Design by Fire conference 2009
Over 200 participants attended this year's conference at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht. To everyone who was there: thank you for making Design by Fire 2009 such a memorable event. We hope to meet you all again next year!
Be sure to read on if you want to relive the day or catch a glimpse of the experience and atmosphere that made Design by Fire 2009 so special.
Pictures
The official Design by Fire 2009 conference pictures by Saro van Cleynenbreugel are up on our Flickr page. Be sure to check out these sets by participants, speakers, special guests and the team as well: Marcel Kampman (happykampics), James Box (b0xman), Andrei Herasimchuk, Arjan Haring (instanthappiness), Yohan Creemers, Tanja de Bie.
If you happen to have some pictures you'd like to share here as well, please let us know.
Presentation slides
Slides for some of the presentations are available for download here: The Music of Interaction Design (PDF, 8.6 MB) by James Box and Cennydd Bowles, Who Dares Wins (PDF, 3 MB) by Alrik Koudenburg, Show and Tell: Communicating New Interactions (PDF, 8.2 MB) by Tom Jenkins.
Seeing Things in Full Color (While Others See It in Black and White) by Marcel Kampman can be viewed over at Vimeo. We Have All the Time in the World by Matt Jones can be viewed over at SlideShare.
Program Booklet
Download this year's program booklet here (PDF, 736 kB).
Write-ups
A selection of what some of our participants had to say about the conference: Waved notes on Design by Fire (by Iskander Smit on his blog Target is new), Design by Fire: Oplaaiend vuur in het Spoorwegmuseum (Dutch, by Sytse Goverts on the Lost Boys blog), Spelen, risico nemen, freelancen en de vertaalslag (Dutch, by Nico Druif of Druif Design), Passie op Design by Fire (Dutch, by Esther den Boer–van der Wel on Rhinofly's blog Frank-ly), Design by Fire — Deel 1 (Dutch, by Richard de Vries on his blog Architecto).
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Design by Fire conference 2008
Last year's Design By Fire conference was held on Tuesday October 21st in the stylish Media Plaza, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 185 Interaction designers, information architects, user experience evangelists and design managers participated.
Speakers included Gert Hans Berghuis (Fabrique), Joe Fletcher (Microsoft), Jonathan Arnowitz (Google), Thomas Küber and Julian Masuhr (D-LABS), Marthijn Pool (ONL) and Thomas Castro (LUST). Brendan Dawes (magneticNorth) addressed the opening keynote.
Pictures, videos and transcripts can be found on the 2008 site.
Design by Fire conference 2007
The first Design by Fire conference was held on Tuesday October 23rd in the authentic Catharijne Convent, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 110 Interaction designers, user experience researchers, creative pioneers and Web 3.0 avant-gardists attended the conference.
Speakers included Renato Valdés Olmos and Paul Geurts (My Name is E), Marco van Hout (Monito), Benny Naber (Fier), Sander Mulder (Yppah), Michiel van der Ros (Waag Society), Geke van Dijk and Bas Raijmakers (STBY). Andrei Herasimchuk (Involution Studios) addressed the opening keynote.
Pictures, videos and transcripts can be found on the 2007 site.