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Preparations for DxF2009 started
July 1st, 2009
Preparations for the third Design by Fire conference have started! The date is set on 20 October 2009, that's exact one year after last year's edition.
Check out designbyfire.nl/2009 »
interaction'09|vancouver
December 22nd, 2008
The IxDA announced its second annual conference. Interaction'09 will be held from 5-8 February 2009 in Vancouver, Canada. Join several hundred Interaction Designers from around the world as we address the design of interactive systems of all types: applications (web and desktop), mobile, consumer electronics, digitally enhanced environments, and more. Start your year off with stimulating talk, fun parties, and smart discussions about our growing field. interaction09.ixda.org »
Coverage of Design by Fire 2008
October 28th, 2008
The Design By Fire conference was held on Tuesday 21 October in the stylish Media Plaza, Utrecht. 185 Interaction designers, information architects, user experience evangelists and design managers participated.
In the evaluation survey 90% of the participants said to be satisfied or very satisfied with the conference. This is what our report card show: Presentations: 7.4 / 10, Venue: 8.4 / 10, Catering: 8.3 / 10, Information: 7.7 / 10
We will try to collect all material covering the conference on designbyfire.nl/2008/coverage »
Live game design at Design by Fire 2008
October 17th, 2008
IJsfontein is into playful solutions without avoiding serious objectives. Live at Design by Fire 2008 Don Blaauw will let the audience design a great game within 15 minutes.
WiiJ Timski at Design by Fire 2008!
October 11th, 2008
What to do if you are a DJ and you get bored of the standard DJ setup? You could write a piece of software to hook up Wii remotes to your laptop. Well, Timski did just that! Enabling him to perform a complete set by physical movement. At Design by Fire 2008, WiiJ Timski will show you.
Stroomt sponsoring DxF2008
October 10th, 2008
Stroomt informatiehuishouding is supporting DxF2008, by making sure all participants get their daily portion of vitamins. Stroomt delivers the right information to the right people, at the right time and in the right way. It can be a tough puzzle sometimes, but that's the way they like it.
Student rates
October 7th, 2008
On popular demand we have introduced special rates for students.
Informaat sponsoring DxF2008
October 5th, 2008
Like last year, Informaat will sponsor the program booklet again! They would like you to know that they are looking for serveral interaction designers.
Joe Fletcher will replace August de los Reyes
September 17th, 2008
Joe Fletcher, Experience Design Manager for Microsoft Surface, will replace August de los Reyes. Joe's job at Microsoft Surface is to usher in new ways of thinking about how people interact with technology.
Line up for DxF2008 complete!
September 9th, 2008
We are very pleased to announce the seventh speaker at Design by Fire 2008. Thomas Castro, one of the partners of multidisciplinary graphic design practice LUST, will give a presentation on non-hierarchy and non-linearity in design.
With the confirmation of Thomas, the list of speakers for DxF2008 is complete.
Workshop & Master class on prototyping
September 5th, 2008
On Wednesday 22 October – the day after the conference – Jonathan Arnowitz of Google and Dirk Jan Hoets of Flipside will team up to give two prototyping seminars. Leverage the experience of two leading user experience designers as they share with you the prototyping secrets that have made Google, SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle and many other companies a great success. The day is broken into two stand alone sessions: a workshop covering the essentials of effective prototyping and a Prototyping Master class. Both sessions will be partly in English and partly in Dutch.
More details and registration at www.flipside-experience.nl »
Design in a world of engineering
August 22nd, 2008
Jonathan Arnowitz, User Experience Architect at Google inc. will be our guest at the Design by Fire conference! He will be talking about software creativity, innovation and design in a world of engineering.
More speakers confirmed
August 12th, 2008
We proudly announce two more speakers who confirmed their contributions:
Marthijn Pool, senior project architect at ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] will introduce their groundbreaking interactive architecture.
Thomas Küber, Interaction Designer at D-LABS GmbH, will show the results of their ‘Design Led Innovation’ approach.
Registration started
August 1st, 2008
Join us at Design by Fire 2008. Early birds are rewarded with a 30 euro discount, so why not register today? And, hmm, we don't want to appear pushy, but last year's conference was sold out before the early bird period ended…
Designing for user generated content
June 25th, 2008
“Count me in!”, was Gert Hans Berghuis' reply when we invited him to speak at Design by Fire 2008. Gert Hans, director of Fabrique Communication & Design, will discuss the art of designing for user generated content.
Preparations for DxF2008 started
May 21st, 2008
Preparations for the second Design by Fire conference have started! The date is set on 21 October 2008, that's exact five months from now. The list of confirmed speakers makes that we can hardly wait. Read on.
Brendan Dawes (author of the inspiring book ‘Analog in, Digital Out’) accepted the invitation to take care of the keynote presentation.
August de los Reyes, as Experience Architect involved in the Microsoft Surface project, will share his expertise in designing for natural user interfaces.
Christian Behrens is a new media designer based in Berlin. He recently finished his M.A. thesis on information design principles.
Contact us if you have suggestions for contributions to the conference program.
Please take note: with still five months to go, all the above is subject to change /of course.
