Semi-Permanent

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Semi-Permanent
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Semi Permanent Sydney, 2023
GenreDesign Festival
FrequencyAnnually
Years active1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) – present
FounderMurray Bell and Andrew Johnstone
Website semipermanent.com

Semi Permanent is an international annual design festival [1] and a company that hosts events throughout Australia, New Zealand, the United States, United Kingdom and China. [2]

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The first Semi Permanent event was hosted in Sydney, Australia in 2003. Previous festival line-ups have included presentations from Francesco Zizola, [3] Brian Roettinger, [4] Numskull, [5] and others. Some of the past event attendees included Industrial Light & Magic, Ed Templeton, Wieden+Kennedy, Shepard Fairey, Jeffrey Deitch, Paula Scher, Oliver Stone, Radiohead and Paul Pope.

Since 2013 Semi Permanent has been part of the Vivid Ideas calendar. In 2020 Semi Permanent announced their partnership with digital publisher Highsnobiety. [6]

Additionally, Semi Permanent is a creative experience company that provides creative and production services via SP Studio and SP Productions. Semi Permanent produces creative experiences for clients including Google, Dropbox and National Geographic. [7]

Background

Founded in 2002 in Australia by Murray Bell and Andrew Johnstone, Semi Permanent encompasses three businesses: Semi Permanent, SP Brand Studio and SP Productions. [8]

Semi Permanent brand includes a global design festival, annual book, and website. Semi Permanent have been running creativity festivals since 2003 in cities across the globe, including Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, London, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Portugal. Past speakers and collaborators include filmmakers Oliver Stone, Michel Gondry, and the Coppola family; artists Tom Sachs, CJ Hendry and Alex Israel; and creatives including Nike's Tinker Hatfield, Pentagram's Paula Scher, pro skater Tony Hawk, architect Bjarke Ingels and others. Previous festivals have included the collaborations with Google Tilt Brush [9] and National Geographic. [10] Previous festival themes include "Truth" in 2019, [11] and "Restless" in 2020. [12]

Semi Permanent publishes an annual book, featuring interviews with creative thought leaders. Previously featured interviews included Alicia Keys, Cara Stricker, Takashi Murakami, Nadia Lee Cohen and Kevin Parker. [13]

SP Brand Studio co-created a two-day live sport and creativity experience in 2021, and created an immersive retrospective with Stanley Donwood and Radiohead with sound design by Thom Yorke.

SP Productions is an events and production agency. They worked with Google to curate and produce their global diversity and inclusion program, Rare. [14]

The Semi Permanent office is located in Sydney, Australia.

Past speakers and collaborators

References

  1. ↑ "Semi Permanent Sydney 2020". Broadsheet.
  2. ↑ Magazine, Wallpaper* (3 May 2012). "Semi-Permanent creative conference: Wallpaper* Magazine". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Francesco Zizola: the camera as a tool for democracy | afr.com". 2016-03-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  4. ↑ "'A collaboration is always a journey'". Daily Life. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  5. ↑ "العاب نار". www.nargames.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  6. ↑ "Highsnobiety and Semi Permanent announce strategic partnership in Australia". Mumbrella. 11 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Semi Permanent Brand Studio". Semi Permanent.
  8. ↑ "Semi Permanent - What we do". Semi Permanent.
  9. ↑ "Google Tilt Brush Case Study". Semi Permanent.
  10. ↑ "National Geographic Make Good Not Plastic". Semi Permanent.
  11. ↑ "Semi Permanent 2019 at Carriageworks". Carriageworks.
  12. ↑ "Semi Permanent Sydney 2020". Broadsheet.
  13. ↑ "Semi Permanent Restless 2020". Semi Permanent.
  14. ↑ "Google Rare 2020 Case Study". Semi Permanent.
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