KIKK Festival

Namur, Belgium

The KIKK Festival, an international festival of creative and digital cultures, will be held for the 13th time in Namur from October 24 to 27, 2024. For four days, digital artists, companies and the general public will be coming together to exchange ideas, learn and network in a festive and creative setting. This unique international event in Belgium aims to bring together, inspire and highlight the most innovative projects through talks, meetings, exhibitions and demonstrations. This festival has become a not-to-be-missed event, offering the chance to discover developments in a teeming, bubbling world, gain a better understanding of its codes and question its challenges.

Speakers

  • Stefan Sagmeister
  • Anna Ginsburg
  • Sofia Crespo
  • Mr Bingo
  • Ferdi Alici
  • Dr. Formalyst
  • Marcin Ignac
  • Borja Martinez
  • Robyn Landau
  • Andreas Refsgaard
  • Dasha Ilina
  • Sebastian Schmieg
  • Jessica In
  • Brendan Dawes
  • Pinaffo & Pluvinage
  • Wouter van Dijk
  • Liza Enebeis
  • Joel Gethin Lewis
  • Niklas Roy

KIKK Festival trailer

Creative Paper Conference 2024

Munich, Germany

The Creative Paper Conference is a biennial fine paper fair in Munich, featuring keynotes by designers and creative professionals, as well as an exhibition by representatives of the creative paper industry. The two day event emphasizes the importance of print in today's media landscape and offers insights into the latest developments in creative communication on paper.

Type Camp Japan

Makabe, Ibaraki, Japan

Type Camp is a hands-on, collaborative approach that invites experimentation and reflection, as well as laughter and lightness. Since 2007, Type Camp has taken place in 8 countries on 5 continents. This year for the 4th time in Japan! With workshops in shodo (Japanese calligraphy), inkan (name stamp carving), indigo dyeing, historical sake label design, paper cutting, wabi sabi sculpture.

SmashingConf Antwerp

Antwerpen, Belgium

Smashing Magazine’s conference is coming back to Antwerp, Belgium on October 28–31, 2024. It’s a friendly — 2-day single-track —  hybrid conference focusing on Design and UX, with topics like design systems, usability, interface design and accessibility. The conference also offers six hands-on workshops the day before and after the conference, and has many fun side events.

Melba International Symposium

Sofia, Bulgaria

The International Melba Symposium is the signature event of the Melba Design Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. This is a one-day event with lectures by defining names of contemporary design.

Melba International Symposium trailer

Leading Design London

London, UK

Leading Design is a two day gathering of design leaders from around the globe. This world-class conference is designed specifically for people leading design teams, or over-seeing design direction. It is curated and hosted by design transformation consultancy Clearleft.

beyond tellerrand – Berlin 2024

Berlin, Germany

Here we are. beyond tellerrand Berlin edition no. 9 after we started here in 2014. Join us for another dose of technology, creativity and the Web on two days on November 7 and 8, 2024. beyond tellerrand is the event, where design and technology meet!

PUSH UX 2024

Munich, Germany

PUSH UX is a lovingly crafted platform for hands-on design professionals, product minded innovators and creative technologists.

Pictoplasma on Tour London

London, United Kingom

Pictoplasma is going on the road! This November, the leading character design conference from Berlin heads to London for a dense 1-day programme of featured artist lectures, animation screenings and opportunities to connect with a local community of character experts and enthusiasts. Hosted by the prestigious Royal College of Art at their intimate Gorvy Theatre on Battersea Campus, this one-day event promises to deliver an inspiring deep dive into the creative worlds of leading talent and is an incentive to connect the vibrant scene of character creators from London.

Eastern European Design Festival

Vilnius, Lithuania

The festival focuses on the visual design of Eastern and Southern Europe, with the goal of expanding knowledge of design culture in the region and to unite the design community from across the continent. Eastern European Design Festival will take place in Vilnius on 16-18 November and in Warsaw on 20-23 November.

Grafixx

Antwerp, Belgium

Grafixx is a platform for the creation, presentation and dissemination of cartoons, illustration and graphics. Its activities are at the intersection of literature, visual and applied arts, with a specific focus on the development of creators and their networks.

International Assembly festival

Glasgow, Scotland

The festival will kick off on Thursday 28th November with a 1-day conference in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall featuring 10+ creative legends from around the world. Following the conference, the festival will move to the Glue Factory for the opening of the 2024 International Poster Exhibition and launch night!

CXO 2.0 Conference Dubai

Dubai, United Emirates

Introducing the CXO 2.0 Conference, a premier event designed for top executives, founders, directors, and innovators from established businesses and startups. This conference provides a platform for enhancing professional and personal skills, focusing on leadership, business growth, and more.