⇾ Article About the Work of Brendan Dawes

Right after the last Düsseldorf event I wrote about Brendan Dawes’ design for beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2026. His generative posters, one unique piece per speaker, the opening titles and all the wonderful things he created for me.

Now Derivative have published a great and long interview with Brendan about his practice, his path from a seaside arcade and a Sinclair ZX81 to MoMA and also how he built those posters in TouchDesigner.

He explains the whole system: deterministic sketch-lines seeded by each speaker’s name, type chosen by that same seed, every past speaker from fifteen years shuffled into the background (has anyone actually spotted this?) and a serial number in the corner so he can recreate any poster exactly.

He describes beyond tellerrand as “always a lens to see the world differently”, which is just about the loveliest thing anyone could say about it. Thanks Brendan.

A great read on play, systems and working with data as a material!

⇾ Read “Becoming Something Else: Brendan Dawes on Play, Systems, and TouchDesigner” here