The Society offers a regular programme of talks designed to inspire, improve practice and encourage innovation. We cover a wide range of topics from design and associated disciplines to academic research, technology, processes and standards.
Our talks are usually monthly, with most still online via Zoom (recordings are posted in the talks archive). However, we are now offering quarterly in-person events in central London too.
Upcoming talks
There are no events.
Past talks
Recordings of the past talks are available for members here.
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Join us online via Zoom at 1pm GMT on Thursday 16 November ’23 to hear wayfinding designer Jaap Knevel share insights from his Master’s thesis, ‘There must be other ways’ which concluded a two year artistic research project at the Department of Visual Communication at Konstfack University in Stockholm, Sweden. Jaap discusses the lessons learned from engaging with different groups who challenge the norms of wayfinding design, shares the personal experiences that led him to question his creative preconceptions, and reflects on a series of experimental maps, signs, and pictograms he created as a reaction.
Read moreJoin us online or in person on the evening of 19 October for our autumn party. We have talks by Doug Rose and Sean Brereton, an informal celebration of the contributions made to the work of the Sign Design Society by three former Steering Group members. and the launch of the new edition of the Sign Design Guide.
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Read moreOur speakers Sander Baumann (/designworkplan) and Robin Howie (Fieldwork Facility) join us to share their varied and innovative approaches to using sustainable design in their placemaking and wayfinding work.
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In 2006, Michèl Verheem founded ID-LAB in Melbourne, Australia. At that time, designers in Australia were creating sign systems that looked good but didn’t always function as well as hoped, and the term “wayfinding” wasn’t that widely used.
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David Barrie describes some of the key navigational mechanisms animals use, including path integration, the use of the sun, moon and stars, the sense of smell, as well as the earth’s magnetic field.
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Join us at Franco Manca London Bridge from 5pm for an informal catch-up over a beer and maybe something to eat. With the twilight tour of the Borough Yards development starting at 6.15pm GMT.
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