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Speak the Truth: DesignThinkers 2018
Kinkos and Crying by Tosh Hall
Can you handle the truth? by Bruno Maag
The Truth about Clients by Erin Sarofsky
Future Design by Forest Young
Panel: What does it mean to fail forward?
Pioneers! oh Pioneers! by Michelle Dougherty
True North: The Compass Creative Journey by Matt Spangler
Unknowing by Mitch Goldstein
Beyond Bespoke by Kat Downs Mulder
Panel: Discrimination in the creative industry – Really?
The Irrational Customer + Brand Desire by Jean-Pierre Lacroix RGD
Punk's not dead by Josh Higgins
How To by Michael Bierut
The needle moves both ways by Michael Lejeune
Truthfully, our Design Industry is not Diverse — And that’s a Problem! by Angela Bains
The Commoditization of Empathy by Martha Cotton
UnBoxing the Museum- Better Experiences through Design by Clare Brown
Panel: Design for Social Good
Jay Wall RGD
Signs of Resistance by Bonnie Siegler
We’re all in this together by Dawn Hancock
Center of Attention by Alex Center
It's Your Fault by Emily Cohen
Augmenting the everyday through design by Robert Brunner
Basslines & Riffs by Laura Stein RGD
Building a Creative Culture by Lisa Smith
Make it til you Nake it by Natalie Lam
Getting Personal Projects Made by Anton Repponen & Irene Pereyra
Transforming Design Research into Meaningful Design by Ian Chalmers RGD
Panel: All about UX
We build machines. Sometimes they catch fire. by Andrew Zolty
Where is Canadian design going? by Fidel Peña RGD
Finding Yourself, Over and Over Again by Jessica Hische
Interactions speak louder than words by Kemp Attwood
Creative Companionship by Leta Sobierajski & Wade Jeffree
AI + the Future of Graphic Design by John Furneaux RGD
How to build and manage an empowered, creative team by Stephen Gates
Taking a Design Stretch by Samantha Warren
Towards a Total Design by Randy Hunt
Canada’s truth is out there—are we listening? by Judy Snaydon
How to Change Your UX Without Inciting Revolution by Krys Blackwood
Designing for Behaviour Change by Grace Hwang
Bigger Isn't Better by Aaron Draplin
Design for Sensory Experience by Ellen Lupton
Do Designers use Design Thinking? by Pia Betton
Going fast to nowhere by Sebastian Padilla
Design Truths I Can’t Take Credit For by Ian Grais RGD
Have Designers Forgotten How to Enjoy the Ride? by Bob Hambly
Full Time You by Meg Lewis
The truth is, we’re all going to be replaced by bots and automation by Carson Ting
The Simple Truth, or Lightning Bolts for Designers by Vida Jurcic
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Canadore College — A journey through design
Paper With A Plan: What Will You Make Today?
