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Agenda
01 May 2024
Main Stage, TEC
10:00 - 18:00
Registration
ID required
10:45 - 11:05
Vato Kavtaradze, President of Ad Black Sea
OPENING SPEECH
11:05 - 11:30
Conversation with Anano Miminoshvili, Illustrator, Designer | ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ป๐ฆ, ๐๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ
LOOKING THROUGH THE FLOWING LINES OF AN ILLUSTRATOR
11:35 - 12:20
Givi Dautashvili, TBC Insurance; Irakli Simonishvili, TBC UZ / Space Int.; Lako Jajanidze, TNET; Tako Loria, TBC UZ / Space Int.; | ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ป๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ; ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ
CHANGE BY DESIGN | ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐๐
12:25 - 13:00
Conversation with Bartosz Kosowski, Illustrator, Poster artist | ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด"
BREATHING LIFE INTO DIGITAL ILLUSTRATIONS | ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ
13:05 - 13:45
Giorgi Kvlividze, Windfor's Workshops; Jesse Vogler, Free University; Elene Sabiashvili, Digital Strategist | ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข, ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ
DESIGNING YOUR CREATIVE CAREER | ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ'๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด
13:45 - 15:30
NETWORKING BREAK
15:30 - 16:05
Nato Japaridze, CEO, Adjara Collective; Ani Dabrundashvili, Executive Director, D Block | ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ช, ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ
NO DESIGN PRACTICES | ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ
16:10 - 16:35
Conversation with Lado Kobakhidze, Multidisciplinary designer | ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ป๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
NAVIGATING THROUGH DESIGN FIELDS
16:40 - 17:20
Levan Lepsveridze, Co-founder and CD, Leavingstone; Salome Bakradze, Co-founder and CD, They Said Books; Nona Shiroyan, Design Educator, NUACA and JHUN Universities | ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ธ๐ณ๐ป๐ฌ๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ป, ๐๐ฐ-๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ
Uncovering the Narratives, Creativity, and Resilience of Georgian and Armenian People in Slantedโs Special Issue
17:20 - 18:00
NETWORKING BREAK
18:00 - 19:15
Stefan Sagmeister | Talk & Q&A
NOW IS BETTER
19:20 - 20:35
NETWORKING
Workshops
09:30
Registration @ Design Institute
ID Required
10:00
Registration @ TBC Concept
ID Required
10:00 - 12:00
@ Design Institute | Registration required
Design Journey by Design Institute
10:00 - 12:00
@ Design Institute | Registration required
Rethink the object, Masterclass with Lado Kobakhidze
10:00 - 12:00
@ TBC Concept | Registration required
๐ฬถ๐ฬถ๐ฅฬถ๐ฬถ-Expression in Design with Witch&Wizard Design Studio | ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
13:30 - 15:30
@ TBC Concept | Registration required
Creating and Maintaining Design Systems with Saba Chitaishvili & Kakha Sinauridze | ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐๐
13:30 - 15:30
@ Design Institute | Registration required
Lettering workshop for typography geeks with Ana Sanikidze
Activities
10:00 - 20:30
Exhibition @ TEC
VA[A]DS DESIGN SHOW
11:00 - 13:00
Tour with Zura Balanchivadze | ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต @ 182 ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช ๐๐ท๐ฆ.
TBILISI BEHIND FAรADES
12:00-14:00
@ TEC | Registration Required
PORTFOLIO REVIEW by Holy Motors
14:30 - 15:00
Hosted by Design Institute @ TEC
"Now is Better" by Stefan Sagmeister | BOOK SALES & SIGNING BY THE AUTHOR
22:00
Levi Love Disco, Tobako Tween
Afterparty at Zeche / แชแแฎแ