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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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MAC Arts Markets

hosted by mac Birmingham

Sun 3 Jul 2022

11am - 5pm

Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham

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Makers Summer Market

hosted by Makers Market Midlands

Sat 9 Jul 2022

10:30am

Stourbridge

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The Migrant Festival

hosted by Ikon Gallery

Thu 14 Jul – Sun 17 Jul 2022

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

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Birmingham 2022 Festival

hosted by Common Wealth Games 2022

Tue 1 Mar – Fri 30 Sep 2022

Throughout Birmingham

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Exhibitions

David Batchelor - Colour Is

hosted by Compton Verney

Sat 25 Jun – Sun 2 Oct 2022

Compton Verney, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ

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The Creative City Exhibition

The Creative City

hosted by Birmingham Design Festival

Fri 12 Nov – Wed 16 Nov 2022

Bullring Birmingham

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Morag Myerscough

hosted by Compton Verney

Tue 15 Mar – Fri 12 May 2023

Compton Verney, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ

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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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