Speakers - Birmingham Design Festival

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Louis Henry Mitchell

Creative Director of Character Design, Sesame Workshop

Sue Murphy

Senior Global Director of Design, The Coca-Cola Company

Christopher Doyle

Founder and Creative Director, Christopher Doyle Co.

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Oscar/Emmy-Nominated Animation Artist

Jessica Hische

Lettering Artist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Pav Grochola

Fx Supervisor Sony Pictures Imageworks

Annie Atkins

Graphic Designer for Film

Ren Rigby

Chief Design Officer and Founder, Proto

Rachel Gogel

Independent Design Executive

Elizabeth Goodspeed

Stephen Smith

Neasden Control Centre

Amanda Gaskin

Creative Director at Seachange

Tim Donaldson

Creative Director at Seachange

Aurélia Durand

Artist

Jade Tomlin

Creative Founder of CreativeAdventur.es

David Pearson

Book Designer

Stefanie Posavec

Information Designer & Author

Felix Pfäffli

Founder of Studio Feixen

David Moloney

Design Director at Design Studio

Vinay Mistry

Executive Creative Director at DesignStudio

Dan Silverstone

Motion Designer/Director

Victor Adeyemo

UX Designer at Playstation

Brendan Kearns

Designer and Author

Alice Cao

Illustrator

Tobias Hall

Illustrator, Lettering Artist and Designer

Andy Khatouli

Creative Director at Wolf Olins

Sonny Ross

Freelance Illustrator

Andrea Marshall

3D Designer at Found

Sarah Morris

Membership Manager of the Association of Illustrators

Sarah Bagshaw

Artist, Designer & Educator

Sam Keehan

Creative Director at Territory Studio

Ashton Hertz

Executive Producer at Territory Studios

Elaine Speight

Reader in Curatorial Practice at UCL

Raj Dhunna

Image Maker & Designer

Peggy Afriyie

Senior Writer at Ragged Edge

Karen Newman

Founder and CEO of Birmingham Open Media

Noah Bier

Co-Founder & Designer at Makers Cabinet

Angelisa Scalera

Lead UX and Product Designer

Jo Jackson

CEO, D&AD

Drew Roper & Juliet Carmen Teksnes

Yamination Studios

Weitong Mai

Illustrator

Nicola Hamilton

Editorial Designer

Johanna Drewe

Creative Director / Partner Studio Output

Neven Sidor

Partner at Grimshaw Architects

Nikolaos Finizio

2D animator, VFX Artist & Illustrator

Marie Boulanger

Design Lead at Monotype

Mazahir Hussain

Illustrator

Laura Tinald

Artist and Illustrator

Matt Saunders

Freelance Illustrator

Tom Woolley

Freelance Illustrator

Tina Francis

Stitch Innovator

Annie Frost Nicholson

Multidisciplinary Artist

Lee Timms

Co-Founder P&Co

Kezia Hulse

Illustrator, Designer and Animator

Karoline Rerrie

Illustrator & Printmaker

John Hall

Multidisciplinary Designer and Artist

Joelle Preddy

Paper Consultant, G . F Smith

Jay Hussain

Creative Director at Jones Knowles Ritchie

Jaskiran Kang

Head of Service Design at TPXimpact

Hinz Pak

Multi-disciplinary Designer

Paul McNeil

Co-Founder of MuirMcNeil

Hamish Muir

Co-Founder of MuirMcNeil

Nick Eagleton

Co-Founder & Creative Director at Saboteur

Francisca Posada-Baynham

Brand Strategy & Culture at Saboteur

Émilie Chen

Independent Designer & Art Director

Chris Gove

Founder Percival Menswear

Chris Day

Glass & Ceramic Artist

Ceridwen Brown

Multidisciplinary Model Maker

Russie Miessi

Strategist at Born Social

Bobby & Kate Evans

Telegramme Studio

Dan Forster

Lettering Artist & Type Designer

Bob Shankly

Founder of MTTR

Daniel Eatock

Michael Johnson

Founder Johnson Banks

Jimmy Turrell

Artist & Video Director

Vicky Carr

Founder Textbook Studio

Steph Hartman

Founder of Collage Club

Jim Sutherland

Founder Studio Sutherl&

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