OFFF Oeiras’09

Written in May 09 by Anthony Stonehouse Tags: , ,

Sagmesiter in a dress at OFFF

I spent the last few days in Lisbon at the OFFF design festival. It was inspiring to listen to people talk about work that I have a lot of respect for, though I didn’t get as much out of it as previous design conferences I’ve been to. I think this was just because these events are mainly aimed at students and tend to be some-what repetitive. There’s always some designers who produce some amazing work but have no presentation skills, another set that can present their work really well but unless you’re particularity interested in the work it’s not that exciting, and finally those that present theory within design — which is what I engage with best but tends to be the repetitive part.

Rather than give my thoughts on each speaker, or mention my favourites, I thought I’d just list some interesting projects that were presented:

Gameboy Instruments by Gijs Gieskes
Gameboys

Urban Play by Stefan Sagmeister
Urban Play

The Sheep Market by Aaron Koblin
Sheep Market

You Are Not Here by Mushon Zer-Aviv
Welcome to Baghdad

Human Skateboard by PES
Human Skateboard

The Maps by Paula Scher
The Maps

Random Assistant by Joshua Davis
Random Assistant

True Blood titles by Digital Kitchen
True Blood

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