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Here they are finally! :) Beautifully designed by Figtree ( sorry no links- was disappointed to see that their site was under construction) a designfirm in Mumbai, it had a lot of surprises for us. The day we landed we were given our Kyoorious DesignYatra passports, which were duly checked each time we entered the venue! On Day2 of the conference we came back to our rooms to discover this Kit waiting for us :)


This was the best part- neatly designed Kyoorius currency! with the speakers faces printed on it! There was a lot of cribbing about it being the same exchange rate as the rupee- therefore why have them- But I am delighted to use these as lovely keepsakes of a memorable event.

Some of the other things Sagmeister showed us were mind blowing renditions of
"Everything I do comes back to me"
"Complaining is silly. Either act or forget"
"Everybody who is honest is interesting"
"Thinking life will be better in the future is stupid. I have to live now"
"Having guts always works out for me"
He took these really simple statements & owned them. When you interpret a statement creatively, you own it. For all of you dying to hear him speak about how exactly he goes about creating magic you can see a video interview here, here he shows the visual renditions/posters/ videos of the above statements as he explains the hows & whys of his work.

Sagmeister spent a couple of months working from a Sri Lankan beach hut before going back to New York to form Sagmeister Inc. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, the Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny.

Entrance facade.

The venue was packed to the strength of some 1700 odd design professionals & students.

Guess what! One whole side of the entryway to the auditorium, they printed all the delegates names.

Look for me :) 2nd last line. 2nd last name.

The speakers.

Day1. Thats Stefan Sagmeister & Harry Pearce looking towards the audience. Its about to begin..

Davis Kester was clearly a most animated & enthusiastic presenter.

The graffiti wall

After 5 days of packed schedules & having fun- I’m bleary eyed & dying to get one whole nights sleep. So, I’m only sharing the venue of the conference here- all the goodies- i.e., the speakers and what they said, the seriously neat personlised kit each of us got, Goan architecture etc will follow in the next posts. So watch this space!