[Design and Technology] FW: speakers at OPEN conference

[Tran, Lorraine I]

Design and Technology Mailing list members:

Students from RMIT Industrial Design have organised events that
incorporate speakers in various fields of design.
 
Please pass the attached information on to your students, if you feel
the events would be useful.

 
Regards,
Lorraine Tran
Technology Curriculum Manager. 
Telephone: (03)9651 4407
Fax:           (03) 9651 4324
Mobile:      041 933 1630
Email: tran.lorraine.i at edumail.vic.gov.au
 
The VCAA provides curriculum and assessment for prep to Year 12. The
VCAA is a statutory body directly responsible to the Minister for
Education and Training and serves government and non-government schools.
 
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>From Katherine (RMIT)


Here is a list of the speakers (+ a short description) who will be
speaking throughout the conference.

I have also attached a jpeg of the poster, and of the registration form.

Speakers include:
+ Michael Trudgeon | David Poulton - principle designer & founder of 
+ Crowd Productions, a transdisciplinary design studio; creator of the 
+ futuristic Hyperhouse Trang Du - recent Industrial Design graduate; 
+ sole furniture designer at Hartman Pacific, the largest outdoor 
+ furniture supplier in the Southern Hemisphere Reactive Design, web
design company with extensive corporate client portfolio Barry Hudson -
industrial designer, BHID (Barry Hudson Industrial Design); a design
veteran who has created a multitude of products since the 1950s, and
pledges he will not stop designing until the very end Futurebrand FHA,
an internationally renowned firm specialising in Brand Strategy (they do
not consider themselves Graphic designers) with 26 companies dotted
around the globe.
+ Simon Heyes - Worked in London. Worked in Italy. Worked in Australia.
Worked everywhere (almost). Obsessed with design.
+ Mark Armstrong - creative director & founder of award-winning Blue Sky
Creative ; designers of the 2000 Sydney Olympics torch.
+ Hugo Davidson - co-founder Catalyst Design 12 yrs; designers of Knog
cycling products; company direction leaning towards entrepreneurship
through complete product & branding design strategy.

Please let me know how you can help distribute the information thankyou!
Also please note that there is a special high school students discount
for ticket prices, at $22 for the intimate nights.


Katherine Ah Yick

OPEN committee
RMIT Industrial Design
S3053286 at student.rmit.edu.au
phone: 0411 820 393





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