designTRIPS - Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

Join designTrips for a jam-packed week, including three days at the Tokyo Art Book Fair, where you can enjoy book signings, lectures and workshops. You will also visit the Nippon Design Center to exchange work and ideas with Kenya Hara and his team. You will then take a walking tour of Shibuya, which will include a private lecture by Ian Lyman on the history of Japanese graphic design. Finally, you will share tea with the team from Troublemakers magazine. The itinerary also includes visits to museums, galleries and studios, as well as an evening immersed in the interactive world of TeamLab Planets.

Tokyo Design Forum

Tokyo, Japan

The inaugural edition of the Tokyo Design Forum is a small, independent gathering of 50 designers, founders and builders who are actually shipping products. The value lies not just in the talks. It's about being in the room with each other.

Speakers

  • Maheen Sohail
  • Dára Sobaloju
  • Drew Wilson
  • Wakana Sakai
  • Ben Huffman
  • Michael Flarup
  • Kurt Varner
  • Morgan Knutson
  • Gabriel Valdivia
  • Clara Aparisi
  • Rogie King
  • Brian Lovin

Tokyo Design Forum trailer

MOUVO 11

Prague, Czech Republic

Experience groundbreaking visual creations, inspiring lectures, and thought-provoking discussions in entirely new dimensions. See you in 2026 at Prague’s awarded digital art conference MOUVO!

SmashingConf Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

SmashingConf Amsterdam 2026 🇳🇱, April 13–16 — UX, front-end, design systems, accessibility, and dataviz, all with Amsterdam views, fun, and gezelligheid!

OFFF Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

OFFF Barcelona is a leading international festival dedicated to creativity, art and digital design. Founded in 2001, it has grown to become the largest gathering of contemporary creative talent, attracting designers, artists, technologists and visionaries from around the world to share their creative processes and explore the future of the global creative industry.

UX Rotterdam

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Get inspired and connect with the best in the business at UXRotterdam 2026, the premier event for user experience, product, and innovation professionals. Join over 650 UX professionals from across Europe to explore the latest trends and expand your network. This is your chance to hear from global leaders at companies like Porsche, Miro, and Ikea and bring new ideas back to your team.

Speakers

  • Ivo Van Hulten
  • David Oldenburg
  • Natalia Marmalejo
  • Julia Bastian
  • Jeroen Van Geel
  • Hector Ayuso
  • Serena Westra
  • Emma Craig
  • Alvin Chan
  • Wouter Dirks
  • Titta Jylkäs
  • Flaminia Del Conte
  • Peter Boersma
  • Eelco Van Collenburg
  • Jeroen Den Uijl
  • Saskia Mosterman
  • Henk Haaima
  • Alain Dujardin
  • Amrita Joerawan
  • Diantha Boll
  • Bart Jan Steerenberg
  • Maarten Reijgersberg

UX Rotterdam trailer

22nd Pictoplasma Conference

Berlin, Germany

In its 22nd edition, the world’s leading conference on contemporary character-driven creativity sets its focus on storytelling: How can characters act as narrative devices that shape emotion, identity, and meaning – beyond affect, empathy, or cuteness?

All Flows 2026

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

All Flows is an annual event in Milton Keynes (UK) that brings together global talent to spark ideas, foster conversations, and inspire fresh perspectives. Since its inception in 2023, All Flows has welcomed an international lineup of visionary speakers, industry leaders, and creative pioneers, attracting attendees from across the UK, Europe, and the Rest of the World. It’s quickly become one of the UK’s leading festivals for the creative community.

All Flows 2026 trailer

CXI Brand Conference

Bielefeld, Germany

The 16th edition of CXI Brand talks! CXI is a one-day corporate and brand 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.