangement
Pertinence vs pipeline: the crippling cage of routine
Less pitching, more poetry
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Carl Sziebert
Google
Overview
Innovation is defined as the process of making an idea into a good or service that creates value by meeting a need or solving a problem at scale. This talk explores ways to find inspiration from everyday sources, invest in skills that foster collaboration, and identify opportunities for impact. While leveraging the core principles of and learnings from designing products for real people, Carl will examine a number methods for building creativity and innovation into our everyday work.
Target Audience
For individual contributors looking to cultivate opportunities for impact and find the right time, space, and tools to innovate in our everyday work.
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
A bottom-up approach to framing innovation within your daily work
Identify and validate opportunities that make an impact
Prioritize, prototype, and build understanding of the problems you are solving
Collaborate locally and globally
Seek, give, and apply feedback often
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Chris Zacharias
imgix
Overview
The average website loads over 1.5MBs of content per page, making over 75 requests. Many popular websites are serving over 5MBs just to load their homepages. And these numbers represent measurements taken AFTER compression is applied. The full weight of many popular websites is pushing 20+ MBs these days. In an era where performance truly matters to the end user experience, web developers need techniques to help curtail this bloat in data down the wire.
No matter how well you optimize, there is no better way to than to delete things you do not need. How does one determine what is essential to the user experience and what is not? One answer Chris posits is to develop a hyper-lightweight version of your website which will provide critical insights into your specific performance priorities. This is a process that he has leveraged on many projects, in particular at YouTube to reduce the size of the video watch page from 1.5MBs to 100KBs. In this talk, Chris will take real-world web pages and show techniques for dramatically reducing their page weight and for identifying areas to optimize, while outlining the key steps to doing this well.
Objective
Learn a process for building a hyper-lightweight version of your website for establishing reasonable performance budgets, grounded in reality, to work from.
Target Audience
Web developers
Assumed Audience Knowledge
HTML, CSS, Javascript, some server-side awareness.
Level
Intermediate
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
How to analyze a web page for performance issues
A holistic approach to deconstructing an existing website
A clear process for building a hyper-lightweight version of your website
Translating your findings into real performance priorities
Establishing a realistic performance budget
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Michael Fullman
VT Pro Design
Overview
An exploration of the process of creation. We live in a time where technology and inspiration are more readily available and accessible than ever before. That being said we also live in a time that mostly highlights the successes of projects and process. In this particular talk Michael wants to touch on the process of creation with technology at VT Pro, to further explore a full circle approach to inspiration and creation where often times our next project is inspired by something learned in the process of creating something else.
By exploring what went wrong and what went right in a number of different projects he’s created, Michael will touch on points where inspiration can be found in this world of seemingly endless technology; the importance of collaboration; what can be learned from the moments that don’t necessarily go as planned; and how often projects come close to failure than the audience ever knows. Lastly he wants to touch on the process of finding personal inspiration to inspire an audience, and the momentum to push further that comes from their energy.
Objective
Things often don’t go as planned, but often that’s the fun part.
Target Audience
Creative technologists and experience designers
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Collaborative process
Giving personality to a piece of technology
How to learn from the unexpected
We all start somewhere (the journey is just as important as the destination)
Everything is possible now
Post-Earth Visions: Designing for Space and the Future HumanFITC
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Sands Fish
MIT Media Lab
Overview
Today, the environments that humans occupy in space are designed for survival. Humans are carefully shuttled to and from space, and during their relatively short stays, they are provided with minimum supplies to remain alive and able to perform experiments. As we begin to plan less for short visits and more for life in space (such as a six to eight month trip to Mars and beyond) the question becomes: What does human culture look like in space?
This talk will explore how human culture, design, and creativity might evolve as we begin to live in space, and the unique environmental conditions that might guide us in certain directions, just as the environment on Earth has. It will discuss space tourism, living in zero gravity, and some experiments in art and design that hint at future aesthetics.
Objective
Convey what opportunities exist at the outset of a more democratized New Space age, and call out the aesthetics, ethics, and cultural frontiers we find ourselves faced with at the end of the second decade of this century.
Target Audience
Those interested in the future of human life in space
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
The history of human culture in space
Unique design constraints and considerations when designing for zero gravity
The experience of flying in a zero-g flight
The aesthetics at play in human spacefaring — (what has been)
New forms, new materials, new ideas — (what might be)
The Rise of the Creative Social Influencer (and How to Become One)FITC
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Lindsay Munro
Adobe XD
Overview
Your social network could be more valuable than the work you’re doing today, because it could (and should) lead to the opportunities you get tomorrow. Your next post could result in your next recommendation, job, collaboration, exhibit, and next level experience.
In this session, you’ll learn how to hone and build your online social media presence to attract brands and engage in the modern-day endorsement deal. Get a behind-the-scenes perspective on the things brands look for in creative profiles and the rules of engagement.
Objective
Teach the ins and outs of what it means to be a creative social influencer.
Target Audience
Creatives looking to up level their social media presence and strike brand partnerships.
Things Audience Members Will Learn
How to set yourself up for “success” on social media
The importance of working with the right brands
Figuring out compensation and negotiating contracts
The ins and outs of disclosure and liability
How to not mess it up
Presented at FITC Toronto 2019
More info at www.fitc.ca/toronto
Amelie Rosser
Jam3
Overview
For the past two years Jam3 worked alongside Joy Kogawa and the NFB to create East of the Rockies, an augmented reality storytelling experience.
East of the Rockies is the first interactive AR game of its kind. The story takes users through a piece of Canadian history where Japanese Canadians were forced to leave their homes and live at internment camps during WWII.
This talk will cover the creation of the game: from concept and storyboarding, to the development process in Unity and various challenges and questions to consider from a creator’s perspective.
Objective
To let the audience in on the behind the scenes of developing an AR experience like East of the Rockies.
Target Audience
For those interested in Augmented Reality storytelling and game development.
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
AR techniques using Unity
Storytelling in AR
Prototyping interactions in AR
Game state management using Unidux
Game optimization techniques in Unity
The Knowledge Society: Three Talks About the Future
Futurism Innovation Science
Isabella Grandic
The Knowledge Society
Overview
Join three incredible, young, and brilliant minds as they present their findings on topics that we’ll all have to deal with in the not so distant future. This series of talks will explore how exponential technologies like synthetic farming, nanotechnology, and quantum computing can be used to solve some of the world’s most difficult problems.
The speakers are all students of The Knowledge Society (TKS), a human accelerator for high school students designed to help them impact billions. TKS encourages students to take risks and think big.
Ayaan Esmail‘s talk will cover creating a proactive healthcare system
World Transformation: The Secret Agenda of Product DesignFITC
R.C. Woodmass
Crescendo
Overview
The reports are in: how we relate to technology directly affects how we relate to other humans, to our environments, and to ourselves. Are we headed for a technological dystopia, where robots are in charge and empathy is just a word for the history books? Not necessarily! Learn how the interfaces we interact with can teach us how to be better communicators, increase our understanding of each other, and how product design might be the key to building a positive future for all.
Objective
Directly address fear and skepticism about technology, inspiring all who design and build tech to think more empathetically when building UX and UI.
Target Audience
Product designers, HR specialists, and anyone skeptical about technology
Three Things Audience Members Will Learn
How to create user interfaces that are flexible enough to include everyone, even if they can’t keep up with all the different identities and new labels that people are using
What is conversation design, and how it has the power to teach people how to communicate
How AI has the potential to be more inclusive than previous data analysis systems, if we leverage its weaknesses to the human advantage
Matt Swoboda
Notch
Overview
The adoption of real-time technologies and workflows for content creation is a seismic shift in the world of video/graphics. It has a fundamental effect on not just on render times but on the entire creative process. In this session hear from someone who has been using realtime graphics for creative work for almost 20 years, and his experiences in applying it to productions such as the Ed Sheeran world tour and Cirque du Soleil.
Objective
Give the audience an overview of what really is capable in a real-time workflow today, and where things are headed.
Target Audience
Anyone who wants to take confident steps in the direction of real-time motion graphics, especially within the live, installation and AR fields.
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
How does real-time change the creative and production process
Limitations – where does it work, where doesn’t it make sense
What real-time graphics are capable of today
What happens on a rock’n’roll tour bus
What DOESN’T happen on a rock’n’roll tour bus
Hasan Ahmad
Aquent DEV6
Overview
PWAs are a newly emerging delivery format for web, desktop apps. The fact that they can be installed on a client device and behave like natively installed apps means that special care should be taken when designing and building these types of apps, above and beyond a typical browser-only web application. One of the most important (potential) differentiators in the user experience of a PWA app vs a traditional web app is the ability to provide a high-performance UI because of their ability to do things like cache resources offline, including entire pieces of Web UI code, and the use of background services. In this talk we are going to do an exhaustive overview of the entire landscape of building PWAs from a performance-first perspective.
Target Audience
Web development teams
Assumed Audience Knowledge
Web Development fundamentals
Objective
Large enterprise applications
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Why PWA’s require performance engineering
What tools are available to measure performance metrics
Offline caching strategies
Host device considerations: desktop and mobile
Taking advantage of background code: Service Workers
Bhavana Srinivas
Netlify
Overview
A new web stack has emerged. A stack powered by modern browsers, API economy and Git based workflows. A stack that is not tied to specific technologies. A stack that takes into account both developer experience while building the application, and user experience when interacting with the application. A stack that delivers better performance, higher security, and lower cost of scaling for web applications.
In this talk, Bhavana will dive more into the architecture and best practices for building performant web applications using the JAMstack
Objective
Educate the audience about the JAMstack and why it powers performant sites
Target Audience
Web stakeholders who want fast, secure and performant websites
Assumed Audience Knowledge
Built a website/interacted with sites
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
What is the JAMstack
The ecosystem around the JAMstack
How to improve the performance of your site built on the JAMstack
Example sites built on this architecture
Resources and best practices
From Closed to Open: A Journey of Self DiscoveryFITC
Midge “Mantissa” Sinnaeve
Mantissa
Overview
Midge will be speaking about his experience of switching to open source applications for his freelance work. From ditching expensive software subscriptions to going down the linux rabbit hole, he’ll take you along for the ride and show you some cool stuff along the way.
It’s an in-depth look at what happens when your digital tools become an extension of yourself and how that can in turn inspire you to get better as an artist and find your style.
Objective
Taking a critical look at how you work and why.
Target Audience
(Motion) designers, 3D & VFX artists
Four Things Audience Members Will Learn
Open Source Design Tools
Self-criticism
Inspiration
Letting go
Studio Macouno has been realizing post industrial projects for two decades. Though they’re very busy doing things like creating generative shavers for Philips and designing life size 3D printed petition elephants, those are but a fraction of what they would like to do.
In this talk Dolf will explore the projects they just don’t have time for. The things the studio would love to do but can’t do on it’s own. The things that are way out there… Those that don’t seem possible, or are just too much work. The dreams that they think are a bit too much, but they just might do anyway.
Objective
Finding, funding and founding cooperatives for creative futurist projects.
Target Audience
People interested in making things today that seem ideas for tomorrow.
Five Things Audience Members Will Learn
Some about generative design
3d printing
Art
Running projects
And making things happen
You could be a professional graphic designer and still make mistakes. There is always the possibility of human error. On the other hand if you’re not a designer, the chances of making some common graphic design mistakes are even higher. Because you don’t know what you don’t know. That’s where this blog comes in. To make your job easier and help you create better designs, we have put together a list of common graphic design mistakes that you need to avoid.
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Hello everyone! I am thrilled to present my latest portfolio on LinkedIn, marking the culmination of my architectural journey thus far. Over the span of five years, I've been fortunate to acquire a wealth of knowledge under the guidance of esteemed professors and industry mentors. From rigorous academic pursuits to practical engagements, each experience has contributed to my growth and refinement as an architecture student. This portfolio not only showcases my projects but also underscores my attention to detail and to innovative architecture as a profession.
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Can AI do good? at 'offtheCanvas' India HCI preludeAlan Dix
Invited talk at 'offtheCanvas' IndiaHCI prelude, 29th June 2024.
https://www.alandix.com/academic/talks/offtheCanvas-IndiaHCI2024/
The world is being changed fundamentally by AI and we are constantly faced with newspaper headlines about its harmful effects. However, there is also the potential to both ameliorate theses harms and use the new abilities of AI to transform society for the good. Can you make the difference?
Transforming Brand Perception and Boosting Profitabilityaaryangarg12
In today's digital era, the dynamics of brand perception, consumer behavior, and profitability have been profoundly reshaped by the synergy of branding, social media, and website design. This research paper investigates the transformative power of these elements in influencing how individuals perceive brands and products and how this transformation can be harnessed to drive sales and profitability for businesses.
Through an exploration of brand psychology and consumer behavior, this study sheds light on the intricate ways in which effective branding strategies, strategic social media engagement, and user-centric website design contribute to altering consumers' perceptions. We delve into the principles that underlie successful brand transformations, examining how visual identity, messaging, and storytelling can captivate and resonate with target audiences.
Methodologically, this research employs a comprehensive approach, combining qualitative and quantitative analyses. Real-world case studies illustrate the impact of branding, social media campaigns, and website redesigns on consumer perception, sales figures, and profitability. We assess the various metrics, including brand awareness, customer engagement, conversion rates, and revenue growth, to measure the effectiveness of these strategies.
The results underscore the pivotal role of cohesive branding, social media influence, and website usability in shaping positive brand perceptions, influencing consumer decisions, and ultimately bolstering sales and profitability. This paper provides actionable insights and strategic recommendations for businesses seeking to leverage branding, social media, and website design as potent tools to enhance their market position and financial success.
3. • hallmark cards, blah blah blah
• even though i’ve worked on a lot of big projects with big brands, most people don’t really know me for those projects and that’s not what i’m here to talk to you about
today.
• if ur familiar with my work, chances are you discovered me through one of my many passion projects over the years
7. • My passion projects are without a doubt the reason I’m standing on this stage in front of you today. Passion projects have been the backbone of my entire creative
business. When most of us hear the word passion project, we think of making something just for fun. While I definitely make my projects for fun, I also make them to
use as my own secret marketing tool.
8. I know it almost sounds too good to be true, but passion projects not only keep me inspired and motivated, they actually get me paid. If you’re here at this conference,
most likely that’s what you’re searching for too in your own work
9. and today I hope to show you that all it takes is a little passion and proactivity to start getting paid to do the work YOU want to do.
10. So I mentioned that I’ve lived in LA, NYC, and now Detroit, but for all of 2016 and about half of 2017 I was working, traveling, and living out of a backpack all around the
world. After almost 7 years in New York City and two years of working from home, I packed up my studio and decided to pursue the ultimate source of inspiration that a
twenty-something could want: travel. I had seen one too many inspirational travel quotes on Instagram, and I had heard from older friends and colleagues that travel was
the surefire way to put my inspiration levels through the roof.
11. Here’s a super scientific chart i put together. I pictured my inspiration levels would look something like this:
12. • I pictured myself coming back from my trip, all enlightened and shit, feeling inspired to create my most brilliant work to date. 18 months and 21 countries later, after
countless epic sunsets, dozens of new friends and a bunch of new adventures, I’m here to report that my creative inspiration levels actually looks more like this:
13. • While I thoroughly enjoyed my travels, I was surprised to discover that I’m really no more inspired than before. This made me realize that I’ve actually found more
inspiration for my work in my normal, everyday life than in my trip around the world. That’s not to say that travel can't be wildly inspiring - it totally can be. But what if I
told you that there’s just as much inspiration in fighting with your spouse as there is in traveling the world? Would you believe me if I told you that I’ve gotten more
inspiration for my work from a night of drinking with my friends than a night of watching TED talks or scrolling through design blogs?
14. • What I hope to teach you today is that EVERY experience in your life can be used as inspiration - they’re all equally valuable. You are the secret source of inspiration
you never even knew you had.
15. • We always look outward for inspiration, but when was the last time you looked inward? I can guarantee you that inspiration has been hiding right under your nose this
whole time in the form of all of your inside jokes, habits, and hobbies. There is magic hidden in the mundane, boring bits of life that we usually don’t pay much attention
to.
16. I’m going to share a few stories of how ordinary experiences have inspired projects that have led to some pretty extraordinary opportunities in my career, and how you
can do the same with yours.
17. This is the story of how one bottle of wine changed the course of my career.
18. This is the story of how one bottle of wine changed the course of my career.
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28. • drew inspiration from me and friends lives, practiced
• didn’t have any experience
• only took one type class, studied advertising because it seemed solid
• fell in love with lettering and kept doing DD in spare time
• used what I had in my dorm room: graph paper, sharpies, and photoshop
• What happened next was pretty extraordinary: 50 K followers, book deal
29. • received email from Katherine
• over the next 8 months, grew the blog to 40K followers and pitched a book
30. the week I received my diploma, I also signed a $25,000 book deal
book now in stores
34. circulated my work around the internet and got me hired for the same style for magazines
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36. Even following this surprising success, I was only 22 years old and decided to spare my parents the heart attack and still got a full-time job as a junior art director at an
advertising agency after I graduated. But I kept making Daily Dishonesty pieces because I genuinely enjoyed it. This, in turn, circulated my lettering work around the
Internet and caught the eyes of brands and publications that wanted to hire me for lettering freelance projects. As the months went on, my honeymoon phase with my
agency started wearing off and I started feeling drained by the long nights at the office working on banner ads.
37. At the same time, my lettering was getting better from doing more Daily Dishonesty pieces and in less than a year, I had enough clients, savings, and confidence to quit
my job and pursue lettering full-time. It’s now been 4 years since I left my full-time job, and I haven’t looked back since. What began as an ordinary drunk joke between
girlfriends turned into a project that changed the course of my entire career.
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38. • silly honest selves
• great place to draw from because relatable
• write down memorable bits don’t let anything slip
• make a conscious effort to remember
• don’t drink too much either
42. • “socialize” through computer screens as much as we do in person
• we’re not the only ones who feel a certain way
• If people can see a bit of themselves in the subject of your projects, they’re more likely to engage with your work and share with their friends.
43. • accidentally turned a break up into a $10,000.
• hurt feelings. There were tears. There were unfollows. It sucked.
• ex bf tears story at desk
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45. no experience flasks selling, but you can google anything
investment of 1 week time $250
46. up and running, sold out of all 100 products in my initial run
47. The day I launched Ex Boyfriend Tears, I made a post about it through the Daily Dishonesty blog to spread the word. I went back to work and didn’t check back on the
post until later that day. I opened it up and saw 12,000 likes and reblogs! Turns out, John Green, the author of that teeny tiny book The Fault In Our Stars, had seen it and
reposted it onto his blog. Also turns out, he’s got millions of followers.
48. • If you give good things to the internet, it will give you many good things back. If you put crap and mean comments and hate into it, the internet will seek vengeance
and make sure that you’re on Facebook every time your boss walks by. be good to mother internet and she will be good to you.
49. • no it wasn’t fun black hole of despair
• brought out inner mean girl
• sold over 600
• good to know others were going through it too
• picked up on feeling turned it into
• next slide for anyone who’s been through heartbreak or going thru
50. • you are not special
• this is a good thing!
• any shit that’s happening to you has probably happened to others too
• know that you are not alone in your break up, depression, unemployment, divorce or any other negative things that may happen in life.
• life is going to suck sometimes, but you can do something with that crap and use it to inspire creative work that others will be able to relate to.
• just like the ‘omg me too!’ moments i was talking about a moment before. the same goes for ‘omg things suck for me too’
51. • when it comes to break ups
• 100 different ways to say “I don’t like my ex boyfriend very much right now.”
• heartbreak turned into a flask and $
• i don’t hope that heartbreak is in the future for any of you
• next time someone hurts you, get creative GO FUCK YOURSELF
• oh and my ex did find out and was not very happy lol
52. This is the story of how my hanger helped me expand my skills and business.
53. • normally not bothered by bad design, but was hungry
• these gross signs aren’t making me want to eat at any of these places
• you could do it better
54. • she was right
• i’m a letterer
• also had friends in the restaurant industry give away free food all the time
• armed with this knowledge…
58. • printed out fliers pitched myself nervously
• after a few weeks, had a few that were game!
• As soon as I started doing these chalkboard barters, the word spread
64. Over the next year, I practiced my chalk lettering and ate delicious free food at over 30 NYC eateries.
65. some restaurants asked me to do larger boards, so i just got larger meals. similar to the design industry, people in the restaurant industry are super tight and seem to all
know each other, so this project spread quickly through word of mouth.
66. • I gained so much from the experience:
• chalk portfolio, connections, weight
67. • I got good enough to start doing it professionally
• allowed myself one barter per week to keep up with client work
• in demand, people had no problem paying me paying me
• started branching outside of restaurants - skills are applicable to more than one thing
68. • no experience cheeseburgers
• working for brands like samuel adams, chobani, Microsoft
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• working for brands like samuel adams, chobani, Microsoft
70. • no experience cheeseburgers
• working for brands like samuel adams, chobani, Microsoft
• i always wanted to work with food brands, and the theme of this project helped to put my work out there.
71. • idea for WLFL came seamlessly because two favorite daily activities
• separately boring activities, together perfect passion project
• All I did was make a few observations in my life, connect the dots, and use my skills to turn it into a project.
72. • The moral of this story is that there is so much inspiration hidden in your daily life
• certain activities as “potential inspiration” like museums
• we forget to be on the lookout during regular stuff, like brunch
• remember, everything is insp.
• Keep your inspiration radar on at all times - u never know
73. • Before I started WLFL, I used to look at chalkboard lettering
• WOW so cool I wish someone would pay me for that
• i had no chalk lettering in my portfolio though
• wouldn’t let someone cut your hair if they had no proof
• instead of accepting, do something!
74. WLFL was a fun way for me to practice my skills and prove myself. A great way to kickstart your creativity is to examine your own wants and needs and figure out how to
make it happen, basically taking yourself on as your own client.
75. When you get hired by a client, you're helping to solve their problems. Think about all of the skills you use daily to help clients reach their goals. Any creative skills you've
ever put towards helping clients to sell more of their products, gain more influence, increase traffic to their websites, or break into a new market can be used to help YOU
reach your personal goals.
76. Whether you want to find a new job, raise money, or learn a new skill, there's no problem too big or too small to solve for yourself. Your next big idea could be hidden in
your everyday problems. Take your personal goals you want to reach and problems you want to solve, imagine it’s your creative brief, and then take yourself on as your
own client.
77. • Your creativity is too valuable to be spent only helping others build their dream if you have dreams of your own.
• how I came up with the idea for one of my latest personal projects
• In 2016, my literary agent asked me if i had any more book ideas
• pitched her cooking stuff
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79. A great place to look for inspiration is in the things you’re obsessed
- February 2017 browsing around the internet, saw music festival stuff popping up left and right
- brain made flour crowns pun, and then i rolled with it
84. • this may seem simple but i see this happen where people’s portfolios don’t reflect their actual interests and personalities
• politics
• yoga
85. cute but most strategic. silliest one yet
• DD lettering
• WLFL chalk lettering
• using this to position myself to do food work and build an audience that knows me for food so i can publish a food book or cookbook someday
86. lots of people ask about my camera, photo studio, lighting and production
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88. trash alley! use resources you have. don’t need to spend a lot to make a project.
most of my projects cost less than a few hundred to make. DD was only $10.
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90. 2 years ago, I posted something on insta that said Foods before dudes
91. and one of my followers commented “cuisine before peen”. I think I spit out my drink when I read it because it was so damn clever and made a mental note of it.
My friends love it obviously, so we joked about it all the time after that. One day we were pondering life’s tough questions: whether phallic things have always been funny
or not. like if cavemen looked at phallic rocks and laughed?
I had wanted to start a food project for a while as you know, so something just clicked after this conversation.
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95. a combination of two more of my favorite things - cooking and inappropriate humor
does it have anything to do with lettering? no. does it make laugh and feel excited about working? hell yeah.
96. - showing your true, weird self attracts an audience who loves what you love and repels people who aren’t your ideal follower anyways. the internet is a big place. there is
room for you and all of your weird.
- making work that reflects the weird stuff my friends and i nerd out about has allowed me to find an audience who’s excited about the things that i’m excited about
- it’s easier to make a lot of work when you’re enjoying that work. keeps me motivated to keep on creating.
- i guess what I’m trying to say is
97. i hope that by putting myself out there, it gives others confidence to pursue that thing they’ve always wanted to do but maybe were a little afraid to try out.
98. • wrapped up in lettering
• Just because I’m a letterer doesn’t mean I’m only allowed to do lettering.
• got into design because i like making stuff you did too
• get older, gets harder because we overthink
• when was the last time you made something for fun?
99. crown from bali
spent an hour in my room taking photos emo music
same stuff i was doing in high school
106. • Keep making stuff. Make stuff that feels good to make, and don’t stop. This is the only way to keep getting better at your craft, and it’s going to take time. Make stuff
that isn’t even related to your job. Any making of any kind is good for your creativity, which is good for your job. Photographing bread on my head has nothing to do
with lettering, but it makes me happy to do. And when I’m happier, I’m a better letterer.
Once you find inspiration for an idea, it may seem like a daunting task to actually bring it to life.
107. Once you find inspiration for an idea, it may seem like a daunting task to actually bring it to life. I’ve noticed is that the biggest roadblock to starting a personal project is
usually…myself. I want to leave you with a few tips on how to make it happen.
- sophie ben story
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109. then you have time to start a project! You have time to make something! I’m not hating on all of the activities above (I love a good Instagram stalk and hey, if you pay
attention it might inspire an idea), but what I’m trying to say is that you have more free time than you think you do. Starting a personal project is such a great investment
of your time because it comes full-circle. The more you invest into your personal work, the more it will re-invest into your actual paid work. Trust me.
110. not hating on the above activities ( i love a good instagram stalk)
111. • One last bit
• When it comes to creating work, mindset can play a big role.
• Whether you think you can or can't, you are correct.
• Blindly believe in yourself
112. Support yourself like you’d support a friend. You would never tell a friend, “Eh I don’t think you can do it. You’re not that talented.”, so why would you say it to yourself? I
think about how blindly and enthusiastically I support the people I love, and I try to support myself in the same way.
113. The secret to creativity is simply paying attention to your experiences. Sometimes I think back to that night that Daily Dishonesty was born. I think about sitting in the
kitchen with my roommate and wonder what would’ve happened if I had just laughed about our lies, polished off the last bits of wine and cheese, went to bed, and never
thought twice about it again - as we do with lots of things in our lives. I would probably still be working in advertising. And I wouldn’t be here talking to you right now. And
maybe that would be okay, but I’m glad there was something inside of me that night that grabbed onto that little ordinary moment.
114. So, from now on, I encourage you all to try this technique. be your own source of inspiration. Be your own muse. The best part of this technique is that you don’t have to
do much except pay more attention to yourself. Study yourself more often. Be a detective in your own life. Constantly be in tune with your feelings and surroundings.
Ordinary life can lead to extraordinary things if you just LOOK UP FROM YOUR PHONE
115. Ordinary life can lead to extraordinary things if you just LOOK UP FROM YOUR PHONE and pay attention to what’s going on around you. Let all of your experiences, not
just the big, shiny, exciting, Instagram-worthy ones, - all of them - guide the way to new ideas. I can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with, and where it’ll take you.