Mediabistro Circus is a two-day event that will help you understand what’s happening at the crossroads of digital media and traditional media, why it matters to you, and how it affects the work that you do. You’ll be able to go back to your office and say, “Let’s get started on this project - and here’s how we can do it.” Some of the most impressive people in media and technology will be speaking at Mediabistro Circus (we’re talking Jim Roberts, Chris Anderson, Regine Debatty, Robert Scoble, etc…). It’s a powerful mix of media luminaries, innovators and experts sharing knowledge and ideas over two jam-packed days in New York. The Mediabistro Circus is an experience that could quite possibly change your professional life. No matter what facet of media you’re in, it’s one event you can’t afford to miss.

Plan to attend this two-day summit about the digital platforms and trends that are changing media on May 20-21. Mediabistro Circus will be held at Skylight Studio in the west Soho neighborhood of Manhattan, bordering on Tribeca. Visit the site to learn more.

It is coming to Boston’s Hynes Convention Center May 18-21. HOW is the annual creativity, business and technology conference for graphic designers. Expect more than 60 speakers, 60+ sessions and 10 three-hour workshops.

According to HOW magazine editor Bryn Mooth, “The HOW Conference is a wonderful opportunity for designers to develop their design careers, hone their business skills, get their creative juices flowing and network with thousands of fellow designers.”

Many industry experts and well-known designers will present at this year’s Conference, including Allan Haley of Monotype Imaging, design entrepreneur Charles S. Anderson, Adobe’s Russell Brown and Julieanne Kost, plus Robynne Raye and Michael Strassburger of Modern Dog Design Co. Many speakers plan to use Boston as inspiration for their presentations, notably House Industries’ Ken Barber who will use Boston’s rich typographic history as the backdrop for his workshop on creating type.

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Microsoft will show its latest tools and platforms for creating and delivering rich interactive content for the Web at the annual CRE8 conference in Orlando in a special keynote session on 1 May, where hundreds of Web and interactive designers will be gathered. Microsoft will be showing its Silverlight platform, which delivers interactive content across various computer platforms, including Mac, PC, and mobile devices, making it a compelling technology for CRE8 Conference attendees. Brian Goldfarb, a group product manager from Microsoft will also be showcasing Expression Studio software tools, which allow Web design professionals to create next generation Web sites, interactive content, and video for delivery to different devices, platforms, and browsers using Silverlight and .NET.

Following the keynote, Microsoft is delivering a hands-on training session for CRE8 conference attendees. The sessions will provide a guided tour of the Expression Studio software tools for creating Web sites, interactive content, and streaming video delivered using Microsoft Silverlight.

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The 20th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair will be held 17-20 May this year at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. North America’s singular showcase for contemporary design, this Fair draws the most intrepid seekers of design truth and design trends to an extraordinary exhibition of the most inspired models of design on the forefront as well as thought-provoking programs and a schedule of supplementary exhibits and features.

View and draw inspiration from displays of furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, images, accessories, textiles and kitchen and bath. For more information, visit the ICFF site.

Innovative Speakers’ Series and Interactive Art Installation

Evan Roth, co-founder of Graffiti Research Lab (GRL), kicks-off FITC Toronto: The Design + Technology Festival with a free talk and screening at Pixel Gallery in Kensington Market on April 19th starting at 6 PM. Roth is one of three artists taking part in an innovative speakers’ series sponsored by Pixel Gallery, part of this year’s FITC Toronto, a four-day event which brings together the world’s top designers and developers.

Roth will talk about his work with GRL, an arts group dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers, artists and protesters with open source technologies for urban communication. The group is well-known for inventing LED Throwies and creating giant-sized L.A.S.E.R. tagging systems. A splinter cell of GRL was recently launched in Toronto to assist in the use and development of Weapons of Mass Defacement.

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The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RSID), invites you to a Design + Craft Forum in conjunction with the current exhibit, Evolution/Revolution: The Arts and Crafts in Contemporary Fashion and Textiles. The exhibition will be held on Friday, 11 April 2008 from 10am-4pm
at the RISD Auditorium, Canal Way, Providence, Rhode Island.

Explore current issues that arise from the intersection of art, craft, and technology. Discuss how such production affects society today with experts in the fields of publishing, fashion history, cultural studies, art history, business practice, and technology. Visit the site [PDF] for a list of speakers, topics, and schedule for the day. This forum is free for RISD Community members, $25 registration free for the general public.

This is your chance to dazzle the design world and see your work in the pages of HOW.

Just choose your best promotion design work (for yourself, clients, pro-bono and more), download the entry form and send everything to HOW by March 21, 2008.

All winners will be featured in HOW’s October 2008 Self-Promotion Annual, plus they’ll get a $100 discount to the 2009 HOW Design Conference.

One Best of Show winner will even score a free trip to the 2009 HOW Design Conference and an award to be presented at the Conference!

Check out the rules and download an entry form here.

April 19 - 22, 2008, Toronto Hilton, Toronto, Canada

Break your tools. Break your patterns. Break the norm. Break the standards.

Toronto, Canada [March 5, 2008] — Having just concluded a sold-out event in Amsterdam, FITC returns to Toronto, Canada for FITC Toronto: The Design + Technology Festival. Scheduled for April 19 - 22, 2008 at the Toronto Hilton, FITC Toronto is the largest event of its kind in Canada and a highlight of the international conference circuit with over 1,000 attendees from more than 15 countries.

FITC Toronto is where the world’s top designers and developers come together to share their insights and expertise across three subject areas: creative, technical and business. Sessions cover all aspects of the creative process, explore the latest developments in rich media technology, and provide insight into the ups and downs of running an Interactive business.

“The theme this year is about pushing the limits,” says Shawn Pucknell, Founder and Executive Producer of FITC Toronto. “We want delegates to walk away from the festival with new ideas, new skills, new contacts, and a new sense of purpose about their work.”

New to this year’s program is the FITC “Get-A-Job” event, which takes place Saturday, April 19th at the Toronto Hilton. The Get-A-Job event is open to the general public (no festival pass required) and is organized to connect up-and-coming designers and developers with top Interactive agencies and technology companies. For more information, go to http://www.fitc.ca/getajob.

This is the 7th year for the three-day festival, which also includes a kick-ass Awards show, a speakers’ series devoted to experimental art and programming, a large scale interactive art exhibit as well as some very cool parties.

For more information, or to register, go to http://www.fitc.ca/toronto.

Collins College is hosting an “Animation Sketch-Off” and a Q & A session with professional comic and animation artists Shannon Denton and Jay Fotos. The winner of Collins’ “Animation Sketch-Off” will receive four complimentary passes to Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2008, Arizona’s largest comic book, anime and pop culture convention 26-27 January. To RSVP for Collin’s “Animation Sketch-Off” and Q & A session, call 480-966-3000 or visit www.contactcollins.com. Participants need to be present to win.
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The WebGuild today announced their second annual WebGuild Web 2.0 Conference and Expo to be held on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 from 11 AM to 5 PM at the Santa Clara Marriot. This year’s WebGuild Web 2.0 Conference and Expo is geared towards entrepreneurs, startups and web professionals that want to learn the most up-to-date, industry best business practices for Web 2.0 companies. The event features keynotes, panels, expo, awards, networking sessions, reception, music, food and drinks.

The event’s five tracks will include Web 2.0 industry experts speaking on the new economics of web startups, funding, partnerships, public relations, overcoming legal issues and exit strategies. Attendees will learn from industry experts and thought leaders, connect with the companies changing the rules of the game and those redefining the future.
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