My Parsons Design IV Presentation is Up
Parson's Design IV Presentation: Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions View more presentations from michaelSurtees. I’ve posted my presentation that I prepared for Parson’s Design IV class. It’s quite similar to the talk that I did in Dallas for the AIGA in February though I shuffled the order up for a more appropriate context for the class.... Read More
EVENT: PSFK Conference New York 2010
This upcoming Friday is PSFK Conference New York 2010. I’ve attended in the past and enjoyed what I’ve heard. Below are all the speakers… Colin Beavan – Green pioneer and journalist aka No Impact Man John Dimatos – Lecturer concepting tech solutions for Unicef at NYU Nick Felton – Designer and creator of the annual infographic Feltron Report Zach... Read More
EVENT: PSFK Conference New York 2010
Piers and PSFK have been pretty good supporters of the blog and helpful to me, so when he asked if I’d mention PSFK Conference New York 2010 on Friday, April 09, 2010 I said sure. Below are all the speakers—I’ve seen and heard a couple of them before and can attest to their smarts. Colin Beavan – Green pioneer and journalist aka No Impact Man John Dimatos –... Read More
A couple Notes from Listening to Richard Saul Wurman and SenseMaker Dialogs
While attending SenseMaker Dialogs for their second event I was quite impressed with Richard Saul Wurman, the first of the two speakers last night. The term speaker is probably not the correct term to describe him though. As I walked in fifteen minutes early he was already on stage having a conversation with the audience that was there. That conversation continued until he stopped... Read More
Design Notes from my AIGA Dallas talk on Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions
Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions Last Thursday I traveled from NYC to Dallas to Arlington to hang with the AIGA Dallas Fort Worth Chapter and present a talk I titled Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions. Jimmy Ball and the the Chapter treated me extremely well and made the experience great for me. I’ve attached the deck and made... Read More
AIGA Dallas Event: Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions with Michael Surtees #aigaconnect
I’m excited to mention that I’ll be speaking February 4th, 2010 in Dallas with their AIGA chapter. I’ve titled the talk Unexpected Narratives and Creating the Right Conditions. I’m going to talk process stuff in terms of agile design, using a blog as a testing lab and tool for learning, why content is now the UI and how graphic design has and should evolve.... Read More
A Couple Notes on Michael Beirut at Creative Mornings
It shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise that Michael Beirut’s talk at Creative Mornings was going to be so well received. While it’s hard to guess if each of Michael’s slides talking about clients was less than 140 characters on purpose or not, a quick scan through the interwebs shows what audience members on Twitter appreciated and a full break down... Read More
REVIEW: Bits ‘n Pieces
Last week I received a tour from Alissia Melka-Teichroew whom is a friend and one the curators of Bits ‘n Pieces which was on display at Material ConneXion. At first glance it was pretty easy getting sucked in with all the cool looking things. But stepping back for a moment helped me understand the concept of the exhibition which was looking at how technology both digital... Read More
Looking at Lubalin Now
As a fan of typography it wasn’t hard to love what was on the walls of the newly opened Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography. Last night I checked out the packed opening of Lubalin Now at the Cooper Union. It was a type fan’s dream of inspired works of Herb Lubalin. There was a healthy combination of work that I was familiar with and a few surprises.... Read More
EVENT NOTICE: Bits ’N Pieces (November 4-December 4, 2009)
Bits ’N Pieces to debut at Material ConneXion® November 4-December 4, 2009 Interactive exhibition to examine dialogue between the analog world and digital technologies transforming design in a post-digital era Curated by Dutch and Belgian designers Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen of UNFOLD, Lucas Maassen, Jan Habraken and Alissia Melka-Teichroew (byAMT), the exhibition... Read More
