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


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


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


6:45 p.m.
Closing party