The rules of design are changing as fast as the speed of communication today. Michael will be talking about his offline/online experiences in New York and sharing the questions he’s asking to keep ahead.
2. Talk Time Line: After Randy Asked me
My History NYC Renegade DesignNotes
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3. Talk Time Line: After Renegade
My History NYC Renegade Continuing DesignNotes
my Career
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4. Talk Time Line: Things Change Quickly
My History NYC Renegade Hillman Curtis DesignNotes
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5. Talk Time Line: Things Change Even More...
My History NYC DesignNotes
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6. The Future of Design: Now
Being adaptive when there’s no rules
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7. Who is Michael Surtees?
· Born in Saskatoon
· High School: Walter Murray
· College: Medicine Hat College, Visual Communication
· University: University of Alberta, Visual Communication Design
· GDC: Student Rep, VP of Education, Chapter President,
National VP of Communication*
· MADE in Edmonton: Vice President, Board Member at Large
· Edmonton: Hotspur Studios, Kyle Loranger Design, Matrikon, NAIT
· NYC: Renegade, Hillman Curtis*
· Blog: www.DesignNotes.info
*too short to mention but is an interesting footnote
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25. www.DesignNotes.info - test lab for exploration
“game changers map out future opportunities by exploring
the interplay between their current know-how and potential
new applications for it in a changing world”
+ Kevin McCullagh
http://www.core77.com/reactor/07.07_flux.asp
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29. Each post starts differently, but there’s a pattern
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30. After flickr it lands on the top of www.DesignNotes.info
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31. If someone else likes it, they mention it too
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32. But how do I know that anyone is looking?
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33. Other Tools
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34. Collecting Ideas, guidelines and turning it into something
1. Keep an open mind, don’t be that expert that isn’t open
to new ways of doing things.
2. Mistakes - they’re going to happen. Don’t get caught up
in being so tight to be perfect, it will strangle any good idea
that may come out.
3. If in doubt, use helvetica.
4. Carry a digital camera at all times.
5a. Say thank you. 5b. Exercise
6. Do something everyday that scares you.
7. Karma can bite you in the ass if you’re not careful, so try
to treat people the way you’d want to be treated.
8. Blog, and blog often - you can never guess where or
what something will lead to.
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35. Published in New York Magazine
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45. The book review that almost comes...
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46. Books on the wall
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47. What if no one came to www.DesignNotes.info?
Blogging is not only a publishing
tool, but a way to learn. It’s
important to write about what
you want, that way if no one
comes you’re still getting
something out of it.
+ Michael Surtees
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97. One more thing
“the more intelligent you are,
the more frightened you are”
+ overheard in a lecture...
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98. Thanks!
Please say hello if you’re in NYC
michael@michaelsurtees.com
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A pdf of this talk will be available at DesignNotes.info
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