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#337: Design Conferences and Festivals

#337: Design Conferences and Festivals

Your weekly guide to design events. Week16, Monday 14 to 21 April 2025

Thomas Dahm
April 14, 2025

📅 Events This Week

14-16 April, Leiden, NL
The UXinsight Festival 2025 is the 9th annual UX research conference, taking place from April 14–16, 2025, in Leiden, Netherlands, with both in-person and online attendance options. It is designed for UX researchers, designers, and team managers to explore trends, case studies, and practical applications in user experience research. This year's theme, Raising the Bar, encourages attendees to push boundaries, challenge norms, and shape the future of UX research.

17 April, Manchester, UK
Process Events 005 – Manchester is an in-person event focused on sharing the processes and experiences of freelancers, founders, and teams. It aims to break down barriers by providing insights into how successful creatives work, their challenges, and their approaches. The event will feature two speakers:
Mel Yates: An award-winning freelance designer and art director known for her creative problem-solving skills.
Kyle Wilkinson: Founder of Kyle Wilkinson Studio, with a background in branding and design for major clients like Mercedes-Benz and The New York Times.

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🌺 April Timeline of Design Events

22-24 April - Certified UX + AI 3-day workshop in Zürich by The School of UX / Zurich
22-26 April - ATypI 2025 / Copenhagen
23-24 April - Leadership Ateliers Lisbon / Lisbon
24-25 April - Crop Creative Conference / Austin
28-29 April - FITC Toronto 2025 / Toronto
30 April + 1-2 May - Future Days / Lisbon

🚨 New on Neon Moiré

DIGITAL DESIGN DAYS PALERMO

DIGITAL DESIGN DAYS PALERMO is a live experience that brings together professional designers, the brightest creative minds in the industry, and the most innovative brands. We are meeting the needs of our community in central and southern Italy, which are numerous. June 27+28, 2025

www.neonmoire.com/event/1508/digital-design-days-palermo

DIGITAL DESIGN DAYS MILANO

DIGITAL DESIGN DAYS MILANO is more than just world-class talks: it's a moment to grow, share, and evolve – to get inspired and embrace opportunity. It allows you to engage with industry leaders for what comes next in design, connect with brands and future collaborators, and build meaningful relationships. October 9-11, 2025

www.neonmoire.com/event/1506/digital-design-days-milano

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✨ News

Us by Night launched there new event branding designed in collaboration between Vrints-Kolsteren, Sonhouse and Mr. Henry.
DESINA grotesk is a collaborative typographic experiment in which, through fonts, DESINA festival theme, Madness, is investigated. The font is designed by Stefano Pellone, and the alternative sets were developed together with Zetafonts, Valerio Monopoli, Giulia Boggio, Fabrizio Falcone, Anna Damoli and Matteo Bologna.
AI 2027 - Daniel Kokotajlo, Scott Alexander, Thomas Larsen, Eli Lifland and Romeo Dean wrote a scenario that represents there best guess about what that might look like. It’s informed by trend extrapolations, wargames, expert feedback, experience at OpenAI, and previous forecasting successes. A must read.
Pieter Levels the maker of Nomadlist.com shared the fastest growing digital nomad spots in 2025: Number one is Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
Our AI Design Events & Workshops 2025 is updated with new announced conferences. Check it out!

🎤 Open Calls and Speaking Opportunities for 2025

Be part of the AIxDESIGN Festival in Amsterdam May 1-3, 2025. There are multiple open calls. From hosting a session to help out with the organization and registration of the festival.
Blind Walls Talent Call, offers 5 creators the chance to create a mural at Ploegendienst Festival – and to have a solo exhibition at the Blind Walls Gallery Gallery. Under the guidance of a coach from within the field, the selected creators will develop their practice and be invited to various educational sessions. Submit your portfolio until April 25th, 5:00 PM.
Got big ideas on AI and creativity? Take the stage at Upscale Conf SF 2025. Happening MAY 20-21. Apply to be a speaker. Deadline:?
World Design Congress is now accepting submissions for extended abstracts and posters in line with the Design for Planet theme. Under the over-arching theme of ‘Design for Planet’, abstracts on the following three sub-themes will be called: Shifting Paradigms — From Extractive to Regenerative Design; Economy and Design — Innovating for Circular Economies and Policy and Design — Shaping a Global Response.
Deadline: 31 May 2025 at 23:59EDT.
Submit your idea for a talk or breakout session and become part of the PUSH UX program. Deadline: The sooner you send yours, the sooner the board of curators can consider your proposal.
Do you have an idea for a talk, workshop, exhibition, for Design Matters Tokyo 25? Submit your proposal before June 30, 2025
NEW! TypeCon is looking for: Main Program Presentations, Type & Education Forum Presentations, and Hands-on Workshops. Submission Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2025.
NEW! HeyHuman! art residency is accepting applications for our Spring 2025 edition. Whether you’re an artist, researcher, mad scientist, magician, or anything in between - as long as you’re working on your own project at the intersection of data, art, and people - you’re welcome to apply before April 30, 2025.
NEW! Frontmania Conference 2025 is looking for frontend technology experts preferably with experience giving live talks. Deadline August 22 2025. Speaker fee is free entrance.