I have just watched an interesting interview with Karsten Schmidt (aka toxi), a computational designer merging code, design, art & craft skills.
Starting in the deep end of the early 8-bit demo scene, for the past 2 decades he's been adopting a trans-disciplinary way of working and been laterally involved in a wide range of digital disciplines. With his studio PostSpectacular, he is actively exploring current possibilities at the intersection of design, art, software development and education and applying these in a variety of fields. A strong conceptual thinker and always striving for maximum creative freedom, Karsten’s design approach is based on treating ideas as software at the heart, which in turn informs all other facets of each project.
Talk of Tjeerd Hoek (Frog Design) at the 2nd Design Mind Salon in Amsterdam brought together 60 selected guests from the business and design world for one afternoon to discuss ‘how design triggers transformation’ (Source designmind.frogdesign.com)
Talk of Tjeerd Hoek (frog design) at the 2nd Design Mind Salon in Amsterdam brought together 60 selected guests from the business and design world for one afternoon to discuss ‘how design triggers transformation’
Talk of Bill Buxton (Microsoft Research) at the 2nd Design Mind Salon in Amsterdam brought together 60 selected guests from the business and design world for one afternoon to discuss ‘how design triggers transformation’
(Haarlem, 1 July 1968) was thirteen years at Microsoft, most recently as Design Director for Microsoft Windows. He was thus responsible for the user interface of Windows Vista. Since May 2007 he worked at frog design, an international consulting firm for industrial design[1]. Tjeerd Hoek studied industrial design at the Delft University of Technology, where he in 1992 graduated. In 1994 he left for the United States and joined Microsoft right[2]. There he worked on the design of including Microsoft Office, MSN, Windows XP, and recently Windows Vista. During the worldwide campaign following the launch of Windows Vista, he appeared in various media on January 30, 2007 inter alia in the Dutch television program The World Keeps Turning. In May 2007 he transferred to frog design. Since September 2009 he has worked for the European office of frog design in Amsterdam. (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjeerd_Hoek)
Watching this is enough to inspire any creative!!!!
INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends & creativity become contagious today in music and fashion. Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today's pop culture.
