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Festival 2024

“Process” : 6th–8th June 2024

BDF returned for a fifth time to peel back the curtain of the industries top professionals and take a look at their Process.

Peeking behind the curtain

In 2024 the full festival returned inviting speakers to share a look at their Processes.

With over 100 speakers and 11,000 tickets sold, BDF 2024 felt like momentum was back after a difficult start to the decade.

From Sesame Street to Sydney our speakers travelled the globe to put on three memorable days in Birmingham.

2024 in numbers

11,000+ tickets

Our most attended festival ever

100+ speakers

Local, national and international superstars.

4 Design Districts

Celebrating Graphic Design, Digital, Product and Illustration.

“Birmingham’s creative energy? Unmatched! I was not ready for the whirlwind of joy and inspiration that was Birmingham Design Festival.

What Luke & Daniel have created is extraordinary.

The speaker selection was nothing short of incredible, and it was a pleasure to meet so many spectacular creative professionals; many of them women too. Louder for the people in the back: representation MATTERS! A special thank you the team for putting together such a fantastic event – it was unforgettable.”

Marie Boulanger, Design Lead at Monotype

Speakers

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.

PES

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

Aurélia Durand

Artist

Eva Cremers

3D Artist and Animation Director

Rachel Gogel

Independent Design Executive

Elizabeth Goodspeed

Independent Designer, Art Director & Writer

Stephen Smith

Neasden Control Centre

Andy Khatouli

Creative Director at Wolff Olins

Amanda Gaskin

Creative Director at Seachange

Tim Donaldson

Creative Director at Seachange

Jade Tomlin

Executive Creative Director, Huge Inc New York

David Pearson

Book Designer

Stefanie Posavec

Information Designer & Author

Felix Pfäffli

Founder of Studio Feixen

David Moloney

Design Director at Design Studio

Diane Dear

Senior Designer at DesignStudio

Dan Silverstone

Motion Designer/Director

Lucy Street

Adobe Express Evangelist & Community Advocate, Adobe

Kladi Vergine

Sr. Design Evangelist, Adobe

Brendan Kearns

Designer and Author

Alice Cao

Illustrator

Tobias Hall

Illustrator, Lettering Artist and Designer

Laura Jane Boast

Founder & Creative Director at Conscious Made

Sonny Ross

Freelance Illustrator

Andrea Marshall

3D Designer

Victor Adeyemo

UX Designer at Playstation

Tom MacFarlane

Service Designer at BT

Anisha Lalli

Product Manager at EE

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 and Place at UCLan

Raj Dhunna

Image Maker & Designer

Johanna Drewe

Creative Director / Partner Studio Output

Peggy Afriyie

Senior Writer at Ragged Edge

Karen Newman

Founder and CEO of BOM

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

Neven Sidor

Partner at Grimshaw Architects

Chris Day

Glass & Ceramic Artist

Nikolaos Finizio

2D animator, VFX Artist & Illustrator

Imogen Morris

Artist

Marie Boulanger

Design Lead at Monotype

Jaskiran Kang

Head of Service Design at TPXimpact

Mazahir Hussain

Illustrator

Laura Tinald

Artist and Illustrator

Matt Saunders

Freelance Illustrator

Margarita Ianev

Form and Space Director at Jones Knowles Ritchie

Alicia Storie

Founder of AdesignStorie

Tom Woolley

Freelance Illustrator

Tina Francis

Stitch Innovator

Annie Frost Nicholson

Multidisciplinary Artist

Kezia Hulse

Illustrator, Designer and Animator

Conor Taylor

Co-founder & Director of Foresso

Karoline Rerrie

Illustrator & Printmaker

John Hall

Multidisciplinary Designer and Artist

Joelle Preddy

Paper Consultant, G . F Smith

Hinz Pak

Multi-disciplinary Designer

Paul McNeil

Co-Founder of MuirMcNeil

Hamish Muir

Co-Founder of MuirMcNeil

Nick Eagleton

The Playful Saboteur

Francisca Posada-Baynham

The Nimble Saboteur

Émilie Chen

Independent Designer & Art Director

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

Claire Blyth

Founder of Red Setter

Elise Santangelo-Rous

Creative Director & Designer

Katie Cadwell

Co-founder & Creative Director of Lucky Dip

Ian Paget

Host of the Logo Geek Podcast

Miho Aishima

Design Director at Design Bridge and Partners

Teresa Leeming

Strategist at Design Bridge and Partners

Abbie Severn

Artist

UUendy Lau (UU)

Artist & Designer

Daniel Eatock

Michael Johnson

Founder Johnson Banks

Shirlyn Low

Batik Artist and Architec

Jimmy Turrell

Artist & Video Director

Noah Kulman & Beth Izatt

Pencil Pot Club

Vicky Carr

Founder Textbook Studio

Steph Hartman

Founder of Collage Club

Jim Sutherland

Founder Studio Sutherl&

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