almost late to the venue, luckily the train came on time, i managed to reach just on time.. but as usual, malaysian time... always late, we waited outside the hall for bout half an hour(i think), meanwhile "Don't Panic" was given out.
waiting, chatting, etc....
First speaker: Simon Dixon & Aporva Baxir (www.dixonbaxi.com)
Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi opened their studio in the Winter of 2001. Dixonbaxi are a London based design and directing team formed by award winning directors Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi. The duo design and create commercials, promos, brand identity and positioning for some of the worlds most interesting companies. (taken from http://www.designyatra.com/Speakers.html)----------------------------------------------
they shown more of TV commercials, motions graphics.. it's interesting tho, variety of MTV commercials...
Second speaker: Kath Tudball (www.johnsonbanks.co.uk)
Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Katherina lives and works in London as a senior designer at the world-renowned design agency, johnson banks. Johnson banks’ innovative approach to design and identity attracts interest from across the world, despite the company’s small size – currently the company is working on major projects in the UK, USA and Japan. (taken from http://www.designyatra.com/Speakers.html)------------------------
being a mixture, her artworks was influenced as well... i like most of her works, very unique and one of the kind... her speech was funny as well, especially towards the end, a comparison of british sentence and malaysian sentence...
eg: Can you please reverse your car? (British way to saying)
"Gos-tan" (Malaysian way to saying)
after that we had a 10 minute break, Mr Koh gave us a snack(dont recall what the name of the snack), it was so spicy.. everyone was awake with just one bite... lol
after break, was the discussion on culture perspective with William Harald Wong and Brody, moderated by Paul Hughes..
Then, it was lunch.. went to purple cane restaurant.. i ordered its traditional style fried rice, and gosh, it was extremely tasteless... yucks...
Anyway, after lunch, the Third speaker: Vince Frost (www.frostdesign.com.au)
Vince is one of the world’s leading designers. He was Pentagram London’s youngest Associate Director in the early 90s. Now based in Sydney, Vince recently completed the re-branding of Sydney Opera House and the broadcast and identity design for Channel [V]. (taken from http://www.designyatra.com/Speakers.html)fourth: Andy Altman (www.whynoassociates.com)
Andy Altmann is the founder and director of Why Not Associates, whose unique graphic-design language has been admired and copied around the world in print, digital, and electronic media. Their client list is long and varied, ranging from Virgin Records to Paul Smith to the Royal Academy of Arts. (taken from http://www.designyatra.com/Speakers.html)and last but not least, Paul Hughes... (www.lava.nl)
Paul Hughes left the rolling green hills of his native Ireland, shortly after completing his studies in Visual Communication, and arrived in the distinctive flat planes of the Netherlands, where he has worked in the creative industries for over 12 years.(taken from http://www.designyatra.com/Speakers.html)----------------
his presentation was different compare to others... instead of showing his work, he draw out in a rolled paper and explains to us what is design. in an interesting and easy way....
that's him with his paper....
Group pictures:
with Paul Hughes
with Kath....
With Brody...
at Purple Cane rest...
tat's the snack i mentioned, rachel's expression says it all...
rachel and i
