An official event of San Francisco Design Week

Visual Media Alliance presents a full-day conference featuring stories of design across all media held during the 2018 San Francisco Design Week. Come and be inspired by creative thinkers, fascinating speakers, exhibitors, and industry experts.

Everything from knowing when to apply a “less is more” approach to jump-starting inspiration and designing for impact to finding consistency within your brand and harnessing the power of storytelling (and so much more) is on offer in these jam-packed, leading-edge sessions. Lunch will be served and exhibitors will be on-hand throughout the day to showcase the latest design industry technology.
 
Special group rates are available for parties of 8 or more, contact Laura Vargas at VMA, 415-495-8242.

Customer Service concerns and/or questions, please contact VMA, 415-495-8242 

To enter Bespoke before 10 am – check out map: here

  
MORE INFORMATION

http://designconf.vma.bz/
 
 
 
SPEAKERS + TALKS

KELLI ANDERSON
Artist, Designer, Tinkerer, and Author of “This Book is a Planetarium” and “This Book is a Camera Pop-Up Book”
“The Hidden Talents of Everyday Things”

JESSICA BELLAMY
GRIDS: The Grassroots Information Design Studio
Founder & Infographic Designer
“Good Work Deserves Good Design: Social Entrepreneurship and the Adobe Creative Residency” 

EMILY MEINHARDT
Google
Art Director
“Talking with Pictures”

STEVE DECKER
Zooka Creative
CEO
“Designing the Future”

CHRIS DO 
The Futur & Blind, Inc.
Founder, Director, Designer, Strategist, and Educator
“Overlap—The Surprising Intersection Between Story, Branding, and UX Design”

CLAUDIO GUGLIERI
Microsoft
Designer & Creative Director
“Making Technology More Natural”

SHERINE KAZIM
Sherine Kazim Design
Product Strategist and Experience Designer
“Design Ethics and Emotive Experiences”

RUDI O’MEARA
Sequitur
Founder
“Make the Logo Smaller”

EDMUNDO ORTEGA
Sequitur
Brand Specialist & Spirit Guide
“Make the Logo Smaller”

MARINA POROPAT JOYCE 
Author, “Designing for Print”

ERIC RODENBECK
Stamen Design
Founder & Creative Director
“Inviting Inquiry and Exploration Through Data Visualization”

MARK SCHWARTZ
Social Media Trackers
Founder
“What Makes You Click”

TRISH WITKOWSKI
Fold Factory
Founder
“That’s Fold-tastic!”

LAUREN ELLIOT*
Wicked Good Print Productsion
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TALKS

For details on talks, please visit website at designconf.vma.bz.
  
  
  
EXHIBITORS

Adamich Chiropractic
Andresen
Bay Digital
Canon
Commerce Printing
CTI Paper USA
“Designing for Print”
Domtar
GMG Color
International Paper
Konica Minolta
The Navigator Company
Neenah Paper
On Line Bindery
Pacific Standard Print
Polyart
Ray Morgan Company
Rods and Cones
Sappi
Scodix
Spicers Paper
The Futur
Visual Media Alliance
Xerox

Would you like to exhibit at our event?
Contact us at jfrey@vma.bz.

Talking with Pictures