We’ve hit 5,000 tickets! 🥳
There’s just over 3 weeks to go, and 50% tickets already gone. Don’t miss out and book your tickets for talks and workshops now.
Grab your tickets here 👉 bdf.events
We don’t want to alarm anyone (or the BDF team) but there’s just 4 WEEKS to go until BDF! 😱
So go and check out the schedule, get talks saved in calendars and prepare for hands-on workshops. Workshops are already beginning to sell out…
Book your tickets 👉 BDF.EVENTS
I have a few prints left to give away - see last slide ⏭️
It was a joy to speak at @bdf_gather the other day! This is a story about cutting out flowers when I should have been doing other more important things 😅
📸 Event photos by @zach_red
Our second speaker at Gather was the incomparable @alicecaoillustration who brought plenty of smiles along with excellent knowledge and enthusiasm 🎉
Photos by @zach_red 📸
Our first speaker was the brilliant @christopherdayglass who spoke with eloquence about the deeply moving motivations and inspirations behind his work. Thank you Chris!
Photos by @zach_red 📸
BDF Gather: The Future is Analogue ✨
Some of the TC team headed into Brum last Thursday to hear from a strong line-up of creative speakers across glass, material research, illustration, collage and animation.
Great to hear such a range of approaches to making, process and experimentation in one space.
Get yourself along to the next Birmingham Gather event 👀
Big love to @designfestbrum@richwells@alicecaoillustration@christopherdayglass@sarah_earthli_projects
See you at the festival this summer ☀️
It was an absolute privilege to hear our trustee and renowned glass artist Christopher Day @christopherdayglass share the deep inspirations behind his powerful work at the Birmingham Design Festival Gather @bdf_gather
Christopher’s pieces are more than just glass art, they are vital conversations.
⚠️ Note: Some of the imagery shared in this presentation is sensitive in nature.
Want to see his mastery in person?
📍 Visit his work on display at Stourbridge Glass Museum.
🏆 Huge congratulations to Christopher for being accepted into the British Glass Biennale at the International Festival of Glass once again! Well-deserved.
#ChristopherDay #GlassArt #StourbridgeGlassMuseum #ContemporaryGlass #BritishGlassBiennale
TONIGHT! There’s still tickets available for this evening, so grab one online at BDF.events / link in our bio — or pay on the door (card only). We can’t wait to see you! There’ll be food from @badboywings , drinks from the @thecrossingdigbeth bar, books from @bhamdsgnshop & some freebies from @gfsmithpapers 🎉 doors are at 6pm, talks at 7pm sharp!
Meet the speaker!
Sarah (@sarah_earthli_projects ) is a design-researcher and creative facilitator who believes creativity can be the catalyst for positive change in response to current environmental, social and economic challenges. Her practice incorporates circular design principles and bio-fabrication processes to create new material alternatives for a range of spaces and applications.
She is the founder of Materials Club (@materials_club ), a community of creative independent researchers and Earthli Projects (@earthliprojects ), a future focused collaborative design studio. Her current work explores the relationship between materials, the human experience, and future environments, whilst questioning our current liner systems and the role of waste in our future material culture.
Tickets via the link in our bio 🎟️
Meet the speakers!
Rich Wells (@richwells ) is an artist, designer and illustrator based in Sheffield. He loves exploring the world with a camera, making collages and telling stories. He’s one of the founders of Printed By Us (@printedbyus ), a social enterprise that works with homeless and vulnerable people on their journey to recovery.
Tickets via the link in our bio 🎟️
