Event categories: Third-party event

Date: 23 September 2026More info A talk by Paul Barnes on Scottish type, its historical contribution and ongoing influence on the world, to mark the release of Spectator. Can a typeface ever represent a country, or is this just something that graphic designers imagine? Does Helvetica really say Switzerland? Does Antique Olive look French? Is…

Date: 21 October 2026More info How do people actually navigate a space? How can designers make that journey clearer, more intuitive, and more accessible? Start your SEGD Conference experience in Kansas City with Wayfinding, Planning, and Design, a four-hour, hands-on Bootcamp. This bootcamp is focused on how people navigate complex environments and how designers can…

Date: 15 September 2026More info Join Crown Paints for a future-facing look at the cultural shifts, design thinking and emerging palettes. Colour is never just decorative. It shapes how spaces feel, how people connect and how design responds to the world around us. Join Crown Paints for the exclusive launch of Colour Insights 2027/28: a…

Start date: 15 September 2026End date: 17 September 2026More info Step inside the Good Growth Design Lab, an interactive exhibition that brings the Design Council’s latest Design Economy findings to life, revealing how design is powering economic growth, creating better places and services and helping businesses and communities thrive across the UK. Through compelling data,…

Date: 21 October 2026More info Designing accessible technologies and services plays a vital role in facilitating social and civic inclusion for people with diverse abilities; yet inclusion is equally vital to creating them. The methods through which research and design are conducted should themselves be inclusive, so that people with diverse abilities can participate as…

Date: 16 June 2027More info Bringing together thought leaders from the full spectrum of place – designers, researchers, developers and disruptors – Festival of Place is a day of visionary talks, workshops and walking tours. Be part of it! Our flagship annual conference brings together professionals working pan-industry in urban regeneration, place-based impact investing, social…

Start date: 2 February 2027End date: 3 February 2027More info Beyond delivering places, how do we make a positive social impact? An online conference that brings together professionals seeking to make a measurable and positive place-based impact.  Monday 2 February 11:00: Retrofit: The wider impact beyond building performance Evidence shows that many of the benefits of retrofit…

Start date: 20 October 2026End date: 22 October 2026More info Healthy City Design 2026 returns to the Lowry in Salford, Greater Manchester on 20–22 October 2026 under the theme “Breakdown or breakthrough?” The Congress will explore bold strategies that place health at the centre of urban transformation – bringing an interdisciplinary focus across research, investment,…

Date: 15 August 2026More info Join Erin Davis at the Museum of Printing for a hands-on experience in Letterpress Printing! This one-day 5-hour workshop is open to all levels of experience in letterpress printing. Students will print a poster using wood type from our collection and have the option of choosing a variety of preprinted backgrounds to complete…

Date: 16 July 2026More info Audible Futures is a roundtable bringing together architects, urbanists, and sonic practitioners to explore sound and listening as critical tools for advancing spatial justice. A dialogue between Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Ain Bailey, Nathalie Harb, Mhamad Safa, and Sumayya Vally, moderated by Gascia Ouzounian, considers how listening might expose structural inequalities, recover marginalised voices and urban histories, and reorient…