In two days, I’ll be heading north to Vancouver, B.C. for the AIGA National Design Conference, the power of Design. (Ironic that an American org is holding a national conference in Canada, eh?) This year’s conference will focus on the role of designers in the 21st century, in terms of culture, economy, and environment. Registration is still open if you’re up for making last minute plans. Be wary though: nearby hotels were filling up quick when I booked a month ago. GDC members are also eligible for the AIGA member rate.
The last AIGA conference I attended was I|O: Interaction Only in Miami last November. I met some cool people, participated in thought-provoking discussions over lunches, and had an excellent time exploring the sights, sounds, and indulgences of South Beach with a few local friends. (South Beach photos: 1, 2) With over 2,000 people attending, 95 speakers lined up, and several big parties planned, I’m looking forward to the big event this week.
Since I’ve never been to Vancouver, I’m arriving a day early, and leaving a day late. So I’ll have a little time to take in this beautiful city. Sort of a mini-vacation — with a design conference thrown in the middle — if you will. I’ll be staying at the Pan Pacific, adjoined to the Convention Centre. Dave and I already have tentative plans to meet up at some point. If you’ll be in town for the conference, or live nearby, drop me a note or leave a comment here if you’re interested in doing the same. I’ll share thoughts and photos from the event and my time in Vancouver as much as I can while I’m there.
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With all this rain, it’ll be like you never left San Francisco.
Ah, c’mon Dave. It hasn’t rained here for over a month. Mostly sunny, 60-75 degrees (F) for the last few weeks. Sounds like I might be getting a bit wet if things don’t change soon.
I kid because I love. The two cities are amazingly parallel; I always felt at home in SF.
Man, this conference better be good guys - because both of you should really be at the Zap Your PRAM Conference instead. ;-)
Actually, Steven… I think it’s the other way around. Aside from the large draw of AIGA, which conference was scheduled first? (hint 1, hint 2) Who didn’t check the design calendar before picking dates for Zap?
I’m just sayin’ ;-)
Would have loved to be able to come. Never been to PEI either.
Zing! Maybe there will be another Zap next year. Regardless, let’s hope we cross paths at some point.
I’ll be in Vancouver at the conference. I’ve never been there either. Maybe we can grab a cup of coffee or something. Not that you know me or anything. Maybe I’ll just see you there. Or maybe you’re in the habit of drinking coffee with strangers. :u) If that’s the case, then by all means.
Quite irrelevant with current topic but your website layout is totally screwed up in IE5/Mac (!?) I had to disable CSS to actually see something! Looking at source code, I could see you made some changes yesterday hence the troubles today…
Perhaps it’s already been fixed, but everything looks fine here in IE5Mac (OS9). I even manually reloaded the stylesheet to make sure. Anyway, enjoy the conference. I’m jealous. :)
I hear the Speak Up! designers are having a parTAY. Tho I’m not going, it might be cool to stop by since they made plans and apparently has a “surprise” cooked up. ;)
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