DIAQ 7 x 7 Talk Series Gold Coast - IDL

DIAQ 7 x 7 Talk Series Gold Coast – IDL

The inaugural Seven by Seven Talk Series promotes collaborative design practice on the Gold Coast and celebrates the creative culture, leisure and lifestyle of the local community. This unique Gold Coast initiative provides connections and networking opportunities for emerging and established design professionals, design students and design related organisations with an aim to initiate collaborative […]

BY jesse

March 8th, 2012

The inaugural Seven by Seven Talk Series promotes collaborative design practice on the Gold Coast and celebrates the creative culture, leisure and lifestyle of the local community.

This unique Gold Coast initiative provides connections and networking opportunities for emerging and established design professionals, design students and design related organisations with an aim to initiate collaborative projects that stimulate the design community on the Gold Coast.

Each talk will feature seven local guest speakers that will speak for seven minutes each covering topics which relate to various design disciplines.

Talk 1 takes place March 23 on the Gold Coast, with Claudio Kirac of Billabong, Kiel Tillman of Potato Press, Rob Bare of R&B Creative, Paul Everest of Unit, Jolie Hertzberg of Rabbit+Cocoon, Luke Brown of MIXR and Dominique Falla of the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University taking to the podium.

The theme is Young Bloods – a young and exciting generation of design students, emerging designers and creative professionals studying and working within the creative industries on the Gold Coast.

For more information visit the DIA website.

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