While it is great to see the superstars of design talk about the outrageous projects they do, it sucks to pay $50 to see them. On Design aims to have low-cost, even free, evenings where a designer will talk about the projects they do. We want the attendees to be inspired by the speakers, but to also relate to them. No matter if you are a student or a professional designer, we want to you come to these talks. We want the talks to be intimate and to generate dialog among the attendees. Our first On Design lecture was with designer Gabe Wong on October 13th, 2011. It was a packed house and a great learning experience for everyone. The second lecture happened on November 24, 2011 and featured illustrator Raymond Biesinger and his well-received presentation entitled Doom.
On Design Number Three
Please the Student Design Association on Thursday, February 16th at Dewey’s on the UofA campus to see designer Geoffrey Lilge speak about designing a diversified practice model for your independent design consultancy: from lean self-production startups to effective freelance marketing.
Talk starts at 8pm. Dewey’s is an intimate venue so space is limited. Tickets are free and available at ondesign3.eventbrite.com
Geoffry Lilge
Geoffrey Lilge is a designer with a practice centered on self-production and collaboration. He was a founding partner of Pure Design, a Canadian furniture manufacturing company from 1993 until 2004. As Design Director, he collaborated with many innovative designers to develop a collection that was exhibited and distributed globally. Pure Design was awarded the ICFF Editors Award for Furniture in and is listed in the MoMA Design Encyclopedia. His work has received awards from Accent on Design (NYC) and has been published in The New York Times, Wallpaper*, Azure, Monocle, Abitare, Intramuros and has been featured in the books Design in Canada (Knopf, 2001),Desire (Gestalten, 2008) and 1000 Product Designs, (Rockport, 2010).
Geoff currently distributes his collection of locally made kitchen tools throughout North America.
29 Armstrong
We are very proud to have 29 ARMSTRONG as a partner on this On Design! 29ARMSTRONG is a dealer of modern design ranging from furniture and lighting to electronics and jewelry.
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