Creative ambition - It may not be easy, but it will be worth it!

Named by Creative Review as one of the Top 50 Creative Leaders (2017) & by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 100 Disruptive Entrepreneurs innovating in their respective fields (2017) Pip Jamieson, Founder of creative community The Dots (www.the-dots.com) will give a very honest account of the highs, lows and burn-out points that have gone into making The Dots are reality. From quitting her dream job at MTV, sinking her life savings into co-founding her first creative business in Australia - which she grew into the leading professional networking platform for creatives in the region - to exit and then launching The Dots in the UK.

An entrepreneur with a distinctive marmite laugh (you either love it or hate it) Pip will give a very honest account of the 10 invaluable lessons she's learnt along the way.

Vague But Exciting

These three words are etched into the history of the World Wide Web. I think these three words leave a legacy for the Web and can teach us a lot about how we design and build products. We’ll delve deep into the art of prototyping and learn how to do it well.

Type with character(s) – reclaiming control over OpenType fonts

The introduction of OpenType fonts in 2000 offered designers a rich and sophisticated typographic repertoire. The number of typefaces that support advanced typographic features has grown exponentially over the years. And yet software applications offering typesetting capabilities still fail to provide an adequate font interface. As a result, much of their potential for both print and the web remain untapped. Yves will help you unlock that potential and elevate your typography to higher levels.

Exclusive Design

The Web is here for everybody. This means that we can make stuff that works for spoiled brats like myself, and at the same time removes hurdles for people with disabilities. By using super clever ideas like the Inclusive Design Principles we can build stuff that’s true to the nature of the web, that truly works for everyone.

I wanted to know what happens when you reverse these Inclusive Design Principles. What happens when you design exclusively for someone with very specific needs, for instance a blind person? I’m working on a few experiments with tailor made webdesign and will share the results with you. Can Design for One help us create better designs for all?

Teams Cultures and Design Systems

At the heart of every purposeful and coherent design there's a set principles — a shared criteria for what good design means for a particular team and product.

In this talk Alla is going to share insights from her long-term research on what makes effective design principles, how to define them, and how principles manifest through design patterns.

Success

In his talk Snook is asking (and maybe answering) the following questions:

• What does it mean to be successful?
• How does one become successful?
• What does one do to help others be successful?
• What comes after becoming successful?