fame. yes? no.
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- Faction180
if i was asked, i probably would. seems like it would be fun. but if i had to choose between my craft and speaking - i'd rather be designing.
fyi - tim nolan (spent2000) - studio director at firstborn - will be speaking at SXSW Film this year.
- kalkal0
gmunk still does stuff?! His site hasn't been updated since 2003..
- vague0
apparently he does motion graphics.
but funnily, the last 10 presentations of him still show the exact same thing: him demonstrating how he made a bunch of lines fly out of a coke can, or some shit.
- ********0
Fame?! Good lord, in your world design is obviously overrated.
- vague0
ouch?
- lvl_130
if, as a main objective, someone is looking for fame in design (specifically interactive per your argument), they are/will be as apparent as the latest clothing trend. next.
that is to say, someone who is looking for their 15 minutes may get it. but that is all they will get.
on the other hand, people that do solid work over and over and over again, may have, or may not have, time to speak at a conference. those are the people you may be lucky enough to hear (if you get the chance)...eventually.
- vague0
just clarifying then: are the ronin & company all 15-minute-famers? =X
- Meeklo0
I think, personally I want to see the more artsy side of design rather than the directive side, I want to be inspired, I want to see people I admire, most big agencies do great work but its probably the result of a lot of people, when you see iso50 for example, that guy can do insane work on his own, musically and graphically, he has a unique and recognizable style, just like happens with build or toxi, yes, clients pay to have their style incorporated to their own brand, instead of here is the brand manual, please do a brochure... does that make sense?
maybe?
- 23kon0
Vague is right and ive asked this a lot before on NT when new conferences were announced.
it is the same old names over and over.
and it has been since 2001.look for archives on flash talks from back then.
- Faction180
notoriety, like everything else in this field, is cyclical. i think that we're nearing the end of a cycle where some of these names that were noticed for stylistics, will start to fade as a new cycle starts. those who are more well rounded, and have been noticed because of other attributes (craft, concept, experimentation, foresight) will continue to inspire - and a new crop of talent will rise up only to be whittled down again in the next cycle.
- seed0
I agree it takes a certain type of person who is interested in public speaking as well as being publicly known. A lot of coders don't have that great of social skills to begin with.
I'm not sure a lot of people would be comfortable posing as the authority in a given subject. For instance, a lot of us are great at CSS but are not necessarily determined to be considered the authority on it.