The three London OK Talks were held in the mornings of 18, 23 and 25 September at HEL YES! pop-up restaurant and exhibition in Shoreditch. We gathered altogether sixteen creative practitioners from designers, artists and architects to curators and researchers around discussions on the topics of Making Places, Strategies of Participation and Borderlands over breakfast. In addition to the speakers, an audience of around 200 people attended the events. The talks were accompanied by a tabloid paper with introductions to the speakers and the topics, which will be followed by a documentary publication with thoughts, questions and references that came about as a result of the get-togethers. …(more)
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"For the OK Talk brunches, we asked the guests to bring over a breakfast ingredient each so that we can cook together with them in the morning and sleep more during the night."
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"By applying artistic perspectives to scientific processes and results, it is possible to make science more approachable – and perhaps more useful for the lay people."
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When asked why Armi Ratia decided to base Marimekko in Finland out of all places, she stated that she was "not amused by easiness".
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OK Talk London
Diary / 09-09-2010 -
Making Places
Bringing blue to China – Pan Jian Feng on art and identity
Diary Series: Making Places / 02-12-2009Pan Jian Feng (b. 1973) is a Shanghai-based artist with a background as one of China’s foremost typeface creators and design strategists. Having worked for big multinational agencies and having later founded his own company, Alt-Design, Pan recently changed the corporate world to a life of an artist. Exploring Chinese daily life, his projects range from photography and video installations to ink painting and porcelain. …(more)