5D | The Future of Immersive Design, a global community of creative thinkers, presents the “Algorithmic Anthologies” panel at FITC San Francisco, a design & technology conference, on August 18^th.

Curated by Tali Krakowsky, Founder of Apologue, the panel will examine the impact of infinite digital data and processing power on narrative and design thinking, and the possibilities that lie ahead of us.

“Algorithmic Anthologies”: In the 20th Century, libraries and ink were the primary expression of the imagination in the form of storytelling. Today ink has been replaced by the kinetic abilities of the digital, the sentence has been replaced with the algorithm, and the library with a database. Nothing, however, replaces the imagination, and our 21st Century anthologies are free to roam our entire physical and virtual world.

The expert panel features:

Tali Krakowsky, Founder, Apologue

Jeremy Clark, Senior Experience Design Manager, Adobe

Ben Fry, Co-Founder, Processing Project

Jeremy Thorp, Digital Artist, Designer & Educator

Theodore Watson, Co-Founder, openFrameworks, Digital Artist

For more info on FITC San Francisco 2010, please go to: http://www.fitc.ca/events/about/?event=110

Sponsored by the Art Directors Guild and the University Art Museum California State University, Long Beach, 5D explores the vital role of design in the new collaborative and multi-disciplinary process of digital creation in all narrative media.

Founded by co-directors Alex McDowell (Production Designer) and Chris Scoates (Museum Director, UAM), 5D hosts global events around the world that are forming a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community, anchored around emerging ideas about the
process and experience of immersive design.

About Tali Krakowsky

Tali Krakowsky is the Founder of Apologue, Inc., dedicated to the creation of immersive storytelling environments. Committed to a highly multidisciplinary and collaborative methodology, Tali has worked with clients such as the Museum of Modern Art, Frank Gehry, Airbus, IBM, the Grimaldi Forum, Victoria’s Secret and Van Cleef & Arpels. Throughout her career as Director of Experience Design at Imaginary Forces and WET Design, Tali has led the conceptual and strategic development of projects that seamlessly integrate storytelling, new media and physical environments.

She has published several articles on design, architecture, and innovation through collaboration, and is a frequent speaker on the topic of design, technology, and architecture. www.apologuestudio.com

About 5D

Digital technologies are blurring the boundaries between the passive and interactive experience of visual art, entertainment, environmental design and the built environment. For all those engaged in the creative process of world-building and storytelling in narrative media, 5D|The Future of Immersive Design is the platform for exploring the present and future of immersive design, and its impact on all aspects of the creative media space. Its goal is to unite a vital community of designers and image-makers and to serve as a catalyst for innovation.

To learn more about the 5D|The Future of Immersive Design conference October 8-9 at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University, Long Beach, please go to http://www.5dconference.com.