Utterubbish is proud to present
UseLess Conference.
A design conference with an incredible multi-disciplinary panel of more than 10 international and local designers.
The conference will focus on a variety of issues centred on how design can create value for self, society and the world for a sustainable future. Intended to inform and inspire, the 2 full days of presentation sessions will incite new ideas, discussions and collaborations. The UseLess conference will be held in the intimate venue of the Victoria Concert Hall with limited seatings.Early registration is suggested to gurantee admission.
A design conference with an incredible multi-disciplinary panel of more than 10 international and local designers.
The conference will focus on a variety of issues centred on how design can create value for self, society and the world for a sustainable future. Intended to inform and inspire, the 2 full days of presentation sessions will incite new ideas, discussions and collaborations. The UseLess conference will be held in the intimate venue of the Victoria Concert Hall with limited seatings.Early registration is suggested to gurantee admission.
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panel of speakers
An incredible multi-disciplinary panel of more than 10 international and local designers will speak and present at the UseLess Conference....
Featuring:
Bruno Mouron & Pascal Rostain - Trash
COLORS
Erik Kessels, KesselsKramer
Fumiko Ikeda, gift_ & Hiromi Nishi, ASYL - Treasured Trash
[re]design
Mads Hagstrøm, FLOWmarket
Albert Lee, 2x4
Jonathan Harris
Marti Guixé
Patrick Scallon - Maison Martin Margiela (1992-2007), Dries Van Noten (2007-)
Ryosuke Tei, Furi Furi - Toy Saves Children
and many more...
An incredible multi-disciplinary panel of more than 10 international and local designers will speak and present at the UseLess Conference....
Featuring:
Bruno Mouron & Pascal Rostain - Trash
COLORS
Erik Kessels, KesselsKramer
Fumiko Ikeda, gift_ & Hiromi Nishi, ASYL - Treasured Trash
[re]design
Mads Hagstrøm, FLOWmarket
Albert Lee, 2x4
Jonathan Harris
Marti Guixé
Patrick Scallon - Maison Martin Margiela (1992-2007), Dries Van Noten (2007-)
Ryosuke Tei, Furi Furi - Toy Saves Children
and many more...
programme
Day 1
0900 - 0930 Registration
1000 - 1300 3 Presentation Sessions
1300 - 1400 Lunch Break
1400 - 1800 UseLess Sessions
Day 2
0900 - 0930 Registration
0930 - 1300 3 Presentation Sessions
1300 - 1400 Lunch Break
1400 - 1800 4 Presentation Sessions
Presenter's actual schedule to be comfirmed.
Programme and speaker's line up subject to change.
Day 1
0900 - 0930 Registration
1000 - 1300 3 Presentation Sessions
1300 - 1400 Lunch Break
1400 - 1800 UseLess Sessions
Day 2
0900 - 0930 Registration
0930 - 1300 3 Presentation Sessions
1300 - 1400 Lunch Break
1400 - 1800 4 Presentation Sessions
Presenter's actual schedule to be comfirmed.
Programme and speaker's line up subject to change.
conference ticket
Your tickets includes:
• Admission to the 2 Days Conference
• Admission to the UseLess exhibition on 29 & 30 November
• Free entry to the UtterFactory weekend parties on
30 November and 1 December
Tickets price:
Normal: $199 SGD
Students: $99 SGD (Student’s ID verification required for entry)
Ticketing info:
Attendance is by registration at a fee of $199 per person
with discounts for students at $99.
Register by calling (65) 6332 6919
or email: tickets@toph.com.sg for registration forms.
Or download registration form now.
Your tickets includes:
• Admission to the 2 Days Conference
• Admission to the UseLess exhibition on 29 & 30 November
• Free entry to the UtterFactory weekend parties on
30 November and 1 December
Tickets price:
Normal: $199 SGD
Students: $99 SGD (Student’s ID verification required for entry)
Ticketing info:
Attendance is by registration at a fee of $199 per person
with discounts for students at $99.
Register by calling (65) 6332 6919
or email: tickets@toph.com.sg for registration forms.
Or download registration form now.
conference ticket outlets
The conference tickets are also available over the counter at the following event partner outlets
The conference tickets are also available over the counter at the following event partner outlets
SINGAPORE
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS
Block 231 Bain Street
#04-19 Bras Basah Complex
Singapore 180231
ph: +(65) 6336 0810
fx: +(65) 6334 1950
e: enquiry@basheergraphic.com
www.basheergraphic.com
www.basheercityroom.com
MALAYSIA
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS Sdn.Bhd
3rd Floor 001, Bukit Bintang Plaza
Jalan Bukit Bintang
Kuala Lumpur - 55100, Malaysia
ph: (603) 2713 2236
fx: (603) 21432236
e: kl@basheergraphic.com
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS
Block 231 Bain Street
#04-19 Bras Basah Complex
Singapore 180231
ph: +(65) 6336 0810
fx: +(65) 6334 1950
e: enquiry@basheergraphic.com
www.basheergraphic.com
www.basheercityroom.com
MALAYSIA
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS Sdn.Bhd
3rd Floor 001, Bukit Bintang Plaza
Jalan Bukit Bintang
Kuala Lumpur - 55100, Malaysia
ph: (603) 2713 2236
fx: (603) 21432236
e: kl@basheergraphic.com
THAILAND
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS
998/7 Soi Sukhumvit
55 Sukhumvit Street
Wattana Bangkok - 10110
Thailand
ph: (66 2) 3919815
fx: (66 2) 3919814
e: thai@basheergraphic.com
INDONESIA
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS
4.02 Plaza Blok M Jalan Bulungan
Jakarta - 12130
Indonesia
ph/fx: (62 21) 7209151
e: jkt@basheergraphic.com
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS
998/7 Soi Sukhumvit
55 Sukhumvit Street
Wattana Bangkok - 10110
Thailand
ph: (66 2) 3919815
fx: (66 2) 3919814
e: thai@basheergraphic.com
INDONESIA
BASHEER GRAPHIC BOOKS
4.02 Plaza Blok M Jalan Bulungan
Jakarta - 12130
Indonesia
ph/fx: (62 21) 7209151
e: jkt@basheergraphic.com
HONG KONG
BASHEER DESIGN BOOKS(HK) LTD
1/F, Flat A,
Island Building 439-441
Hennessy Road Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
ph: (852) 21267533
fx: (852) 21267535
e: basheer@netvigator.com
BASHEER DESIGN BOOKS(HK) LTD
1/F, Flat A,
Island Building 439-441
Hennessy Road Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
ph: (852) 21267533
fx: (852) 21267535
e: basheer@netvigator.com
conference ticket
To book your place in The Useless Conference
1. Download your conference form here.
2. Fill in all the personal and payment details and email the completed form to tickets@toph.com.sg
3. If you are paying by cheque, please send full payment with your printed registration form to
Utterubbish, 8A Mohamad Sultan Road, #02-01
Singapore 238958
4. Upon clearance of your payment, we will send you an email confirmation of your booking.
5. Produce a print out of your confirmation email on the day of registration to collect your conference tag and materials.
To book your place in The Useless Conference
1. Download your conference form here.
2. Fill in all the personal and payment details and email the completed form to tickets@toph.com.sg
3. If you are paying by cheque, please send full payment with your printed registration form to
Utterubbish, 8A Mohamad Sultan Road, #02-01
Singapore 238958
4. Upon clearance of your payment, we will send you an email confirmation of your booking.
5. Produce a print out of your confirmation email on the day of registration to collect your conference tag and materials.
speakers
Bruno Mouron and Pascal Rostain -
Trash
Bruno Mouron (b. 1954) worked for daily newspaper L’Aurore in his early career and later joined the Paris Match team.
He is co-founder of the photo agency Sphinx with Pascal Rostain. Known also as a former Pop Art and Design collector, his collection has been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou.
Pascal Rostain (b.1958) joined Paris Match team as early as 1980 after a shooting in Tchad during the war. He is co-founder with Bruno Mouron of the photo agency, Sphinx.
They have both worked for numerous and prestigious magazines such as Stern, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times Magazine, Le Figaro, Paris Match, Oggi, El Mundo, Gente…
Bruno Mouron (b. 1954) worked for daily newspaper L’Aurore in his early career and later joined the Paris Match team.
He is co-founder of the photo agency Sphinx with Pascal Rostain. Known also as a former Pop Art and Design collector, his collection has been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou.
Pascal Rostain (b.1958) joined Paris Match team as early as 1980 after a shooting in Tchad during the war. He is co-founder with Bruno Mouron of the photo agency, Sphinx.
They have both worked for numerous and prestigious magazines such as Stern, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times Magazine, Le Figaro, Paris Match, Oggi, El Mundo, Gente…
COLORS
Established in 1991, from an idea of Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani, under the direction of Tibor Kalman, with the premise that diversity is positive but that all cultures have equal value, today COLORS is part of the publishing activity in Fabrica, Benetton's communication research centre.
Pictures are, above all else, COLORS' expressive medium. Using this visual language, COLORS' themes alternate between the challengingly serious, such as ecology, wars around the world, the fight against aids, and the frankly frivolous. Each is seen from an unconventional, irreverent perspective.
On sale in 40 countries, 3 editions, published in 4 languages, COLORS is a quarterly magazine that talks to young people all around the world.
Established in 1991, from an idea of Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani, under the direction of Tibor Kalman, with the premise that diversity is positive but that all cultures have equal value, today COLORS is part of the publishing activity in Fabrica, Benetton's communication research centre.
Pictures are, above all else, COLORS' expressive medium. Using this visual language, COLORS' themes alternate between the challengingly serious, such as ecology, wars around the world, the fight against aids, and the frankly frivolous. Each is seen from an unconventional, irreverent perspective.
On sale in 40 countries, 3 editions, published in 4 languages, COLORS is a quarterly magazine that talks to young people all around the world.
Erik Kessels
Erik Kessels was born in the Netherlands in 1966. He went to intermediate technical school, followed by the Art Academy at Breda. He worked for several large national and international advertising agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe, Chiat/Day and GGT London. In 1996 he co-founded the Amsterdam based communications agency KesselsKramer. Erik Kessels is the creative director at KesselsKramer. He has created campaigns for Nike, Audi, Levi's, Hans Brinker Budget Hotel Amsterdam, Ben, Diageo, Diesel and the City of Amsterdam. He has won many international awards for his advertising work.
Besides writing reviews for several magazines he has a regular column in style magazine Bon International and has published several photography books, such as The Instant Men, Useful Photography and In Almost Every Picture. Erik Kessels has also taught photography and art at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and other art schools. He curates photography exhibitions at national and international museums and galleries. Erik has also had group and solo exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad.
www.kesselskramer.nl
Erik Kessels was born in the Netherlands in 1966. He went to intermediate technical school, followed by the Art Academy at Breda. He worked for several large national and international advertising agencies such as Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe, Chiat/Day and GGT London. In 1996 he co-founded the Amsterdam based communications agency KesselsKramer. Erik Kessels is the creative director at KesselsKramer. He has created campaigns for Nike, Audi, Levi's, Hans Brinker Budget Hotel Amsterdam, Ben, Diageo, Diesel and the City of Amsterdam. He has won many international awards for his advertising work.
Besides writing reviews for several magazines he has a regular column in style magazine Bon International and has published several photography books, such as The Instant Men, Useful Photography and In Almost Every Picture. Erik Kessels has also taught photography and art at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and other art schools. He curates photography exhibitions at national and international museums and galleries. Erik has also had group and solo exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad.
www.kesselskramer.nl
Fumiko Ikeda (gift_), treasured
trash
Worked for Urban Design Research/UDR (ex-ICC) and IDÉE Co., Ltd. While contracted at IDÉE, planning and P.R. works were main experience. Participated as a start-member for numerous projects like IDÉE WORKSTATION, one of IDÉE's brand "Sputnik", design event "TDB (Tokyo Designers Block)". Became freelance creative director in 2005, and established the design unit, "gift_. " Started trasured trash project with ASYL in 2006.
Hiromi Nishi (ASYL), treasured trash
In 2004, joined a graphic design studio "ASYL", which is former ASYL DESIGN and ASYL CRACK. As a producer and managing director, she is doing planning and direction for a variety of design projects like graphics, design products, CI development, exhibition, etc. Started treasured trash project with gift_ in 2006. Also a member of CET(Central East Tokyo), a project for regeneration and rediscovering the value of the central eastern districts of Tokyo.
www.treasured-trash.org
Worked for Urban Design Research/UDR (ex-ICC) and IDÉE Co., Ltd. While contracted at IDÉE, planning and P.R. works were main experience. Participated as a start-member for numerous projects like IDÉE WORKSTATION, one of IDÉE's brand "Sputnik", design event "TDB (Tokyo Designers Block)". Became freelance creative director in 2005, and established the design unit, "gift_. " Started trasured trash project with ASYL in 2006.
Hiromi Nishi (ASYL), treasured trash
In 2004, joined a graphic design studio "ASYL", which is former ASYL DESIGN and ASYL CRACK. As a producer and managing director, she is doing planning and direction for a variety of design projects like graphics, design products, CI development, exhibition, etc. Started treasured trash project with gift_ in 2006. Also a member of CET(Central East Tokyo), a project for regeneration and rediscovering the value of the central eastern districts of Tokyo.
www.treasured-trash.org
[re]design
[re]design is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the work of designers who don’t want to make landfill. They are passionate about sustainable design and believe design can be a catalyst for positive social and environmental change.
[re]design seeks out and promotes products that are genuinely ‘good’ and gorgeous. They put together pioneering projects that spark and nurture sustainable design ideas, building relationships that help bring concepts to fruition.
www.redesigndesign.com
[re]design is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the work of designers who don’t want to make landfill. They are passionate about sustainable design and believe design can be a catalyst for positive social and environmental change.
[re]design seeks out and promotes products that are genuinely ‘good’ and gorgeous. They put together pioneering projects that spark and nurture sustainable design ideas, building relationships that help bring concepts to fruition.
www.redesigndesign.com
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris is an artist and storyteller working primarily on the Internet. One part computer science, one part anthropology, and one part visual art, his work seeks to explore and understand the human world through the artifacts people leave behind on the Web. He has made projects about human emotion (wefeelfine.org), human desire (love-lines.org), modern mythology (univese.daylife.com), science (phylotaxis.com), news (tenbyten.org), anonymity (justcurio.us) and language (wordcount.org), and created the world's largest time capsule (timecapsule.yahoo.com), which was translated into 10 languages. He studied computer science at Princeton University, and was awarded a 2004 Fabrica fellowship. The winner of two 2005 Webby Awards, Harris' work has also been recognized by AIGA, Ars Electronica, ID Magazine, and the State of Vermont, has been featured by CNN, BBC, Reuters, NPR, USA Today, Metropolis and Wired, and has been exhibited at Le Centre Pompidou (Paris), and The Museum of Modern Art (New York). He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and documents his work at number27.org.
www.number27.org
Jonathan Harris is an artist and storyteller working primarily on the Internet. One part computer science, one part anthropology, and one part visual art, his work seeks to explore and understand the human world through the artifacts people leave behind on the Web. He has made projects about human emotion (wefeelfine.org), human desire (love-lines.org), modern mythology (univese.daylife.com), science (phylotaxis.com), news (tenbyten.org), anonymity (justcurio.us) and language (wordcount.org), and created the world's largest time capsule (timecapsule.yahoo.com), which was translated into 10 languages. He studied computer science at Princeton University, and was awarded a 2004 Fabrica fellowship. The winner of two 2005 Webby Awards, Harris' work has also been recognized by AIGA, Ars Electronica, ID Magazine, and the State of Vermont, has been featured by CNN, BBC, Reuters, NPR, USA Today, Metropolis and Wired, and has been exhibited at Le Centre Pompidou (Paris), and The Museum of Modern Art (New York). He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and documents his work at number27.org.
www.number27.org
Mads Hagstrøm - FLOWmarket
FLOWmarket was initiated in 2004 and is the working label of danish designer Mads Hagstrøem (b.1976). FLOWmarket works within the field of sustainability, design and commercialism. FLOWmarket has due to its simple and universal form been able to succesfully cross cultural boundries between Europe, US and Asia where it has recieved numerous recognitions.
www.theflowmarket.com
FLOWmarket was initiated in 2004 and is the working label of danish designer Mads Hagstrøem (b.1976). FLOWmarket works within the field of sustainability, design and commercialism. FLOWmarket has due to its simple and universal form been able to succesfully cross cultural boundries between Europe, US and Asia where it has recieved numerous recognitions.
www.theflowmarket.com
Albert Lee, 2x4
Albert Lee is the managing director of 2x4 Asia based in Beijing. He is currently leading the collaboration with OMA on the CCTV building, a project with Gehry Partners for Novartis in Basel, in addition to on-going work for the Imperial Palaces in Seoul. He has led projects with OMA/REX on the Wyly Theater, Diller Scofidio + Renfro on the renovation of the public spaces at Lincoln Center, Polshek Partnership on the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Peter Marino for the motion graphics at the Chanel 57th St. store. In addition, he has served as the design lead for a line of textiles created by 2x4 for KnollTextiles and an exhibition of 2x4's work at SFMOMA. Previously, he has held positions in the architecture offices of Frank O. Gehry and Michael Rotondi. He is currently teaching at Yale University School of Architecture.
www.2x4.org
Albert Lee is the managing director of 2x4 Asia based in Beijing. He is currently leading the collaboration with OMA on the CCTV building, a project with Gehry Partners for Novartis in Basel, in addition to on-going work for the Imperial Palaces in Seoul. He has led projects with OMA/REX on the Wyly Theater, Diller Scofidio + Renfro on the renovation of the public spaces at Lincoln Center, Polshek Partnership on the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Peter Marino for the motion graphics at the Chanel 57th St. store. In addition, he has served as the design lead for a line of textiles created by 2x4 for KnollTextiles and an exhibition of 2x4's work at SFMOMA. Previously, he has held positions in the architecture offices of Frank O. Gehry and Michael Rotondi. He is currently teaching at Yale University School of Architecture.
www.2x4.org
Marti Guixé
- Food Design
Marti Guixé (1964) formed in Barcelona and Milan as an interior and industrial designer. In 1994, periodically working as a design advisor in Seoul and living in Berlin, he formulated a new way to understand the culture of products. Guixé started to exhibit his work in 1997, work that characterizes on the search for new product systems, the introduction of design in food ambits and presentation through performance. His non-conventional gaze provides brilliant and simple ideas of a curious seriousness. He is based in Barcelona and Berlin and work as a Cross Designer for companies such Authentics, B-Sign, Camper, Cha-cha, Desigual, Droog Design, Esencial mediterraneo, Imaginarium, Isee2, Nani Marquina, Very Lustre, Saporiti.
Recent publications:
Marti Guixé 1:1, 010 publishers Rotterdam (ISBN 90 6450 441 5), Marti Guixé Cook book, Imschoot Publishers (ISBN 9077362045) and Don´t buy it if you don´t need it. All Marti Guixé´s Camper Commodityscapes. (ISBN 13 84 609 9135 0). Exhibitions at MoMA (New York), MuDAC (Lausanne), MACBA (Barcelona) and Centre Pompidou (Paris).
www.guixe.com
www.food-designing.com
Marti Guixé (1964) formed in Barcelona and Milan as an interior and industrial designer. In 1994, periodically working as a design advisor in Seoul and living in Berlin, he formulated a new way to understand the culture of products. Guixé started to exhibit his work in 1997, work that characterizes on the search for new product systems, the introduction of design in food ambits and presentation through performance. His non-conventional gaze provides brilliant and simple ideas of a curious seriousness. He is based in Barcelona and Berlin and work as a Cross Designer for companies such Authentics, B-Sign, Camper, Cha-cha, Desigual, Droog Design, Esencial mediterraneo, Imaginarium, Isee2, Nani Marquina, Very Lustre, Saporiti.
Recent publications:
Marti Guixé 1:1, 010 publishers Rotterdam (ISBN 90 6450 441 5), Marti Guixé Cook book, Imschoot Publishers (ISBN 9077362045) and Don´t buy it if you don´t need it. All Marti Guixé´s Camper Commodityscapes. (ISBN 13 84 609 9135 0). Exhibitions at MoMA (New York), MuDAC (Lausanne), MACBA (Barcelona) and Centre Pompidou (Paris).
www.guixe.com
www.food-designing.com
Ryosuke Tei, Furi Furi - Toy Saves
Children
Ryosuke Tei (b. 1968) is the Creative Director of Furi Furi. Furi Furi's cute characters break through all language barriers globally and appeal to a broad audience not only within pop culture. Furi Furi has created concepts, stories, art and design for various audiences which has earned them a solid reputation right across the board, in fields such as merchandising, advertising, toy design and other media.
Some of the representative works are "GIFTPIA" (NITENDO), novel series "Mummy the Rabbit," fashion brand "girls power manifesto, " Ad campaign "monster360 POUND" (NIKE), 3DCG animation "Butazuka" (Yahoo! Japan), Flash animations "King Brothers" (FOX HORROR) and SHINOBI BLACK & WHITE.
www.toysaveschildren.org
www.furifuri.com
Ryosuke Tei (b. 1968) is the Creative Director of Furi Furi. Furi Furi's cute characters break through all language barriers globally and appeal to a broad audience not only within pop culture. Furi Furi has created concepts, stories, art and design for various audiences which has earned them a solid reputation right across the board, in fields such as merchandising, advertising, toy design and other media.
Some of the representative works are "GIFTPIA" (NITENDO), novel series "Mummy the Rabbit," fashion brand "girls power manifesto, " Ad campaign "monster360 POUND" (NIKE), 3DCG animation "Butazuka" (Yahoo! Japan), Flash animations "King Brothers" (FOX HORROR) and SHINOBI BLACK & WHITE.
www.toysaveschildren.org
www.furifuri.com
