FITC Toronto 2023 // Online            
            
      Talks
        
                    28 Years Of random()        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          In 1995, Joshua Davis swapped his art-making practice from paint and canvas to computers and programming. For the past few years, Generative Art has been having its moment in the…          Read more…
        
        
                              
               
                                
                    Joshua Davis                  
                                      
                      Joshua Davis Studios                    
                                  
        
                    Behind The Scenes With The DDC: And Other Fibs, Lies And Perjuries        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          Get the inside scoop with Aaron Draplin and learn what goes on behind the scenes at the Draplin Design Company. From sketch to screen to file hand-off, he’ll give an…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Aaron James Draplin                  
                                      
                      Draplin Design Co                    
                                  
        
                    Collective Imagination        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          Generative AI models like Stable Diffusion and ChatGPT are trained on datasets containing billions of images and words. They are capable of rendering realistic and compelling images, sounds, and text.…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Gene Kogan                  
                                      
                      Eden                    
                                  
        
                    Creating Experiences In The Age Of Futurisity        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          When everything is amazing, nothing is amazing. Daily headlines of self landing rockets, a road map to mars, voice assistance in every appliance, and AI that leaps itself every news…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Stephen Martell                  
                                      
                      DE-YAN STUDIO                    
                                  
        
                    EMBODIED FUTURES: A Spa For The Senses        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          Fast forward 50 years into the future with multi-sensory artist Emilie Baltz as she takes us through the design and development of a Spa for the Senses at the Museum…          Read more…
        
        
                              
               
                                
                    Emilie Baltz                  
                                      
                      Emilie Baltz                    
                                  
        
                    Finding Yourself, Over And Over Again        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          Jessica Hische is a lettering artist, author, illustrator, letterpress printer, type designer, mother, procrastiworker, and a million other things. In this practical antidote to a “quit your job and do…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Jessica Hische                  
                                      
                      jessicahische.is                    
                                  
        
                    Help For Humans        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          We are on the cusp of a #RealTimeInternet one where computing experiences don’t exist until we invoke them, at which point they will be generated by AI. Not just images…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Jared Ficklin                  
                                  
        
                    How We Created The NBA Pixel Arena: The Future Of Fandom        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          The NBA and Google partnered with Jam3 & Media.Monks to build an immersive, multiplayer 3D world inside the NBA app designed to engage the next generation of fans.
Inside Pixel…          Read more…
        
        
                              
               
                                
                    Amélie Rosser                  
                                      
                      Media.Monks                    
                                  
        
                    Manifesto For Myself        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          A few years back, Brendan Dawes published a series of thoughts about the creative process which he called “Manifesto for Myself” to act as both creative inspiration and interruption. Using…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Brendan Dawes                  
                                      
                      brendandawes.com                    
                                  
        
                    Nature, Design, And Creativity In Space        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          We create within the constrains and contours of our natural environment, but nature doesn’t end at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere. As we design new space stations, we mix the…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Sands Fish                  
                                      
                      BLUE ORIGIN                    
                                  
        
                    New Dimensions: The Doors Of Metaverse        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          Innovations in display technologies continuously and rapidly evolve, growing larger and wider, immersing us with digital information everywhere from our homes to offices, public spaces and vehicles.
We are holding…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Can Büyükberber                  
                                      
                      canbuyukberber.com                    
                                  
        
                    Please Start Over        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          If you work in the design field long enough, eventually you’ll be asked to “please start over.” (not always with the “please.”) Sometimes it’s because starting over is inherent to…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Emily Oberman                  
                                      
                      Pentagram                    
                                  
        
                    Standing Out In A Saturated Medium        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          Motion design isn’t a hot new industry anymore… There are hundreds of companies and thousands of artists doing the same work everyone else does. On one hand, that’s great because…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Erin Sarofsky                  
                                      
                      Sarofsky Corp                    
                                  
        
                    Where Do I End And Begin When Sunlight Is Under My Skin        
        
                
                                   
                                
                  
              
            
                          
  
          Barnaby Steel is taking a close look into the collective’s thought process of creating orchestrated sensory experiences that illuminate the hidden natural forces that surround us, inviting participants to navigate…          Read more…
        
                  
        
                              
               
                                
                    Barney Steel                  
                                      
                      Marshmallow Laser Feast