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Semi-Permanent 09-Final speakers confirmed
Semi-Permanent 09-Final speakers confirmed
US brand guru Duke Stump and Wellington advertising and all-round ideas guy Cleve Cameron have this week been confirmed to speak at Semi-Permanent 09, rounding out an impressive line-up of 12 speakers from around the world.
Returning to Auckland on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 August 2009, the inspirational design forum brings together some of the best creative talent from New Zealand and internationally.
Other speakers include, from the UK: wunderkind graphic artist, illustrator and record label founder Kate Moross; masters of graphic design Bibliothèque and Pentagram; animators Studio AKA; and digital artists AllofUs.
From the US: renowned Los Angeles-based graphic designer David Carson and illustrator James Jean, and New York animators 1stAveMachine. And from downunder: Australian photographer and digital artist Alexia Sinclair and Kiwi digital effects powerhouse Weta Digital.
An annual multi-disciplinary design forum, Semi-Permanent is the only event of its type in Australasia. With sister events held in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and now Melbourne, New Zealand organisers The Church describe it as “a gathering of fresh talent, raw ideas, conversation and visual splendour”.
Now in its sixth year, Semi-Permanent Auckland is New Zealand’s largest design event, attended by sell out crowds of 1,600 people the past three years.
Relevant for anyone studying, working or interested in creativity or design, Semi-Permanent is about creativity, inspiration and passion says organiser Simon Velvin, with speakers coming from a broad range of disciplines including graphics, illustration, branding, advertising, motion graphics, photography, fashion, film, animation and more.
“Semi-Permanent is a once-a-year opportunity to see and hear from leading creatives from Aotearoa and around the world as they share their work, knowledge, experience and expertise, to soak up new ideas and be inspired, and to enjoy the experience with other like-minded people. It’s also an opportunity to participate creatively. For 2009 we are running a WE CAN CREATE campaign which invites creatives to submit work and win prizes.”
This year’s ticket prices have increased slightly at $250 for waged and $150 for students, which organisers attribute to significantly increased running costs. “We’d really rather not increase them but we’ve got no choice,” says Simon Velvin. Limited numbers of early bird tickets are available until 15 July and are already selling well at $210 for waged and $120 for students; and for the deluxe VIP experience, limited tickets are on sale for $500.
“At just over $20 per speaker, less if you purchase an early bird ticket, I hope people will still see Semi-Permanent as great value for money.”
All attendees get the legendary Semi-Permanent goodie-bag worth over $80 which includes the international Semi-Permanent book and loads of other goodies And there are also the associated exhibition and wrap party, for those wanting to celebrate the whole Semi-Permanent experience.
Tickets are available through The Edge Ticketing Service – www.buytickets.co.nz 09 357 3355 or 0800 BUY TICKETS (0800 289 842).
Semi-Permanent NZ 09, Friday 14 & Saturday 15 August 2009 at the Aotea Centre, THE EDGE®, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland. Proudly sponsored in New Zealand by British Council, Spicers Paper and MINI. For more information, visit www.semipermanent.com/newzealand
SEMI-PERMANENT AUCKLAND 09 SPEAKERS
Kate Moross, Moross, UK – graphic design, illustration, music
Designer, illustrator, director, record label pioneer and all-round creative Kate Moross is responsible for one of the strongest aesthetics of the current design generation.
Delivering everything from club flyers to music videos with flair and precision, Kate Moross’ work has been championed by Grafik magazine, Dazed & Confused, Vice magazine and Creative Review who selected her for a Creative Future award in 2007.
Kate also runs ISO & Isomorph Records, the world’s first design-led record label. She is fascinated by three sided shapes and free form lettering, and specialises in design and art direction for the music industry.
Harry Pearce, Pentagram, UK – graphic design
Harry Pearce studied graphic design at Canterbury College of Art and moved to London in 1982. In 1990, he co-founded Lippa Pearce Design, one of the UK’s most respected design agencies. He joined Pentagram’s London office as a partner in 2006.
Harry’s work covers spatial design, identity, print, packaging and posters, and his diverse range of public and private sector clients includes The Co-operative, Halfords, Phaidon Press, Kangol, Shakespeare’s Globe, the London Science Museum, British Film Institute, National Railway Museum and Boots the chemist, with whom he has a 23-year relationship.
He is dedicated to supporting human rights, producing pro-bono work for charities such as Christian Aid and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. Over the past 12 years he has developed a unique relationship with Witness, a New York-based charity founded by the songwriter/activist Peter Gabriel, producing some of his most acclaimed pieces of work including the award winning “Infantry” and “Burma” posters. He is also a member of the charity’s advisory board.
Harry has won numerous national and international design awards including two D&AD Silver awards. His work has been included in every edition of the D&AD annual since the inception of Lippa Pearce, is featured in many touring exhibitions and is included in the permanent collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris.
A frequent speaker and contributor to design discourse, Harry has given a number of lectures at international design conferences such as Kyoorius Design Yatra in India, as well as the British Museum, D&AD and the Typographic Circle in the UK. In 2005, he was elected a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and had his work was exhibited as part of the organisation’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Tim Beard, Bibliothèque, UK – graphic design
Bibliothèque is a small, creatively led studio working in the fields of corporate identity, exhibitions, publishing, installations and signage systems.
Tim Beard first worked in London at Williams & Phoa from 1992 to 1994, and then was at Cartlidge Levene from 1994 to 1996. In November 1996 he joined North where he stayed for eight years. In March 2004 he left North to set up Bibliothèque with Mason Wells, who he had worked with previously at North and Cartlidge Levene, and Jon Jeffrey who had been working with Mark Farrow.
Recent projects have included corporate identity programmes for London Sinfonietta and Covent Garden and also exhibition graphics for Cold War Modern at the V&A, Le Corbusier at the Barbican and Super Contemporary at the Design Museum.
Philip Hunt, Studio AKA, UK - animation
Philip Hunt is Co-Owner & Creative Director of STUDIO AKA – an animation production company based in London known for their idiosyncratic excellence and innovation.
A graduate of both Central Saint Martins & The Royal College of Art, Philip has created an eclectic range of animation projects for ORANGE, FIFA, DYSON and BMW to name but a few. Alongside his ongoing role as AKA’s creative Director, Philip’s diverse body of work also includes the multi-award winning short film AH POOK IS HERE - an interpretation of recordings by the late William S. Burroughs - which is included in both the Burroughs retrospective: PORTS OF ENTRY, and the permanent collection of the Goethe Institut.
Philip recently adapted and directed a half hour children’s animated film entitled LOST AND FOUND – based on OLIVER JEFFERS award winning children's book. The film was made by a crew of 20 working in four countries over 11 months, rethinking the simple drawn style of the original book into an epic 3D CG style film, reminiscent of stop motion, and tackling some of the studios most challenging set pieces to date – including their own ‘perfect storm’.
Sanky, AllofUs, UK – interactive design
AllofUs is a new kind of design consultancy formed to help organisations exploit new and emerging opportunities with technology. An interactive design agency, it works across an ever-growing list of design disciplines including product, exhibition, retail and brand identity design and communication channels including web, mobile and interactive TV.
A founder and one of the five partners of AllofUs, Sanky’s daily role as Art Director has him casting an eye over all projects whilst working on new business and creative direction and forming their recently conceived R&D offer.
AllofUs clients include Sky, Selfridges, Land Securities, CocodeMer, Science Museum, Tate Britain, Natural History Museum, Pentagram, The Chase, Dazed and Confused, Sony, BBC, Capital Radio, Bob Geldof, Microsoft, Wellcome Trust, Motorola, Nokia and Channel 4.
Previously, after studying information
design at Nottingham, Sanky joined Digit at its inception as
Art Director and was involved with projects for Nike,
Motorola, BMPinteraction, TBWA, GGT, Stella McCartney, The
Design Museum, Creative Review, Sky, Sony, Universal Music,
Beggars Banquet, Deutsche Bank, Independiente, Channel 4 and
many others.
Sanky is a well-known speaker on the international conference scene being involved with IDN Fresh Conferences in Sydney and Singapore, Flash Forward Amsterdam, Design Yatra in Goa and also speaking alongside Sir Terrance Conran at Design Indaba in South Africa. He has taught at the LCC, Hyperisland, St Martins School of design and Space Invaders in Copenhagen and has also judged awards for the Canadian Art Directors Club, the Construction Awards in South Africa, Design Week Awards and D&AD Awards.
He is also on the executive committee of DandAD and is currently researching a novel.
David Carson, USA – graphic design
David Carson is a graphic designer from San Diego, California.
Surfer Magazine, in their July '09 issue calls Carson the most influential graphic designer of our times.
Carson splits his time between the Caribbean, Zurich and Del Mar California where he keeps a small, mobile studio.
He recently re-branded the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, designed a line of products for Quiksilver, a brochure for Bark paddleboards and assorted other projects he will no doubt show us.
Carson is a featured speaker at the "World Design Congress" in Beijing, China in October of this year.
Arvind Palep and Aaron Duffy, 1st Ave Machine, USA – motion graphics
1st Ave Machine is a visual design and storytelling outfit. Based on story driven visual design and in-house effects, the production company got its start working on projects from high profile agencies such as 180 Amsterdam & Mother London.
After meeting while working
for Darren Aronofsky, Executive Producer Serge Patzak and
Director Arvind Palep founded the studio, which now attracts
some of the best emerging visual design and storytelling
talent. 1st Ave Machine is currently broadening its
production facilities with a UK presence.
SpecialGuest,
started in 2007 and is the imaginative, playful sibling of
1st Ave Machine and platform for exploration of different
techniques and directorial visions.
Arvind
Palep grew up in Panama City, Florida. He graduated from
Maryland Institute College of Art, with a concentration in
3D. Growing up, Palep was always inspired by nature, organic
life forms and oceanic creatures, which are all deep-rooted
themes of his work.
It was the idea of evolution and biological adaptation that fuelled his wonder and passion for the subject of art. He has also been obsessed with robotics and mechanical engineering, which also contribute to themes throughout much of his work.
Arvind has focused his world on biosynthetic landscapes, which are derived from organisms you would find on the Earth's surface and in the oceans. He also plays with the idea of evolutionary form.
The use of repetition and organic variation of colour gives it a very familiar quality. He is obsessed with the surprises you would find underneath a rock.
After
graduating Arvind moved on to work for Darren Aronofsy's
Amoebus Proteus. There he met Serge Patzak. Together, the
two formed creative visual and storytelling outfit 1st Ave
Machine and later SpecialGuest.
Aaron Duffy is a director
and crochet artist residing in Brooklyn, New York. Aaron
graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2006
and has since enjoyed creating commercials, music videos and
short films. Aaron is the co-founder of SpecialGuest, a
sister studio to 1stAveMachine. He has a turtle named
Chevy.
James Jean, USA – illustration
Born in 1979 in Taiwan, and raised in New Jersey, James Jean was educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and moved to Los Angeles in 2003, where he currently lives and works.
Renowned for his draftsmanship and imagination, Jean’s work has been featured in print, fabric, large-scale installations and animation. His influences include various sources such as Japanese Woodblock prints, Northern Renaissance paintings and etchings, Chinese scroll paintings, Shanghai advertising posters, comics, anatomical charts and vintage printed ephemera. His images evoke a sense of fantasy and the subconscious seductive in their delicacy and sensuality.
From 2001 through 2007 Jean received great critical and popular acclaim as a cover artist for DC/Vertigo Comics, winning him five Eisner awards and three Harvey Awards for Best Cover Artist. This early recognition led him to create work for clients such as the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Atlantic Records, Playboy, Nike, and Target.
By infusing this commercial work with his personal vision, Jean received top editorial and advertising honors from The Society of Illustrators and Cannes. His large-scale wallpaper drawings for Prada's retail stores were also turned into textile prints and applied on accessories and clothing for their Spring 2008 collection.
Jean then wrote and designed an animated film based on the original drawings. A design agency, 2x4, transformed his work into a variety of installations, merging his drawings with the architecture in Prada’s epicenter stores worldwide.
Since 2007, James Jean has stopped illustrating in favor of personal paintings, book projects, and gallery exhibitions.
Duke Stump, Northstar Manifesto, USA – branding, corporate responsibility/sustainability
A spirited and dynamic brand leader, speaker, teacher and blogger with an unbridled passion for creating what could be, Duke offers a unique perspective towards understanding the emerging zeitgeist or new breed of brand - something he affectionately refers to as THE REAL 100, a collective of progressive individuals and brands that are defined less by their size than by their ability to spark a revolution of new thought.
Duke is Principal and Chief Architect of The Northstar Manifesto. A dynamic brand strategy studio focused on cultivating and nurturing powerful ideas in the world of corporate responsibility. He positions himself as a Sherpa for humanity who partners with brands and individuals leading positive systemic change (e.g. The Biomimicry Guild).
Prior to creating The Northstar Manifesto, Duke was Chief Marketing Officer for Seventh Generation - voted Best Company on the Planet by Better World and the leader in corporate responsibility. In this role Duke was responsible for leading a gifted team focused on Brand - Product Innovation - Design - Communications - Corporate Responsibility and Consumer Insights. During his tenure they launched the most effective brand launch in the company’s twenty-year history
While at NIKE (15+ years) Duke revelled in the profound journey and enjoyed a variety of senior executive roles in Brand (VP NIKE Brand – Subsidiary), Product (VP Product Marketing) and Sales (Key Accounts). Always one to seek out the path less taken, he experienced a vast array of business models and thrived on optimising untapped opportunities. His leadership experience at NIKE was instrumental in framing his core beliefs and principles around brand building, the power of the human spirit and the artistry of insights. Upon his resignation his peers honoured him with an award bestowed in his name, The Duke Stump Award - NIKE Bauer, presented annually to the individual and/or team that best exemplifies innovation, passion and inspiration.
http://www.thenorthstarmanifesto.com
http://blog.northstarmanifesto.com
Alexia Sinclair, Australia – photography, digital art
Alexia Sinclair is an award-winning Australian photographic and digital artist. Her photographic and illustrative artworks are housed in important art collections throughout Australia. An exhibiting artist since the early 90’s, Sinclair’s distinct style is celebrated in magazines throughout the world.
Sinclair’s art is dark and seductive, baroque and symbolic. This multilayered art presents contemporary notions of fashion and beauty through innovative digital media, whilst restoring antique notions of classicism, elegance and luxury. Inspired by the masters of renaissance art, Sinclair uses a visual narrative to seduce her audience with each photographic feast.
Sinclair studied Fine Arts at Sydney’s National Art School and then went on to complete a BFA (Hons 1) and MFA from the University of Newcastle.
Sinclair has exhibited her art in numerous exhibitions throughout Australia, including being an exhibiting finalist in the National Portrait Prize – Archibald, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Sinclair’s awards include winning the Harpers BAZAAR Canon Fashion Photography Award, the National Tertiary Art Prize and the prestigious Newton-John Award for her Master of Fine Arts series The Regal Twelve. She is also the recipient of a Jennie Thomas Traveling Honours Scholarship (NYC) the Jennie Thomas Masters Scholarship and a Postgraduate Research Scholarship.
Sinclair’s series The Regal Twelve headlined the group show Phantasia at the Australian Centre for Photography in 2008. Phantasia is now touring Australia and internationally for a two-year period.
Sinclair is currently producing a new series titled The Royal Dozen as a series of twelve male monarchs mirroring the themes of The Regal Twelve.
Matt Aitken, Weta Digital, New Zealand – digital FX
Matt has worked at Weta Digital since the early days of the company, supervising computer graphics on many film projects including The Frighteners, Contact, and I Robot. Matt was Digital Models Supervisor on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, pre-production / R&D Supervisor for King Kong and Visual Effects Supervisor on Bridge to Terabithia.
Recently Matt has been working on Weta Digital projects including Dambusters, Avatar, Tintin and The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Matt has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Victoria University of Wellington and a Master of Science in Computer Graphics from Middlesex University, London.
He has had technical papers published by Eurographics and Graphite and has given presentations on Weta Digital’s work at many conferences and festivals including SIGGRAPH, FMX, the Australian Effects and Animation Festival, Imagina and the London Effects and Animation Festival.
Cleve Cameron, New Zealand – ideas guy
Spungochief, Editor of The Guz, Writer, Director, Producer, Creative Director, Song Writer, Performer, Ideas Guy…
During the Spungo era Cleve experimented with media and storytelling and generally went on a mission to ‘slit the glug’. To blast fun into everyday life. Spungo ran a roving radio station, held a podular office, operated an alternative mail system, and got in trouble with countless security guards for their daring RadioSpungo ‘hits’ on public spaces. All of which happened before flash-mobbing and September 11.
Since then Cleve has been receiving a steady stream of transmissions from The Beop – the band in a time-bubble. The Beop first communicated with Cleve back in 2001 to help write their novel. Being more of a multi-dimensional-art-thing than a novel, they claimed Cleve was the perfect candidate for the job.
In between these transmissions he has worked for some of the highest-ranking ad agencies on the planet including Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington, Naked Communications and BMF Advertising who both won Australian agency of the year while he was working for them. Cleve has won many prestigious advertising awards including Cannes Gold lion. He has created campaigns for Coca-Cola, Mini, Goodman Fielder, NZ Post and Telecom.
The Beop are now transmitting via numerous channels into the 21st Century. The most direct reception of their transmissions is at Beop Beam Central – thebeop.com
Cleve works with a close group of designers and creative cobbers including: Perceptual-Engineering, Resn, and Degree Design. Cleve has also recently formed the creative shop The Toot Group for projects with agencies and clients.
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