After that, we refocus on technology. A set of successful cases will be demonstrated as inspirations. We will ask people to brainstorm and discuss how to use technology and Internet of Things to build the boxes they have envisioned.
At the end of the design workshop, we would like to see some great boxes ideas, which will be simple, real and with powerful technology inside.
Why we organise this workshop?
When technology continues expanding itself exponentially, we gradually fall into a precarious dilemma: a world full of “black boxes”. Even a specialist wouldn’t be able to fully grasp the technical details inside a smartphone. The more technology is developed, the more we feel abandoned subconsciously, and hence less and less room is left for an individual to make any difference back in her yard.
Inspired by Internet of Things, we see a big shift of technology nowadays towards DIY and hacking culture. In this sense, our design workshop aims at unfolding those “black boxes” and creatively make a shift to another paradigm. Participants are no longer passive consumers, but designers and builders.
How will the workshop run?
With our previous experience on organising a design workshop, we have prepared different brainstorming games for the design workshop. These game activities can efficiently facilitate idea exchanging and debating within small group or across different groups. We have also prepared social networking and hands on activities for people with different backgrounds and skill-sets to fully participate in our design workshop.
Participants will be grouped into small teams of 4-5 people. Materials will be provided as needed, including sketching materials, cardboards, sensors, different electronic components, etc.
After each design workshop, new ideas along with pictures will be posted on our twitter timeline (with previous consent). At the end of festival, we expect to see lots of interesting box ideas, which will be shown on our giant whiteboard. Participants are free to take away their own creative work, including sketches and cardboard boxes they made.
More importantly, as a group of people who like researching, hacking and sharing, we would like to work with participants during and after the festival to make the box. Participants are more than welcome to get involved in our further creative design process. With our social network activity, we believe that we can gather more people with diverse skills to work on something together.
]]>We, the organisers, are just a couple of guys who work in CRO, who are truly passionate about the industry, and want to help others get into it, learn more about it, and excel at it. That’s our agenda, simple as that.
Come along to hear talks from some of the finest CRO and UX industry experts, network with the rapidly growing CRO community and get free pizza and drinks. Now, if that doesn’t sound like an evening well spent, you need to have your head looked at.
(We say “free pizza and drinks”, that’s actually what the £5 fee is for)
We’ll have four talks at the event from some of the best brains in conversion rate optimisation, data analytics, and UX:
Craig Sullivan, Optimizer in Chief, The Independent
Craig’s a User Experience champion with a wealth of experience gained working with high street retailers and leading brands. His skills base includes UX, Usability testing, web analytics and multi-variate testing.
Tai Rattigan, Head of Partnerships EMEA, Optimizely
Tai loves data driven decision making and heads up partnerships in EMEA for Optimizely, which means finding the right technologies and service providers to work with to improve their ecosystem. And he’s a second generation Brightonian!
Julian Erbsloeh, Senior Digital Marketing Analyst, Fresh Egg
Julian spearheads the analytics and insight services at Fresh Egg. He’s GAIQ qualified and has a great deal of experience in providing conversion services to clients.
Adam Lee, Managing Director, No Pork Pies
For nearly five years Adam has been the Managing Director at No Pork Pies, a research-lead user experience and on-going conversion optimisation company.
After the event we’ll have some networking and general chinwag time. Then you can go home…at least 10% smarter than when you left it*.
If you have any questions about the event, please email [email protected] and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Arrival instructions
FAQs
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
The venue is literally just next to Brighton railway station, which is handy. There is a car park very close to the venue – you can find more details here
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Yes, you are welcome to give your ticket to someone else if you can’t make it.
What is the refund policy?
Sorry, we are unable to offer refunds.
Hashtag
The obligatory hashtag we’ll be using for the meet-up is #brightonCRO
*Not guaranteed…or likely to be statistically significant.
]]>These windows will display personalized messages and designs from Twitter users around the world, as well as information about the Brighton Digital Festival and its events.
Anyone can broadcast their own message, whatever it may be, and have it displayed across one of Brighton’s busiest spots (16 million footfall per year) and broadcast across the world via webcam.
bdf stands for the Brighton Digital Festival, an annual community driven grassroots festival celebrating digital arts and culture.
FTW stands for ‘For The Win(dow)’, an acronym for the 11 meter long LED digital canvas overlooking Brighton Station.
Go to the website: http://brandwatch.com/FTW
Draw something using the 8×16 bit screen:
Add in a few frames to create an animation:
Press ‘Tweet To Display’ and the application will generate a unique code to post on Twitter:
@FTWindow 13 55FF01256D01133321057D7902FC2424 55FF01256D0113332119293902FC2424 55FF01256D01133321057D7902FC2424 #bdfFTW
— Phill Agnew (@p_agnew) September 3, 2014
Watch your image appear via the webcam or come and see it for yourself!
]]>In conjunction with the Brighton Digital Festival, IPSE is running a networking event for all freelancers and independent professionals, hosted at the Thistle Hotel.
A buffet and drinks will be provided for attendees so network can be done in a relaxed environment.
]]>Dan Rhatigan, type director at Monotype and Phil Baines, Professor of Typography at Central Saint Martins and the designer responsible for the museums rebranding, will discuss the development of the Gill Sans® typeface family from Eric Gill’s first designs, through the various versions produced by Monotype’s Type Drawing Office over the intervening years, and its customisation for use in the museum today.
The talk will make extensive use of Monotype’s archive of working drawings and correspondence.
]]>We will also be screening two of their most recent shorts. The first was supported by Creative England & BFI and is about to hit the festival circuit. The second is an independent production which was used to raise finances for a feature and has just premiered at Fright Fest in Leicester Square. After the screenings there will be an open Q&A.
Following this, there will be a chance to mingle and make new contacts. If you are looking to meet anyone in particular please get in touch so that we can help connect you.
This event is held at The FuseBox; there is no bar so please bring along a drink. There will be complimentary popcorn!
WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN COMING ALONG?
This event will be of interest to both new filmmakers and those who have already made a few shorts and are looking to move forward. It will be a great opportunity to watch a couple of short films and chat with their creators. There will also be a chance to make new contacts – don’t worry if you’re not a fan of networking, we’ll be on hand to help introduce you.
WHEN AND WHERE
Thursday 11th September at 18:00 at The FuseBox, Level 4, New England House, New England St, Brighton, BN1 4GH
SCHEDULE
18:00 Arrival
18:30 Screenings
19:00 Q&A
19:30 Networking
20:30 Close
HOW MUCH?
It’s FREE!
SIGN UP
Please RSVP on the eventbrite to secure your place - http://filmshowandtellshorts14.eventbrite.co.uk
TELL YOUR FRIENDS
If you think this event sounds good it would be great if you could help us spread the word. You can do this by sharing the link to this site - http://filmshowandtellshorts14.eventbrite.co.uk - or tweeting about us using the handle @filmshowandtell or #FSAT
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FILM SHOW AND TELL?
Film Show And Tell signposts filmmakers to useful resources and helps them to connect with each other. You can follow Film Show and Tell on twitter - @filmshowandtell
EVENT ORGANISER
This event has been organised by Rebecca Watkin (@RebeccaWatkin)
CONTACT
Email - [email protected]
Twitter - @FilmShowAndTell @RebeccaWatkin #FSAT
SUPPORTERS
Huge thanks to everyone who has supported this event. Especially Wired Sussex – http://www.wiredsussex.com/
]]>Join local publishers, editors, designers, eBook specialists and PR experts for an informal evening of networking and pop-up talks. Dotted around the room will be a series of interactive stations where writers can download further information about one element of the publishing process. Local experts are also invited along to give pop-up talks on their area of expertise and to network with others.
The evening will include competitions, interactive games, free downloads and offers, and is open to anyone interested in any aspect of book publishing. The price of the ticket includes a glass of wine, beer or soft drink.
]]>Built by Buffalo are opening up the studio to visitors as part of the Brighton Digital Festival.
We are a small web design & development agency based in Brighton, UK. Over the last few years we’ve made a reputation for building websites that look great and are easy-to-use.
Feel free to stop in for a cuppa and a quick chat at any point during the week but we have a few informal events you can attend too.
Join us from 3pm for table tennis, drinks and chats about web. Eat our food, pick our brains and hopefully enjoy the afternoon.
]]>miggle product managers will talk about how they’ve scoped various multi-site, multi-language solutions for clients such as Air New Zealand, Fitness First, Friday Media Group and NHS, followed by miggle developers showcasing some relevant examples using Drupal and WordPress.
This session should be of interest to business owners or agencies who have a number of websites under management that they’d like to consider bringing all ‘under one roof’, or to anyone who wants to share learnings and discuss approaches.
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