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Episode 36 of the Neon Moiré Show is with conference organizer Charis Rooda on postponing or cancel your in-person conference. Charis is part of the SmashingConf team and organizes since 2017 annually her own non-profit conference Webconf.asia in Hong Kong. Which she had to postpone In 2019 because of the massive protest in her beloved city. In this episode we talk about why postponing a conference is better than canceling. Bringing parts of SmashingConf online and which tools to use to create an awesome online conference experience.

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Episode 35 of the Neon Moiré Show is with Swiss graphic designer Josh Schaub. Josh specializes in poster-, and motion design and runs the online exhibition space for moving posters at themovingposter.com. 

In this episode, recorded during the seventh edition of Graphic Matters, Josh Schaub and Thomas Dahm talk about graphic design, the possibilities, and limits of a moving poster and its future.

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Episode 34 of the Neon Moiré Show is with video game and film concept designer Mike Hill. Among other projects, Mike has designed for films such as Blade Runner 2049, HBO's Game of Thrones, as well as for video games such as the Call of Duty and Horizon Zero Dawn. Mike's major interest is in the psychology of storytelling and how an understanding of mythology and contemporary psychology is crucial to understanding how great stories work. In this episode, Thomas and Mike talk about these topics, and how they influence Mike's daily life. 

This show is recorded during the 13th edition of FITC in Amsterdam. FITC Amsterdam is an annual conference on the Future of Innovation, Technology, and Creativity. 

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Episode 33 of the Neon Moiré Show is with Dion Lee, Art Director at Vox.com videos.

Dion Lee grew up in South Korea and Canada before moving to New York to study graphic design. After design school, she worked in advertising and later in media as a motion designer. Today Dion works at Vox.com as Senior Art Director. In this episode Dion Lee and host Thomas Dahm talk about her journey, working in journalism as a designer and why creating videos is so fulfilling. Enjoy listening.

This show is recorded during the 12th edition of the Infographics Conference in Hilversum. Infographics Conference is an annual conference on information graphics, information visualization, data-viz, and visual storytelling.

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Episode 32 of the Neon Moiré Show is with Dennis Elbers, founder, and curator of Graphic Matters. The design festival, founded in 2008, shows every two years how designers shape and influence our perspective on current issues that matter.

In this episode, recorded during the seventh edition of Graphic Matters, Thomas Dahm talks with Dennis Elbers about finding and exploring the richness of this year's festival theme: Information Superpower. The importance of learning visual literacy at a young age. What it takes to create a good information graphic, and how to read a data visualization without missing all intentions put in the image. 

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Writer and musician Claire L. Evans talks with Neon Moiré’s Thomas Dahm about her book, Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women who Made the Internet; her relationship with the Internet; music and the relation to science fiction; the 5 Every Day app and why Los Angels is the most interesting city at the moment. Special thank you to MU Artspace in Eindhoven, for making this interview possible.  

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Meet Paulina Kacprzak and Olga Rafalska. Co-founders and organizers of design conference Element Talks in Warsaw, Poland. In this episode, recorded during the sixth edition of Element Talks, Thomas, Olga and Paulina talk about how it all started in 2014. How the conference has grown, what they have learned over the years and give a peak into the conference future.

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Neon Moiré is a curated event guide of the world’s most interesting design conferences and events on our digitized world. The agenda will focus on graphic, typography and interaction design conferences, not to forget design film festivals and an overview of the top design summer schools. Curated by Thomas Dahm.

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Episode 29 of the Neon Moiré Show is with curator of moments Kali Nikitas. Kali is Chair of the Communication Arts of the MFA Graphic Design Program at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She has curated international design exhibitions, has facilitated Typo Berlin and Typo San Francisco. Kali has and host workshops and special events in the States and abroad. In this episode Thomas Dahm and Kali Nikitas talk about graphic design, curating events, the current role of women in design and why she prefers short presentations over long lectures.

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Episode 28 of the Neon Moiré Show is with interface designer, filmmaker, and periodic musician Alex Cornell. This interview is recorded during FITC Amsterdam in 2018, Alex worked at that moment for Facebook, as lead designer for Facebook Video. Currently, Alex works on something new and secret...

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Episode 27 of the Neon Moiré Show is with Kim Alpert. She currently runs her creative firm Make Amazing Inc. and is an artist in resident at the Chicago Art Department. In her time-based work, she integrates technology and strategy to create a human-centric design. With a background in fine art, music, and carpentry Kim brings attention to detail and diverse styles to both her video-art and commercial work.

As a curator, Kim has produced events from intimate gallery exhibitions to large festivals. Thomas Dahm talks with Kim about improvising, analog video, death meditations, Carnival in New Orleans, Gummo and more... Enjoy listening.

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