Hi guys, My name is Ryan Uhrich from DD07. It’s coming up to 1 year since I graduated from VFS, and man, the time has flown by. First off I’d like to congratulate DD10 and wish them my best. I’m sure you’re all super tired by this point.
Well it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything. I recently created my 2008 portfolio site along with a new showreel. I wanted to share it with all of you. It’s a mix of student work along with commercial broadcast projects I did while working at THANKYOU in Denmark. I just finished it in time for the upcoming ADAA event being held in New York City. Myself along with Marcos Ceravolo are fortunate enough to be finalists in the motion graphics category this year for our final project Duelity. So, wish us luck. :) Fingers crossed.
To the other DD classes to come, keep on rockin’ it.
So I’ve been following the “made-in-usa” DMCA bill the Canadian Parliament have been trying to pass under the public radar for a few months now, and it’s been hard trying to explain why it’s such a big deal to people. Thankfully, Gordon Duggan of Appropriation Art has created an amazing comic chronicling the fight up until now. I recommend this read to anybody who has any sort of interest in digital media whether its recreationally or professionally (…ahem…). I mean, the Canadian/US border already has claimed the right to search all data storage that passes to the US (scary shit if you ask me). Get involved and check it out!
Also, on a interaction note, the fact that a comic can have external-linkable assets (or on any PDF for that matter) is a sweet design choice to keep in mind, especially with eBook readers on the fringe of the mainstream present, as well as the fact that they’ll soon be gobbled up by the cellphone just like everything else. Think about it. ttfn!
“The Bloom device is meant to be a subversive and inspirational tool for our concrete jungles. Similar to the tuft of a dandelion as the wind carries the seedling, we propose a way of dispersing seedlings with bubbles and bicycling.”
Just so you know, I just found out that there’s gonna be door tickets for the Salazar Awards, Sagmeister being the guest speaker. The tickets sold out in like three days but they kept some, my guess, to see how designers will fight for the last ticket.
So if you want to attend the event, grab a blanket and go to the Roundhouse earlier than everybody else who has a ticket!
I know this is rushed but I just saw this and I thought it might be interesting for some of you, There’s going to be a Portfolio Review event tomorrow at TAXI, apparently it’s quite the event where you present your work to at least three creative directors from Vancouver, in a speed-dating kinda setup.
Here is as lively talk about the future of interaction design from cyberpunk author/legend Bruce Sterling. It was the closing lecture at the ‘Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign’ conference in Potsdam, Germany. He painted a weird and wonderful vision of the future filled with biometrics and wireless money transfers. Probably one of the best futurist rants I’ve heard in a long time. He shoots down talking computers (think Mr. Clippy) and runs through a piece of the large list of technologies that were assimilated by the cell phone. Check it out, you’ll feel like a better person at the end. I swear.
p.s. - The ‘Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign’ was one of the most important conferences on interaction design in 2007. All presentations from the conference are available as videos on the conference site (note that many of the lectures are in German).
Just dropped by to ask you guys a little favor; our final project “DUELITY” is one of the finalists at FITC 2008 in the Motion Graphics category. As a finalist we are automatically an entry for the people’s choice awards, so Ryan and i would really appreciate if you guys could vote for us! It’s really simple and it only takes a minute; just go to http://awards.fitc.ca/pc , select DUELITY on the Motion Graphics list, put your name and e-mail address on the bottom and click on submit vote! Simple as that!
Thanks a lot guys!
Keep up the good work!
Cheers
AKQA is hosting an event at Cannes…it’s a great way to get noticed in the Advertising/Interactive community. Big prizes,
big recognition. And, it’s free. A great way to network and jumpstart your career.
CanUX (a Microsoft Developer Network blog) is a blog that focuses on the user experience community in Canada. Recently they took a look at me and some of my work, specifically my final project, the Organic Web.
The article can be found here. In the article I talk briefly about my passions as a designer and where I am headed in the future. Also in the article is a video that demonstrates some of the core concepts behind the Organic Information Visualization System I developed, (the system that the Organic Web demo application is built on).
A special thanks to CanUX for giving me the opportunity to share my work!
