Neon Moiré is a curated design conference calendar 📅 , a podcast 🎧 and a weekly newsletter 📬 called Neon Monday. To help you find inspiration and connect with other creatives around the world. 🌍🌎🌏 Looking for a Design Summer Schools? We got you covered! 🏕
📍 Tokyo, Japan
A Digital Thinkers conference by Awwwards in Tokyo. A design conference about creating new experiences to sell more and to discover trends, new technologies, network and unveil the secrets of the Internet
📍 Nottingham, United Kingdom
New Adventures 2020 will form a clear narrative addressing significant issues facing humanity: the climate crisis and what design-minded practitioners can do about it; privilege and modern ethics; speculative design, and the ways designers can encourage conversations to serve people better, and avoid ethical catastrophes in the future. Kickstarting a new decade, this fifth adventure will explore speculative, strategic and critical design, radical inclusivity, climate and sustainability, and the perennial question of what happens next.
📍 Tokyo, Japan
A Design Matters pop-up in Tokyo. Created by designers, for designers! The design conference brings together practitioners from the best and most happening companies around the world for two days of design talks, workshops, discussions and socializing in Tokyo.
📍 Milan, Italy
The 13th annual interaction design conference. 3 days of conference, 80 talks. Interaction 20 gives voice to a diverse range of points of view. Theme this year, A New Dawn, will explore the meaning and evolution of our practice and approaches, now that we have begun to design almost anything for anywhere.
📍 Liege, Belgium
4th edition of Fig., a graphic design festival taking place in Liège. The festival offers a program of conferences, exhibitions, workshops and round tables. The objective of this event is to discover the many facets of contemporary graphic design.
📍 Melbourne, Australia
Pause Fest is an independent, industry driven movement with a mission to bring diverse intelligence together to fuel the next generation forward. Join the movement, be the change, make progress.
📍 Los Angeles, USA
On Feb. 8, Motion Plus Design will invite the cream of the crop of the best worldwide Motion Designers for one full day of talks!!
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands
On February, 15th 2020 digital design agency GRRR and Neon Moiré organize a one day workshop about variable fonts. The workshop is lead by Arthur Reinders Folmer from Typearture. You will learn about the variable font technology and how to implement it in CSS, but you will also create a working variable font yourself!
📍 Manilla, Philippines
Creativity conference Graphika Manila focuses on the creative side of design rather than technology. Since 2006, the conference, showcase the multidisciplinary creative approaches in identity, art direction, animation, web and even designed environments, as shared by thinkers, collaborators and partners over a two day, jam-packed weekend.
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Multiple times a year Awwwards organize a Digital Thinkers Conference. Showcasing, in iconic location, digital visionaries, thought leaders, top agencies and designers from across the world to share their secrets, and open new dialogues about the future of the web.
📍 Prague, Czech Republic
Festival presenting motion design in all of its forms. Ubiquitous and creative dynamic filed combining graphic design, animation, video, special effects and new technologies.
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Now in its 13th year, FITC Amsterdam features the world’s most innovative, technical and creative talks that will inspire you to pursue your dreams and create your very best work. You’ll have the opportunity to meet and mingle with like-minded individuals who have the potential to become key collaborators throughout your career. Connect with people who share your creative passion, whether in the exhibitor hall or at one of the legendary after-parties. Who knows, you could meet your next business partner, employee, mentor or boss at FITC.
📍 Cape Town , South Africa
2oth Anniversary of Design Indaba! Design Indaba is an annual conference and digital platform with an aim to help create a better world through creativity.
📍 Cape Town, South Africa
Design Indaba 2020 celebrates a momentous milestone in the conference’s legacy, it’s 25th anniversary. Lauded as the Best Conference in the world, Design Indaba has become a respected institution on the global creative landscape.
It’s more than a conference; it’s more than a music festival. It’s the annual do-tank at the intersection of innovation, business, social impact design and creative expression. Design Indaba Festival is a showcase of the best in design and creativity. For the Conference, they have curated a lineup of design thinkers, artists, exhibitions and performances from Africa and the rest of the world.
📍 Lima, Peru
The sixth edition of Latin American Design Festival LADFEST, gathering in Lima with recognized designers from Latin America and the world. LADFEST will be held in Teatro Municipal de Lima. The festival features lectures, workshops, exhibitions, and the Latin American Design Awards ceremony and a closing party. More than 14 speakers on the stage of almost all design disciplines, don’t miss it!
📍 San Francisco, USA
Leading Design brings together experts who lead design teams, oversee design direction and instill a culture of design within their organizations. This will be the fifth year of Leading Design, organized by Clearleft.
📍 Zaventem, Belgium
The inaugural edition of Creative Voices a leadership conference for all who have a role to play in shaping our creative industry. With keynotes and personal talks from international creative leaders in the creative industries.
📍 Munich, Germany
TOCA ME is an one day design conference. Full of inspiration, from graphic design, illustration and typography to creative coding, net art and artificial intelligence.
📍 Munich, Germany
The Forward Festival stands for interesting talks and personal interaction with the most renowned minds from the fields of design, creativity, and communication, who reveal their experiences, personal success, and learnings to the audience. Stay tuned for more info, it's going to be a festival season full of pleasant surprises!
📍 Austin, United States
The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference & Festivals celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW® is the premier destination for discovery.
📍 London, United Kingdom
Design Thinking & Innovation Week created by Future London Academy is a 5-day programme for creative entrepreneurs, designers and business owners – introducing you to London's most innovative businesses and uncovering the latest approaches to design thinking and innovation. Every day will consist of lectures, round tables and visits to the top companies who adopted the human-centered approach, where you will meet the teams behind their latest research and innovation.
📍 Barcelona, Spain
6th edition of IAM Weekend. It's a one of a kind annual event that discovers, inspires and interconnects diverse perspectives on the post-technological futures of everything: from work, design and power to media, education and the arts. This years research theme is "The Weirdness of Interdependencies"
📍 Pamplona, Spain
The 28th Infographics World Summit will be held in Pamplona at the School of Communication at the University of Navarra, Spain. For seven days Pamplona becomes the world capital of infographics. As every year, the 28th Infographics World Summit will offer a special program and the book Malofiej 27 be presented, which features the works from the previous year’s event.
📍 New York, USA
Under the motto Formation, the Type Drives Culture 2020 conference tackles the role of design in our systems-based world. Communication and type design has witnessed a profound shift from the creation of artifacts to the creation of systems that respond to time, media, and user interaction. Parametric typography, variable fonts, design-on-demand, algorithms, and artificial intelligence have altered the landscape of type and design to expand how, what, and why we make. If form—as expressed through design—tells a story of time, of place, and of tools, what does it say about who we are today? Where will it live and how will it be experienced? What is the future of form, form-making, and our field?
📍 Pittsburgh, United States
The AIGA Design Conference brings the design community together to experience provocative speakers, local culture, nightly networking receptions, competitions, exhibitions, professional development sessions and face-to-face roundtables with your design heroes.
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
The sixth edition of UX Copenhagen a premium, two-day conference for professionals working with and around User Experience (UX) Design. You will hear about some of the newest trends in UX and Design, presented by a diverse panel of speakers ranging from gurus to people new to the field, from companies that range from being front-runners in User Experience to those who are just starting to create UX teams. UX Copenhagen always feature startups and strive to bring in speakers and participants who are taking User Experience to a new level. This year the conference focus on "Influence & Designing for Good"
📍 Eindhoven, Netherlands
STRP Festival is a critical optimistic exploration into positive futurism and the role that artists and technology can play. The festival initiates, produces and presents innovative art and visions whereby creative technology has a significant role.
📍 Columbus, GA, USA
In 2020, Creative South celebrates its 10th year anniversary. Creative South is a weekend of creative thinking, collaboration, and exploration. Attendees enjoy workshops, talks focused on process and experience, and meeting old friends as well as making new ones. Creative South's goal is to connect you to folks in the industry and the design community. It's also a whole lot of fun!
📍 Utrecht, The Netherlands
S-H-O-W is an event on data visualisation in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The conference reaches out to designers, data analists, coders and communication experts who are interested in dataviz. There are speakers, workshops and pop-up sessions.
📍 Dublin, Ireland
11th edition of OFFSET Dublin. OFFSET is a 3 day creative conference on creativity and bringing together the best in International and Irish creative talent in graphic design, illustration, street and fine art, film, photography, moving image and much, much more.
📍 Vienna, Austria
The Forward Festival stands for interesting talks and personal interaction with the most renowned minds from the fields of design, creativity and communication, who reveal their experiences, personal success and learnings to the audience. Next to presentations and talks, the extensive program consists of workshops, student talks, after show parties, live performances and happenings as well as the expo area. This program will once again be expanded for the 5th anniversary and will offer many specials and surprises for its visitors.
📍 Toronto, Canada
19th year of #FITCToronto! It’s the Future of Innovation, Technology, and Creativity in Toronto. FITC Toronto is a professional celebration of the best the world has to offer in design, digital development, media and innovation in creative technologies – three days and nights of presentations, parties, installations and performances that unite and transform the industry.
📍 San Francisco, USA
The Smashing Conference is a four-day event for professional web designers and web developers.
📍 Cologne, Germany
The c/o pop Convention in Cologne will once again take place at the same time as the c/o pop Festival from April 23 to 25, 2020
📍 Barcelona, Spain
20th edition of OFFF Barcelona. Born as a post-digital culture festival, now feeding the future through a 3-day design conferences, workshops and performances by the most relevant artists of our time. OFFF hosts innovative and international talents to share their insightful experiences. It’s the key meeting point for all talents around the world to unite and collaborate.
📍 Düsseldorf, Germany
This is number 10! Ten editions of beyond tellerrand in Düsseldorf. Join beyond tellerrand to celebrate 10 years of creativity, inspiration, learning and meeting with a lovely group of people each and every year. The main conference is taking place on Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th and as usual, beyond tellerrand has a lot of other things planned around those dates with side events and workshops. The organization, Marc Thiele, is planning some special surprises for the 10th edition. Not sure what it is going to be, but let’s find out … Get your tickets from September 30th, 2019 on. See you in Düsseldorf!
📍 Boston, USA
Now more than ever, designers have the opportunity to change the world. HOW? A new paradigm is emerging that asks not what the future holds for design, but questions HOW we want to live as a society. Designers have the unique ability to envision, design, and imagine a better world. Massive shifts are underway for brands in the areas of sustainability, circularity, politics, activism, cultural movements, big data, and emerging technology, but HOW do we thrive in a world disrupted by so much change?
📍 Leuven, Belgium
Second edition of and&. and& is a one of a kind summit & festival at the intersection of health, high-tech and creativity. and& is bound by the desire to make cities of the future a better place to live in. Curated for the curious, and& champions a well-selected worldwide collage of thinkers, inventors, entrepreneurs, citizens & artists of all backgrounds.
📍 Berlin, Germany
The 16th annual Pictoplasma Berlin Festival awaits all international character pioneers, creators, artists, newcomers, and enthusiasts for a special 5-day celebration of contemporary character design and art!
📍 Brisbane, Australia
The Design Conference is an event for creatives. They discuss more than the future of design — but what design means in the hearts and minds of the world's favorite creative leaders. By being transparent and vulnerable, The Design Conference engineers an experience that is designed to move, motivate, educate and connect.
📍 Guildford, UK
Now in its eighth year, WXG is an all-day tech conference exploring what we can achieve when we work together.
📍 Sydney, Australia
Three-day conference Semi Permanent brings together internationally renowned designers, artists & creative icons for live events, presentations, workshops & parties. In 2020 Semi Permanent explores the theme Restless
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
Gather is not your average conference or music festival. It investigates society and its future, embraces complexity and bursts filter bubbles to offer inspiring and unexpected experiences for the curious minds. Gather hosts some of the most interesting speakers and artists active in the world today.
📍 Berlin, Germany
Berlin Letters is a festival for lettering, sign painting, calligraphy and type design. Three days of exchange and inspiration for designers and all font enthusiasts - with great speakers, professional workshops and Halligalli. For listening, watching, hand-laying. And of course to meet people and networks.
📍 Bielefeld, Germany
The 12th edition of CXI Brand talks! CXI is a one-day brand and corporate identity event organized by Bielefeld School of Design. During the sessions questions like "What defines the effectiveness of a corporate identity project?", "What exactly is needed, from both client and agency?", and "how can such a complex process be implemented in a way that works?" will be addressed, next to showcasing re-designs for big brands.
📍 Berlin, Germany
The festival unites both industry-leading and aspiring creatives with its talks and workshops and yet it is more than just another creative happening. Forward is inspired by its hometown’s vibrant history of Viennese Modernism, where diverse disciplines influenced each other. By bringing this idea into the present, the festival is all about connecting, exchanging and being part of an exciting experience.
📍 New York, United States
The 99U Conference is to shift the focus from idea generation to idea execution. Learn from the world’s top thinkers and doers in a series of main stage talks over two days. 99U speakers offer pragmatic, real-world insights that transcend creative sectors. This will be the 12th edition.
📍 Minneapolis , United States
Since 2011, the annual Eyeo Festival brings together creative coders, data designers, and creators working at the intersection of data, art & technology for talks, workshops, labs, and events.
📍 Paris, France
TypeParis is a 5-week typeface design program, which started in 2015. The programme is in English and covers the learning of know-how in typeface design and calligraphy techniques, type history, and modern software practices.
📍 Letterfrack , Ireland
Design West — Ireland’s exciting new International Design Summer School, set in Connemara on the Wild Atlantic Way, is now open for applications. Design West facilitates both individual and collaborative approaches to the making of 2D and 3D design expressions, including visual communication, installations, abstract and environmental design.
📍 London, United Kingdom
Future of Branding Week created by Future London Academy is an immersive 5-day programme that explores how brands can express themselves using new channels and evolving technologies and create design that will last for generations. The programme includes talks, round-table discussions, fireside chats, mini-workshops, studio visits and case study deep dives. With topics ranging from trend forecasting, brand innovation and new tech to custom typography, SMM and design trends – you will be able to get a fresh perspective on branding and learn new strategic tools. You will also have a unique opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at the most influential agencies in London and spend a week with 25 inspiring fellow creatives from around the world.
📍 Kansas City, USA
Since 1999, ICON, the Illustration Conference, brings together top illustrators, designers, educators, representatives, and art buyers to explore the future of illustration. With more than 60 speakers on stage over four days, ICON is committed to providing a diverse forum for an ongoing dialogue that serves the illustration, design, publishing, advertising, and academic communities.
📍 Sankt Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
The Forward Festival stands for interesting talks and personal interaction with the most renowned minds from the fields of design, creativity, and communication, who reveal their experiences, personal success, and learnings to the audience. Stay tuned for more info, it's going to be a festival season full of pleasant surprises!
📍 Toronto, Canada
Multiple times a year Awwwards organize a Digital Thinkers Conference. Showcasing, in iconic location, digital visionaries, thought leaders, top agencies and designers from across the world to share their secrets, and open new dialogues about the future of the web.
📍 St. Louis, MO, USA
Design + Diversity Conference inspires, celebrates and promotes not only diversity in design, but the diversity of design.
📍 London, United Kingdom
UX and Digital Design Week created by Future London Academy is a 5-day programme that will give you inspiration for your current projects and advice on how to build a design team of your dreams. You will find out the secrets of what makes products successful and what mistakes companies made when they were building new services. Some people call the format a 'design safari', some say it's a VIP behind-the-scenes experience or a research trip. This is a very fresh way to learn and explore the industry. And the best part is – you will spend this week as a part of a small group of 30 like-minded entrepreneurs, UX designers and product managers from around the globe.
📍 Berlin, Germany
Berlin’s no. 7. beyond tellerrand is back in Berlin to celebrate creativity and inspiration. Come and join us for motivating, thoughtful and educational talks, workshops and side events. The main show takes place on August 25th and 26th with workshops and side events around these two days. As you might recognize we moved the event from November to September and maybe we are able to use the lovely outside area of the venue as well this time. Registration opens January 20th, 2020.
📍 New Orleans, USA
Clarity is the first conference fully dedicated to design systems (which includes style guides, pattern libraries, CSS frameworks, and design operations). While the focus is on design systems, past sessions have also included related topics like accessibility, motion design, and performance.
📍 Auckland, New Zealand
Three-day conference Semi Permanent brings together internationally renowned designers, artists & creative icons for live events, presentations, workshops & parties. In 2020 Semi Permanent explores the theme Restless
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
Design Matters is a 2-day conference on Digital Design. Created by designers, for designers! The design conference brings together practitioners from the best and most happening companies around the world for two days of design talks, workshops, discussions and socializing in Copenhagen.
📍 Antwerp, Belgium
The 5th edition of Us by Night a design & creativity festival that turned into a unique night experience. With an inspiring lineup of 70+ artists and an endless market, it's guaranteed to provide you 3 nights you don't want to miss.
📍 Vienna, Austria
3rd edition of OFFF Vienna a Visual Design Festival. Offf connects, grows and inspires people through interdisciplinary art and creativity in order to boost knowledge exchange and collaboration.
📍 Porto, Portugal
First edition of Semi Permanent Porto. As the new European home of Semi Permanent, the program will include two-days of talks, exhibitions, installations, parties and experiences designed with the city, it's people and it's ideas in mind.
📍 Munich, Germany
We are back in Munich! Join us for the second edition in Munich after 2018. Two days with exciting talks plus workshops and Side Events around those two days. The core event, the conference with talks and 500+ people, is taking place on Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd of November 2020. Ticket sale starts April 1st. Stay tuned for more information soon.
📍 Namur, Belgium
The 10th edition of KIKK, a multi-track festival on the intersection of art, science & tech to explore the economic and artistic implications of new technologies. The conference is on Thursday and Friday, all exhibitions are also open on Saturday and Sunday.The event gathers people of all backgrounds from all around the world. They are designers, scientists, makers, entrepreneurs, artists, architects, developers or musicians.
