Saigon Creative July event

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Minh, with a background in Buddhist Studies & meditation, has been working and living in Vietnam for the past 5 and a half years running events, teaching, and playing music.

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5 New Things that You Didn't know about Meditation. 

Minh will take us through the latest neuroscience research on meditation and his take from the Zen Buddhist side of meditation.

For artists, this will be a fascinating talk for people who want another glimpse into the mind and brain they use to create.

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About architecture, dialogue, ethic and art

 

It was really worth waiting for Tereza and Charles’ talk last week.  

The audience mainly consisting in non-architects was enlightened on the whole process of an architectural work, from the first discussion with a client  to the final construction. Tereza and Charles made us realize how complex this process is, ranging from a full analysis of the client’s needs, taste and budget through a permanent dialogue, up to the cooperation with authorities, engineers and contractors…

We discovered also what makes their agency T3 Architecture unique. It is this specific character in their work which is so exemplary in a developing country:  they have an ethic.  Their ethical rules include harmony with the environment, respect of people, promotion of natural and local materials and use of low energy systems.

A surprising thing in their work is that there is also something close to art experimentation sometimes, like when they decided to lay cortene steel boards under an olive tree to create a chemical reaction between the dripping oil and the steel before using the boards for the façade of a house in Provence. It is  probably this common taste for experimentation with some artists and the conscience that boundaries between creative fields are so narrow that have brought  them to conceptualize and build “la boite”, a simple wood box of 2 x 2 x 2meters that they put at contemporary artists’ disposal to be used at their own convenience.

Once again, a very interesting talk to listen to for those who could wake up early that morning…

June: T3 Architecture

Don't miss Tereza and Charles Gallavardin's (T3 Architecture) talk on June 15th!
http://saigoncreative.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-march-teresa-and-charles-gallavardin.html

Review Saigon Creative May event

This month we had a visit from the multi-talented Thai Nguyen who currently owns L'Usine, the fashionable coffeeshop on Dong Khoi street. Today, he talked about his career which rose from a background in design into the film industry into fashion and finally into venture capitalism. The casual dialogue he lead opened up into a discussion about how do you introduce a new product into the market and how one can steer one's creative energies and goals amidst the sea of circumstances one is bound to meet in one's career. Yet another interesting talk at Saigon Creative and an interesting group of people as always


Anh-Minh Do

Saigon Creative May speaker: Nguyen Quang Thai

Entrepreneur + Creative & Strategic Director

Over 17 years of world-class experience in Graphic Design, Art Direction, Branding, Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

Personal Ventures 2009-present: Open a restaurant in nyc called “An Choi NYC”. Open retail/café in HCMC called Lusine. Open a product/design lifestyle brand called Sweet&Sour (Bakery, Cupcakes, Candles)

2010-2012: Became partner at IMS marketing, an event / PR / activation agency.

2010-present: Marketing Director for IDGVV, a Venture Capital company. Work with start-up companies like YanTV, SaigonHeat, Subway, WebTreTho, etc….

2006-2009: Started a digital marketing studio called “Liquidline” and produce a social networking website “yobanbe.com”. Sold to Vinagame in 2008. Created the Zing Brand and platform for VNG. 

2004-2005: Executive Producer of the feature movie “1735km” produced by Ky Dong Productions

2001-2004: Art Director at JWT Vietnam & Deutsch, Inc NYC; 

1999-2000: Co-Founder of a NYC web agency called “Office for    Fun & Profit”

1995-1999: Designer/Art Director for Red Sky/BMA associates NYC.

Thai has designed, directed, managed and produce untold numbers of projects for clients such as Unilever, Altoids, News Corporation, PaineWebber, Reebok, Neiman Marcus, PlayStation, Nickelodeon DowJones to name a few. 

His work has been awarded and published by the AIGA, Communication Arts, Print, The AR100, Mead Annual Report Show, Type Director's Club and Graphics. 

Thai holds a BA in Fine and Applied Art major in graphic design at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

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Review: Yves' photographic journey

Yves before kicking off the lecture

Photography being a passion of mine, I was looking forward to Yves presentation. He attended the previous month and gracefully agreed to do a presentation himself.

I noticed Yves' work long before I had the chance to meet him in person. His photography evokes wonders and feelings, taking you away from the road of glossy and airbrushed perfectionist treatment.

For those who attended, we all got a glimpse into the working methods behind Yves' stunning images and for those of you who missed out, please sign up on for the email letter and receive notifications straight to your inbox and join us next time.

It is well worth checking out his book, you can follow this link here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2419570

Colour distortion by the projector

Unfortunately, we had to borrow a new projector and it did not do the images justice as the capture came out all wrong. Yves has kindly sent a few of his samples from the session for us to display here as well as sending his best regards to everyone that came.

Saigon Creative April Event – Yves Schiepek

"Yves' journey to Vietnam really began when he was inspired by scenes of Vietnam in a film. The landscape and the entwining stories of Vietnamese and water buffalos moved him. He traveled from the North to the South and back.

Half of the distance Southwards, he traveled by bicycle, at times on bumpy roads and upward inclines. Traveling by bicycle allowed him to "take in" his landscape - houses, trees fields, sky, people. He kept an eye out for the magical scene of a water buffalo submerged in water."

– from Yves' book

Yves will start his talk with a brief introduction to his journey in Vietnam in 2009 and then talk about his photos and the technics he uses to create some of them.

Join us for the conversation on Friday the 20th April, see you all there!

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