News Archives - Birmingham Design Festival

Freedom on Screen – A new commission for Birmingham 2022 Festival

BDF HQ — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:35:04 +0000

In a big week for Birmingham, we're delighted to present our contribution to the Birmingham 2022 Festival – Twenty-four unique digital artworks that will be displayed at festival sites in July & August.

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Newspaper Club returns as Print Supporter for BDF2022

Lindsay Baker — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:41:44 +0000

We're excited to announce that Newspaper Club is returning as a Print Supporter for this year’s festival.

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Supporter profile: Hireillo

Lindsay Baker — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:13:34 +0000

We're excited to announce that Hireillo, a community of professional illustrators founded by creative director Darren Di Lieto, is coming on board as a supporter for this year's festival.

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Introducing Gather, a new(ish) event from the BDF team

BDF HQ — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 06:23:54 +0000

We’re delighted to introduce the new name for our online events and invite you to Gather together on Thursday 1st July as we welcome 9 incredible speakers sharing words of wisdom.

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BDF 2020 postponed until next year

BDF HQ — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:20:29 +0000

Today we’re writing with the unfortunate news that BDF Conference, aka BDF2020, will no longer be happening this year as we have decided to postpone any large scale events until 2021 due to COVID-19.

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BDF 2020 postponed until October

BDF HQ — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:44:12 +0000

Sadly, perhaps inevitably, the festival in June has been postponed to October. Read on for more details.

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Hire an Illustrator comes on board as Supporter for BDF2020

Lindsay Baker — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:48:24 +0000

We're excited to announce that Hire an Illustrator, a community of professional illustrators, animators, artists, and agents, founded by Darren Di Lieto, is coming on board as supporter for this year's festival.

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Important announcement ahead of tickets going on sale

BDF HQ — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:19:08 +0000

Due to the uncertainty the world is facing as a result of COVID-19, we have made the decision to make some changes to the scheduled programme of events planned for this June. BDF 2020 will now be one day of talks on Saturday 6th June, forgoing the day of workshops planned on Friday 5th June (with some caveats – read on for more).

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Newspaper Club return as Print Supporter for BDF2020

Lindsay Baker — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:42:43 +0000

We're excited to announce the awesome Newspaper Club will be returning as a supporter of this year's festival.

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Announcing 4 more BDF2020 speakers and a very special workshop

BDF HQ — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:00:02 +0000

We are stoked to announce more of the awesome speakers who'll be taking to the stage at BDF2020, alongside the already announced Brian Collins and Morag Myerscough!

Joining them are Bráulio Amado, Liz West, Anna Charity & Daniel Eatock, colourful characters we can't wait to hear from, plus a workshop with our returning friend Anthony Burrill...

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