We’re all heading over to the Liverpool Design Symposium next Wednesday. Will be good to hear what Michael Wolff has to say. See you there!

JMU Art and Design Academy, 04/11/2009

Liverpool Design Symposium is back again delivering an array of speakers, exhibitions and events to delight the most design savvy and creative types.

This years programme features Michael Wolff, courtesy of D&AD as part of the President Lecture Series. The DBA will also be running a session on Effective Design in the public sector led by Peter Mills, Consulting Director at the Team. Aspiring creatives and students of design and advertising will have the opportunity to hear top tips on how to break into the industry at a series of education-related sessions run by the D&AD, whilst the DBA will be holding a presentation on design effectiveness aimed at students.
www.liverpooldesignsymposium.com

Check out Montreal based Illustrator and Graphic Designer Tanya Johnston. She’s got some really good stuff.
www.cargocollective.com/tanyajohnston

SNIFF: public interactive projection
*project by Karolina Sobecka with software design by Jim George.

As you walk down the street you are approached by a dog. He is on his guard trying to discern your intentions. He will follow you and interpret your gestures as friendly or aggressive. He will try to engage you in a relationship and get you to pay attention to him.

Sniff is an interactive projection in a storefront window. As the viewer walks by the projection, her movements and gestures are tracked by a computer vision system. A CG dog dynamically responds to these gestures and changes his behavior based on the state of engagement with the viewer.
www.gravitytrap.com/sniff

We’re sponsoring the Liverpool focus section of the Drum Magazine this week. Make sure you pick up a copy and read what we have to say.