Conferences Archives - Design Work Life https://designworklife.com/tag/conferences/ Design inspiration & how-tos for your everyday work and life. Tue, 27 May 2014 16:51:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://designworklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-dwl-icon-32x32.png Conferences Archives - Design Work Life https://designworklife.com/tag/conferences/ 32 32 Digital Tales From 2 Days in Seattle https://designworklife.com/digital-tales-from-2-days-in-seattle/ Tue, 20 May 2014 23:48:47 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=81137 This past weekend we had the great fortune to join the gang from Creative Social for their latest global event in Seattle. For this group of talented creative folk from across the globe, and for the record a heavy emphasis on socializing, we were lucky enough to experience some incredible speakers, and better yet, some […]

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]]> 2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway Winner https://designworklife.com/2014-redesign-uxd-giveaway-winner/ Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:00:22 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=77371 Congrats, Allison—you’ve won a free pass to the upcoming RE:DESIGN UXD Conference! Please shoot me an email so that I can pass your contact info onto the RE:DESIGN folks. Thanks to everyone else who entered!

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]]> 2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway https://designworklife.com/2014-redesign-uxd-giveaway/ https://designworklife.com/2014-redesign-uxd-giveaway/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:30:07 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=76745 It’s that time of year again! The 2014 RE:Design UXD Conference is coming up at the end of April in Brooklyn, and I’m happy to offer one lucky winner a free pass. Here are the details: RE:DESIGN/UXD 2014 will take place April 28 + 29 in Brooklyn, NY. Like our other RE:DESIGN events, the focus […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/2014-redesign-uxd-giveaway/feed/ 1 RE:DESIGN Conference Winners! https://designworklife.com/redesign-conference-winners/ https://designworklife.com/redesign-conference-winners/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:00:02 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=69355 You’ll both receive an email with the details shortly. Everyone else, thanks so much for participating!

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]]> https://designworklife.com/redesign-conference-winners/feed/ 0 2013 RE:DESIGN Conference Giveaways! https://designworklife.com/2013-redesign-conference-giveaways/ https://designworklife.com/2013-redesign-conference-giveaways/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:00:54 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=69049 This giveaway is now closed. Winners will be announced on Thursday, September 19th. That’s right I said, giveaways, as in two! This year, I’m excited to offer two lucky readers the change to attend one of the amazing RE:DESIGN conferences, RE:DESIGN Inspire and RE:DESIGN Creative Directors. Here are the details: This year’s RE:DESIGN/CD event will be held […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/2013-redesign-conference-giveaways/feed/ 41 WMC Fest 4 https://designworklife.com/wmc-fest-4/ https://designworklife.com/wmc-fest-4/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:30:43 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=68051 For the month of August, a series of guest posters will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. Today’s posts come to you from Margot Harrington of Pitch Design Union. For more from Margot, be sure to check out her blog and follow her on Twitter. Enjoy! In my experience it’s hard to sum up the key takeaways from conferences. […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/wmc-fest-4/feed/ 3 Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 2 https://designworklife.com/design-ranch-meet-our-leaders-part-2/ https://designworklife.com/design-ranch-meet-our-leaders-part-2/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:00:45 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=63288 As promised, I present to you the amazing remaining Design Ranch session leaders. Much more to come next week from Texas! Jay B. Sauceda Jay B. Sauceda grew up in La Porte, Texas and moved to Austin in 2003. After attending the University of Texas, he began a career in commercial and editorial photography. His clients […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/design-ranch-meet-our-leaders-part-2/feed/ 0 Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 1 https://designworklife.com/design-ranch-meet-our-leaders-part-1/ https://designworklife.com/design-ranch-meet-our-leaders-part-1/#respond Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:00:45 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=60644 So many amazing artists, designers and creative people will be leading the workshops at Design Ranch next week. In anticipation of my arrival in Texas, let’s take a look at the incredibly talented people who we’ll also be learning from. Ellen Lupton Ellen Lupton is Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/design-ranch-meet-our-leaders-part-1/feed/ 0 Headed to the Ranch! https://designworklife.com/headed-to-the-ranch/ https://designworklife.com/headed-to-the-ranch/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:00:46 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=60645 In just a few short weeks I’ll be heading down to Texas for the first time ever! I’m taking the trip to attend and live-blog AIGA Austin’s Design Ranch, a three-day, hands-on workshop retreat held on a sprawling, rustic ranch somewhere between Austin, Texas and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. From April 18th through 21st, attendees will get their […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/headed-to-the-ranch/feed/ 4 RE:DESIGN/UXD Conference Winner https://designworklife.com/redesignuxd-conference-winner/ https://designworklife.com/redesignuxd-conference-winner/#respond Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:51:14 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=61257 Ashley, you’ll receive an email with the details shortly. Everyone else, thanks so much for participating!

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]]> https://designworklife.com/redesignuxd-conference-winner/feed/ 0 RE:DESIGN/UXD Conference Giveaway https://designworklife.com/redesign-giveaway/ https://designworklife.com/redesign-giveaway/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:00:19 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=60347 This giveaway in now closed. Today I’m happy to once again offer one lucky reader a free pass to the next RE:DESIGN conference, RE:DESIGN UXD, which is coming up this April in Silicon Valley. Here are the details: RE:DESIGN/UX Design will take place in Silicon Valley on April 29–30, 2013. Like our other RE:DESIGN events, the focus is […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/redesign-giveaway/feed/ 27 RE:Design/Creative Directors Giveaway Winner! https://designworklife.com/redesigncreative-directors-giveaway-winner/ https://designworklife.com/redesigncreative-directors-giveaway-winner/#respond Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:00:45 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=54982 Ashley, you’ll receive an email with the details shortly. Everyone else, thanks so much for participating!

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]]> https://designworklife.com/redesigncreative-directors-giveaway-winner/feed/ 0 2012 RE:Design/Creative Directors Conference Giveaway https://designworklife.com/2012-redesigncreative-directors-conference-giveaway/ https://designworklife.com/2012-redesigncreative-directors-conference-giveaway/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:00:40 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=54794 Update: This giveaway is now closed. I’m so happy to be able to offer another free pass to one of the incredible RE:DESIGN conferences, RE:DESIGN/Creative Directors, which is coming up later this month. Here are the details: RE:DESIGN/Creative Directors will take place in Portland on October 29–30. “Back to School: The (Re)Education of the Creative Director.” Digital […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/2012-redesigncreative-directors-conference-giveaway/feed/ 31 Brand New Opening Remarks https://designworklife.com/brand-new-opening-remarks/ https://designworklife.com/brand-new-opening-remarks/#respond Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:00:12 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=52957 Last week I attended the Brand New Conference here in NYC. I’ve been meaning to write a recap post, but my schedule will probably prevent me from getting to that this week. So in the meantime, enjoy Armin’s opening remarks—definitely one of the my favorite parts of the day.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/brand-new-opening-remarks/feed/ 0 RE:Design/Inspire Giveaway Winner! https://designworklife.com/redesigninspire-giveaway-winner/ https://designworklife.com/redesigninspire-giveaway-winner/#respond Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:30:39 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=49373 Mike, you’ll receive an email with the details shortly. Everyone else, thanks so much for participating!

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]]> https://designworklife.com/redesigninspire-giveaway-winner/feed/ 0 RE:Design/Inspire Conference Giveaway https://designworklife.com/redesigninspire-conference-giveaway/ https://designworklife.com/redesigninspire-conference-giveaway/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:00:24 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=49117 Update: This giveaway is now closed. Today I’m happy to offer one lucky reader a free pass to the next RE:DESIGN conference, RE:DESIGN Inspire, which is coming up in September. Here are the details: RE:DESIGN/Inspire will take place at Public in Chicago on Sept 23 + 24. For these talks, we’ll sit down with creatives that have accomplished the ultimate […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/redesigninspire-conference-giveaway/feed/ 67 Take This Job and Love It: A Q&A with James Victore https://designworklife.com/take-this-job-and-love-it-a-qa-with-james-victore/ https://designworklife.com/take-this-job-and-love-it-a-qa-with-james-victore/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:00:24 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=48130 Author/Designer/Filmmaker/Artist/Firestarter James Victore has recently launched a brand new project, Take This Job and Love It: “A one day live event about work, life, and bucking the status quo” taking place this September. He was kind enough to answer a few questions for DWL readers who might be curious about what the experience will entail. […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/take-this-job-and-love-it-a-qa-with-james-victore/feed/ 1 A Re:Design Conference Giveaway! https://designworklife.com/conference-giveaway/ https://designworklife.com/conference-giveaway/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:00:32 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=37418 This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who participated! The winner will be announced on Monday. I have an amazing opportunity for all of you today! I’m extremely excited to host a giveaway for ONE FREE PASS to the upcoming RE:DESIGN/Creative Directors Conference at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. Exciting, right?? Here are […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/conference-giveaway/feed/ 36 HOW Conference mp3s Available https://designworklife.com/how-conference-mp3s-available/ https://designworklife.com/how-conference-mp3s-available/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:00:43 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=329 The HOW Conference site has posted mp3s of most of the 2008 sessions. You can download single sessions for $15 and workshops for $19, or you can get the entire package for $199. A pretty good deal considering the price of the conference registration. The free handouts from most of the sessions are also available […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/how-conference-mp3s-available/feed/ 0 New-to-me Design Conferences https://designworklife.com/new-to-me-design-conferences/ https://designworklife.com/new-to-me-design-conferences/#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:00:42 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=319 I had such a good experience at the HOW Conference this year, that I’d like to try to attend conferences more often. And I recently read about a couple that I wasn’t familiar with in the current issue of STEP magazine. Cusp Conference The first ever Cusp Conference will be held over two days in […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/new-to-me-design-conferences/feed/ 0 5 Questions with Wayne Geyer https://designworklife.com/5-questions-with-wayne-geyer/ https://designworklife.com/5-questions-with-wayne-geyer/#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:55 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=278 One of the HOW Conference presentations I really enjoyed was “Write More Good: Copywriting for Visual Thinkers” with Wayne Geyer. A designer-turned-copywriter, Wayne gave a great presentation about how we can improve our writing skills as designers. Aside from providing us with some really great tips to incorporate into our work; he also put on […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/5-questions-with-wayne-geyer/feed/ 0 Speaking of CSA… https://designworklife.com/speaking-of-csa/ https://designworklife.com/speaking-of-csa/#respond Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:00:41 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=177 Awhile ago I promised I’d show you some of the paper promotions I received at the HOW Conference, and of course I just finally got around to organizing them. One in particular that I love is this one designed by Charles S. Anderson Design for French’s Mod-Tone paper line. The design is great as usual, […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/speaking-of-csa/feed/ 0 Making the Impossible Possible https://designworklife.com/making-the-impossible-possible/ https://designworklife.com/making-the-impossible-possible/#respond Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:10:41 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=56 Fortunately I got a chance to see Bill Strickland speak as the closing keynote for the HOW Conference. As a speaker and a person, he is truly inspirational. He grew up in poverty in the inner city of Pittsburgh and never left the area, instead choosing to make a difference in the lives of the […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/making-the-impossible-possible/feed/ 0 Type Galore https://designworklife.com/type-galore/ https://designworklife.com/type-galore/#respond Wed, 28 May 2008 14:00:47 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=44 One of the highlights of the conference was the Type Director’s Club exhibit (TDC54) at the conference. I love the books cataloging these competitions. I personally own Typography 26 and Typography 28 and will definitely be adding this new one to my wishlist, which will be available in stores this coming December. The books are […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/type-galore/feed/ 0 Charles S. Anderson Design https://designworklife.com/charles-s-anderson-design/ https://designworklife.com/charles-s-anderson-design/#respond Wed, 28 May 2008 10:43:49 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=43 Another presenter I was really excited about was Charles Anderson. I love the look and feel of all the work that comes out of their studio, and I really love French paper, who they partner with on many of their projects. The talk, entitled “The Designer as Entrepeneur” wasn’t intended to be a how to […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/charles-s-anderson-design/feed/ 0 The Design Catch 22 https://designworklife.com/the-design-catch-22/ https://designworklife.com/the-design-catch-22/#respond Tue, 27 May 2008 17:26:09 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=36 Another session I was excited about was the one given by David Schimmel of And Partners here in New York. I’ve always admired their work so I was excited to hear what he had to say, especially about this topic in particular—how to get the projects you want when you don’t necessarily have the experience […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/the-design-catch-22/feed/ 0 Another HOW Blog https://designworklife.com/another-how-blog/ https://designworklife.com/another-how-blog/#respond Mon, 26 May 2008 15:51:17 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=35 Just came across this blog via the Daily Monster. It covers a bunch of the sessions I didn’t get to see, so take a look.

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]]> https://designworklife.com/another-how-blog/feed/ 0 Daily Monster https://designworklife.com/daily-monster/ https://designworklife.com/daily-monster/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 15:42:39 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=34 Designer and Illustrator Stefan Bucher, of Daily Monster fame, gave a talk along with John Foster called “Arriving at Creativity”. The most entertaining part of the talk was the video played at the end of Bucher’s monster created specifically for the HOW Conference. See the video below. HOW 2008 Monster from Mig Reyes on Vimeo. […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/daily-monster/feed/ 1 Behance https://designworklife.com/behance/ https://designworklife.com/behance/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 15:23:09 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=21 Another one of Monday’s sessions I really enjoyed was given by Scott Belsky of Behance. For those of you that don’t know about the company, they maintain several creative initiatives. They include the Behance network, an online creative community; a line of productivity products, a methodology for productivity and the core of their company: the […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/behance/feed/ 1 Helpful Business Resources https://designworklife.com/helpful-business-resources/ https://designworklife.com/helpful-business-resources/#respond Mon, 26 May 2008 11:38:25 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=20 In Monday’s second session I attended “Financial Planning for Solo Designers” given by Shel Perkins, the author of Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers. While a lot of the information didn’t really apply to me, some of it was really helpful. One thing he mentioned that got me excited is a new website […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/helpful-business-resources/feed/ 0 Joe Duffy: A Designed Life https://designworklife.com/joe-duffy-a-designed-life/ https://designworklife.com/joe-duffy-a-designed-life/#respond Mon, 26 May 2008 14:28:17 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=19 Monday morning’s session presented by Joe Duffy was one I was really looking forward to. I love the work that comes out of Duffy and Partners and I was really excited to get some insight into their process. His presentation did not disappoint. He covered the basics in terms of how his company operates and […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/joe-duffy-a-designed-life/feed/ 0 Opening Night https://designworklife.com/opening-night/ https://designworklife.com/opening-night/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 13:24:54 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=17 This past Sunday I headed into the Hynes for the opening Keynote address, given by Jeremy Gutsche of Trend Hunter Magazine, entitled “Creating a Culture of Innovation”. Gutsche was an excellent speaker and his talk and made some great points about how to innovate in today’s culture of viral marketing, where consumers create the content. […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/opening-night/feed/ 1 Apologies for the Slowness https://designworklife.com/apologies-for-the-slowness/ https://designworklife.com/apologies-for-the-slowness/#respond Mon, 26 May 2008 12:56:06 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=23 Well, I really did mean to have my HOW recaps up long before now, but I didn’t realize how much being at the conference would take out of me. It was a bit exhausting inhaling all of that information in such a brief period of time. I have several posts in the works that will […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/apologies-for-the-slowness/feed/ 0 Inspiration Overload https://designworklife.com/inspiration-overload/ https://designworklife.com/inspiration-overload/#respond Tue, 20 May 2008 01:27:06 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=16 Well, the first full day of the HOW conference is over and it’s been awesome so far. I went to 4 really great sessions today and got my hands on tons of free stuff at the resource center; so there’s a ton I want to share with you. Unfortunately though, I’m having digital camera issues. […]

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]]> https://designworklife.com/inspiration-overload/feed/ 0 Time for HOW! https://designworklife.com/time-for-how/ https://designworklife.com/time-for-how/#respond Mon, 19 May 2008 04:46:28 +0000 https://designworklife.com/?p=14 I’m currently back home in Boston, which is exciting because I haven’t been able to get here since Christmas. And as much as I love New York, Boston will always be home. I’ve had several things going on since I got into town on Friday, but the main reason I’m here this week is to […]

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