Design conferences, why not.
Collected reasons of why one shouldn’t attend design conferences:
“Because there is no substance. There’s no theme for a proper stimulating discussion.”
“Because everything is just a show-and-tell – there are no thoughts involved, no new opinions, no fresh viewpoints on the state of design, etc etc. All you would be seeing are already posted on the Net.”
“Because I could have bought his book and see all that he will be showing.”
“Because we can’t learn anything from the speakers, since we can’t apply it in our daily work for our local narrow-minded clients.”
“Because out of the 10 speakers, only 2 are relevant to me. I am a web designer, why should I listen to the brand guru?”
“Because out of the 10 speakers, I only like two of them.”
“Because I am in advertising, and these are designers who don’t understand advertising.”
“Because we shouldn’t be listening to foreigners. We have enough local talents who understand the local culture better. We don’t need foreigners to preach to us about good design. Design is meant to carry one’s heritage and cultural identity.”
“Because my lecturer says it is useless to listen to these speakers. Recommended us to just buy his monograph.”
“Because the speakers are so old-school, I don’t like their style.”
“Because the venue doesn’t sound prestigious enough for me.”
“Because for that amount of money, the organiser is ripping everyone off by not even serving lunch.”
“Because the program schedule doesn’t say what the speaker is going to talk about.”
“Because my HR director won’t approve the budget for me to listen to all these speakers. Claims that it doesn’t help the company (which specialises in annual reports).”
“Because I do not want to be influenced by other designers. Every designer should create their own style.”
“Because I don’t believe in paying to watch designers show their portfolio.”
“Because an event for the designer’s community should be free because designers don’t make much money.”
I see it otherwise.
Posted: February 26th, 2009 under life.
Comments: 8
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Comment from driv
Time: February 27, 2009, 12:04 pm
me too :P
Comment from Sengjun
Time: February 27, 2009, 4:34 pm
” Because there’s always tendency to buy expensive books for autographs.”
HAH.
Comment from zee
Time: March 3, 2009, 7:16 am
i’m currently studying graphic design in a uni in brighton, design talks (just the same like design conferences) is actually part of the course and it is very useful and important to us, we can’t complete our degree if we failed to attend, and i’m totally enjoy the talks! :D
Comment from evey
Time: March 4, 2009, 11:32 am
“Because i believe in doing design instead, and enjoying it, and not listening to them on how they do it. Listening is not as fun as practising it.”
Its just like some attendees asking questions, how do you arrive to this decision, what’s the process of this and that?”. I believe these should be experienced through oneself and cannot be preached on dos-and-donts or what-and-how.
“Because i don’t need to attend it if i think it’s not interesting, but rather finding a good working or designing environment is even more important.”
This doesn’t mean that i sound isolated, but for those who are really keen to attend, do think about what are the things above ‘passion’ that can be cultivated. Passion is self-drivened not motivated.
Comment from evey
Time: March 4, 2009, 11:33 am
attend workshops.
Comment from evey
Time: March 4, 2009, 11:38 am
the only people who benefits the most from design conferences are the speakers themselves, because they get to know more about the other speakers, designers and upgrade their profile.
but everyone here will have their own sheer of good experiences in design conferences. so it’s almost good for nothing that we bring these clashes of opinions on board.
You like what you like lah.
Comment from evey
Time: March 4, 2009, 11:40 am
“Because from attending workshops, you will learn about your true weaknesses and strength and try to overcome it, and design conferences are passive-oriented”
Comment from evey
Time: May 31, 2009, 4:03 am
eh why dont write anymore. write lah.
you can write lah.
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