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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.

Brian Collins
Brian Collins and Leland Maschmeyer

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Brian Collins is Chief Creative Officer of COLLINS, a design company dedicated to inventing brand experiences and communications that shape companies and people for the better. Prior to COLLINS, Brian was Chairman & Chief Creative Officer at Ogilvy & Mather. Brian’s clients have included Coca-Cola, CNN, Levi Strauss & Co., American Express, Mattel, IBM, Amazon.com and MTV. Brian’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, ABC News and Fast Company, which has named him one of five American Masters of Design. 

 

Leland Maschmeyer is Partner and Creative Director at COLLINS. In 2011, Campaign Magazine selected him as one of the emerging leaders in new forms of creativity due to his work on a range of brands including Microsoft, American Express, Virgin Atlantic and NBC. In 2005, the American Association of Advertising Agencies honoured him as one of the outstanding up-and-coming thinkers in the industry.

  • Speaking: November 3 - Keynote
    Topic: Designing the Future

    Given the constant challenges and changes in today’s world, what is the new role of imagination and design? Brian and Leland discuss the possibility of creating new futures, and how, in a world full of doubt and pessimism, creativity ultimately triumphs.

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