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Typography is the foundation of any design system
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:UX
- Topic:Typography
- Topic:Design systems
The seemingly basic fundamentals of typography have the power to elevate every single design system when utilized correctly. Elliot explores the ways in which thoughtful and deliberate typographic treatments can elevate a designer’s work at any level.
Elliot Jay Stocks
Designer
Margin Media
The art of not naming your layers
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Illustration
- Topic:Visual design
Inga Hampton explores the creative chaos behind her vector art in Figma. Discover her approach to blend modes, texture building, and masking, while embracing a fresh perspective on creativity—letting go of structure and finding confidence in imperfection. By stepping away from order, we are able to rediscover the joy and humanity in the creative process.
Inga Hampton
Product Designer & Illustrator
Raycast
Please, no glue on the cutting mat
- Theme:Design craft
- Topic:Illustration
- Topic:Visual design
This is how Annie Atkins found her feet in filmmaking. She'll share how she landed her first jobs with directors such as Wes Anderson and Steven Spielberg, as well as experiences like designing for Indiana Jones. At its core, her talk will be a series of funny (and sometimes painful) anecdotes about the mistakes she made as a young designer and how she found her way.
Annie Atkins
Graphic Designer & Author
Independent
About the speakers
Elliot Jay Stocks
Designer
Margin Media
Elliot Jay Stocks is a designer and author, known in typographic circles for his time as the Creative Director of Adobe Fonts, the co-creator of Google Fonts Knowledge, the founder of 8 Faces magazine, and the author of the award-winning Universal Principles of Typography (Quarto, 2024). Elliot has spoken at design events around the world and has had his work profiled in numerous publications. He previously co-founded the lifestyle magazine Lagom with his wife, and also records electronic music as Other Form.
Inga Hampton
She/herProduct Designer & Illustrator
Raycast
Inga Hampton is a designer from Northern Ireland and part of the Brand and Product Design team at Raycast. Known for creating vibrant, "over-complicated" art in Figma, she thrives on creativity and experimentation. Outside of work, she is pursuing her dream of creating a micro farm, renovating an old cottage, and being a donkey mom.
Annie Atkins
She/herGraphic Designer & Author
Independent
Annie Atkins has designed pieces for many Oscar-nominated-and-winning movies, such as Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel and Isle of Dogs, as well as Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies and West Side Story, and classic children’s films such as the latest Chicken Run and Indiana Jones movies. Her first book, Fake Love Letters, prompted Jeff Goldblum to write that “Annie makes the unreal seem hyperreal, and the real more supremely alive and utterly magical”. Her second book, Letters from the North Pole, was voted one of the best children's books of the year by the Sunday Times.