Last week I spent time at the Biennale Internationale Design Expo in St. Etienne, France. This was my first time visiting St. Etienne, and the Biennale. It was an engaging and inspiring event that included both a broad range of exhibits and speakers designed to immerse you in design thinking from all parts of the world.
John Maeda, the head of design at Automattic, worked with Google and their Material Design team to produce an exhibit that represented the principles of material design in physical space.
My favourite part of this exhibit was the clever use of light and boxes to showcase how shadows of different diffusion can represent levels of elevation in a two dimensional space.
It was a great event, and a wonderful setting to connect with design friends from Automattic.