Portrait of Samir Khalil
[20] Oddfield 27Day 2 · 14:50–15:20
Day 2 · 14:50–15:20 · Hall B
What a button sounds like

Every click, chime and error tone was designed by someone. Samir plays the before and after of twelve product sounds and explains the choices behind each.

Sound designer

Samir Khalil

[02] BIOGRAPHY

In their own words, mostly

Written with the speaker and checked twice.

BASED IN

Beirut and Lisbon

ROOM

Hall B

STARTS

14:50

Samir Khalil designs sound for apps, cars and exhibitions. He records most of his material himself, including a library of 1,200 door handles.

He composed the score for two documentaries and teaches a sound-design summer school in Lisbon.

[03] THE TALK

What a button sounds like

Every click, chime and error tone was designed by someone. Samir plays the before and after of twelve product sounds and explains the choices behind each.

[04] ALSO SPEAKING

More people worth the train

[01]D1 · 09:40
Portrait of Ilse VargaMain Hall ↗
Ilse Varga
Portrait photographer
Lighting a face for a five-inch screen
[02]D1 · 10:20
Portrait of Tomas HoltHall B ↗
Tomas Holt
Type designer, Holt Letters
A typeface that knows it lives on a watch
[03]D1 · 11:00
Portrait of Amara OyelaranMain Hall ↗
Amara Oyelaran
Creative director, Fieldhouse Records
Album art after the album
[04]D1 · 11:40
Portrait of Rufus BrennanThe Loft ↗
Rufus Brennan
Set designer for film
Building a room the camera only sees once

[05] TICKETS

One question from the floor could be yours

[13] ONE EMAIL, WHEN THE PROGRAMME PRINTS

Hear about speakers before the posters go up

Four emails a year: the first names, the full programme, the workshops and the week before the doors open. Nothing else.

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See you under the crane rails.

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