Joe Rohde of Walt Disney Imagineering has been added as a special speaker at SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, set for Dec. 16-19.
Rohde, executive designer and senior VP of Walt Disney Imagineering is set to speak Dec. 19 on ‘Story Structure and the Design of Narrative Environments.’ The talk will cover guidelines and principles for creating spaces that serve both the initial needs of the primary designer or storyteller and the needs of future audiences, who may seek to re-adapt the narrative to their own purposes.
Rohde is the creative lead for Disney’s Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., and related new projects. He has led conceptualization, design, and production for Disney’s Animal Kingdom since its inception in 1990. He also oversees creative development at Disney’s newest luxury resort project in Hawaii, which is scheduled to open in 2011.
For more information on SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, go online to www.siggraph.org/asia2009
