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Thursday 6th June

11:00am–1:00pm or 2:00pm–4:00pm
  • Workshop
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  • Graphic

Hand Collage & Riso Workshop

  • Jimmy Turrell (Artist & Video Director)
  • From £18
  • Workshop
  • 120 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Failure is not an option

  • Dan Silverstone
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
More info
11:00am to 12:00pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Graphic

Kerning, spacing, leading the way

(how type design taught me everything I know)

  • Marie Boulanger (Monotype)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 60 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
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  • Product

The Importance of Process within Fine Art

  • Imogen Morris
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
More info
11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
  • –
  • Illustration

New heritage: Bringing tradition forward for the brands of today

  • Tobias Hall
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
  • –
  • Graphic

D&AD Talk

  • Jo Jackson (D&AD)
  • Russie Miessi (Born Social)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Challenging perspectives. Brand and digital thinking, our way

  • Johanna Drewe (Studio Output)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

Art and anxiety: trust the process

  • Laura Tinald
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
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12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Graphic

Take care of the details and the rest will fall into place

  • Dan Forster
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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Chris Day Talk

  • Chris Day
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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2:00pm to 2:40pm
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Marriage guidance tips for Truth and Beauty

  • Neven Sidor (Grimshaw Architects)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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2:00pm to 2:40pm
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  • Graphic

Everything Old is New Again

  • Elizabeth Goodspeed
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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2:00pm to 3:00pm
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The Ultimate Design Trio: Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign

  • Kladi Vergine (Adobe)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 60 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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2:00pm to 2:40pm
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  • Illustration

Licencing & Negotiation for Illustration commissions

  • Sarah Morris (AOI)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
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2:00pm to 2:40pm
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  • Digital

Radical collaboration - a process for remarkable change

  • David Moloney (Design Studio)
  • Vinay Mistry (DesignStudio)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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3:00pm to 3:40pm
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  • Digital

Defy the odds

  • Jade Tomlin (CreativeAdventur.es)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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3:00pm to 3:40pm
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  • Illustration

Process Recess

  • Matt Saunders
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
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3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Graphic

System Process Form

  • Hamish Muir (MuirMcNeil)
  • Paul McNeil (MuirMcNeil)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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3:00pm to 3:40pm
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Process, People and Product

  • Tina Francis
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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3:30pm until 5:00pm
  • Workshop
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  • Illustration

AOI helpdesk

  • Sarah Morris (AOI)
  • Free
  • Workshop
  • 15 minute sessions
  • BCU Curzon
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4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Futureproofing Brands

  • Rachel Gogel
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

Writing it down

  • Sonny Ross
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
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4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Graphic

Prepare to Fail

  • Felix Pfäffli (Studio Feixen)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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4:00pm to 4:40pm
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Designing for Change: Let's Discuss Climate-Conscious Interior Design

  • Alicia Storie (AdesignStorie)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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7:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Talk
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  • Main Event

Process: Characters

  • Louis Henry Mitchell (Sesame Workshop)
  • Jessica Hische
  • Annie Atkins
  • From £15
  • Talk
  • 180 mins
  • The Giant Screen
More info

Friday 7th June

10:30am to 2:00pm
  • Workshop
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  • Illustration

CMY Screen Printing Workshop

  • Karoline Rerrie
  • From £35
  • Workshop
  • 210 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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11:00am–1:00pm or 2:00pm–4:00pm
  • Workshop
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  • Graphic

Hand Collage & Riso Workshop

  • Jimmy Turrell (Artist & Video Director)
  • From £18
  • Workshop
  • 120 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Improving delivery outcomes by designing culture with communities

  • Jaskiran Kang (TPXimpact)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
More info
11:00am–1:00pm or 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Tour
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  • Illustration

Walk + Draw

  • Abbie Severn
  • From £10
  • Tour
  • 120 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
11:00am to 12:30pm
  • Workshop
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Designing in Character

  • Annie Atkins
  • From £10
  • Workshop
  • 90 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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11:00am–1:00pm or 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Workshop
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  • Graphic

Live By Design Not By Default (Typeset A Mindset)

  • Laura Jane Boast (Conscious Made)
  • From £18
  • Workshop
  • 120 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

What I Talk About When I Talk About Illustration

  • Tom Woolley
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
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11:00am to 11:40am
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Smashing Taboos

  • Annie Frost Nicholson
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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11:00am to 12:00pm
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Timesaving Techniques for Thumb-Stopping Social Content

  • Lucy Street (Adobe)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 60 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
11:00am to 11:40am
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Hack-A-Bench: Fostering Community Collaboration in Public Space Design

  • Hinz Pak
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Everything is a Prototype: The Process and Practice of Navigating the Unknown

  • Brendan Kearns
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

Dramatic by Design: Creating Posters for the Stage

  • Émilie Chen
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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An Acceptable Level of Miscommunication

  • David Pearson
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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I can't remember the last time I picked up a pencil

Founding a 21st Century stationery company

  • Noah Bier (Makers Cabinet)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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2:00pm to 2:40pm
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  • Graphic

WE HAVE NO PROCESS

If you're seeking a step-by-step guide to unlocking the creative process, then this talk isn’t for you

  • Tim Donaldson (Seachange)
  • Amanda Gaskin (Seachange)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
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2:00pm to 2:40pm
  • Talk
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Colour of the Future

  • Joelle Preddy (G . F Smith)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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2:00pm to 2:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Discovery: A Cornerstone of UX

Unearth the “Why” Behind Great UX

  • Victor Adeyemo (Playstation)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Workshop
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  • Digital

Designing Your Career

  • Rachel Gogel
  • From £40
  • Workshop
  • 120 mins
  • The Bond
More info
2:00pm to 2:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

Ink & nibs – Antique solutions to modern problems

  • Alice Cao
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
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3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Creating with data in a ‘post-infographic’ world

  • Stefanie Posavec
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

Drawing being in the centre of a creative process

  • Raj Dhunna
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
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3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
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Jay Hussain Talk

  • Jay Hussain (JKR)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Graphic

Navigating a creative career is messy business

  • Nicola Hamilton
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Re-thinking consumer electronics

  • Angelisa Scalera
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

Building paper worlds: Exploring tactility in art and design

  • Kezia Hulse
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Graphic

Process, towards a feeling

  • Stephen Smith (Neasden Control Centre)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Product

Chris Gove talk

  • Chris Gove (Percival Menswear)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
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7:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Talk
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  • Main Event

Process: Movements

  • Pav Grochola (Sony Pictures Imageworks)
  • PES
  • Eva Cremers
  • From £15
  • Talk
  • 180 mins
  • The Giant Screen
More info

Saturday 8th June

11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Imagineering Intellectual Property creatively into new purposeful directions, one frame at a time

  • Drew Roper & Juliet Carmen Teksnes (Yamination Studios)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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11:00am to 1:00pm
  • Talk
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  • Graphic

Connected by Ideas

  • Daniel Eatock
  • Michael Johnson (Johnson Banks)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 120 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
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Jack and Jill of all trades

Making a living through surface design

  • Sarah Bagshaw
  • John Hall
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
More info
11:00am to 11:40am
  • Talk
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The Process of a Self Taught Illustrator Who Didn’t Know What DPI Was Until 6 Months into his Career

  • Mazahir Hussain
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Beyond Perfection: Embracing Flaws as Fuel for Creativity

  • Andrea Marshall (Found)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
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12:00pm to 12:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

Two’s Company

  • Bobby & Kate Evans (Telegramme Studio)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
2:00pm to 2:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Illustration

Bridge Builders: Navigating the Creative Process with Illustration Agencies

  • Weitong Mai
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
2:00pm to 2:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Graphic

Designing With Words

  • Peggy Afriyie (Ragged Edge)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
2:00pm to 2:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

BOOM! CRASH! ACTION!! Creating VFX and Animation for TV & Cinema

  • Nikolaos Finizio
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
More info
2:00pm to 2:40pm
  • Talk
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Feed: Designing public breastfeeding

  • Elaine Speight (University of Central Lancashire)
  • Vicky Carr (Textbook Studio)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
More info
3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
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  • Digital

Oh my! <3

Feeling our way through a new dawn of emotional intelligence

  • Karen Newman (BOM)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
More info
3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Illustration

Aurelia Durand Talk

  • Aurélia Durand (Artist)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Graphic

From unexpected to undeniable: How unconventional ideas change the world

  • Andy Khatouli (Wolf Olins)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
3:00pm to 3:40pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Product

Wearing many hats: Process & adaptability

  • Ceridwen Brown
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
More info
4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Digital

The Art of Design for Film

  • Sam Keehan (Territory Studio)
  • Ashton Hertz (Territory Studio)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • The Bond
More info
4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Illustration

Rip, Snip, Stick, Repeat

  • Steph Hartman (Collage Club)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Curzon
More info
4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Graphic

SABOTAGE: How breaking the rules can set you free

  • Nick Eagleton (Saboteur)
  • Francisca Posada-Baynham (Saboteur)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU Parkside
More info
4:00pm to 4:40pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Product

MTTR: Make noise. Not jeans.

  • Jim Sutherland (Studio Sutherl&)
  • Bob Shankly (MTT)
  • Free
  • Talk
  • 40 mins
  • BCU STEAMhouse
More info
7:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Talk
  • –
  • Main Event

Process: Layers

  • Sue Murphy (The Coca-Cola Company)
  • Ren Rigby (Proto)
  • Christopher Doyle (Christopher Doyle Co.)
  • From £15
  • Talk
  • 180 mins
  • The Giant Screen
More info

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