Graphika Manila Multimedia Conference
On December 2, 2006 , a huge multimedia conference will be held at the SM Mall of Asia and I will make sure I will not miss this one! This will be the first time I will be seeing creative talents from the Philippines and from the USA together in one huge event. Yes, this is huge alright!
On top of the speakers’ list is Joshua Davis, one of my huge inspirations and idol in the world of flash and graphic design. I’ve seen Joshua Davis’ works on the web ever since I was a newbie in the world of web and graphic design, and that was still 5 years ago. For those newbie designers out there who doesn’t know him, you should check out his website. Malupit ang taong to! His works are very inspiring and like a fan of great rockstars, i bow unto him. He’s like the Joe Satriani of Design. And if you don’t know Joe Satriani, he is just one guitar god.
MK12 is next on the speakers’ list. They are a team of six based on Kansas City. These guys are really good, they’re gods, when it comes to motion design. But did I say that they’re also topnotch in graphic designs? Coca-Cola, Adidas, Diesel, Levi’s, Disney, ESPN, MTV, AXN, Cartoon Network - these are just some of MK12’s past clients. I’d bow unto them like I bow on Silverstein.Well that’s not the end of the list yet. The next speakers will be the topnotch graphic artists and designers from the Philippines. Hell yeah. Joyce and Rex Advincula, collectively known as Inksurge will also be there to give us some inspiring thoughts and lessons in designing. If you are a web designer from the Philippines and you don’t know this guy, well I think you’re just one newbie and you don’t know anything yet about the world of web design in the Philippines. Inksurge designed lots of stuff we see on print and TV. They designed the cover for Sandwich and made some stuff for MTV too. Inksurge’s Rex Advincula together with Drew Europeo, who will be there to speak for the Graphika Manila conference, were founders of one of the best design portals in the world, HalfProject. In addition to that, Drew Europeo together with Jose Illenberger was the founder of Philweavers, the most famous design community in the Philippines. Drew Europeo also brought to her BlackFlood, her team and a book on black and white graphic designs by top notch graphic artists from around the globe.
Nico Puertollano, a director and a designer who is currently working on Reality Pictures and teaching design on Phoenix One will also be there to share us some inspiring design tips and tricks.
Team Manila, well I guess most of you guys know these guys, is also part of the multimedia conference. Team Manila is a collective group of great designers who started the clothing revolution Graphic Designed Lifestyle, RePublic and Ang Pambansang T-Shirt. I’ve met these guys at the Murder By Design Conference last year.
Last but not the least, is Avid Liongoren. Who is he? If you don’t know him well you are way too old or a newbie in the design world. Avid is an illustrator, designer and a commercial and video director. Have you seen Cheese’s music video of their song Mottaka? Well this guy directed it. You can see a list of his works on his online folio.
So what are you waiting for guys? Login to graphikamanila.com and get your tickets now. Why get your tickets now? Well, because I think they’re cheaper if you avail of them now than you just go walk in there. Tickets online cost 950 PhP for the Conference pass and Student pass only costs 500 PhP. Tickets will be sold on the gate for 1200 Php. So if I were you, I’d get my tickets early.
Now don’t argue about the ticket price because I’m telling you, those speakers who are attending the conference have priceless works which means if you go in there, it’s just like seeing a very huge rock concert.
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:32 am
I think the event is great.. kahit naka-base ako sa beijing, i’ve attended both 06 and 07 events.
sana lang magimprove yung registration - for the GM07, almost 12 nako nakapasok.. i was there at 10am.. sana lang..
more power to the organizers! see you at all at GM08!
August 13th, 2007 at 11:11 am
the event was great…the artist the peep all was great…but its seem that the some problems occured, di naman maiiwasan yun…pero its was a good step sa mga artist d2 na mag karoon ng mga ganun event! thanks graphika!
June 28th, 2007 at 10:31 am
hey..id like to reach out to team manila and i would like to ask theyre help in making thier designs..im still a newbie designer and would like to know the techniques especially in printing it on tees..thanks.. hoping you could help me..i will be waiting for your reply..Godspeed
December 13th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
hahahaha true! kay rex tayo! hehehe jk