Sure enough Michael was busy – he’s at another conference in October and speakers have lives and businesses to run. But thankfully Michael moved some things around and he will be a key speaker for this inaugural conference. As a Partner in Pentagram, he has worked on many projects that would fit with our conference theme “Places”.
Just the other day I saw a link Michael had posted onto his Facebook account, to a Wall Street Journal book review for Helvetica and the New York Subway System by Paul Shaw. The following day he posted a link mentioning his work for United Airlines in Chicago. We don’t have a clear idea of what our speakers will cover at this stage of the conference’s development, but one thing is for sure Michael has a few options.
I’m very much looking forward to hear Michael speak and when I was discussing the event with Adrian Shaughnessy he felt we would sell half the tickets alone in terms of the interest he will generate. Roll on 20th October…