FITC Toronto 2024 // Online
Talks
Art in Dusty Places
Every year a city of 75,000 people is built in the middle of a dry lake bed which is in the middle of the Black Rock Desert which is in… Read more…
Jared Ficklin
Chance Favors Those In Motion
You’ve heard the advice, find your passion and pursue it. That quitting your job and working for yourself is the only way you can realize your talents. The reality is… Read more…
Stephen Martell
DE-YAN STUDIO
Creativity And The Bandwidth Problem
In this presentation, Matthew Milan will unpack the concept of the bandwidth problem faced by creatives in today’s AI-enabled digital age. He’ll explore the idea that our cognitive capabilities, our… Read more…
Matthew Milan
Normative
Exploring Mars: UI/UX Design For Spatial Computing
Join Krys as she shares the dramatic tale of a small but mighty team’s quest to create an app for the Apple Vision Pro – a month before the device… Read more…
Krys Blackwood
NASA JPL
HERE. YOU. ME. NOW.
Nonsense: an instance of absurd action. Join Managing Partner Jessie McGuire in unpacking a decade of designing nonsense at her NYC-based creative studio, ThoughtMatter.
ThoughtMatter’s approach to design is distinctly… Read more…
Jessie McGuire
ThoughtMatter
I TO AI
9 years ago in my “The Humans are Dead” talk I warned you that the rapid developments in AI might soon endanger the one domain that many thought to be… Read more…
Mario Klingemann
Quasimondo
Immersed In Play
Design I/O has been creating large scale, interactive installations that push the boundaries of what is possible for over a decade. Design I/O’s work is driven by a love of… Read more…
Theo Watson
Design I/O
Living In The Inbetween: Blending Physical And Digital
Shadows of light bulbs that form words, flower petals that create calendar events, and walls that mimic you – let’s talk about real world versions of mixed reality. Join me… Read more…
Zander Brimijoin
Red Paper Heart
Niche For Now: Building A Career As A Multi-Passionate Creative
Join lettering artist, muralist, and chef Lauren Hom as she pulls back the curtain and shows you the ‘working file’ of charting an unconventional path in the creative industry. Best known for her… Read more…
Lauren Hom
Hom Sweet Hom
Outdoing Yourself
We are at a pivotal moment for the creative industries. There are more professional creatives than ever before. Tools for creating are more accessible than ever. And we see unprecedented… Read more…
Talia Cotton
Cotton Design
The Early Experience Principles Shaping Spatial Computing
With the confluence of AR, VR, AI, and wearables, the potential of Spatial computing is not a distant future; it’s here now. With the releases of new mixed reality devices… Read more…
Media Ridha
UNIT9
The Messi Experience: A Dream Come True
Just opened in Miami to commence its multi-year world tour, we take a look behind the scenes at the making of the groundbreaking Messi Experience: an innovative, interactive multimedia experience… Read more…
The Rules Of Experience Design
The Rules of Experience Design, takes a deep dive into the rules and norms that shape the design of shared spaces. These rules often reflect the technology, societal values, and… Read more…
Josh Goldblum
Bluecadet
The Word For Work Is Play
At what point in our lives do we adults forget to play? Potential stories exists everywhere around us for this Montreal creative duo of Julien Vallée and Eve Duhamel and… Read more…
Julien Vallée
Vallée Duhamel
