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Design Thinkers 2011 and the “Exquisite Corpse”

To celebrate how design connects us, we've invited some of our favorite visual communicators to participate in our own version of Exquisite Corpse. This time-honored exercise typically sees collaborating contributors blindly adding to a composition in sequence. No one sees what another has drawn, except for what's necessary to connect one portion to the next.

 

Leading up to DesignThinkers 2011, this large-scale, collaborative work will grow, piece by piece, on all communication materials. It will become our own kind of exquisite body: one collective, interconnected work. Let's connect at DesignThinkers 2011 to see where it takes us.

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2012 Dates coming soon!

We invite visual communicators everywhere to assemble in Toronto this fall for the Association of Registered Graphic Designers' 12th annual DesignThinkers Conference, as we discuss the unique insight and problem-solving processes of the designer.

David C. Baker
David C. Baker

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David C. Baker, author of Managing (Right) for the First Time and Financial Management of a Marketing Firm, is a leading management consultant for the creative services field. Through ReCourses, he guides creative firms through management issues, difficult transitions and growth. He has written for nearly every publication and spoken for nearly every conference in the industry, and conducts seminars on specific management topics. David’s work on management topics is unusual, thoughtful and frequently contrarian, but it stems from working in the trenches with 650+ firms.

  • Speaking: November 3
    Topic: Position Your Firm/Practice to Make Yourself Indispensable

     

    When you read the positioning statement of creative firms, they pretty much parrot each other and sound like blah-blah marketing. How do you really craft a powerful position that helps you make more money, do more effective work, and gain more control over your client base? It's not as hard as you think, and what's holding you back is YOU. If you took the advice you typically gave to clients, you'd NEVER have the positioning you do. There are three things that are always important: making money, doing effective work, and maintaining the right culture. All of that is easier with the right positioning.

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