Dive into a thorough discussion on what makes some personal brands so influential and others not as much. We analyze cases like Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Kanye West, and discuss the critical components required for a strong personal brand.

A step-by-step guide to starting a design studio by Studio Output.

An inspiring look at how creativity can - and should - be harnessed for business success by the founder of Pixar.

Learn about IBM's philosophy

In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret.

AIGA Eye on Design covers the world’s most exciting designers—and the issues they care about. They’re published by AIGA, the professional association for design, the oldest and largest not-for-profit design organisation in the United States.

The way we each experience sound depends on so many unique factors, from tiny receptors in our ears to the way we were taught to communicate.

it opens up a whole new world for those who's just starting learning typographic rules, later on allows you to break those rules safely and have a solid understanding of that remote typographic universe

It’s Nice That believes passionately that creative inspiration is for everyone and by championing the most exciting creative work on our website and social channels, and through our events programme, we want to open up this world to the widest possible audience.

Endless Vital Activity is a podcast developed by creative studio Accept and Proceed, bringing you conversations to inspire radical action.

Fluent Format is a global B2B brand agency.

In this interactive session Dave Plunkett (Collaboration Junkie) will guide us through his DANCE framework for kick ass partnerships.

Hear how creators develop projects as we take you behind–the–scenes and share the processes of best in class designers.

Medium is a home for human stories and ideas. Here, anyone can share insightful perspectives, useful knowledge, and life wisdom with the world—without building a mailing list or a following first.

Learn how to set the text in your design projects beautifully accessible, making it reach and convince more people, while meeting legal requirements.

14 years of beyond tellerrand in Düsseldorf. Come in and join on 13 and 14 May 2024 for exciting two days. Sharing ideas, exchange with like-minded people about creativity, technology and anything Web. beyond tellerrand is the event, where design and code meet.

Discover the most innovative approaches to brand strategy from world-class creatives in a 4-day immersive learning expedition in London!

The Anatomy of 100 Essential Typefaces

Leadership Ateliers is a boutique event for early design leaders, or those transitioning into leadership. With only 80 spots available, the event delivers a range of classes and workshops that serve as training to jump start your path as a leader. Mix and match between 12 different classes and workshops and unlock a network of other design leaders and expert coaches. Share meals and drinks (included in the price) and attend a dedicated keynote from a star speaker (TBA).

Join us in the Experience Haus studio where we will explore the importance service design has for businesses across every industry.

Typewolf helps designers choose the perfect font combination for their next design project—features web fonts in the wild, font recommendations and learning resources.

Every brand has a voice. And yet, most of them are bland. Opening Line is a strategy & copy studio, giving brands a distinct point of view.

CreativeMornings is the world’s largest face-to-face creative community

Delivering impactful brands through meaningful design, animation and illustration.

A creative studio using Motion Thinking to build irresistible brands and compelling activations that stop people in their tracks.

Evoke is a multi award-winning brand design studio based in Brighton.

During this workshop the team at Good Habit will be sharing the processes behind their work for Penny. Penny's product is breathtaking. They have found a way to automatically find all your old misplaced pensions and then collate them into one place. An incredible offering for a generation who change their jobs on average every five years.

Type Thursday is a global meetup for type lovers.

International festival on art & design for animation, games, and VFX.

Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued. If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you’re a woman.

This year OFFF TLV will hold three stages showcasing inspiring international speakers.

Driftime® are a design and impact agency approaching the complex challenges of today with progressive brands and businesses to design an impact-driven digital future. Our mission is to empower social, environmental and economic impact through ethical strategy and digital design.

Founded by award-winning designer and creative director Tom Muller, Hello Muller is a design studio that helps innovators, storytellers and content creators make an impact on the cultural landscape through unifying narrative-led design and brand storytelling into compelling identities and experiences that inspire a global audience

Designmodo is an all-in-one solution to create website and email newsletter designs that impress and engage your subscribers and customers.

The 6-week type design programme that you’ve been waiting for starts on 4 June and ends 12 July 2024.

Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.

Your neighbourly Webflow Studio ready to make your design a reality.

EA creates and develops brands and visual identities for some of the world’s most influential and pioneering brands. Our belief is that good design can transform a business, and that the most effective and lasting work is the result of long-​​term partnerships.

Creative couple with 6+ years of international experience in the advertising industry, and a passion for pitches, concepting, storytelling and all things video related.

We are committed to shattering those barriers by sharing with you the processes used by freelancers, founders and teams. We care about sharing the story of people at all stages of their because we believe in elevating all voices, irrelevant of age, ability and background.

Identity Designed is a website and books devoted to the design of visual identities.

8 radical lessons from 150 of the world's most inspiring companies. This book explores the stories and strategies of companies that have successfully implemented highly progressive and employee-centered approaches to work.

A team of creative thinkers creating brands that people love!

brand & digital creative studio for innovative start-ups and wide-eyed visionaries.

e are a creative design firm in HCMC, Vietnam specialising in branding. At M–N Associates, we work with clients starting from initial strategy to execute design, content, customer experience and art direction to the finest production of every project.

We build low impact Shopify stores for e-commerce brands who care about people and planet. We believe that profit should never come at the expense of people or planet. As a Certified B Corp™ agency, we're on a mission to make a positive impact by working with like-minded clients and partners to sell more products in the right way.

riven by passion, we harness technology, creativity and sector expertise to amplify your purpose. During this workshop their brand lead, Paul Connor, will share the processes they use when developing brand identities.

Illustration for advertising, products, murals and more!

The go to newsletter for forward thinking product leaders.

egular Studio is an independent design agency based in London, specialising in branding, campaign & digital. During this workshop their co-founder, Josh Evans, will share the processes they use when developing brand identities.

A no-code/design podcast & my wonderful excuse to meet new people and chat about life.

Design is a way to engage with real content, real experience," writes celebrated essayist Michael Bierut in this follow-up to his best-selling Seventy-Nine Short Essays on Design (2007)

Daily curated newsletter for product people, UXers, PMs and frontend developers.

A playful and passionate team delivering diverse experiences to a client base worldwide.

OMGLORD is a curated directory and newsletter by Gabby Lord, sharing thoughts on design, creativity, and handy resources.

For over a decade BP&O has offered a distinctive point of view on brand identity design and packaging, carving out a space alongside legacy publishers.

Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers have relied on Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design.

Women Who Design is a Twitter directory of accomplished women in the design industry. It aims to help people find notable and relevant voices to follow on Twitter by parsing Twitter bios for popular keywords.

CARGO is a site builder designed to meet the various needs of creative professionals. There is (of course) single portfolio type use — but you can also design and publish a whole group of sites, each with its own purpose.

A must read for everyone who cares about driving customer engagement.

A weekly newsletter sharing useful apps, tools and websites related to art, design projects, technology, sustainability and culture.

The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Our 4-day immersive learning expedition will immerse you into London's tech and creative industry exploring the hottest trends!

e-flux was started by artists in 1999. Online, e-flux.com spans numerous strains of critical discourse in art, architecture, film, and theory, and connects many of the most significant art institutions with audiences around the world.

What really makes people glad to be alive? What are the inner experiences that make life worthwhile? For more than two decades Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi studied those states in which people report feelings of concentration and deep enjoyment.

Brainstorming is an activity that will help you generate more innovative ideas. It’s one of many methods of ideation—the process of coming up with new ideas—and it’s core to the design thinking process.

OIN US FOR 2 DAYS ON 3 STAGES WITH 40+ TOP CREATIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU WITH TALKS, HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS, INTERACTIVE FORMATS AND ENABLE YOU TO UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY.

Hatch is a 3 day event that feels more like a festival tailored for those who have been working as UXers, product designers, researchers, etc. for a few years and are figuring out what comes after that "senior" title. The event offers a combination of hands-on days and a multi-track conference, and focuses on letting you build relationships and connecting you to other designers in your category. To be able to attend, apply with your Linkedin profile.

Europe’s top multi-day, multi-track event for expert product & UX designers.

We are now committed to shattering those barriers by sharing with you the processes used by freelancers, founders and teams. Our in-person events will invite a curated collection of participants to walk you through their working methods so that you can learn from real world insight, experience and knowledge.

When you’re managing a rebrand, it’s essential to get the senior stakeholders onboard. But building a team from different areas of the business will make the work more cohesive and easier to implement.

Conference all about front-end, UX and design — for front-end developers and designers. With adventures into design systems, accessibility, CSS, JavaScript, web performance and cutting-edge techniques.

Smashing Magazine’s conference is coming to Freiburg, our home where it all started for Smashing Magazine, on September 9–11! Their conferences focus on web design and development, and are known for that friendly community atmosphere.

If Paul Rand was the most influential American graphic designer of the twentieth century, then Paul Rand: A Designer's Art is the most important on his work.

Design Systems International is a digital design consultancy that builds products at the speed modern business requires.

The feeling of not being ‘good enough’ is common in designers, and can hold your career back in so many ways. Understanding the causes and effects of imposter syndrome can help put it behind you.

Get ready to roll up your sleeves and dive into some awesome hands-on learning! With practical examples from various industries and a comprehensive checklist for designing complex UI components

The book is a step-by-step guide that helps you look at your studio critically — as a business as opposed to an artistic endeavor

In 2017, I built the first version of Design Calendar over a weekend while learning Webflow. It is a super powerful tool and very easy to learn. Since then I've used Webflow on hundreds of client projects and recommend it to everyone I mentor.

xcon vienna is an international platform for UX enthusiasts which provides high-value knowledge transfer and enlarges the network of young professionals.

POV Budapest invites top minds from a wide range of visual practices to share their work, their challenges and how they see the future unfolding in front of our eyes.

50 UX leaders head to the Alps for 2.5 days of soaking up content from international experts.

Being an intern can feel like an extended interview, where you’re under constant pressure to prove yourself. But try to relax. Embracing every challenge will help you find what you love while showing your value.

The role of motion in modern brands is obvious. Understanding the basics of briefing and managing the process will bring a new dimension to your work.

Designers might get the plaudits, but project managers are the unsung heroes behind successful work. Use these simple tips to show what you’re best at and your dream job in an agency could be closer than you think.

Forward Festival for Creativity, Design & Communication.

We can’t wait to be back for SmashingConf New York 2024 — our friendly and inclusive conference for designers and front-end developers. Boost your design and development skills, the smashing way.

Conference for designers and front-end developers. Boost your design and development skills, the smashing way.

Learn practical techniques for building accessible documents with InDesign, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and other tools widely used by creative professionals.

Design conference in sunny Faro, Portugal. Immerse yourself in a vibrant and friendly community of creative people. 30-minute talks on latest trends from renowned speakers Ample breaks and networking opportunities throughout the day Interactive sessions and engaging discussions that go beyond traditional presentations Social event in the evening to connect and relax in a fun and inspiring setting

Planning content is an important part of creating a website. To get the most out of a workshop session, you need to know what it’s for, who to bring and how to prepare.

he 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.

The theme of the festival “Bodies of Water” will look at the entanglement of life and water, the vital element for all known forms of life.

Conference on design & UX, for designers and UI engineers who love the web. On usability, design systems, product design and UX challenges. Boost your design skills, the smashing way.

Here we are. Our 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 is a full package for all senses: Explore our unique interactive project exhibition with more than 20 curated design and technology projects and experiments to get your hands on.

When feedback is objective, considered and based on the brief it’s more likely to get the results you need. But don’t ignore your gut instinct.

Master design and production techniques for social media, email, print, and beyond.

You’re ready to rebrand and it’s time to write the killer brief. What are the key elements an agency needs to do their most effective work?

Managing design projects can feel like the ultimate plate-spinning challenge. But careful planning, collaborative processes and a willingness to keep learning will help you squash the unknowns and stay in control.