Conference Week 9 – The line up

This year is our 9th annual Conference Week and we have just secured the full line up for the week, so we thought it timely to give you all a little insight into all the speakers that we will be welcoming into our studios between Monday 10th & Friday 14th February . We have 24 professional designers, copywriters, advertisers, Illustrators, artist and all round creative doyens presenting to our undergraduate cohort and we all look forward to the creative high this will surely produce!

Please click on the links highlighted in red below each image for more information.

John Rushworth - Partner - Pentagram London

John Rushworth - Partner - Pentagram London


Jill Calder - Illustrator & calligrapher

Jill Calder - Illustrator & calligrapher


Alex Creamer - Design Director - Interbrand Australia

Alex Creamer - Design Director - Interbrand Australia

Interbrand – Australia (talk via Skype)


Abi Meats - Co founder - Rude London

Abi Meats - Co founder - Rude London


Garry Blackburn & Simon Elliott - Founders of Rose Design - London

Garry Blackburn & Simon Elliott - Founders of Rose Design - London


Mark Denton - Creative Boss - Coy Communications - London

Mark Denton - Creative Boss - Coy Communications - London

Coy Communications – London


Donna Payne - Creative Director - Faber & Faber

Donna Payne - Creative Director - Faber & Faber


Sam Lachlan & Dan Bowstead - Design Director & Senior Designer - Pearlfisher - London

Sam Lachlan & Dan Bowstead - Design Director & Senior Designer - Pearlfisher - London

Sara Ogilvie - Illustrator & Educator

Sara Ogilvie - Illustrator & Educator


Gary Westlake & Steve Bewick - Founders of Purple Creative - London

Gary Westlake & Steve Bewick - Founders of Purple Creative - London


Jessie Froggett & Matt Lurcock - Turner Duckworth - London

Jessie Froggett & Matt Lurcock - Turner Duckworth - London

Turner Duckworth – London


Kate Pankhurst - Illustrator

Kate Pankhurst - Illustrator

Kate Pankhurst – Leeds


Simon Sinclair - Creative Director, Copy writer & Brand Strategist

Simon Sinclair - Creative Director, Copy writer & Brand Strategist

Raving Adman – Cheshire


Mike Rigby - Global head of Brand - RGA NY

Mike Rigby - Global head of Brand - RGA NY


Nick Richie & Hazel Willey - UX&D Designers - BBC

Nick Richie & Hazel Willey - UX&D Designers - BBC

BBC UX&D – Salford


Simon Higby - Creative Partner NORD DDB - Sweden

Simon Higby - Creative Partner NORD DDB - Sweden

NORD DDB – Sweden


Tom Granger - Author - Illustrator & Designer

Tom Granger - Author - Illustrator & Designer

Draw Breath – Manchester

The Rev Jackson Whitehead - Chaplin & Typographic illustrator

The Rev Jackson Whitehead - Chaplin & Typographic illustrator


This years ticket designs - “cheap to those who can afford them..very expensive to those that can’t”

This years ticket designs - “cheap to those who can afford them..very expensive to those that can’t”