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August 15, 2018

Why Book with SXSW Housing & Travel?

Photo by Aaron Rogosin

The SXSW Housing & Travel team strives to assist in making your SXSW experience as seamless as possible. Our housing professionals are all Austin locals who know the ins and outs of the city. Additionally, we all have vast experience working at SXSW, and navigating large events that come through Austin. Let us be your guide to finding you the best hotel accommodation for the 2019 SXSW Conference & Festivals from March 8-17!

Where Do I Want to Stay?

We understand that navigating the hotel environment in Austin during SXSW can be very daunting, this is why we are here to help! Our team of professionals is extremely well versed in assisting you to find an accommodation that’s the best fit.

All of our partnered hotels are located within six (6) miles of the Austin Convention Center, and are in varying areas of Austin. No matter where in the city you’d like to experience, we’ve got an option for you. To get an idea of the area of Austin that appeals to you the most, check out SXSW hotel locations by neighborhood. From there, our housing professionals would be happy to assist you in choosing the hotel that’s best for you. Each hotel offers unique rooms and amenities that we are sure will fit into whatever you have in mind.

What If I’m Traveling in a Large Group?

The SXSW Housing & Travel team is happy to assist your group or company in finding a hotel. We have long-standing relationships with our partnered hotels, and are able to work with them to accommodate your group. The SXSW Housing & Travel team assists in facilitating the best rates and gives you a liaison should you need to make any special requests. Read our Tips to Book Your Hotel for more information on booking with a large group.

What Else Do I Need to Know?

Flexible Cancellation Policies
SXSW Housing & Travel does not charge a fee to book a hotel room and there are no hotel penalties to change or cancel your reservation until you are within 28 days of arrival. Should you need to make a reduce your stay or cancel your reservation within 28 days of arrival, SXSW will assess a $50 processing fee to the card on file. Keep in mind, SXSW hotels have either a 7 or 14 day cancellation policy. If you were to cancel your hotel reservation within that time frame, you could be subject to a cancellation fee assessed by the hotel.

Best Rates & Hotels in Austin
SXSW has long-standing relationships with most of our partnered hotels. These relationships assist in negotiating the lowest contracted rates for SXSW. Should you book your accommodation outside SXSW Housing & Travel, you are almost guaranteed to pay a considerably higher rate per night. SXSW registrants typically save 35-50% when booking through SXSW Housing & Travel versus online travel agencies and direct bookings.

Additionally, SXSW contracts with the top of the line hotel properties in the area. These properties include the brands of Fairmont, Four Seasons, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, Starwood, and Wyndham. If you are a rewards member for any of these brands you can accrue points during your stay, however rewards points cannot be used in lieu of payment for your stay.

Still Have Questions?
Email housing@sxsw.com or call 512-467-7979 from Monday–Friday between 10am–6pm CT and ask for Housing. Please note, email becomes the best way to get in contact with us in our busier months leading up to SXSW.

See You at SXSW 2019

Join us for another exciting event March 8-17, 2019 in Austin, Texas. Register and then book your hotel early for SXSW 2019 to get the best available rates!

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Photo by Aaron Rogosin

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August 15, 2018

Beautiful Illustration for Havaianas Father’s Day Campaign

Beautiful Illustration for Havaianas Father’s Day Campaign

Willian Santiago shared a really cool set of illustration for the popular brand of sandals and flip-flops, Havaianas. It was for the father’s day campaign in Brazil. What I love about this project and Havaianas is that they are constantly evolving their style. When we started the blog we featured some popular illustrations created for them from designers that became wild successful, mainly because of those projects. So nothing better than sharing Willian’s work as well. 

Willian Santiago is a Brazilian illustrator with a beautiful portfolio. For more information make sure to check out  https://www.behance.net/williansantiago

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Aug 15, 2018

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August 13, 2018

Pricing and lack of content are still barriers against the adoption of VR

A recent survey questioned 595 VR and AR professionals about business growth in the consumer and enterprise markets. Only 24 percent report strong sales in the enterprise while 18 percent show strong sales in the consumer market.

The post Pricing and lack of content are still barriers against the adoption of VR appeared first on Digital Trends.

Source: Digital Trends VR

August 13, 2018

Top Reasons to Apply to the 2019 SXSW Community Service Awards

Dewey Winburne was one of the original co-founders of the SXSW Interactive Festival, but he was many other things in the Austin community: a family man, a teacher, a visionary, a connector and an innovator. He believed that technology could bridge the digital divide and help those less fortunate than others. Although Winburne passed away in 1999, his legacy continues. His life exemplified how one individual can truly make an impact in their community.

Every year in March, SXSW celebrates six individuals and six organizations for their dedication to fostering positive community impact at the SXSW Community Service Awards.

Each honoree or organization that is selected will receive complimentary badges to SXSW, a grant, and a chance to spread the word about their work to the SXSW community! Learn more about the 2019 SXSW Community Service Awards below and apply before the deadline on September 6, 2018 at 11:59pm PT.

Tips to Apply

  • SXSW wants to receive applications from ANYONE and EVERYONE doing something exciting and impactful in their community. Don’t be shy!

  • Please note that there are two different award categories: one for individuals and the other for nonprofit charitable organizations.

  • For individuals, we are looking for applicants whose creative community service work bridges the digital divide, impacts the community positively and includes some degree of grassroots or hands-on organizing.

  • For organizations, we are looking at grantees based on their connection to one of the following aspects of SXSW: Interactive, Film, Music, EDU, or Gaming.

  • Be specific about what the Community Service Award grant will be used for. Who it will impact? What makes this particular individual or organization inspiring, unique, and special?

  • Additional resources are always good! Links and videos are highly encouraged, as well as, examples of past projects and grant-funded projects.

  • Take a look at last year’s honorees and get inspired by these visionaries.

  • Questions about the application? Don’t hesitate to email communitygrant@sxsw.com.

Apply Now For Individuals

Apply Now For Organizations

Join Us in March 2019

Register to attend SXSW 2019 and book your hotel to begin your SXSW adventure from March 8-17, 2019. Sign up for SXSW Event Updates to always be in the know!

SXSW Community Service Awards awardees – Photo by Robert Santos

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August 13, 2018

Illustration of Parallel Reality in Russia 2077

Illustration of Parallel Reality in Russia 2077

Eugene Zubkov and Lena Terkunova shared some incredible illustration and digital art work on their Behance profile. The title is Russia 2077 and it has this utopian view of the future mixing old and extremely futurist ideas. Like an old car that flies and other crazy ideas. I love the imagination, especially the goal of trying to imagine how things would look 50-60 years in the future. Like Back to the Future. We tend to imagine things based on our reality, however disruption is all about creating something completely different. That’s the topic for another post. For now check out these beautiful illustrations.

“Russia 2077” is a project that presents a parallel reality, where hypertrophied images of modern technologies contrast with ordinary landscapes and everyday reality of provincial Russia, which decorations seem to have stuck in time.

Eugene and Lena are illustrators from Russia. For more information make sure to check out their websites at Eugene Zubkov and Lena Terkunova. 

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Aug 13, 2018

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August 11, 2018

Lighting Tips to Help You Survive Your Next Outdoor Shoot


The sun can be a wild beast. Here are a few ways you can tame it.


For some filmmakers, shooting outdoors can be a real challenge. That’s mostly due to the fact that the sun, even though it’s providing plenty of free, constant light, can be incredibly difficult to control. But instead of going outside like some pseudo-gothy socially awkward weirdo named V when she was 16 years old, you can learn a few easy and cheap techniques that allow you to use the sun to light better external scenes. In this video, Aidin Robbins offers up a few tips that require only a few very inexpensive modifiers, no additional lighting needed.






Modifiers


Light modifiers are an essential piece of gear when lighting a scene. Reflectors, bounce boards, silks, flags, you name it, they can all help you shape and control light on the cheap. You can get yourself a 5-in-1 reflector, which is somewhere in the ballpark of $20 to $50 depending on the size, and that’ll give you, you guessed it, 5 different kinds of modifiers in one:

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 10, 2018

How Filmmakers Choose Different Venues and Spaces For Their Work


The venue where you screen your work isn’t the only thing, but it is one of the most important.


One of the great virtues of the BlackStar Film Festival’s endlessly engaging program of films is that the selection committee isn’t afraid of the avant-garde. There are daring movies of breathtaking formalism situated right next to romantic comedies and science fiction. The work of black avant-garde filmmakers has not been nearly as carefully documented nor examined, but there is much terrific work being done to which national outlets have not provided nearly enough coverage.



In short, there has been (and continues to be) amazing work made without the constrictions of traditional narrative. BlackStar is the only reliable place to find it.



A group of likeminded artists and curators sat down to discuss how nontraditional cinematic forms are being utlized and how different spaces and forms can help artists today. Directors Kevin Jerome Everson, Nuotama Frances Bodomo, Terence Nance, and curators Jheanelle Brown and Meg Onli got into the nitty-gritty of their processes on the Free Form panel and below is what they had to say.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 10, 2018

Present Your Design Work at SXSW: Place by Design Tips to Apply

Place by Design is SXSW’s public space design competition highlighting transformative work at the intersection of art, technology, and design that rethinks how we use and interact with the places around us.

Selected finalists will present their work in a showcase during the Design Track at SXSW 2019. Each designer or team will also present their work in a fast-paced pitch competition and participate in a Q&A session with the judges, who ultimately determine the winner.

The SXSW Place by Design competition is open to all types of design work that rethinks, enhances or transforms public space, including but not limited to emerging technologies, urban interventions, public art and architecture. Applications are currently open through November 8, 2018 at 11:59pm PT. Read on for more application tips.

Place by Design Tips to Apply

  • Place by Design provides a platform for anyone to present their scalable solutions for improving our shared landscape. You don’t have to be a designer, architect, or have any formal accreditation.

  • Remember that no intervention is too small! If your project is original, inspiring, and improves the surrounding, SXSW wants to see it.

  • PXD is all about telling the story of your design, why and how it worked, and what it ultimately means. Really think about how these questions relate to your project.

  • Please note that your work will be judged in part by its impact on the design problem it set out to solve, therefore conceptual submissions and projects in planning are not eligible for inclusion at this time.

  • Have questions about applying? Don’t hesitate to email pxd@sxsw.com.

Apply Now

Join Us in March 2019

Register to attend SXSW 2019 and book your hotel to begin your SXSW adventure from March 8-17, 2019. Sign up for SXSW Event Updates to always be in the know!

2016 SXSW Eco – Place by Design Outdoor Lounge – Photo by Steve Rogers

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August 10, 2018

Pixelvision Dreams: Why Michael Almereyda Used a Children’s Camera to Make Movies


A long-forgotten camera was the culprit for movies worth remembering.


While many filmmakers’ first brush with production arrived while making movies as children with their parents’ camcorder, few adult filmmakers have the experience of using a camera designed for children to make their feature films.



Such is the case with a select few, however, including Sadie Benning, Elisabeth Subrin, and Michael Almereyda, each of whom used the long-forgotten PXL 2000—an affordably clunky Fisher Price camera designed for children usage in the late 1980s—to make independent work on the blurry, often pixelated image-capturing device.



New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center and Brooklyn-based Light Industry have teamed up for Flat is Beautiful: The Strange Case of Pixelvision, a one-week retrospective series that unearths these black-and-white wonders and projects them onto a screen much larger than the filmmakers could have ever expected.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 10, 2018

The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 10

SXSW 2019 Daily Chord

The Daily Chord aggregates music news links to provide information and context on music’s role in business and culture. This week we learned more about Spotify’s plans, pondered a bank study on musicians’ revenue, and time traveled to the studio where D’Angelo recorded ‘Voodoo.’ Review this week’s links here and subscribe to the email blast if that’s your thing.

Monday, August 6

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Wednesday, August 8

Thursday, August 9

Friday, August 10

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Source: SxSW Music