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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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DesignNotes is published in NYC by Michael Surtees. Michael tries to explore people's daily experiences and observations with design. Recently he shifted from being the Principal and Creative Director of Gesture Theory to designing products at Dataminr. He can be reached at michael at michaelsurtees.com 
