This happened, founded in Britain in 2007, is going to be held for the second time here in HK in September. It is a non-profit, ‘design related’ event that aims to reveal to the audience the artists interests and innovations behind each interactive design. Usually, the general public are only accessible to the final finished products, in this event we hope to explore some of the secrets behind these innovative designs, and through open talks and sharing sessions we also acknowledge the hard work of their creators.

Speakers:

Rochelle Yang | FANTAsia--Digital fantasies created by Siggraph in Asia

Rochelle is an artist, curator and educator who engaged in visual arts, performing arts and new media convergence. Currently, she teaches at Chinese University of Hong Kong. With years of working experience as creative director in new media and advertising industry, she has been appointed Chair of Art Gallery in SIGGRAPH Asia 2011. 

Simon Haenggi | Multi-touch: This happened in the past 10 years

Simon Haenggi is an interaction designer, musician, media artist and entrepreneur born in Basel, Switzerland. During his studies at institute Hyperwerk at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, he realized projects that mainly focused on human computer interaction and explored the joyful and magical sides of playing with technology. After developing a prototype of an interactive bar counter – the iBar – he joined 2 Danish business partners in London and founded the company Mindstorm ltd in 2006, which is still in business today and was one of the first companies to install interactive multi-touch surfaces on a bigger scale all around the world.Besides his work for Mindstorm he is also the joint owner of a professional music studio in Switzerland and was active as musician on live-tours as well as several album productions since 1996.

John Wong | The Art of 3D Mapping Projection

John Wong, multi-media artist. Recognized as the CEO of DBIS Limited. Awarded by prized film work of "The Tourist", "On Our Own", "Drowning" and etc. Credited by hundreds of theatre performance with grand scale. Renowned by numerous multimedia designs, 3D interactive creations, musicals and concerts. Acknowledged by hundreds of both local and overseas artists and celebrities. Known by his exceptional and offbeat idea and concept beyond expectation – John Wong, a name that you are looking forward to, and is probably the most inspiring Creative Director.

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