Computer Arts - UK (2020-05)

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OFFSET DUBLIN

3-5 April, 2020

Dublin, Ireland

Fields covered: graphic

design, fashion, animation,

film, illustration,

photography, advertising,

print, type, motion, fashion,

architecture, sound

Year founded: 2009

Attendees: 2,500

iloveoffset.com

FORWARD FESTIVAL

16-17 April, 2020

Vienna, Austria

Fields covered: design,

graphic design, motion

design, photography, VR,

AR, architecture

Year founded: 2015

Attendees: 1,000-2,000

per city

forward-festival.com

FITC TORONTO

19-21 April, 2020

Toronto, Canada

Fields covered: design,

creativity, emerging

technology, illustration

Year founded: 2008

Attendees: over 1,000

fitc.ca/event/to20

OFFF BARCELONA

23-25 April, 2020

Barcelona, Spain

Fields covered: graphic

design, branding, illustration,

film, digital, web

Year founded: 2000

Attendees: 5,000

offf.barcelona

HOW DESIGN LIVE

4-7 May, 2020

Boston, US

Fields covered: graphic

design, creative leadership,

branding, packaging design,

experience design, marketing

Year founded: 1990

Attendees: 3,000

howdesignlive.com

PICTOPLASMA

13-17 May, 2020

Berlin, Germany

Fields covered: character

design in illustration,

animation, games and art

Year founded: 1999 as a

project; 2004 as an event

Attendees: 900 (conference);

20,000 (festival)

pictoplasma.com

D&AD FESTIVAL

19-21 May, 2020

London, England

Fields covered: advertising,

design, craft and culture

Year founded: D&AD Festival

started in 2016 (D&AD was

established in 1962)

Attendees: over 7,000

dandad.org

ADOBE 99U

CONFERENCE

New York City, US

3-5 June, 2020

Fields covered: graphic

design, product/experience

design, marketing/

advertising, illustration,

photography, creative

leadership, creative

entrepreneurship

Year founded: 2009

Attendees: 1,000

conference.99u.com

BIRMINGHAM DESIGN

CONFERENCE AND

FESTIVAL

5-6 June, 2020 (conference)

Birmingham, England

Area of creativity: graphic,

digital and product design

Year founded: 2018

Attendees: between 3,000

and 5,000 (festival);

500-1,000 (conference)

birminghamdesignfestival.

org.uk

BUMP FESTIVAL

Kortrijk, Belgium

19 June, 2020

Fields covered: digital

creativity, motion graphics,

graphic design ,creative

coding, UX

Year founded: 2016

Attendees: 800

bump-festival.be

ICON 11 THE

ILLUSTRATION

CONFERENCE

28 June-1 July, 2020

Kansas City, US

Fields covered: illustration

studio practice, inspiration,

education, business and

advocacy, graphic design, art

direction, fine art and motion

Year founded: 1999

Attendees: over 700

theillustrationconference.org

VISUAL PLAYGROUND

CONFERENCE

29-30 August, 2020

Bucharest, Romania

Area of design covered:

illustration, animation,

graphic design and lettering

Founded: 2010

Attendance: 400

visualplayground.ro

LONDON DESIGN

FESTIVAL

12-20 September, 2020

Citywide across London with

the official Festival hub at

V&A Museum

Fields covered: architecture,

digital, graphic design,

product, materials and

technology

Founded: 2003

Attendees: over 1.1m in 2019

londondesignfestival.com

DESIGN THINKING

CONFERENCE

8-9 October, 2020

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fields covered: experimental

design, lateral thinking

Year founded: 2017

Attendance: n/a

designthinkingconference.com

AIGA DESIGN

CONFERENCE

12-14 November, 2020

Pittsburgh, US

Fields covered: graphic

design, branding, user

experience design, future

of design

Year founded: 1985

Attendees: 1,800

designconference.aiga.org

DESIGN MANCHESTER

5-15 November, 2020

Location: Manchester,

England

Fields covered: graphic

design, motion, illustration,

sound, culture

Year founded: 2013

Attendees: 1,100 (conference)

75,000 city visitors

designmcr.com

GLUG EVENTS

Various dates throughout

the year

Global city locations

Fields covered: digital

creativity, motion graphics,

graphic design, illustration,

animation, UX design

Year founded: 2004

glugevents.com

DESIGN INDABA

2021 dates tbc

Cape Town, South Africa

Fields covered: fashion,

graphic design, branding,

engineering, performance art,

installations, visual identity,

technology, illustration,

architecture, advertising,

wearables, green tech

Year founded: 1995

Attendees: over 20,000

designindaba.com

FITC AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM

22-23 February, 2021

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fields covered: design,

creativity, emerging

technology, illustration

Founded: 2008

Attendees: 600

fitc.ca

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