jon76 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Hi all, My name is Jon Wells and i'm the Creative Director for Smoothe in the UAE. We have recently set-up an office in Dubai and I was wondering if there were any CG Architect members in this part of the world? If so it would be good to chat and gt to know if there are any events etc which take place over here. Thanks all, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dp Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 you stil got a office in manchester?? remember it opening but it seemed to disappear after a while?? if you are new to gulf then be prepared for a) the weather hot in summer takes on a new meaning b) the shocking variety in what can be called visualisationthat covers it all from pigs ear to silk purse with diamond studs i've semi retired from cgi to deal with real construction as it pays better these days and it gets me out of the office but i still keep my eye in so to speak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon76 Posted November 2, 2008 Author Share Posted November 2, 2008 Yeah we still have an office in Manchester which is going well. We've been working in the Middle East for a number of years but have only recently set up an office here so I have seen the great variety of work out here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Smith Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Hi Jonathan, Just thought I'd mention that I'm going to be in Dubai Nov 23 - Dec 02 teaching a private class to a few people. Looking forward to seeing the sights. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon76 Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Hi Brian, Thanks fo your reply. Where will you be teaching? Is it for a company or individuals? There are definately lots of sights to be seen here! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryam Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 (edited) Hello Jon, Its quite good to hear you guys have an office here.I live and work here for two years and half by now. It used to be a good market although,there is no in house high quality arch vis office established,as i know. there are a few arch vis companies by the way. 7thart has an office here and arqui300 which do send the work to their original office NY and Lisbon. Splitt is about to establish an office in Qatar! as i know. Have you been at cityscape?there were quite a few of them in cityscape Dubai.mostly Chinese. For how long have you been here? Regards Maryam Edited November 4, 2008 by maryam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Smith Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Hi Brian, Thanks fo your reply. Where will you be teaching? Is it for a company or individuals? There are definately lots of sights to be seen here! Jon teaching for a company. can't wait to see the sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon76 Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hi Maryam, Thanks for your reply. Are you working as a freelancer in Dubai? Smoothe have worked in the UAE for over 6 years, our first job in Dubai was JBR in 2002 but we have only just set-up an office here. I have been here full-time for just over 1 month and i'm slowly starting to settle in to life in Dubai! I was at Cityscape and I met the guys from Arqui300, I didn't know that 7thart have an office here, they are a NY company right? I know a couple of guys who work for dbox out in NY so I hear most of the news from over there. Cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexg Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hi Jon We got a partner in Dubai. If you can pm me your contact details, I can pass it to him. Maybe you guys can have a chat over coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryam Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Jon, Welcome to Dubai.You will like it here. I have seen JBR interior image done by smoothe in expose 2,and the others from the website.I was always wondering with the potential market here,how come there is no office established yet. I am working full time in an architectural firm here,in Deira. You are in Burdubai, Atkins office is close to you.they have in house visualizer people but they out source animations and many other works. Well,the thing about Middle east clients is that, since they work with you they would keep the relation and will give you so many projects. Well,the7th art is NY based, a branding company. also there is also another company based in Bahrain owned by Vahid Mehrinfar(Vahid associates)who has worked on Festival city branding and marketing in association with syd mead.they also have done projects in Qatar. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are like Dubai sisters.Dubai mega developers have lots of projects there as well.King abdulla animations and Burj dubai armani was done by Flamingcgi which recently established an office in Dubai. I think there is a slow down in the market now.But still there is a lot of competition and a need for high quality marketing services. as it goes for professional events.its just autodesk events. Are you planning to set up a team here? there is a thing! about Dubai market.Everything happens so fast and it should be so quick,I mean there is a lot of pressure,so many crazy deadlines. I love Heydar Aliev renderings you guys did. cheers Maryam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon76 Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Hi Maryam, Thanks for the welcome and reply! Yes our office is in on the same road as Atkins and hopefully we'll be able to do some work with them. I am hoping to set-up a production studio here in time, we need to see how the market goes and make sure we get the right people in but the plan is to have production here. Thanks for your comments on the Heydar Aliev images. Jon Edited November 6, 2008 by jon76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon76 Posted November 6, 2008 Author Share Posted November 6, 2008 Hi Maryam, Thanks for the welcome and reply! Yes our office is in on the same road as Atkins and hopefully we'll be able to do some work with them. I am hoping to set-up a production studio here in time, we need to see how the market goes and make sure we get the right people in but the plan is to have production here. Thanks for your comments on the Heydar Aliev images. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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