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#353: The latest news from the world of design conferences

#353: The latest news from the world of design conferences

Explore unmissable events Online and IRL from New York City to Antwerp, featuring tech, motion, and design festivals across global destinations. Don't miss out!

Thomas Dahm
September 22, 2025

Dear friends,
Last night, before writing this newsletter, I was scrolling through Instagram and was surprised by the number of events announced in just one or two minutes of scrolling. The Copenhagen-based Softer Digital Futures event is coming to Amsterdam on 17 October, with the support of Madame Robot.
The Inscript Experimental Type & Tech Festival is taking place entirely online from 15 to 19 October, featuring over 30 speakers. Hans Gremmen announced the new exhibition 'Evert Bloemsma — Type and ideas' at ENTER ENTER in Amsterdam. It is curated by Jaap van Triest and Sébastien Morlighem. It runs from 3 October to 2 November. Design Emergency shared details of The Design Summit for Friends of Friends, an interdisciplinary and intergenerational event bringing like-minded creatives together in Chicago from 26 to 28 September.
It was announced earlier this week that Trish and Michael from built by Civilisation have launched designTRIPS, which gives you the opportunity to travel with other top designers and creatives, find inspiration around the world, and really impact your own design practice. The first two trips are to Portland, Oregon, for Portland Design Month in mid-October and to Tokyo, Japan, for the Tokyo Art Book Fair in December. Trips to the Netherlands and Zimbabwe will follow in 2026. So much fun!

You can still sign up to help paint a special mural called 'CHARACTERS: Voices in Type', which makes a statement about freedom, on 2 and 3 October in Breda.

Have a great week!
Thomas

New on Neon Moiré

International Assembly

The International Assembly is an unmissable design and creative festival taking place from 6 to 11 November in Glasgow, Scotland, kicking off with an all-day creative conference. Join International Assembly for a day of inspiration with some of the most exciting thinkers and makers in graphic design, branding, coding, animation, art, advertising and beyond.

www.neonmoire.com/event/1534/international-assembly

designTRIPS - Portland

Join designTrips, 14-19 October, for a packed week of hands-on workshops, inspiring talks, studio visits, guided tours, shopping and unexpected connections. Highlights include a RISO workshop at Outlet PDX, a lecture by Erik Carter, experimental workshop with Prem Krishnamurthy, AIGA Design Month events, portfolio reviews with industry leaders, and much more!

www.neonmoire.com/event/1532/designtrips-portland

designTRIPS - Tokyo

Join designTrips, 9-16 December, for a jam-packed week, including three days at the Tokyo Art Book Fair, where you can enjoy book signings, lectures and workshops. You will also visit the Nippon Design Center to exchange work and ideas with Kenya Hara and his team. You will then take a walking tour of Shibuya, which will include a private lecture by Ian Lyman on the history of Japanese graphic design. Finally, you will share tea with the team from Troublemakers magazine. The itinerary also includes visits to museums, galleries and studios, as well as an evening immersed in the interactive world of TeamLab Planets.

www.neonmoire.com/event/1533/designtrips-tokyo

Hybrid Lecture: Language Culture “in motion” (in German)

How do new words like “matchen”, “woke” or “Zeitenwende” enter the Duden? Who decides what is “correct”? Dr. Kathrin Kunkel-Razum, former editor-in-chief of the Duden, offers insights into the history and present of Germany’s most influential dictionary. Lecture in German.

www.neonmoire.com/event/1531/hybrid-lecture-language-culture-in-motion-in-german-

Review Eastern European Design Festival in Kyiv

Eastern European Design Unites in Kyiv

From 29 August to 7 September 2025, Kyiv hosted the first large-scale international design and illustration festival since the invasion began. Despite attacks, the Eastern European Design Festival was a celebration of visual culture, offering hope

www.neonmoire.com/review/eastern-european-design-unites-in-kyiv

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