March '10 events archive
'Beer Branding and Responsible Design'. Lecture Theatre Belfast
22nd March, 6:30 - 8:30pm, Free!
We are hosting a public talk in partnership with the Northern Ireland Design Alliance here at the Belfast campus. Two leading designers, Ralph Ardill of The Brand Experience Consultancy and Pete Kerr from Atto (a Viscom graduate) will be talking the talk on the evening.
"These lively and provocative presentations are a must-see for anyone who has a role in making businesses and organisations better. Whether you're a designer, manager or developer, this is a great opportunity to hear from inspiring creative thinkers. You’re very welcome to come along and bring a colleague, associate or even a client who might find this talk revealing and invigorating."
Register here: nidesignalliance.com
'Typeface' 25th March, 7:00pm, £5
Lecture Theatre, Belfast Campus
Screengrab: http://typeface.kartemquin.com/
'Build' and 'Standardistas' are hosting a premiere of Justine Nagan's film 'Typeface' on the 25th March. This film, which celebrates the re-emergence of the letterpress as a medium offers an exciting insight into the workings past and present of a rural Midwestern museum and print shop. Inspirational!
"It’s a Thursday afternoon and all is quiet in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Main Street is virtually empty, and there are “for rent” signs in several shop windows. In the last few years, the un-employment rate has been consistently on the rise in the region. Factories are leaving the heartland for cheaper locales and the little town of Two Rivers is struggling to re-invent itself. Jim VanLanen, one of the town’s most industrious entrepreneurs, began developing small museums as a way to bring tourists and industry to the area.
A few blocks off the main drag, in a section of the old cavernous Hamilton printing factory, a lone employee waits in the most popular of these museums for visitors to come. A couple of individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of Two Rivers is interrupted as carloads of artisans drive in from across the Midwest. The place comes alive as printmaking workshops led by, and filled with, some of the region’s top creative talent descend on the sleepy enclave. The museum is significant to the town’s history, but more importantly, its existence is critical to the worldwide design community who are passionate about the history of their craft and its function in the contemporary field. They believe the future of their industry may lie in the past."- Kartemquin Films, http://typeface.kartemquin.com/about
Places are limited and tickets have gone on sale, get yours here: typeface.eventbrite.com
Find out more about the film here: typeface.kartemquin.com