Events

Talks, workshops, exhibitions; a feast for the eyes and ears, have a gander at upcoming events we think you’ll love.

This list is curated by the Birmingham Design team from events hosted by the local community.

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Birmingham Experience Design #3

hosted by BHXD

Wed 4 Mar 2020

6:30pm

Alpha Tower, City Centre

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BCU Type Talks: Bec Hill

hosted by Type Talks

Thu 12 Mar 2020

6:00pm

Curzon Building, BCU

Cancelled

Glug Birmingham #12 – Play!

hosted by Glug Birmingham

Thu 12 Mar 2020

7:00pm

Mama Roux's, Digbeth

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Glug Birmingham #13

hosted by Glug Birmingham

Tue 7 Apr 2020

7:00pm

Mama Roux's, Digbeth

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BCU Type Talks: Hannah Dickens

hosted by Type Talks

Thu 30 Apr 2020

6:00pm

Curzon Building, BCU

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Flatpack Festival 2020

hosted by Flatpack

Tue 5 – Sun 10 May 2020

10:00am

Birmingham

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BDF Conference 2020

hosted by Birmingham Design Festival

Fri 5 – Sat 6 Jun 2020

11:00am

BCU Parkside

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Grand Designs Live

hosted by Grand Designs

Wed 7 – Sat 10 Oct 2020

9:00am

NEC, Birmingham

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Exhibitions

Meryl McMaster: As Immense as the Sky

hosted by Ikon Gallery

Wed 4 Dec – Sun 23 Feb 2020

Ikon Gallery

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Birmingham Revolutions – Power to the People

hosted by BMAG

Sat 7 Dec – Fri 4 Sep 2020

Museum & Art Gallery

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Regular events to watch out for

There are some great, regular design events happening throughout the year in the West Midlands. Here’s what to watch out for.

Glug Birmingham crowd

Glug Birmingham

A quarterly gathering of creative folk with talks, drinks and Digbeth Dining Club.

Ladies, Wine & Design

Quarterly events aimed at designers who identify as a woman.

Flux

A free bi-monthly meet up about UX design featuring talks from speakers with pizza and beer thrown in.

BCU Type Talks

A series of contemporary design talks and typographic film screenings from the School of Visual Communication, ADM, BCU.

Canvas Conference

Insider stories from product people. Digital product and experience design conference produced by 383.

Birmingham Design Festival

An annual celebration of design held across the city in June.

BHXD

Birmingham Experience Design – quarterly events for the User-Centred digital design community in and around the Midlands.

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