2007 Design in the Fast Lane

Greetings and salutations, yesterday the AIGA Houston Chapter hosted the 2007 Design in the Fast Lane. In the Gerald D. Hines Architecture building, over 150 students, young professionals, and educators gathered for a day of lectures, school portfolio exhibition/competition, lunch, and answering the question, "What creates a spark?"

I was let down to find no dog named "sparkie," could you imagine the antics of a St. Bernard wearing a DFL t-shirt and barrel of first aid, roaming around freely and knocking over tables as he pleases? He would also aid those who are in need! I think it would have made it much more successful.

The actual event started bright and early at 8:00 am, students signed-in, grabbed their bag of free stuff, viewed fellow-student work, and made their way to the auditorium. In there they viewed this introduction...note that it was looped and was on a huge projector screen. For your viewing pleasure of those who did not attend the event as well as those who did and totally dig the clip, have at it yo.

2007 Design in the Fast Lane - Introduction

Music: Yo La Tenga "Winter A Go-Go"
Photography: Will Cunningham, Michel Damato,
Miguel Martinez, John Meyer,

After numerous loops of the clip above, the event started with a brief introduction and opening remarks. Christian Helms of The Decoder Ring Design Concern, kicked off the event with the key note speech. Christian shared his story, solutions, and "sparks." (There were no actual "sparks," that we know of, or can measure with the metric system.) If you do not know his studio, work, or who he is check out the DRDC website now! You will dig it and have fun, I promise yo.

2007 Design in the Fast Lane
Decoder Ring Design Concern

for more coverage and images from the event
check out John Meyer's blog and AIGA Houston flickr.