Due to the COVID-19 crisis, this event has now been postponed until June 2021. You can find out more about our future plans by reading our blog post.
Join us in October for the first ever BDF Conference, a celebration of design, creativity and COLOUR.
This year the main focus of BDF will be a day of talks held in the beautiful Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. You can expect to hear from industry leading design pros who’ve been hand-picked by us due to their strong association with the use of colour in their work.
The BDF conference continues our tradition of world-class design education at an accessible price with tickets from just £50. We know there’s a level of uncertainty around events at the moment, but you can rest easy knowing should we need to cancel or postpone you can expect a full refund of your purchase.
Speakers
Brian Collins
Chief Creative Officer of COLLINS
Brian Collins is Chief Creative Officer of COLLINS, an independent experience design company in New York City and San Francisco. They were named by Forbes as one of the companies reshaping the future of brand building. Over his career, Brian and his team have won every major creative award.
Morag Myerscough
Designer/Artist
Morag Myerscough is a London born designer/artist whose work is characterised by an engaging boldness, strong use colour and high levels of positive energy. She creates structural installations and immersive spatial works that champion community and public interaction.
Acclaimed projects include TEMPLE OF AGAPE, Southbank, 2014, POWER bridge, a permanent installation at Battersea Power Station, 2017, Sheffield Children’s hospital bedrooms, 2017, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, a pavilion installation in Aberdeen, 2019, and MAKE HAPPY THOSE WHO ARE NEAR, structural installation in Hong Kong, 2019, ATOLL permanent installation, Broadgate, London 2019,
Liz West
Liz West is a British artist (b.1985) who graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2007. West’s broad body of work encompasses site-specific installations, sculpture, and wall-based artwork.
West creates vivid environments that mix luminous colour and radiant light. West aims to provoke a heightened sensory awareness in the viewer through her works. She is interested in exploring how sensory phenomena can invoke psychological and physical responses that tap into our own deeply entrenched relationships to colour.
Daniel Eatock
Daniel Eatock defies categorisation. Born in Bolton, he now works between London, São Paulo & Norway. A graduate of London’s RCA, Daniel served on the design staff of the world-renowned Walker Art Center in Minneapolis before returning to work with clients including the Serpentine Gallery & Channel Four (most notably the multifarious Big Brother identity).
Trained as a graphic designer, Daniel is now an established artist exhibiting around the world, with a devoted following.
