BNMI Workshop: How to Make Mistakes on Purpose

The Banff New Media Institute, in partnership with Digital Alberta and the Graphic Designers of Canada is pleased to present How to Make Mistakes on Purpose – an intensive design workshop with Laurie Rosenwald.

About the workshop from director Laurie Rosenwald:

How to Make Mistakes on Purpose is NOT a creativity workshop. Trying to be creative is just deadly. It works about as well as trying to be charming. There is no syllabus. What we actually do in the Workshop is top secret. Workshop alumni are requested to respect the "omertà", or Mafia code of silence. It's about surprise, so it must be one. Bring Chaos to your Order.

One day Georges de Mestral went for a walk in the woods. He got some burrs stuck on his pants. He played around with them. He thought, "What could this be?" And now we have Velcro. Here's what he didn't do: He didn't sit down at a desk and think, "What this world needs is a better way of sticking stuff together! I'm going be creative! I will invent a new and exciting way of doing that!"

But how can you plan those happy accidents? In the workshop, things will happen that will make you ask, "What could this be?"

If you try very hard to create a good thing it will probably be bad. So let's be bad. I can't tell you what to expect. I guarantee you will surprise me, yourself, and everybody else. Anybody can do it. It is not just for designers, inventors, and people like that. Think of it as tuna surprise, but without the tuna.

For more information and to register, visit Digital Alberta.

All programs, faculty, dates, fees, and offers of financial assistance are subject to change. Non-refundable fees and deposits will be retained upon cancellation. Any other fees are refunded at the discretion of The Banff Centre.