Previous speakers - Birmingham Design Festival

Oliver Jeffers

Artist

Sonal Jhuj

Global Brand Director, LEGO

Aaron Draplin

DDC

Veronica Fuerte

Hey Studio

Jessica Hische

Lettering Artist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Chris Do

CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur

Louis Henry Mitchell

Creative Director of Character Design, Sesame Workshop

Erica Dorn

Graphic Designer, Isle of Dogs

Jim Sutherland

Studio Sutherl&

Liam Wong

Director & Photographer

Minalima

Graphic Design for the Wizarding World

Jennifer Daniel

Creative Director of Emoji at Google

All previous 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

Oliver Jeffers

Visual Artist & Author

Sonal Jhuj

Global Brand Director at the LEGO Group

Lex Fefegha

Co-founder & Principal Designer at COMUZI

Brian Collins

Chief Creative Officer of COLLINS

Gemma O'Brien

Designer & Artist

Abbie Heppe

Director of Live Service at Media Molecule

Marta Cerdà Alimbau

Designer & Illustrator

Toby Olié

Puppetry Director & Designer

Jaspar Rogers

Associate Service Designer at Snook

Anthony Burrill

Graphic Artist / Printmaker

Venessa Scott

Artist

Olivia Holbrook

Senior Service Designer at Snook

Kaye Winwood

Founder of GULP

Astrid Stavro

Creative Director at COLLINS

Ed Barrett

Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of Animade

Mark Denton

Artist, Author & Designer

Jay Blades MBE

Furniture Restorer

Richard Turley

Corporate Shill (and design legend)

Ashleigh Jadee

Film Director

Gaika

Artist & Musician

Morag Myerscough

Designer/Artist

Arisa Sudangnoi

Developer Relations Lead at Playdate

Aporva Baxi

Founder of DixonBaxi

Simon Dixon

Founder of DixonBaxi

Kate Dawkins

Founder of Kate Dawkins Studio

Ailbhe Keane

Founder & Creative Director of Izzy's Wheels

Ben Newman

Illustrator

Cassie Evans

Lead Bestower of Animation Superpowers at GreenSock

Liam Hopkins

Founder of Lazarian

Angie Bual

Creative Director at Trigger

Laura Kalbag

Co-founder of Small Technology Foundation

Ahmed Salama

UX Director at Ubisoft Stockholm

Richard O'Gorman

Househomo

Beth Cosmos

Founder of Billy Rainwear

Alexa Münch

Senior Designer at Special Projects

Deirdre Figueiredo, MBE

Director of Craftspace

Graham Wood

Co-founder of Tomato

Elliot Jay Stocks

Google Fonts

Amy Victoria Marsh

Illustrator and Ceramist

Rob Lowe

Supermundane

Doaly

Illustrator

Nicola Matthews

Marketing Manager at Tony’s Chocolonely

Gabriella Marcella

Designer and founder of RISOTTO

Sisterhood Studio

Rebecca Thomson & Rachita Saraogi

Lara Hanlon

Founder, Director at Portion Collaborative

Holly Wales

Illustrator

Carl Robertshaw

Transdisciplinary designer and artist

Helen Kaur

Lead UI Artist at Rocksteady Games

Hayley Brant

UI Director Lucid Games

Sam Frith

Creative Director at Solus

Jon Cockley

Co-founder of Handsome Frank

Michelle Turton

Illustrator, painter, and surface designer

Sarah Boris

Artist & Designer

Camila Lima

Look of the Games Head of Design at CSM Live

DINES®

Founder of STUDIO BLUP

Jocie Juritz

Animation Director

Matthew Jones

Executive Creative Director at Accept & Proceed

Zoë Barker

Illustrator

J.P. Vine

Director & Animator

Neef Rehman

Creative Technologist and Full-stack engineer at ustwo

Paul Reardon

Co-founder of Peter and Paul

Rachel Joy

Lettering Artist

Lucky Pablo

Jane Anderson & Ally Standing

Gurtake Singh

Design Director and Principal at Gensler

Thomas Sharp

Poet & Creative Director

Crispin Finn

Anna Fidalgo & Roger Kelly

MURUGIAH

Artist & Illustrator

Dan Woodger

Illustrator & Animation Director

Glen Yeoh

Motion Director at Moving Brands

Liz Hamburger

Design Partner at RIVAL

Cat Drew

Chief Design Officer at the Design Council

Jeryce Dianingana

Senior Environment Artist at Rocksteady

Lord Whitney

Amy Lord & Bek Whitney

June Mineyama-Smithson

Artist / Graphic Designer – MAMIMU

Melanie Tomlinson

Artist

Annabel Welbury

Director of F37® Foundry & F37® Studio

Karl Doran

Founder & Creative Director at Flow

Ella Flavell

Printmaker & Researcher

SPIN

Jonas Zieher & Tony Brook

Rob Turpin

Designer & Illustrator

Kristian Jones

Multidisciplinary Artist & Lecturer

Sarah Selby

Visual Artist

Zena Kay

Illustrator

Harriet Cooper

Projects Director at Pentatonic

Santini Basra

Director Andthen

Shaun Loynds

Artist & Advertising Creative Director

Yee Poon

Designer & Illustrator at Supple Studio

Jamie Ellul

Founder of Supple Studio

BankerWessel

Jonas Banker & Ida Wessel

Jimmy Turrell

Artist & Video Director

Ashwin Chacko

Illustrator

Amy Francis-Smith

Architect & Inclusive Access Consultant

Alice Ishiguro Tosey

Independent Designer / Creative

Holly Catford

Founder of Pit Magazine

Birmingham Collage Collective

Noah Kulman & Beth Izatt

Pencil Pot Club

Eddie Opara

Partner at Pentagram

Momtaz Begum-Hossain

Colour Expert & Modern Colour Theorist

Vicky Carr

Founder Textbook Studio

Liz West

Chris Do

CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur

Jennifer Daniel

Creative Director for Google emoji

MinaLima

Graphic Designers

Andre Jay Meissner

Adobe XD

Verònica Fuerte

Founder & Creative Director at Hey Studio

Liam Wong

Director & Photographer

Perrin Drumm

Founder & Director of AIGA Eye on Design

Alice Tonge

Head of 4creative, Channel 4

Erica Dorn

Graphic Designer & Illustrator

Richard Small

Art Director at Sony Design

Gavin Strange

Director & Designer at Aardman Animations

Milan Moffatt

Design Lead at SuperHi

Wes O'Haire

Product designer for Dropbox, Founder of Blacks Who Design

Laura Pol

Founder of OLIO

Laura Jordan-Bambach

CCO at Mr President, Co-founder of SheSays

Dan Rhatigan

Senior Manager for Adobe Type Development

Jon Marshall

Industrial Designer at Pentagram

Chappell Ellison

Content Strategist at Huge

Mike McGee

CCO and Co-founder of Framestore

Katherina Tudball

Creative Director at Superunion London

Shu-Ting Huang

UX Designer at Kano

Bruno Schillinger

Lead Product Designer at Kano

Toshi Omagari

Type designer at Monotype

Extinction Rebellion

Tina Touli

Creative Director Tina Touli Studio

Patrick Thomas

Graphic artist

James Cross

Creative Director of BBC Creative

Merle Hall

CEO of Kinneir Dufort

Paul Woods

Chief Creative Officer at Edenspiekermann

Oliver Brunschwiler

Leadlink at FREITAG

Anna Burles

Creative Director & Founder of Run for the Hills

Michael Morgan

Animator

Kirsty Joan Sinclair

Service Designer at FutureGov

Ben O'Brien

Ben the Illustrator

Steph Hartman

Founder of Collage Club

David Wall

Designer / Director at WorkGroup

Patrick Eley

Creative Director of dn&co

Karishma Kusurkar

Designer & Entrepreneur

Toby Hextall

Director of Product Design at MOO

Felix Ackermann

Lead Product Designer at MOO

Bianca Berning

Creative Director at Dalton Maag

Abigail Flores

QA technician at ustwo games

Kota Kobayashi

Design Lead at ustwo

Sam Pierpoint

Illustrator & paper artist

Joy Nazzari

Founder of dn&co

Brendan Dawes

Artist

Bryan Edmondson

Founder, SEA

Ruth Claxton

Artist

Eriol Fox

Product & UX Designer at Ushahidi

Nick Asbury

Design writer

Trish Thomas

Head of Digital Engagement at Southbank Centre

Ollie Purdom

Chief Talent Officer for McCann Central

Jacob Dutton

Managing Director McCann iO

Richard Newbold

Executive Producer at Frontier Developments

Paul Barnes

Partner at Commercial Type

Cat Powell

Head of Artfelt at Sheffield Children's Hospial

Imbue

Artist

Rob Nield

Associate at Arup

Craig Oldham

Studio Founder

Sweta Pathak

Head of Art at Health Unlimited

Maria Smith

Founding Director at Interrobang

Steve Webb

Director at Webb Yates

Adrian Franklin

CPO & Co-founder of Aula

Alessandro Columbano

Senior Lecturer at Birmingham School of Architecture and Design

Ally Standing

Lecturer in Contextual Studies at Birmingham City University

Mike Roberts

Chief Creative Officer at Green Room Design

Jane Anderson

Lecturer in Graphic Communication at Birmingham City University

Mike Dring

Anna Parker

Intervention Architecture

Luke Matthews

Experience Designer at 383

Tracey Thorne

Founder Ghost Streets

Adam Cox

Founder of Cavendish Pianos

ICBQ

Magazine

Fully Justified

Aaron Draplin

Founder Draplin Design Co.

Marina Willer

Partner at Pentagram

Trevor Beattie

Advertising Legend & Film Producer

Jack Renwick

Creative Director

Jim Sutherland

Founder Studio Sutherl&

Kuchar Swara

Telegraph design director

Devita Davison

Executive Director of FoodLab Detroit

The Yarza Twins

Creative Directors

Pablo Stanley

Design Lead for Studio Platform at InVision

Glenn Howells

Glenn Howells Architects

Immy Kaur

Co-founder, Impact Hub Birmingham

Cris Mascort

Design Director R/GA

Zoha Zoya

Experience Designer Director at R/GA

Rejane Dal Bello

Studio Rejane Dal Bello

Tom Muller

hellomuller

Cheryl Jones

Director/Founding Member, Grand Union

Indy Johar

co-founder of 00 (project00.cc)

Mark Shayler

Do Lectures

Stuart Holt

Javelin Block

Harry Ead

DixonBaxi Design Director

Karun Agimal

DixonBaxi Designer

Kim Quazi

Director at Arup

Ross Kemp

Designer & Inventor

Paula Benson

Film & Furniture

Michele White

Rich Wells

Creative Director

Joost Beunderman

Director at 00

Kevin Thomas

Andrew Booth

Creative Director BLIND

Grant Gilbert

Founder DBLG

Gemma Germains

Senior Content Strategist at Dare

Michael Price

Yamination

Lou Hisbergue

Designer at North

Sarah Drummond

Co founder and MD at We are Snook

Mark Jessett

GFSmith Paper Consultant

Thomas Harding

Head of design at Made by Many

Marksteen Adamson

Founding Partner ASHA

Salt and Pepper Creative

Senan Lee and Pansy Aung

Salt & Pepper Creative

David Saxby

Co-founder of Architecture 00

Will Lanham

Director at Of The Unknown

Two Girls Co.

Greg Willis

Make Architects

Sam Munnings

Senior Motion Designer, CG Artist & Animator at Territory Studio

Russell Clayton

Managing Director at Rosie Lee

Dave Sedgwick

StudioDBD Founder

Davor Krvavac

Executive Creative Director at B-Reel

Alastair Parvin

Strategic Designer at 00 London

Dave Draws

Zed Lightheart

Visual Artist

David Symons

WSP

Tom Harle

ustwo

Michael Carr

Uniform Wares

Taz Shaikh

Gensler

Substrakt

Lisa Maltby

Freelance designer & illustrator

Ringo Moss

McCann

Alex Acosta

Creative Managing Partner at McCann Birmingham

Cynan Clucas

McCann

Dan Mumford

Freelance Illustrator

Jo Simmons

Chief Design Officer at Friday

Andy Neal

Creative Director

Estelle Ricoux

Head of Strategy at Friday

Chris Holden

Ajoto

Daniel Harris

Experience Strategy Director at CX Partners

Eleni Beveratou

Creative Director at Dalton Maag

Jim Kerr

Seven9 Signs

Ian Hunter

Materials Council

Jane Bowyer

Independent Designer / Illustrator

Keith Bradshaw

Speirs + Major

Eve Warren

Brand & Packaging Designer

Andre Reid

KIONDO

Daniel Blyden

Design lead at Impact Hub Birmingham

Jack Sheppard

Digital Product Designer at Co-op

Sahar Afshar

Arabic & Indic Type Designer

Dr Rebecca Struthers

Struthers Watchmakers

Matt Cane

Co-founder of Cogz

Mark Hipwell

LM JV

Luke Taylor

Us

Darren Wall

Read Only Memory

Florence Okoye

Florence Okoye

UX Designer Natural History Museum

Callum York

Design Director at Nomad

Terry Stephens

Partner at Nomad

Sarah Seaton

Brand & Content Strategist

Karl Randay

Head of Design at 383

Fee Sheal

Digital & Motion Designer

Tony Matters

Faber

Naeem Alvi

Founder and MD, Notepad

Rosemarie Fitton

DeMontford Universiry