It’s an exciting and busy year for creatives all over the world. Innumerable different events pertaining to graphic design, 3D effects, web design and typography are taking place in different parts across of the globe. Some of the more famous and important ones are discussed below:
An Event Apart: A great event for web designers who are interested in coding and content
• Date: Organized throughout the year at different places. 1st event from 17-19 February at Atlanta
• Location: Atlanta, Washington DC, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, San Diego
• Meant for: Web designers
It is an extremely prestigious design event that takes place in different cities across the US. The first event of 2014 will take place in Atlanta this week. “An Event Apart” was founded by creative thinkers Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer and includes everything from code to content and UX to graphic design. It’s a two day conference aimed at web designers who are really passionate about different standard-based web designs.
Design Indaba: An inspiration for upcoming designers of Africa
• Date: To be held from 26-28 Feb 2014
• Location: South Africa
• Meant for: Designers of all disciplines
It is an inspiring event that offers a chance to creatives of Africa to showcase their talent and also get a chance to be trained under experienced designers through workshops. It is held annually in Cape Town and features the best of creative individuals from all over the world. This is an event that focuses more on innovation, ingenuity and emerging talents.
Impact: An event exclusively for branding design
• Date: 6 March
• Location: London
• Meant for: Anyone creative individual working in design and advertising industry.
This event brings together some of the most talented and high-profile designers of branding and advertising. It is held in London’s South Bank and organized by Computer Arts magazine. Impact is all about the art of achieving excellence in branding and the different ways of gaining success and maintaining consistency in this field. Brand visionaries from top-notch companies like Coca-Cola and Tesco, plus international agencies like Wolff Olins, Johnson Banks and AKQA, will share their secrets. A must for creatives who wish to make a mark in the world of branding design!
SxSW Interactive: A must for web designers, tech enthusiasts
• Date: 7-11 March
• Location: Austin, Texas
• Meant for: Web and app designers
This event was started in 1987, with the objective to create common meeting place for creative and tech savvy people and the companies they work with and help develop their careers. This is also a great event to share ideas and thoughts, and bring together people from different areas from all over the world. This event attracts more than 32,000 tech enthusiasts every year especially the ones interested in networking with digital designers and the tech community in general.
Typo Berlin / San Francisco / London: To be held in 3 different places with almost 1500 participants and more than 60 speakers this is an event to look out for
• Date: 15-17 March (Berlin), April 10-11 (San Francisco), 19-20 October (London)
• Location: Berlin, San Francisco, London
• Meant for: Designers of all disciplines
TYPO conference is one of the most creative events and consists of lectures from experts from the designing industry; workshops and panels on four stages over three days.
OFFSET 2014: This is specifically Ireland's biggest design conference
• Date: 21-23 March
• Location: Dublin
• Meant for: Designers of all disciplines
Started just four years ago, OFFSET has become one of the world’s most important events in the field of art and design. This event is visited by creatives from all over the world including Irish and other International designers, animators, photographers, illustrators and advertisers. This is a great place to learn about the inspiration, the works and get insights into the practices and habits of world-renowned designers.
Beyond Tellerrand: A design event that is affordable and extremely friendly with a number of important workshops
• Date: 19-21 May
• Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
• Meant for: Graphic and web designers
Beyond Tellerrand is considered one of the most affordable design events in Europe. The event hosts remarkable talks about design and technology and is visited by inspiring and celebrated speakers. This year include the likes of Jessica Hische, Karen McGrane Jonathan Snook, Dan Mall and.
Kerning: An event exclusively for enthusiastic typographers
• Date: 5-6 June
• Location: Faenza, Italy
• Meant mainly for: Typographers
Kerning is a one day workshops and also a conference that showcases some of the most influential typographers including Elliot Jay Stocks, Ellen Lupton, Simone Wolf and Vincent Connare.
Generate New York: The first event to be organized this year and early bird tickets still available
• Date: 20 June
• Location: New York
• Good for: Graphic designers/Web designers
This is the first event to be organized in New York in conjunction with net magazine. Though the very first one, this event already has some celebrated speakers lined up including Ethan Marcotte, Karen McGrane and Brendan Dawes. The occasion also promises some great workshops.
SIGGRAPH / SIGGRAPH Asia: A world renowned event and a huge hit with 3D Designers
• Date: 10-14 August (Vancouver); 19-22 November (Hong Kong)
• Location: Vancouver & Hong Kong
• Meant for: 3D designers
Siggraph is a veer popular event amongst 3D designers and really influential and important 3D designers gather for a three-day event to discuss the latest hardware and software. A great learning experience for anyone interested in 3D Designing!