YCE Club Event #6 and #7 videos!
At the beginning of the new year, we have been reminiscing about the some of the best events of 2011! YCE Club Events #6 and #7 took place in late November and 1st of December, the first one being a seminar and a workshop on sustainable design and the second one on digital music marketing. Two innovative, thought-provoking seminars and workshops that welcomed experienced British experts left us inspired and motivated!
Have a look at two videos from the events:
DIGITAL MUSIC MARKETING – Photos!
Young Creative Entrepreneur Club (YCE Club) networking event #7 took place on 1st of December, 2011 in co-working space BIROJNĪCA. A lecture, followed by a workshop for selected creative industries professionals welcomed around a 100 participants of diverse backgrounds like music, interactive and digital communications, design, fashion, performing arts, filmmaking and media. This time YCE Club welcomed two experienced professionals Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth from the United Kingdom who have worked across different creative industries. They started as visual artists with their work being exhibited internationally and collected by major institutions including the Tate Gallery and Government Art Collection in the UK. Later on they both entered music industry and have created online and offline campaigns for leading record labels in the UK. YCE Club #7 also hosted Inese Saulaja, YCE Music award 2011 winner, hip-hop artist Gustavo Manager & Copyright Manager of MicRec Publishing.
It was an event to be remembered, have a look at the highlights of the day here!
SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES WORKSHOP – Photos!
Young Creative Entrepreneur Club (YCE Club) networking event #6 took place over two days – 29th and 30th of November, 2011, in co-working space BIROJNĪCA during which 40 selected participants – Latvian entrepeneurs, manufacturers and designers, as well as professionals from sustainably and socially responsible fields – participated in lectures, seminars and group work to gather insight into the principles of sustainable design.
Sustainable Opportunities Workshop 2011 was organised in collaboration with Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) and Enterprise Europe Network. Our marketing partner is DDB Latvia, supported by co-working space Birojnīca.
Take look at the highlights of the two day event here.
Watch DIGITAL MUSIC MARKETING lecture & WORKSHOP online!
DIGITAL MUSIC MARKETING lecture & workshop is co-organised in partnership with music consultancy agency KN3. Our marketing partner is DDB Latvia and digital partner CUBE, supported by co-working space Birojnīca.
Venue: Birojnica, Elizabetes iela 83/85, Berga Bazārs, Riga, Latvia LV-1050
December 1st: 10.30 – 16.30 (lunch break: 12.30 – 13.30)
Watch SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES WORKSHOP 2011 online!
Sustainable Opportunities Workshop 2011 is organised in collaboration with Latvian Investment and Development Agency and Enterprise Europe Network. Our marketing partner is DDB Latvia, supported by co-working space Birojnīca.
Venue: Birojnica, Elizabetes iela 83/85, Berga Bazārs, Riga, Latvia LV-1050
November 29th: 14.30 – 18.30
November 30th: 08:30 – 17.30 (lunch break: 12.30 – 13.30)
YCE Club Event #6: SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES WORKSHOP 2011
Young Creative Entrepreneur Club (YCE Club) networking event #6 “SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES WORKSHOP 2011”. The workshop will take place over two days – 29&30th November, 2011, at Birojnīca, and will feature three British experts – Guy Robinson, Dr Jonathan Chapman and Simon O’Rafferty who will share their experience and expertise on such areas as sustainable design and the newest tendencies in the UK, de-materialisation, the ethics of design in the age of over-consumption, strategies and principles of sustainable design, etc. In addition to the presentations, the participants will be able gather insight into types, principles and aims of sustainable design, develop their networking skills, knowledge and professional skills.
The workshop is designed for 40 participants – Latvian entrepreneurs, manufacturers and designers, as well as professionals from sustainably and socially responsible fields – who over the course of two days will take part in the 12 Hour Creative Challenge. Participation in this challenge and the workship will give insight into the definition of sustainable designt, its types and principles, aims and application in entrepreneurship. Additionally, the participants will gather a large set of skills and knowledge about the newest tendencies in sustainable design in the UK as well as the world, various case studies from the UK sustainable design enterprises and information on strategies and principles of sustainable desight and how to apply these to small and medium sized enterprises.
The main topics and speakers:
“Sustainability: Product Design and De-materialisation”
Guy Robinson, director of sustainable product design consultancy Sprout Design, will introduce the concept of sustainability and how it has changed over the course of time. He will talk about Sprout Design’s role and experience in sustainable innovation. You will find out about the concept of de-materialisation illustrated with examples and strategies you could try yourself.
“Redefining ‘Good Design’ in an unsustainable age“
Dr.Jonathan Chapman, sustainable design theorist, consultant and educator, argues that the sustainability crisis is a crisis of behaviour, and not one simply of energy and materials alone, as is often assumed. Chapman maps a deeper engagement with the sustainability agenda – grappling with the knotty problems of design, materiality, human behaviour and sustainability to provide timely reassessments of ethics and design in an age of over-consumption.
“Welsh story“
Simon O’Rafferty is the head of research at the Ecodesign Centre in Wales, one of a handful of countries that has sustainable development built into its constitution. He is also the co-founder of social design network thinkARK. Simon will discuss the role of designers in sustainability. He will share personal insights and perspectives on the issues facing the design and manufacturing industry. He will support these insights by sharing examples of why and how small design-led companies are responding to the challenges of sustainability.
12 HOUR CREATIVE CHALLENGE
YCE Club event #7: DIGITAL MUSIC MARKETING – How to create digital and creative content that works on and offline
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Young Creative Entrepreneur Club (YCE Club) networking event #7 will take place on 1st of December, 2011 at Birojnīca, ¼ Satori, Berga Bazārs from 10:30 – till 12:30 followed by workshop for selected creative industries professionals of diverse backgrounds like music, interactive and digital communications, design, fashion, performing arts, filmmaking and media.
This time YCE Club will welcome two experienced professionals Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth from the United Kingdom who has worked across different creative industries. They started as visual artists with their work being exhibited internationally and collected by major institutions including the Tate Gallery and Government Art Collection in the UK. Later on they both entered music industry and have created online and offline campaigns for leading record labels in the UK. YCE Club #7 will also host Inese Saulaja, YCE Music award 2011 winner, hip-hop artist Gustavo Manager & Copyright Manager of MicRec Publishing.
JANE POLLARD is Head of Strategy at Beggars Group, the UK’s largest group of independent record labels – Her job is to devise innovative and creative strategies of marketing and promoting the artists including Radiohead, Pixies, The White Stripes, The National, Adele. Jane has won 5 Digital Music Awards and contributed to successfully re-shaping the company’s approach to digital strategy.
IAIN FORSYTH has worked as Head of Digital at the Mute label for 10 years and recently established himself as an independent consultant to the music industry. Throughout time Ian worked for Mute, he has worked closely with a wide range of artists including Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, Moby, Erasure and Richard Hawley. In 2004 he co-founded Live Here Now, a live concert recording distribution company, now a part of Abbey Road Studios. As a consultant, he continues to work with many Mute artists.
The subject of digital and creative strategies for the entire creative industries nowadays is a core tool for marketing & promoting their work. Therefore Jane and Ian’s expertise and knowledge sharing will be appealing to a wide range of the professionals and entrepreneurs representing creative industries in Latvia.
PROGRAMME:
Young Creative Entrepreneurs Fashion and Design Awards UK Tour Programme (16-23 September, 2011)
IYDE award 2011 winner Elīna Dobele, www.zofa.lv
IYDE 2011 award winner Elīna Dobele, a founder and owner of the footwear design company ZoFa www.zofa.lv will travel to the UK for a one week all-expenses paid industry programme (September 15th to 25th ) to develop opportunities for commercial and collaborative work in future.
The winners for this year’s Fashion and Design award represent a wide range of countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Estonia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Vietnam and the UAE.
Meet other IYDE 2011 finalists here.
UK TOUR PROGRAMME
IYDE award: interviews with finalists and Jury members
British Council for the first time introduced International Young Design Entrepreneur award in Latvia (IYDE) in order to find the brightest stars in the international design industry, recognising the importance of entrepreneurs in driving forward the desig and fashion industry, developing their independent sector and promoting the best of what’s going on in their local scene.
IYDE 2011 award was won by Elīna Dobele, a founder and owner of the footwear design company ZoFa www.zofa.lv. As the national IYDE award winner Elīna will travel to the UK for a one week all-expenses paid industry programme (September 15th to 25th ) to develop opportunities for commercial and collaborative work in future. The programme will include:
- Curated group meetings to give an overview of what’s happening in the UK design and fashion industry
- Peer networking with the international participants and UK young design and fashion entrepreneurs
- Access to senior UK industry figures (master-class and a lunch for select invitees), including potential advice/ongoing mentoring and investment
- Time for individual business meetings
- Attendance at London Fashion Week or London Deseign Week
In this video IYDE award finalists and jury were asked to answer how they see the Latvian fashion and design industry, what qualities a fashion entrepreneur should possess and how such awards affect and improve industry as such.
IYDE award 2011 winner is Elīna Dobele from ZoFa
Ten applicants where shortlisted for International Young design Entrepreneur (IYDE) award 2011 Latvia final, which took place on July, 14, 2011! IYDE 2011 award winner is Elina Dobele, a founder and owner of the footwear design company ZoFa www.zofa.lv
Congratulations, Elina!
Other finalists were:
Agnese Narnicka, www.hypnosisfashion.lv, www.agnesenarnicka.com
Alise Trautmane, www.narcissfashion.com
Aļona Bauska, www.qooqoo.lv
Anna Ledskalnina, www.annaled.com
Emīls Rode, www.rode-weiland.co.nr
Ieva Kalēja, www.mammalampa.com
Inese Krūmiņa, www.sockbox.lv
Jekaterina Šehurina, www.shehurina.com
Rihards Funts, www.rijada.lv
For IYDE award launch in Latvia British Council has joined forces with Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) in order to build and promote competitive and sustainable design entrepreneurship in Latvia. We are also continuing our cooperation with our strategic partner Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and our marketing partner DDB Latvia , our digital partner CUBE as well as community network site Draugiem.lv.
IYDE award is a part of the wider British Council’s Creative and Cultural Economy programme which recognises the the centrality of creative entrepreneurs to the development of a sustainable and competitive creative economy. More: www.creativeeconomy.lv
