Events Archive
- Sustainable Products Competition
- For the second consecutive year, frog Principal Strategist Eric Wilmot is one of three judges for "The Greener Home: Sustainable Homegoods Products" competition.
- The Conversational Marketing Summit
- Executive Creative Director Tjeerd Hoek will discuss the digital creative on a panel moderated by Wired founder and conference host John Battelle in San Francisco.
- Pop!Tech Change Agents
- Pop!Tech unveils its 2008 Social Innovation Fellows (including frog’s own Robert Fabricant) who will start the conference with a “boot camp” on turning world-changing ideas into reality.
- Software, Hardware, Everyware
- “Software, Hardware, Everyware,” the first European edition of frog’s design mind speaker series, will take place on September 25, 2008 at the International Design Center in Berlin. Bringing together experts from the design, media, and telecommunications industries, this panel will examine the shift from hardware to software as the core value of most products. As systems trump devices, what becomes of traditional product design? And what becomes of traditional products?
- Designing for Change
- The cultural and corporate landscapes are changing, with consumers placing increased emphasis on experience over artifact, emotion over style, individual over collective identity. On September 11, 2008, frogs Jon Kolko and Matt Schoenholz will present “Designing in the Face of Change” to the assembled IDSA Conference – calling for a more fluid, more responsible, and more integrated design process to address today’s new market realities.
- Open-Source Design in China
- On September 18, 2008, frog Founder Hartmut Esslinger will give a keynote presentation at the Shanghai Design Biennial 2008, examining notions of design and control in an increasingly open-source world. Members of frog design’s Shanghai studio will attend the sessions, as well, sharing our insights in innovation and the regional economy.
- Wanted: The Next Apple and Sony
- Hartmut Esslinger, frog founder and groundbreaking designer of some of Apple and Sony’s earliest successes, will join Lorraine Justice, Head of the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Liu Ning, Head of R&D / Chief of Design, Haier in Shanghai to discuss what it takes to become the next Apple and Sony. This design mind speaker series event looks at the similarities and differences of two of the world’s most innovative companies and what it takes to be a leader in today’s consumer electronics market.
- Design for Startups
- Scott Nazarian, principal designer for frog will speak to technologists, entrepreneurs, and developers about the role of design in new ventures, at v1.3 of StartUp SF on Wednesday, September 10th in San Francisco. After Nazarian takes the stage three demo companies will have 5 minutes with an open mic to test their elevator pitches against the crowd. All proceeds from the event will go to Doctors Without Borders.
- Design-Schooling Business Execs
- In recent years, businesses have come to see a culture of creativity, innovation, and design as the only sustainable competitive advantage. So the question is: how can corporations expand their traditional approach to accommodate a new, more open marketplace? frog design and NYU Stern have teamed up to offer a two-day workshop for business executives, sharing the tools and techniques that inspire innovation in today’s top creative firms.
- frog Hosts Churchill Club Event
- frog is hosting Churchill Club for an evening with award-winning journalist Sarah Lacy and Max Levchin, CEO of Slide and co-founder of PayPal. Lacy released her book Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and Rise of Web 2.0 last May, after 10 years of reporting on startup business and culture in the Valley. On Monday, August 25, she’ll interview one of the book's biggest stars: Max Levchin, founder of PayPal and Slide, and investor in a host of other Web 2.0 names. Then Max turns the tables and interviews Sarah.
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