Jason Little (Co-Founder/Executive Creative Director,
For The People) talks about design, ethics and going global. Jason will be joining us live from Tasmania.
LDW Event #2 : 2PM on Zoom
Ayesha Islam (
The Covey Agency), a 2017 graduate and DMA Breakthrough winner, talks about her journey from college to a career in design.
LDW Event #3 : 2PM on Zoom
UX Professional
Poppy Reid and Emma Chapman (Product Designer at
whereismytransport.com) talk about their work in the world of digital design.
Tuesday
LDW Event #4 : 10.30 AM on Zoom
Former graduate Terry Smith talks about his career development, from Art Director at the Union in Edinburgh, to his current role as a Product Design at
Dyson in Bristol.
LDW Event #5 : 2PM on Zoom
Berlin-based Designer and Design Sprint pioneer Rob Hamblin shares insights from his work at
AJ&Smart and his new company,
betheleap.
Wednesday
LDW Event #6 : 10AM on Zoom
Gemma Gorton (D&AD Pencil 2020) &
Pav Vorobjovs (YCN 2019) chat about why we enter student design awards, and what it takes to win one.
LDW Event #7 : 2PM on Zoom
Ken Sjoberg (
Code Clan,
Peccadillo Pictures) discusses his ongoing personal film poster project, recently showcased by Adobe.
LDW Event #8 : 2PM on Zoom
Edinburgh-based freelancer Scott Boobis talks about his design process, including lettering, editorial and kinetic type.
Thursday
LDW Event #9 : 9.30AM on Zoom
Alvaro Sotomayor (Senior Creative Director at
W+K in Amsterdam) discusses the Corona Better World campaign, and then sets a one-day brief. Students will be organised into breakout rooms / small teams to work on the project, with input from guest designers during the day. Each team will do a short presentation of ideas to the group from 2.30-3.30PM.
Friday
LDW Event #10 : 10AM on Zoom
Former students offer up words of wisdom and discuss how the design world is changing. Natalie Loh (Designer,
Createfuture), Dan Plunkett and Steph Dalzell (Designers & Co-Founders,
Pretty Good Studio).