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Just a few of the great posts and stories inspired by this year’s Creative Sydney. Stay tuned for more content and custom publications documenting the big ideas explored in our season – and if you want to contribute your ideas, photos, tweets or more, drop us a line!

 

Super-simple flat-pack boat makes dads look like legends - WIRED (UK) Read

The Balmain Boat Company has created a flat-packed boat comprised of ready-made materials to build a rowing boat that can fit around three people and is designed to "make dads look like legends".

InterfaceFlor: Business will drive sustainability - WIRED (UK) Read

When it comes to becoming more sustainable, it won't be art or science that leads us there, it will be business, according to Robert Coombs, CEO of InterfaceFlor Asia Pacific, speaking atCreative Sydney.

3D printing sparks the rise of the citizen designer - WIRED (UK) Read

Just as simple web publishing tools enabled the rise of the citizen journalist and the disruption of traditional media models, 3D printing could herald an era of citizen design, according to a panel of speakers at Creative Sydney.

How Etsy puts the affection back into ecommerce - WIRED (UK) Read

Online marketplace Etsy wants to change the way world commerce works by connecting community-based economies, according to European Director Matt Stinchcomb, speaking atCreative Sydney.

Resource efficiency: The sixth wave of innovation - WIRED (UK) Read

The global financial crisis of 2007-2009 heralded the start of a sixth major wave of innovation -- that of resource efficiency, according to Dr James Bradfield Moody, author of The Sixth Wave, speaking at the Creative Sydney conference.

A walk on the Harbour side - THE HINDU (INDIA) Read

At Vivid Creative Sydney, there were a host of interactive forums where the best and brightest from different walks of life including film, fashion, performance, visual arts and technology shared ideas on the Playhouse stage at the Sydney Opera House. 

Economy of the future to make the world unrecognizable - PRAVDA (RUSSIA) Read

Australian engineer and philosopher Dr. Moody presented his model of the development of the economy of the future. Moody believes that the economy of the future will not look like the economy of present times. According to the scientist, production and business will have to adapt to the growing shortage of natural resources on the planet. To put it in a nutshell, the world will have to learn to develop in a different way.

Creative discussion about art and icons - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Read

''Vivid is a spectacular event,'' says Sandra Bender, the woman behind the World Movies and STVDIO channels. ''It pushes people's perceptions. And Vivid Creative Sydney is the real gem in it … It's about the talk of art, and the art of talk. It's about art and creativity, but it's also very practical.''

3D illuminations light up the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Sydney - THE INDEPENDENT (UK) Read

The Sydney Opera House’s Playhouse stage will be graced by the likes of Etsy European director Matthew Stinchcomb, Future Shorts and Secret Cinema founder Fabien Riggall, general manager of Intel Australia and NZ Philip Cronin, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab and the One Laptop Per Child program Barry Vercoe, and executive director of development at CSIRO Dr James Bradfield Moody. 

VIVID CREATIVE SYDNEY ANNOUNCE FINAL EVENT - PAGES DIGITAL Read

Because you practically BEGGED for it, Vivid Creative Sydney are adding one final event to their 2011 program; Building the Brand: Australian Icons will feature three of the country’s most renowned names across music, gaming and entertainment including Alberts (home of AC/DC), Sandra Bender from STVDIO/World Movies, and Team Bondi, the developers of international phenomenon ‘LA Noire’, each talking you through what it takes to turn a brand into a cultural icon.

VIVID CREATIVE SYDNEY PROGRAM ANNOUNCED - PEDESTRIAN.TV Read

For those left uninspired by Sydney’s slew of festivals on offer, Vivid Creative will aid your woes, bringing to the city a high-calibre lineup of thinkers, creative industry leaders, artists and musicians.

Vivid Creative Sydney - TIME OUT SYDNEY Read

Two new programmes, an additional Opera House event and live streaming have been announced to cater for overwhelming demand for Creative Sydney's events