Dear list members
You are invited to contribute to OPEN 09: an online conference hosted by University of Central Lancashire, in UK.
OPEN 09 breaks with the normal conference model and creates a new participatory experience to explore, inform and create change in the Digital and Creative sectors.
http://open09.com
Sessions will include open discussions alongside world class speakers, workshops and networking events. The conference is for designers, developers, musicians, artists, photographers, journalists and gamers, in fact for anyone working in the creative industries, so whether you're a coder, strategist, information architect, textile or fashion designer, performer, researcher, user experience professional or gallery curator, you'll feel at home at OPEN 09.
We would like to particularly draw your attention to the OPEN09 textiles blog at http://open09.com/touchtextiles
It focusses on the experience of touch, as we believe that a tactile design sensibility has a lot to offer other creative technology areas. And we chose touch as a means to get textile people motivated to contribute, who might otherwise be put off by an information format associated with text. We are excited to see what we can develop.
Have a look around, get registered and comment! Several of the blogs have only recently gone live, but will be running for a month before the conference in Preston, UK on 16th and 17th November 09- (would you like to attend?) so hope you'll pop back now and then to the blog before then, to see how its developing. In the true spirit of social media, the content of the sessions will be decided by the delegates contributing to what will happen on the day via the OPEN 09 blogs. The blogs are the virtual spaces where the themes for sessions, we're calling them "Turtles" will be debated and decided.
We would be delighted if you would like to forward the link to members of your own networks.
Hope you'll get in touch.
Fiona
Fiona Candy
see my projects at
www.a-brand.co.uk
Senior Lecturer
The Northern School of Design
University of Central Lancashire
Preston
PR1 2HE
Lancashire
UK
T: 00 44 (0)1772 893368
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