Talia Cotton

I’m judging you @d_and_ad #judge #dandad26

We’re excited to announce the next of our keynote speakers for NSSC 2026: @taliasaccount ❤️‍🔥📣 Talia Cotton is a designer, coder, and educator working at the intersection of branding and tech. She is the Founder & Creative Director of @cottondesigninc , an award-winning design and technology agency pioneering design through data and custom code. Prior to Cotton, Talia led the design and development of data-driven and algorithmic brand identities at Pentagram. Alongside her studio work, she also teaches coding and interaction design at Parsons School of Design and Harvard Graduate School of Design. A Young Guns Award recipient who has spoken in 17(!) countries, Talia brings a global, hands-on perspective to where branding and creative technology are headed. Her keynote is a must-see for anyone interested in algorithmic identities, data-driven design, and the future shape of our discipline. 🚀 Grab your tickets by 3/30/26 to secure your spot to see Talia at NSSC 2026, and stay tuned for more keynote speaker and judge announcements✨

Slang drunk words for @theeconomist special holiday issue. Happy new year to all!

🎧 AUDIOREACTIVE FESTIVAL POSTER SERIES WORKSHOP RESULTS 🎧 We’re excited to share the outcomes of a one-week workshop led by designer Talia Cotton (@taliacotton ) with second-year Media & Interaction Design students at @ecal_ch @ecal_mid ! Each student created a series of three audioreactive posters for a music festival of their choice — one for each headlining artist. Designed as part of a cohesive visual identity, the posters react in real time to the unique energy of each track, merging sound and design into a dynamic system. The workshop encouraged students to rethink the concert poster as a digital-first experience, fit for today’s social media formats. Through tools using live audio input and generative processes, students experimented with giving partial control to sound itself — letting the music shape the visual outcome. 🖥️ Assistant: Théo Déchanez / @theodechanez 🎥 Videographer: Achille Masson / @ac.hille 📸 Photographer: Marvin Merkel / @marvin.merkel 🎵 Projects in order of appearance: Benjamin Vermot / @benjaminvermot Marco Boumya / @moga.raw Matthieu Noël / @matth.noel Blendi Mazreku / @blen_di8 Léon Bonnet / @leonbonnet.ch Sacha Kaufmann / @lenskfm Francisco Iaconucci / @francis.irl_ Karim Kaba / @kree.eeeem Arthur Effront / @arthureffront Corentin Maurer / @co.rentin.m Jade Picard / @beesforaging Anais Polo / @_anaispolo Swipe to experience the visual rhythm! 🔊🌀

Talia Cotton #typographicsnyc 📷 @tipocracia_

LIVE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY it’s our new episode with the one and only @taliasaccount of @cottondesigninc ! Available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube!

New Episode with: @taliasaccount of @cottondesigninc tomorrow! She teaches us about code!

If you could change one thing in the world what would it be? 👇 During our conversation with Talia Cotton (@taliasaccount ), educator, designer and founder of Cotton Design (@cottondesigninc ) last year, she shared that she’d like to change the world by limiting the technologies people use and encouraging more real-life connections. Agree 💛 or disagree 🤔? Vote in the comments! #designleadership #taliacotton #globalchallenges #leadership #creative

New for @nytopinion :) Link to article in story. Comment “how to” for a process post! AD @breezebae.biz is the best.

Double illo + generative motion asset for the cover article in this weekend’s Sunday Times Opinion section. Always a pleasure to work with the hardworking crew at @nytopinion , this time led by the lovely Art Director @breezebae.biz ! The cover asset was fully generated by code to give it a real gravity effect. The motion asset uses code to spawn exponentially. Swipe to see how many images were exported to get to the final refined asset!

🔉 Had the pleasure of making some colorful generative mesh gradients for @nytopinion ‘s election meditation today. Stay calm out there! 🧘 DD @mr_augugliaro 🙏

The identity and website for @almostudio is a long time coming and a labor of love. ❣️ When the architecture duo approached me last year for a website and identity, one of the first things I learned about them is that their process is sometimes even more important than their final product: “We draw a lot as part of our process.,” they said in an early interview, “That’s one of the things that makes us different. We’re not just hands-on. We discover more about each project by drawing.” That concept alone birthed a total of sixteen (!) exploratory concepts, and led to an extended coding timeline to get the interactive to land—and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the product. Thanks to the immensely talented @anthonyvgagliardi and @dbooth for the openness to do something different, and the patience to make it work. More incoming 👉 @cottondesigninc