SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GRAVITY FREE 2011, The Great Multidisciplinary Design Conference May 24-26, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, features 22 internationally know design icons and thought leaders from 20 different design fields.
GRAVITY FREE is an intimate two day design salon that brings designers together with the speakers – design leaders whose work represents significant innovation and inspiration.
The 2011 conference, “Wonders of Magical Thinkers” features designers as the Merlins of the 21st century, with a roster of fearless design wizards taking to the stage:
- Jonathan Harris, Online Storyteller
- Ingo Maurer, Lighting Designer
- Mark Gardner, Motion Designer
- Moritz Waldemeyer, Fusion Designer
- Jess Gonchor, Production Designer
- Andrew Ashton, Graphic Designer
- Edwin Schlossberg, Experiential Designer
- Reuben Margolin, Kinetic Sculptor and Robotics Expert
- Marian Bantjes, Illustrator
- Matt Chambers, Industrial Designer
- Rick Valicenti, Graphic Designer
- Gai Gherardi & Barbara McReynolds, Eyewear Designers
- Bjarke Ingels, Architect
- Bob Gruen, Photographer
- Ari 't Hart, Product Designer
- Kevin Slavin, Game Designer
- Marcel Wilson, Landscape Architect
- Stefano Giovannoni, Architect and Industrial Designer
- Grant Achatz, Molecular Chef
- Martin Kastner, Service Ware Designer
GRAVITY FREE’s uniqueness is highlighted by the level of personal access and interaction attendees experience with the speakers. From the question and answer sessions to the intimate speaker roundtables, the conference affords an opportunity for connection not offered at other design conferences.
“Interaction with the speakers is key,” says Lee Knight, CEO and founder of GRAVITY FREE. “What takes it up a notch is the cross fertilization of ideas that result from interacting with designers in another field. Attendees get ideas that reinvigorate them and change the way they think and approach their everyday work.”
Registration for GRAVITY FREE 2011 is available through www.GravityFreeDesign.com.
About GRAVITY FREE
GRAVITY FREE: The Great Multidisciplinary Design Conference is presented by Lee Knight, founder and CEO of EXHIBITOR Media Group. World-class designers present their vision of design through formal presentations and informal roundtable sessions over two days. Registration is open to designers and design aficionados from across all design fields and comes with a 100% satisfaction money-back guarantee. The theme of GRAVITY FREE 2011 is Wonders of Magical Thinkers. Milton Glaser, created this year’s GRAVITY FREE poster featuring a magician levitating his own head from his body. Come Curious. Leave Inspired. www.GravityFreeDesign.com