#317: Design Conferences and Festivals

Your weekly guide to design events. Week 45, Monday 4 to Monday 11 November 2024

Design Conferences and Festivals this week

2 November, Sofia, Bulgaria
Melba International Symposium
Lectures by defining names of contemporary design.

4 November, Dusseldorf, Germany
ADC Digital Conference
International creatives and marketing decision-makers from leading companies will share their visions

5 November, London, UK
Nicer Tuesday 
It’s Nice That monthly event. This time with Dinamo, Emmanuel Cole and Rose Pilkington.

6-7 November, London, UK
Leading Design London
A conference that is designed specifically for people leading design teams.

7 November, London, UK
magCulture Live London
Annual celebration of magazine culture.

7-8 November, Berlin, Germany
beyond tellerrand / Berlin
Where design and technology meet!

7-8 November, Munich, Germany
PUSH UX 2024
Curated to be relevant for every UX professional, no matter your role.

7-8 November, Toronto, Canada
RGD Design Tinkers
A creative setting that beckons designers to explore, experience and experiment without knowing what the results will be

8 November, London, UK
Pictoplasma on Tour London
Deep dive into the vibrant scene of character creators from London.

8 November, Barcelona, Spain
Blend BCN
New multidisciplinary one-day festival in Barcelona.

8 November, Brighton, UK
FFConf
About the future of the web

8 November, Malmo & Online
AI and Creativity
Explore the nows and futures of creativity.

9 November, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Hmm’s Data Centre Tour
A walk along Google and Microsoft’s hyperscale data centres in the Wieringermeerpolder. → Meet me there!

Tools & Sites

  • You can now RSVP for events and more using Notion Forms!

  • Upscale Conference uses a very nice on-scroll upscale image effect on their

    landingspage. Designer Martin LeBlanc explains in a tweet how he created the effect.

  • Using Horse browser for a week now and I find it amazing. Its fast, has build-in ad blocker and way it visualize my browsing history is nice.

  • Kelli Anderson is a magician. Alphabet in Motion is an ABC Pop-up Book on how about letters get their shapes. For me a instant pledge, maybe for you too?

  • Wonderful talk by Cabel Sasser of Panic about the stunning work of Wes Cook.

Design conferences this November

Which conference(s) are you attending in November?

12 November, Bristol, UK
Letter Luvvers #12
Seb Lester and Oli Frape present their work.

12 November, Breda, Netherlands
Current Characters III
Discover designers who make powerful statements with typography

13-16 November, Houston, USA
AfroTech Conference
Gathering for innovators and inclusive tech companies

15 November, Online
Right Aligned – Unnamed Layers 001
New series of design conversations exploring common issues and industry challenges.

15 November, Amsterdam, Netherlands
'The End of Design...as we know it;)' Wim Crouwel lezing #9
With Lies Rosand and Amal Alhaag

16 November, London, UK
DDX '24 London - Innovation & UX
The future of innovation, product and design: Learn to facilitate and design business visions that accelerate innovation.

16 November, Los Angeles, USA
Graph*c Content: 2024 Design Conference
AIGA LA’s first annual conference

16 November, Vilnius, Lithuania
[6 pt] Book Design Conference - Alchemy of a book

16-18 November, Vilnius, Lithuania
Eastern European Design Festival - Festival focuses on the visual design of Eastern and Southern Europe

19-20 November, Malaga, Spain
Upscale Conf - Explore the world of creative AI

20-23 November, Los Angeles
Flux Festival - Showcasing bold innovations in moving image and sound as artists experiment with emerging tools and technologies.

21 November, London, UK
Design Systems London #10 - non-profit community to share experiences, ideas and approaches on Design Systems.

21 November, Sheffield, UK
Process Events 001 – Sheffield - In-person events made to share the processes used by freelancers, founders and teams.

23 November, Paris, France
Motion Plus Design Paris - Invites the cream of the crop of Motion Designers for one full day of talks!

22-24 November, Antwerp, Belgium
Grafixx - For the creation, presentation and dissemination of cartoons, illustration and graphics.

28 November - 05 December
International Assembly Festival - All-day design and creative conference, poster exhibition and multiple workshops to level-up your creative skills.

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