In Design?

 

Alice Williams

 

With ‘Graphic Designer’ quickly taking  from ‘Marine Biologist’ the mantle of what-I-wanna-be-when-I-grow-up amongst kids these days, we’re guessing this year’s agIdeas design festival will be even more popular than the 10,500 strong crowd of designers, students and business leaders it pulled in 2009. agIdeas presents 40 of the world’s creative leaders to share their insights, inspire and educate.

Running from April 27th – 29th, agIdeas is one the largest and most well respected design events in the world.

Celebrating excellence in design since 1991, agIdeas has presented the ideas and processes behind some of the world’s most successful design leaders. It inspires while also putting designers in contact with creative professionals by facilitating interaction of young designers with the more established members of the profession. It seeks to offer opportunity to those with special talent and to bring designers from all over the world just a little bit closer together. 

SPOOK is a proud sponsor of the multidisciplinary event, presenting creative diversity in its broadest sense and explores design from the most contemporary in digital media to the master’s of traditional technique.

The week comprises of a 3-day international design forum, studio visits, workshops, competition, secondary school evening, business breakfast, a gala dinner and a huge after party.

Since its’ inception some 390 of the world’s leading designers have inspired over 37,500 designers. In addition some 2,090 volunteers have helped stage the event and 34 young designers have benefited from embarking on travelling scholarships around the world and internships at Fabrica.

To be there, go HERE  – and who knows, one day you too could get a job in a nationally distributed magazine, getting paid so little you have to move in with your Nana. Dream big.

Chris Edser, Scott Heinrich and Yianni Hill, will be presenting The Australia Project at the AGIdeas. Check it out.

The Australia Project is a series of creative initiatives dedicated to exploring the national Australian identity. The main objective is to explore and redefine clichéd national stereotypes through arts-based projects, in the hope of revealing a unique perspective on contemporary Australian culture.