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10th – 12th June 26
10th – 12th June 26

Our Picks

Struggling to choose what to come to? Take a look at some themed recommendations from our team.

Pop culture Icons

See behind the scenes of your favourite films, TV shows and games.

  • Branding Worlds: Designing Awesome Brands for Videogames

    • Matt Redway

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    The Printmakers

  • Character in Motion

    • Laura Tofarides

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Redefining Snooker Culture for the Modern World

    • Matt Caldwell & Alice Fraser

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    The Printmakers

  • Finding your place in a moving industry

    • Alice Bishop

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    The Printmakers

  • Type That Talks

    • Mat Voyce

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    The Printmakers

  • How to Make a Poster That Thinks

    • Akiko Stehrenberger

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    BCU Parkside

  • Looking Back to Move Forward

    • James White

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    The Printmakers

  • Scene Changers

    More tickets released!

    • Akiko Stehrenberger
    • James Ortiz
    • Barrie Gower
    • Sarah Gower

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    The Giant Screen

Career Starters and Changers

Just getting started in the industry or looking for a new role? Take some inspiration from these talks.

  • Making Lemonade

    • Serlina Small

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    The Printmakers

  • Feel the fear. Do it anyway.

    • Kevin McCaul & Emma Hetherington

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    BCU Parkside

  • The Shape-Shifting Generalist

    Finding Your Core in a Changing Industry

    • Myungeun Kim

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    The Printmakers

  • Clarity Through Creativity

    How great communicators help us make sense of change

    • Danny Miller

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    The Printmakers

  • Culture Changers

    • Barrington Reeves
    • Nicholas Hulley & Nadja Lossgott
    • Aneesh Bhoopathy

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    The Giant Screen

  • No, your design doesn’t speak for itself

    How to use words to sell your work

    • Sabrina Shim
    • Cesca Hadland

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    BCU Parkside

Local legends

Hear from the great West Midlands creatives that are the core of our community

  • Be the change you want to see

    • Dom Edwards
    • Lauren Archer

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    BCU Parkside

  • Making Lemonade

    • Serlina Small

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    The Printmakers

  • Illustration as an Agent of Change

    How Murals Transform Public Space and Community Identity

    • UUendy Lau (UU)

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Are we performing monkeys…or artists for real change?

    • Mohammed Ali

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • From Micro to Macro: Changes in Scale, Material, and Process

    • Steve Snell
    • Olivia Ricketts

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Swords Into Ploughshares: Socially-engaged craft

    • Dauvit Alexander

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Designing change in healthcare – when time is not on your side

    • Dr William Bradlow
    • Laura Smith

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    The Printmakers

  • Embracing change can be electrifying

    • Allister Malcolm

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Imperfect Worlds

    • Chris Randall

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • World Changers

    • Led By Donkeys
    • Nellie Scott
    • Cold War Steve

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    The Giant Screen

  • Exploring the embodied experience of drawing for staying creative

    (Even if your portfolio is completely digital)

    • Amy Louise Evans

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Feeling Through Making

    • Jan Waterston

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Scene Changers

    More tickets released!

    • Akiko Stehrenberger
    • James Ortiz
    • Barrie Gower
    • Sarah Gower

    This event has happened

    The Giant Screen

Get stuck in

Workshops and tours for those who want a more interactive experience

  • Collage Cubed

    • Mark Murphy

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    BCU Parkside

  • Changing the narrative

    Fuse Birmingham & David Springer

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    BCU Parkside

  • Wasting for a Change

    • Quartermasters

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    Howells

  • How to Make a Poster That Thinks

    • Akiko Stehrenberger

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    BCU Parkside

  • Off-Loom Weaving with Craftspace

    • Craftspace

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    Howells

  • Birmingham Design Festival LomoWalk

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    Howells

  • Corita Kent: Banners of Hope

    A Sublimation Printing Workshop at the Textile Print Studio

    • Nellie Scott
    • John Hall

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    BCU Parkside

  • Corita Kent Inspired Screen Print Workshop

    • Karoline Rerrie

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    BCU Parkside

  • Making Change: Designfully handmade zine workshop

    • Mary Hemingway

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    BCU Parkside

Design for change

Change-makers shaping the industry

  • Be the change you want to see

    • Dom Edwards
    • Lauren Archer

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    BCU Parkside

  • Feel the fear. Do it anyway.

    • Kevin McCaul & Emma Hetherington

    This event has happened

    BCU Parkside

  • Changing spaces with colour and light

    • Liz West

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Clarity Through Creativity

    How great communicators help us make sense of change

    • Danny Miller

    This event has happened

    The Printmakers

  • Culture Changers

    • Barrington Reeves
    • Nicholas Hulley & Nadja Lossgott
    • Aneesh Bhoopathy

    This event has happened

    The Giant Screen

  • The freaks shall inherit the earth

    • Sachini Imbuldeniya & Darren Smith

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    BCU Parkside

  • World Changers

    • Led By Donkeys
    • Nellie Scott
    • Cold War Steve

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    The Giant Screen

  • Environmental responsibility: the ripple effect

    The role of museums, galleries and designers to build a new best practice and empower audiences to respond to the planetary emergency.

    • Elise Foster Vander Elst

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    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Speaking from the heart: From publishing to performance

    • John Joseph Holt

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    BCU Parkside

For animation fans

Can’t get enough of moving image? Check out these designing frame by frame

  • The Shape-Shifting Generalist

    Finding Your Core in a Changing Industry

    • Myungeun Kim

    This event has happened

    The Printmakers

  • Imperfect Worlds

    • Chris Randall

    This event has happened

    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Character in Motion

    • Laura Tofarides

    This event has happened

    E H Smith Design Centre

  • Finding My Way

    • Yukai Du

    This event has happened

    The Printmakers

  • Finding your place in a moving industry

    • Alice Bishop

    This event has happened

    The Printmakers

  • Type That Talks

    • Mat Voyce

    This event has happened

    The Printmakers

  • Scene Changers

    More tickets released!

    • Akiko Stehrenberger
    • James Ortiz
    • Barrie Gower
    • Sarah Gower

    This event has happened

    The Giant Screen

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