PICNIC Festival September 22-24, 2010
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Supporting Creative Innovation in Europe
February 10th, 2010, posted by: Liz Keel
It's no secret that we see Amsterdam as a hub of creative activity, but what about the rest of Europe? What kind of policies can be put in place to stimulate the growth and influence of the creative industries throughout the EU? How can cultural diversity in this sector be used as a competitive advantage?
On 4-5 February, experts and industry representatives from across the EU gathered in Amsterdam to tackle these questions and more.
Image courtesy of Giampaolo Squarcina under Creative Commons license
This workshop was organized by the European Commission and hosted the City of Amsterdam, the European Design Centre, the Association of Dutch Designers and IIP Create. It resulted in a declaration to address key issues, including the suggestion to develop a "European Creative Industries Alliance."
The declaration identified challenges and made suggestions for the progress of the creative sector in Europe:
- How can we better (financially) support entrepreneursh...
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Update: PICNIC wins Gouden Gashouder Award!
January 7th, 2010, posted by: Liz Keel
Yesterday evening, PICNIC was presented with the 2009 Gouden Gashouder award from the Westergasfabriek. In the words of the jury, PICNIC was selected as the winner due to "... The daring and cheerful design, but above all the way that PICNIC successfully combines new media with sustainability. In terms of both content and design, PICNIC is a perfect match - innovative, adventurous and surprising on both fronts - an inspiration for future users of the Gashouder."
Now in it's second year, the 2009 Gouden Gashouder award was presented to us by Holland Festival, the 2008 winner.
In addition to all the members of the PICNIC team, we would like to give a special thanks to Sylvester Lindemulder for his dedication and creativity in the Art Direction of the event and the entire team at Stripped for their superior technical production.
We would of course also like to thank the entire team at the Westergasfabriek for recognizing our efforts at ...
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PICNIC '09 nominated for Gouden Gashouder award
January 5th, 2010, posted by: Liz Keel
PICNIC '09 has been chosen by the employees of the Westergasfabriek as one of the three finalists for the 2009 Gouden Gashouder award. The nominees were selected from the events held at the Westergasfabriek in 2009 based their creativity, sense of adventure, sustainability, accessibility, innovation and effective use of the buildings. The two other nominees for 2009 are the 3FM Awards, Corrino and Tommy Hilfiger and Eventions!
The Gouden Gashouder award was created in 2008 to recognize the events with the best programming and production efforts as well as the most creative and effective use of the historical Westergasfabriek sites. The award nominees also serve as excellent examples of best practices for future events, to help showcase the wide variety of successful and innovative possibilities for this unique location.
In 2008 the Gouden Gashouder was presented to the Holland Festival, to emphasize and rew...
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One Laptop Per Child Reveals Tablet PC Plans
December 23th, 2009, posted by: Liz Keel
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), founded by PICNIC '09 speaker Nicholas Negroponte, has unveiled plans for the OX-3, a slim new touch-screen tablet PC. According to the foundation, this model will be available as soon as 2012.
OX-3, the latest proposed re-design from the One Laptop Per Child foundation
OLPC has decided to scrap development of the OX-2 touch screen computer that was initially scheduled to go into production in 2010 (see image below). They believe that the new design will be more affordable to produce, and allow them to continue to offer the computer to the developing world at the current price of $100.
The OX-3 will eventually replace the original $100 Laptop design, which first went into production in 2007.
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Peter Molyneux
Nicholas Negroponte
Niklas Zennström
Philip Zimbardo
Linda Stone
Ed Ulbrich
Jeffrey Hayzlett
Tomi Ahonen
Gerd Leonhard
Bernard Lietaer
Kevin Slavin
silvija dimovska slivkova
Sjef Kerkhofs
wood laura
nive nielsen
monica blok
diana blok
