design yatra

hi all........ as sam has already told u all i had been for this design coference organised by kyoorius collection at goa.... many things to talk about.... the things that happened there, the new place we saw, the experience and wat new thoughts has it triggered......... first of all it was first even design conference happened in india.... so it was nice to attend it... lot of design firms had come from all over india so first time came to know that so many design agencies (and not advertising agencies) already exist in india.. most of them from banglore n then delhi n pune. some foreign designers had come who spoke about their work and their countries.... hey guys by the way u would be happy to know (as i was) that even J J students and proffs were also there... chalo atleast J J started participating in such things if not organise rt? mahesh had also come with his collegues... and my whole team of design sutra had gone..... we met kshirsagar sir, joshi mam and saynekar sir. and also few juniors from our college... no one else from our batch but..... hey that hotel was amazing and even the beach.... ok let me not bore u with all this....
Wat was noticable n i would like to share with u all is that the fact that now no more is advertising the whole n sole or even the major mode of brand communication. now so many new media and many other ways of branding have come up and its no more the advertising dominated field. the designers who showed there work had so much variety in terms of media exploration. also i know that clients there are also ready to explore new media.... like enviornmental graphics.... in india its looked down upon but they had done such spactacular work in that also..... i cant even imagine that kind of work in india for next 5-6 years down the line.... and hence its become very important not only for designers but for amy creative ppl to explore different cultures and different things around the world.... traveling really will majorly contribute to this..... i mean so many ppl i met have travelled so much but also they have worked in different countries and places and with different ppl....
i felt like "a frog in the well" (is that how it is said?) in front of them.....
ummmm i dono if u guys would like to read all this or its boring so i will stop here.... if u guys find it interesting we can discuss further..... :)