
The day in a nutshell:
1) Mainstage talks, panels, and moderated conversations
Deep cuts on mental health, education, outer space, new tech, women + sex
2) Workshops + how-to sessions
Risograph printing, stop-motion animation, protecting your work + not getting ripped off, funding your next big project like a pro
3) Design exhibitions + chill zone
PLUS one big secret announcement you’ll have to be there to experience
Program + Speakers
8:00 a.m. Registration; design fair + exhibitions open
Sign-up for workshops opens (first come, first served)
- Featured exhibition > In the Beginning: Early works by graphic designers
Co-curated by art director, author + educator Steven Heller and Eye on Design staff writer Madeleine Morley - VR viewing station, presented by Scenic
- Infoshop L.A., presented by Paper Chase Press: Contributor-based print projects that examine and interpret the role of design as a catalyst for change.
9:00 a.m. Mainstage presentations begin
- Welcome address: Emmet Byrne, design director, Walker Art Center
- Jessie Kawata, creative innovation strategist
- Gary Hustwit, filmmaker; co-founder, Scenic
- Panel > Design, creativity + mental health: Meg Lewis, partner, Ghostly Ferns; Qieer Wang, designer, animator + illustrator; Roxanne Kibben,
mental health expert
11:00 a.m. Breakout session
- Workshop > Risograph printing, presented by Clay Hickson + Liana Jegers, founders of Tan & Loose press (Capped to 25 participants)
Learn how to use a Risograph printer to make your own posters, prints, and zines. Workshop participants will create postcards that all attendees will take home—and thet’ll appear as a special insert in the next issue of The Smudge, too. - Workshop > Good work deserves good design: working with not-for-profit communities, presented by Adobe Creative Resident Jessica Bellamy, design justice infographic designer (Capped to 25 participants)
- Learn how to tell visual data stories to inspire policy change and mobilize information at the grassroots level. In this hands-on workshop, we will explore and apply principles of conscious and responsible design to a real-world infographic project. Topics covered are as follows: icon drafting, infographic composition, power dynamics in design, data framing, asset vs. deficit mapping, access to information, and grassroots design strategies. Learn how to map out infographic solutions for reaching and activating policy makers, people with resources, low-opportunity communities, and more. Participants will leave with an actionable list of design strategies, and with experience creating an infographic by hand.
- Presentation > Protect your work, get paid, and build strong client relationships, presented by Katie Lane, attorney and negotiation coach (open to all attendees)
12:30 p.m. Lunch break
2:00 p.m. Mainstage presentations
- Jon Burgerman, purveyor of doodles
- Panel > Design education, what is it good for? Eric Hu, director of design, Ssense; Erik Brandt, graphic designer + educator; department chair, MCAD; Hassan Rahim; designer, artist + art director
- Leta Sobierajski, graphic designer + art director; Wade Jeffree, graphic designer + art director
- Conversation > design + sex: Eva Goicochea, designer, co-founder + CEO, Maude; Hamish Smyth, partner, Order, publisher + co-founder, Standards Manual
4:15 p.m. Breakout session
- Workshop > Risograph printing, presented by Clay Hickson + Liana Jegers, founders of Tan & Loose press (Capped to 25 participants)
Learn how to use a Risograph printer to make your own posters, prints, and zines. Workshop participants will create postcards that all attendees will take home—and thet’ll appear as a special insert in the next issue of The Smudge, too. - Workshop > Good work deserves good design: working with not-for-profit communities, presented by Adobe Creative Resident Jessica Bellamy, design justice infographic designer (Capped to 25 participants)
- Learn how to tell visual data stories to inspire policy change and mobilize information at the grassroots level. In this hands-on workshop, we will explore and apply principles of conscious and responsible design to a real-world infographic project. Topics covered are as follows: icon drafting, infographic composition, power dynamics in design, data framing, asset vs. deficit mapping, access to information, and grassroots design strategies. Learn how to map out infographic solutions for reaching and activating policy makers, people with resources, low-opportunity communities, and more. Participants will leave with an actionable list of design strategies, and with experience creating an infographic by hand.
- Presentation > How to crowdfund your next creative project, presented by Alex Daly, “Crowdsourceress” + founder, Vann Alexandra (open to all attendees)
5:30 p.m. Mainstage presentations
- Panel > Women + illustration: Wendy McNaughton, illustrator; Ping Zhu,
illustrator; Julia Rothman, illustrator - Closing keynote > Mona Chalabi, data editor, The Guardian
6:45 p.m. Closing party