Event categories: Third-party event

Date: 11 November 2025More info This lecture shares the remarkable story of an overlooked map archive that reveals how maps have helped inspire some of the greatest scientific discoveries, but also led to terrible atrocities. At the heart of University College London, nestled in the centre of Bloomsbury, lies a long-forgotten map library packed with…

Start date: 17 October 2025End date: 19 October 2025More info Utopian Hours returns to Turin as Europe’s leading festival dedicated to city making and urban innovation. Three days packed with inspiration: masterclasses, talks, workshops, roundtables, and exhibitions. Recipes and case studies from around the world show how urban (and social) innovation happens — and how the…

Date: 20 November 2025More info Join us for a special evening with internationally acclaimed graphic artist Anthony Burrill. Anthony Burrill is renowned for his ability to distill ideas into simple yet striking forms. Combining analogue craft with bold, optimistic messages, his work communicates with clarity and impact. Burrill frequently collaborates with forward-thinking practitioners across music, architecture, curation, education, and…

Date: 30 October 2025More info Yeah, type is cool but have you ever typed something that truly represented you as a living, creative soul on this godforsaken lump of rock? Harriet Richardson is a London-based artist and writer whose practice spans performance, photography, and diaristic storytelling. Her work often begins with the handwritten (or hand…

Date: 14 November 2025More info Ethan Kent, Gilbert Rochecouste and Emma Hall, some of the world’s leading placemaking leaders, invite you to an inspiring, transformative and practical masterclass. This day will explore the next evolution of placemaking, helping you to create loveable and thriving places for all. Regenerative Placemaking provides a new approach to transforming…

Date: 18 November 2025More info A workshop exploring what healthy placemaking means in the UK in the context of the Healthy Hospitals KTP a partnership between LMU and NUH. This impact-focused workshop will bring together researchers, designers, clinicians, and policymakers to explore how our urban environments, particularly in healthcare, shape experiences of care , and…

Date: 27 October 2025More info Type Tourist with David Quay explores the rich heritage of urban and vernacular signs and lettering in our cities and towns.  [This event is free-of-charge, but please register to attend.]

Date: 25 March 2026More info Join sustainable transport experts from across the UK and beyond. The changes we make to our streets today will be with us for decades. The Summit will focus on how we plan today for streets that are fit for the future. We will discuss how to ensure that people walking…

Start date: 23 October 2025End date: 24 October 2025More info We are thrilled to announce the first fully dedicated conference to the topic of fonts and artificial intelligence. The idea for this conference was born in one of the panels of our Font Business conference earlier this year, and so we’ve decided to make it…

Date: 14 October 2025More info French flooring brand Tarkett has collaborated with design research agency FranklinTill to host this conference, the second event in their Inspire Circular series. The afternoon of talks explores the future of materials and designing for circularity, addressing all aspects of the design process, including research, breakthroughs and failures, and the creation of…