Upcoming Design Conferences and Festivals
Explore all upcoming conferences from graphic design to motion design and digital design, which are taking place until the end of the year 2026!
AUGUST | |||
Event | Date | City / country | Short description |
5 August | Online | A free online edition focused on what is actually happening in product management, with an AI angle. | |
6–8 August | Chicago, USA | A key conference for typographers, type designers, and graphic designers passionate about the craft of typography. instagram+1 | |
19–21August | Breda, NL | A summer school format with workshops and public lectures on graphic design and typography. | |
25-30 August | Montréal, CA | The MUTEK Forum transforms the MUTEK Montréal Festival from an impressive lineup into a live question: what does creative intelligence look like now? | |
27–28 August | Berlin, DE | A two-day gathering with talks, workshops, and networking for creative professionals across disciplines. forward-festival | |
SEPTEMBER | |||
Event | Date | City / country | Short description |
2–3 September | Montréal, CA | A design and creativity event that brings together international creative voices. | |
2–4 September | Montréal, CA | An informal assembly of global creative leaders focused on networking, education, and exchange. | |
7–10 September | Freiburg, DE | A conference for designers and front-end developers focused on design systems, accessibility, and CSS. | |
12–20 September | London, UK | A citywide design festival with landmark commissions, exhibitions, talks, and the Global Design Forum. | |
14–15 September | Online | A summit focused on design and production techniques across social, email, print, and video. | |
16–17 September | Vienna, AT | A friendly UX research and design conference with talks, workshops, and social activities. | |
16–18 September | Oceanside, USA | A creative tech conference running since 2011. | |
16–20 September | Budapest, HU | A design conference centered on visual practices, side events, and the city’s creative scene. | |
17 September | San Diego, USA | A UX and innovation conference for designers, product people, and researchers. | |
17–18 September | Online | A conference about working faster and navigating AI with purpose. | |
17–18 September | Nashville, USA | A conference focused on corporate and brand identity and leading practitioners. | |
PICTOPLASMA NYC | 17–19 September | New York City, USA | Now in its 12th NYC edition, Pictoplasma returns to the SVA Theatre for two days of artist talks, animation screenings, portfolio reviews and industry meetups. |
18–19 September | Berlin, DE | One of Europe’s stronger design conferences for UX, strategy, and the impact of AI on design work. | |
18–19 September | London, UK | A two-day event for animation, motion design, and experimental creativity. | |
Future Builders | 18 September | Vienna, AT | A one-day event for senior practitioners in Design, Product & Engineering navigating the future of product teams. |
19 September | New York City, USA | A conference about design preservation and archival material in a contemporary context. | |
22–24 September | Copenhagen, DK | A product and design event with a strong systems and strategy angle. | |
24–26 September | Antwerp, BE | A design and creativity festival with talks, a night market, and club programming. | |
24–27 September | Antwerp, BE | The Antwerp Poster Festival is an international poster competition aimed at showcasing contemporary graphic design in all its styles and visions. | |
28 September – 3 October | Troia, PT | A creative industry gathering for digital art, storytelling, animation, VFX, and illustration. | |
30 September – 1 October | Edinburgh, UK | A product design and technology conference for digital professionals. | |
30 September – 2 October | Grapevine, USA | A conference for the creative community. | |
OCTOBER | |||
Event | Date | City / country | Short description |
1 October | Philadelphia, USA | A women-in-tech gathering with a broader professional development focus. | |
1–2 October | Vienna, AT | A large creative conference with talks, workshops, and interactive formats. | |
1–2 October | Reykjavík, IS | A global design conference by AGI for graphic designers and visual creatives. | |
1–3 October | Copenhagen, DK | A future-facing event on digital culture, systems, and design thinking. | |
5 October | Stuttgart, DE | A design conference focused on professional practice and creative exchange. | |
8 October | Amsterdam, NL | Amsterdam’s creative studio night, opening agencies and studios to the public. | |
8 October | Silver Spring, USA | A one-day UX and product conference focused on practical cross-disciplinary work. | |
9–10 October | Košice, SK | A regional design conference focused on creative practice and exchange. | |
12–15 October | Antwerp, BE | A conference for designers and front-end developers focused on the practical edge of web work. | |
13–15 October | Graz, AT | A conference on UX strategy and management with workshops and masterclasses. | |
16 October | Munich, DE | A hybrid event on product leadership, AI products, and sustainable growth. | |
20–21 October | Toronto, CA | A leading design conference for strategy, communication, and visual thinking. | |
20–23 October | Online | A practical summit focused on accessibility for design professionals. | |
22–25 October | Namur, BE | A digital and creative culture festival exploring art, science, technology, and design. | |
23–25 October | Munich, DE | Join 700 UX and product experts to explore the value and impact of great digital experiences, evolving career paths, practical AI and innovation in an era where tomorrow's world looks very different from yesterday's predictions. | |
25–27 October | Chicago, USA | A conference bringing designers, researchers, and strategists together around decision-making and context. | |
28–31 October | Sharjah, UAE | ATypI’s conference in the United Arab Emirates. | |
29–30 October | München, DE | A paper- and print-focused conference on materiality and production. | |
NOVEMBER | |||
Event | Date | City / country | Short description |
6 November | Brighton, UK | A one-day UX conference with a strong, practical programme. | |
10–12 November | Miami, USA | Adobe’s flagship creativity conference for designers and digital creators. | |
11–12 November | London, UK | A flagship leadership event for design managers and directors. | |
11–14 November | Copenhagen, DK | A broad design conference with a strong creative-industry audience. | |
12 November | Glasgow, UK | Scotland’s largest design event, focused on graphic design, coding, and animation. | |
12 November | Stockholm, SE | A hybrid conference for UX, product, and technology professionals. | |
14–22 November | Breda, NL | A citywide festival centred on games, play, and creative culture. | |
18–21 November | Portalegre, PT | A typography-focused gathering with talks and community exchange. | |
19–21 November | Barcelona, ES | A European creative week with talks, awards, portfolio reviews, and inspiration. | |
DECEMBER | |||
Event | Date | City / country | Short description |
1–4 December | Online | A practical event for creative professionals who work in Adobe InDesign. | |
29 December - 3 Januari 2027 | Chennai, India | The Type Camp Chennai camp focuses on Indic typographic creativity and how it thrives in Chennai. Enjoy type walks in local markets, explore Indic scripts, examine bilingual lettering and analyse sign painting, all imbued with the vibrant flavours for which this region is renowned. |
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We are taking a holiday break and will be back on 3 August. We will then publish a round-up and start our regular newsletter on 31 August. Have a great summer!
Thomas
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