Future speaking events
Want me to speak at your event?
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SmashingConf Freiburg
4thโ6th September 2023
Freiburg, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช

Past speaking events
I’ve been fortunate enough to speak at over 70 design conferences and workshops all around the world, from intimate gatherings in the upstairs of a pub to stages in front of thousands of attendees — and everything in-between. The list below is comprehensive, but may contain broken URLs.
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All Flows
11thโ12th May 2023
Milton Keynes, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Letter Luvvers
22nd March 2023
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Universal Principles of Typography (online workshop for SmashingConf)
2ndโ16th March 2023
online (via Freiburg, Germany) ๐ฉ๐ช -
SmashingConf SF
21st June 2022
San Francisco, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
Birmingham Design Festival
10th June 2022
Birmingham, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
beyond tellerrand #axbt
19th May 2022
Hamburg, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช -
Stay Curious
How to Be Wildly Unsuccessful
21st April 2021
online (via Dรผsseldorf, Germany) ๐ฉ๐ช -
Type Directors Club NYC
All-day workshop
[Cancelled due to Covid]
New York, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
Type Directors Club NYC
Evening talk
[Cancelled due to Covid]
New York, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
ClearScore
Private typography workshop
27th February 2020
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Darrick Wood High School (private)
19th September 2019
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Pixel Pioneers warm-up
7th June 2019
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Panel @ Soho House
Can hygge, meraki, or lagom make you happy?
15th April 2019
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Ignite NI lunchtime session
8th April 2019
Belfast, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Before UpFront
21st March 2019
Manchester, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
MK Geek Night
13th September 2018
Milton Keynes, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
TYPO Berlin
19th May 2018
Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช -
Reasons to:
3rd September 2017
Brighton, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Advanced Typography for the Web & Print (workshop)
28th June 2017
Berlin ๐ฉ๐ช -
Advanced Typography for the Web & Print (workshop)
25th April 2017
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Reasons:London
17th February 2017
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Advanced Typography for the Web & Print (workshop)
3rd February 2017
London, UK (private) ๐ฌ๐ง -
Advanced Typography for the Web & Print (workshop)
10th January 2017
Zagreb, Croatia ๐ญ๐ท -
We Love Graphic Design
1st October 2016
Copenhagen, Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ -
MakingWeb 2.16
22nd September 2016
Oslo, Norway ๐ณ๐ด -
Yggdrasil
11th โ 12th April 2016
Sandefjord, Norway ๐ณ๐ด -
Design+ Ethics
6th April 2016
ETC, London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Blend Web Mix
28th & 29th October 2015
Lyon, France ๐ซ๐ท -
PAPERarts
2nd March 2015
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Reasons To Be Creative
20th February 2015
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Break
12th โ 14th November 2014
Belfast, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Ideas on Paper
4th February 2015
Nottingham, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Generate
26th September 2014
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
The Type Directors Club
22nd July 2014
New York, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
Kerning
5th โ 6th June 2014
Faenza, Italy ๐ฎ๐น -
TYPO San Francisco
10th โ 11th April 2014
San Francisco, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
(R)evolution
27th September 2013
Shrewsbury, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Smashing Conference
9th โ 11th September 2013
Freiburg, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช -
Reasons To Be Creative
2nd โ 4th September 2013
Brighton, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Beyond Tellerrand
6th โ 8th November 2017
Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช -
Creative Liverpool
4th April 2013
Liverpool, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Responsive Day Out
1st March 2013
Brighton, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
HD Live
1st November 2012
Hull, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Ampersand 2012
15th June 2012
Brighton, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
TYPO Berlin: Sustain
17th โ 19th May 2012
Berlin, Germany ๐ฉ๐ช -
Multipack Presents...
11th February 2012
Birmingham, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
An Event Apart San Francisco 2011
12th โ 14th December 2011
San Francisco, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
Flash on the Beach 2011
11th โ 14th September 2011
Brighton, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Insites Tour: Bristol
21st July 2011
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Interlink Conference 2011
2nd โ 4th June 2011
Vancouver, Canada ๐จ๐ฆ -
Brand Perfect Tour
25th May 2011
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Future of Web Design London 2011
16th โ 18th May 2011
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
New Adventures in Web Design 2011
20th January 2011
Nottingham, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Brooklyn Beta 2011
21st & 22nd October 2010
Brooklyn, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
FrontEnd 2010
1st - 2nd September 2010
Oslo, Norway ๐ณ๐ด -
Ulster Festival of Art & Design
16th June 2010
Belfast, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Web Source East
26th March 2010
Norwich, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Future of Web Design London 2010
17th - 19th May 2010
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
University of the West of England
28th April 2010
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Future of Web Design New York 2009
16th November 2009
New York, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
Web Developers Conference 2009
21st October 2009
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Web Directions South 2009
6th October 2009
Sydney, Australia ๐ฆ๐บ -
Future of Web Design Tour 2009
9th September 2009
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Twiist.be
15th May 2009
Leuven, Belgium ๐ง๐ช -
Future of Web Design London 2009
1st May 2009
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
South by Southwest 2009
12th March 2009
Austin, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
Web Directions North 2009
2nd February 2009
Denver, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
Oxford Geek Night X
21st January 2009
Oxford, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Web Developers Conference 2008
12th November 2008
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Spletne Urice
29th October 2008
Ljubljana, Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ -
Skillswap Brighton
20th August 2008
Brighton, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Future of Web Design London 2008
17th April 2008
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Future of Web Design New York 2007
7th November 2007
New York, USA ๐บ๐ธ -
Skillswap Bristol
25th September 2007
Bristol, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
London Design Festival 2007
17th September 2007
London, UK ๐ฌ๐ง -
Oxford Geek Night 3
25th July 2007
Oxford, UK ๐ฌ๐ง