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Semi-Permanent is a world leading design conference that to date has hosted 29 events in 9 cities, covering 5 countries, with over 200 speakers and 50,000 attendees.

Semi-Permanent is a world leading design conference that to date has hosted 29 events in 9 cities, covering 5 countries, with over 200 speakers and 50,000 attendees.

2012 sees the eighth installment of the conference in NZ, on May 18 to 19, after touring Sydney, Melbourne, Dubai and Singapore, as well as satellite conferences in New York and London.

Semi-Permanent was born from a desire to unite the world's design communities with a premium creative experience by the creatives for the creatives. The event covers all disciplines of design, including graphic design, film, fine art, illustration, web design, interaction design, photography, visual effects, animation, graffiti, motion graphics, stop motion, and architecture, and much more.

Semi-Permanent speaks directly to the individual. It is a forum that welcomes all people with a mind open to creative ideas and the wide world of design. Attendees include Creative Directors Design Directors, designers, artists, photographers, digital creatives company leaders, agency personnel, product and fashion designers and pretty much anyone who operates as a creative.

Semi-Permanent 2012 – Speakers

Ron English www.popaganda.com

One of the most prolific and recognizable artists alive today, Ron English has bombed the global landscape with unforgettable images, on the street, in museums, in movies, books and television. English coined the term POPaganda to describe his signature mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, from superhero mythology to totems of art history, populated with his vast and constantly growing arsenal of original characters, including MC Supersized.

Industrial Light & Magic  www.ilm.com

For over 30 years Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilms, has set the standard for visual effects and in the process, created some of the most stunning images in film history. At the forefront of the digital revolution, ILM continues to break new ground in visual effects. ILM will be represented by Visual effects Director Christian Alzmann who is responsible for executed major feature films including COWBOYS & ALIENS – RANGO,

Alex Trochut  www.alextrochut.com

Alex Trochut was born in 1981 in Barcelona. After studying Graphic Design at Elisava, he started working as freelance designer and illustrator in 2007. Alex Trochut's illustrations, designs and typography take the modern notion of minimalism and flip it on its side. Alex Trochut's client's include Nike, The Rolling Stones, Nixon, British Airways, Coca-Cola, The Guardian, Non Format, Wieden + Kennedy, Saatchi and Saatchi, BBH, Fallon, and Beuatiful Decay.

Stolen Girlfriends Club  www.stolengirlfriendsclub.com

The rules of Stolen Girlfriends Club: a youthful rebellious spirit, a healthy sense of humour, and the ability to entertain and empower. The boutique brand was founded in 2005 by three friends Dan Gosling, Luke Harwood and Marc Moore. Whether inspired by punk romanticism, party crashers, or post-apocalyptic surfers, each collection has an underlying feeling of rock’n’roll delinquency.

Tomas Gabszdil Libertiny  www.studiolibertiny.com

Libertiny was born in Slovakia in 1979. In 1999, he enrolled in the Industrial Design Department at the Technical University in Slovakia. In 2001, he was awarded George Soros’s Open Society Institute Scholarship to study at The University of Washington in Seattle, where he explored painting and sculpture. Shortly afterwards, he continued his study at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in painting and conceptual design. His art works have recently been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and Cincinatti Art Museum.

Moffitt Moffitt  www.moffittmoffitt.com

Moffitt.Moffitt. is a creative agency founded by twin brothers Andrew Moffitt and Mark Moffitt. Officially launched in July 2010, Moffitt.Moffitt. has formed creative solutions for multinational brands, cultural arts organisations and private clients from here and around the world. With over 20 years combined experience Andrew and Mark have been agents of change for brands including Qantas, Jetstar, 3 Mobile, Vodafone, Westfield, Luxottica, Microsoft, Warner Music, Westpac, Macquarie Bank, BT Financial, Marcs, Carla Zampatti, Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Film Festival to name a few.

SPECIAL  www.specialgroup.co.nz

Founded in 2008 with no clients and just one desk, the company has rapidly grown from three co-founders to a 20-strong team. Its PR-generating work has spanned election campaigns and aging rockstars, to blood thirsty zombies and 40ft tall rubber ducks. In just 3 short years they've been awarded at Cannes (Grand Prix), Axis, AWARD, Webbys, Best, Effies, D&AD, Caxtons, and they've even been congratulated in Parliament.

The Monkeys  www.themonkeys.com.au

"The Monkeys create provocative ideas that live within advertising, entertainment and technology. We’ve been called an ad agency, a collective, a branded content company, the business model of the future and a bunch of bloody dreamers. Truth is, we’re a bit of each. In this multi-channel world companies need innovative ways to connect with their audience." Scott Nowell & Justin Drape will take the stage.

Gmunk  www.gmunk.com

Bradley G Munkowitz has over a decade of experience functioning as a Design Director for the motion graphics industry and has continued to remain passionately involved in the global design community, giving lectures all around the world. He began his professional career as an Interactive Designer at London-based Vir2L Studios Europe, while also crafting immersive web experiences on his cult site GMUNK.com, winning a grip of awards for web excellence and innovation while inspiring a generation of interactive storytellers. He currently finds himself functioning as a freelance Design Director for the screen and physical space, rockn' the rounds on the Westside for whomever feeds the beast...

Wallpaper Magazine  www.wallpaper.com

Wallpaper Magazine speaker Meirion Pritchard: Following a BA in Graphic Design at Kingston University in 2001, Meirion veered into magazines and worked at Redwood publishing and on Harvey Nichols magazine. Sporadic stints followed on Richardson magazine in New York where he became the European Editor. In 2003, having improved his design and partying skills, Meirion joined Wallpaper* and Tony Chambers’ team who were tasked with the magazine’s re-design. During this time Meirion and his team have continued to push the creative boundaries of print, ensuring that the Wallpaper* name is synonymous with design excellence.

Southsouthwest  www.southsouthwest.com.au

"Was founded from a need. A need to create. A need to establish new relationships. A need to share and keep learning. Our focus is varied. Which keeps the possibilities open. Our value lies in the discussion. The discussion of the outside, for the inside. We are, in essence, people from the land.This sense of the land is what keeps us together. Keeps us huddled."

Swifty  www.swifty.co.uk

Heralded as the “Godfather of the Sampling Generation”, Ian Swift, has been an highly prolific figure in the London music and design scenes for over twenty years. Recognized early on by the likes of Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody as a rising star of typography, Swifty’s unique fonts and bold sampling techniques have extended the boundaries of modern graphic design, whilst his distinctive album sleeve and club flyer designs are responsible for pioneering the UK Acid Jazz movement’s signature style.

Hi-ReS!  www.hi-res.net

Hi-ReS! was founded in 1999 by Alexandra Jugovic and Florian Schmitt after they moved to London from their native Germany.

With their original work rooted in graphic design, fine art, product design, film and music, Hi-ReS! eventually decided to combine all these separate disciplines in one medium and started to experiment with Adobe’s Flash technology. Hi-ReS! has achieved the highest accolades for digital media including D&AD Silver, Cannes Cyberlions, Clios, One Shows, BAFTA and Webby awards; and have established strong relationships with brands such as Dolce&Gabbana, Jägermeister, Chanel and The Economist.

Benja Harney  www.paperform.wordpress.com

Benja is a self-taught Sydney based Paper Engineer. Paper is his passion…Through his business, Paperform, Benja has been dedicated to engineering high-end popup books and paper construction professionally for about 6 years, for a variety of applications including: advertising, magazine illustration, fashion, packaging, invitations and fine art.

Stefano De Luigi  www.stefanodeluigi.com

Stefano De Luigi is a familiar contributor to many international magazines including Stern, Paris Match, Le Monde Magazine, Time, and The New Yorker, although he is probably best known for his long term projects, which include “Pornoland” (winner of the Marco Bastianelli Prize in 2005) and “Blanco,” visions of blindness, published by Trolley in 2010. De Luigi has also won the World Press Photo three times in different categories (1998, 2007, 2009), the Moving Walls of Soros Foundation in 2009 and Days Japan International photojournalism Award 2010. He is a member of VII Agency, a photographic agency that documents conflict – environmental, social and political, both violent and non-violent