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BDF Conference 2025

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Speakers

Merlin Crossingham

Creative Director at Aardman

Malika Favre

Artist & Illustrator

George Wu

Founder at Para Para

TEMPLO

Anoushka Rodda & Pali Palavathanan

Bryony Gomez-Palacio & Armin Vit

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Liza Enebeis

Partner & Creative Director at Studio Dumbar/DEPT®

Javier Jaén

Founder Javier Jaén Studio

Kelli Anderson

Graphic Artist and Paper Engineer

Chris Clarke

Editorial Creative Director at The Guardian

The Format

BDF Conference will return in 2025, taking the best bits of the Birmingham Design Festival and condensing it into a smaller format that’s just as fun and accessible. You can expect a host of familiar faces and exceptional design talent to learn from this year in June.

Day One

Workshops

A day of crafting and learning held at Birmingham City University and around Birmingham, followed by some talks finishing with the BDF Social.

Day Two

Conference

Join us for a day-long schedule of talks from an unmissable line-up of designers and creatives.

Tickets

Now available to buy

Just the conference

Adults £75 / Students £50

Only fancy the talks? This is for you.

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Two day pass

Adults £125 / Student £75 / Add hotel for £75

Access to the conference across both days with early access to workshop registration.

Learn more about the Conference Pass

We also do group booking discounts and bursary tickets. Get in touch if you’d like to find out more

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