Q&A with Cut&Paste Chicago’s Lucas Buick — Part IV

Cut&Paste Chicago is right around the corner but we have more behind-the-scenes chatter to share with you from Lucas Buick, the founder/creative director of design company Synthetic Infatuation and the Chicago design ambassador for the Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament 2009. It's getting down to the wire and if you haven't gotten your tickets yet to the event, go get them now so you're not shut out. And you'll save $5 off the entry. You don't want to miss this fast-paced design event where 16 designers compete in 2D, 3D, and Motion Graphics events.

Artisan: If each event is 3.5 hours do the competitors get any breaks — or is it just straight-up designing?
Lucas Buick: No no, it's 15-minute rounds at a time. It's in heats of four and then winners move on. The semi finals — the final four battle for 15 minutes and the judges then pick the final two to move on to the finals where it's a final 15-minute head-to-head. The event will be a 2D competition and then the 3D folks to their first round and we go back to the 2D folks and it goes like that. Then the Motion Graphics people finish and will be able to reveal what they've done and get judged.

Artisan: How many people usually show up to the events?
Lucas Buick: We're at the Congress Theatre this year — we have a huge venue in comparison to the other shows. We're expecting between 1,200 and 1,500 folks to come out. Tickets are $15 online and $20 at the door but there are group discounts. In the past, it was held at Crobar (2006) and that got filled to capacity. In 2007 it was moved to Logan Square auditorium. Then in 2008 there wasn't a tour.

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