DesignThinkers Conference

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Back in person in 2022 after two years of having the conference presented virtually, DesignThinkers is a journey into the creative process and a celebration of strategic design thinking. 

 

Recordings of past DesignThinkers Conferences going back to 2011 are available to RGD Members in the members-only section of this website.

 

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For more information on our upcoming DesignThinkers Conferences, visit designthinkers.com.

 

  • Design Partner: Sid Lee

     

    Speakers:

    • Cey Adams
    • Eleni Beveratou
    • Alex Center
    • Lisa Enebeis
    • Theresa Fitzgerald
    • Calina Franz-Hernandez
    • Tom Froese
    • Lauren Gonzalez
    • Tom Hingston
    • Stephanie Lola
    • Debbie Millman
    • Pum Lefebure
    • Thas Naseemuddeen
    • Dominic Prevost
    • Mustaali Raj
    • Laurie Rosenwald
    • Diana Varma RGD
    • Ola Volo
    • Matt Webb
  • DesignThinkers 2022 TO

    October 27th - 28th, 2022

    Meridian Hall


    Design Partner: DDB

     

    Speakers:

    • Bráulio Amado
    • Dominic Ayre RGD
    • Archie Bagnall
    • Matteo Bologna
    • Julian Brown RGD
    • Kaila Jacques and Rodrigo Calderon
    • Alex Center
    • Chuck Chan
    • Ying Chang
    • Maurice Cherry 
    • Hector Crespo
    • Jolene Delisle
    • David Di Benedetto
    • Tom Foley
    • Christine Caruso & Lionel Gadoury RGD
    • Magued Hanna RGD
    • Kevin Hawkins
    • Eric Hu
    • Silas Munro & Brian Johnson
    • Gene Lee
    • Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima
    • Marjorie Malpass
    • Wendy Millard RGD
    • Ana Rita Morais
    • Terresa Moses
    • Morag Myerscough
    • David Nuff RGD
    • Deborah Peterson
    • Mauro Porcini
    • Samuel Proulx
    • Ali Shamas Qadeer
    • Matt Rae
    • Paloma Rincón Rodriguez
    • Laurie Rosenwald
    • Elana Rudick RGD
    • Kathleen Scott RGD
    • Lauralee Sheehan 
    • Laura Stein RGD
    • Robert Smith RGD
    • Bethany Sonefeld 
    • Mel Sutjiadi RGD
    • Jennifer Taback RGD
    • Wendy Tabor RGD
    • Ronald Tau RGD
    • Patrick Thomas
    • Diana Varma RGD
    • Sara Wachter-Boettcher
    •  Dr. Bonne Zabolotney RGD
                                       
  • DesignThinkers 2022 VAN

    May 31 - June 1, 2022

    Vancouver Playhouse

    Design Partner: DDB

     

    Speakers:

    • Megan Bowker
    • Grace Cho
    • Emily Cohen
    • Brian Collins
    • Douglas Davis
    • Emma Fanning
    • Tom Froese
    • Sagi Haviv
    • Shaun Loftman
    • Gemma O'Brien
    • Elizabeth Paul
    • Veda Rosier
    • Shabnam Shiwan
    • Tammy Tsang
    • Isabelle Udo

     

    Studio Tours:

    • Relajaelcoco (Madrid)
    • Dao (São Paulo)
    • The Office of Ordinary Things (San Francisco)
  • DesignThinkers 2021 VIRTUAL

    November 8–19, 2021
    VIRTUAL
    Design Partner: Bruce Mau Design

     

    Speakers:

    • Aaron Draplin
    • Akansha Kukreja
    • Alex Breuer
    • Alfredo Enciso
    • Benedetta Crippa
    • Beth Li
    • Blair Enns
    • Blair Thomson
    • Cassidy Thedorf
    • Chad Chelius
    • Chriftof Zürn
    • Debbie Millman
    • Diti Katona RGD
    • Divya Thakur
    • Elana Rudick RGD
    • Erin Sarofsky
    • Forest Young
    • Francesco Franchi
    • Galit Ariel
    • Glenda Rissman RGD
    • Heidi Trost
    • Isabel Meirelles
    • Jennifer Taback RGD
    • Jesjit Gil & Jenny Gitman
    • Jessica Helfand
    • Jessica Hische
    • Jessica Oddi
    • Joe Stewart
    • John Furneaux RGD
    • Julian Brown RGD
    • Kat Downs Mulder
    • Kate Dawkins
    • Katie McCurdy
    • Kemp Attwood
    • Keni Thacker
    • Kevin Bethune
    • Khoi Vinh
    • Laura Stein RGD
    • Lisa Congdon
    • Lisa Smith
    • Lucienne Roberts AGI, HONFISTD, FRSA
    • Marissa Korda
    • Mark Coleran
    • Mark Ruledge CGD RGD
    • Matt Rae
    • Maurice Cherry
    • Meg Lewis
    • Mitch Paone
    • Mo Bofill RGD
    • Mohamad Abdouni
    • Nick Richards
    • Nicola Hamilton RGD
    • Nida Fatima
    • Niharika Hariharan Joshi
    • Ning Bhattacharjee
    • Raf Rennie
    • Rahul Bhogal RGD
    • Rudy van Belkom
    • Samiah Dunac
    • Stephen Gates
    • Teri Henman
    • Timothy Goodman
    • Tom Hingston
    • Tré Seals
    • Whitney Quesenbery
    • Ying Chang
    • Zeynep Orbay

     

    Studio Tours:

    • Caserne (Montreal)
    • Daughter Creative (Calgary)
    • Grávita (Madrid)
    • Hoick (Cape Town)
    • Kesselskramer (Amsterdam)
    • Made by Radio (London/Cape Town)
    • Please See (Mumbai)
    • Sakaria Studio (Stockholm)
    • Very Polite (Vancouver)
       
  • DesignThinkers 2020 VIRTUAL

    November 9-20, 2020

    VIRTUAL


    Design Partner: john st.

     

    Speakers

    • Cey Adams
    • David Airey
    • Sydney Allen-Ash, Vice Media Group
    • Braulio Amado
    • Farah Assir, Meetup
    • Annie Atkins, Annie Atkins & Co.
    • Lawrence Azzerad, LADdesign
    • Angela Bains, TransformExp
    • Elvira Barriga, Ninoto
    • Jake Barton, Local Projects
    • JD Beltran, Center for Creative Sustainability
    • Eleni Beveratou, Dalton Maag
    • Mooren Bofill RGD, 123w
    • Julian Brown RGD, On The Chase!
    • Alonzo Canada, Amazon AWS
    • Sean Carney, Philips
    • Alex Center, Center
    • Cassandra Cetlin & Kyle Schruder RGD, Coactuate
    • Emily Cohen
    • Brian Collins, COLLINS
    • Taj Critchlow, Fela
    • Claire Dawson RGD, Underline Studio
    • Dantley Davis, Twitter
    • Douglas Davis, The Davis Group LLC
    • Chris Do, Blind/The Futur
    • Christopher Doyle, Christopher Doyle & Co.
    • Vanessa Eckstein RGD, Blok Design
    • Liza Enebeis, Studio Dumbar
    • Oded Ezer
    • Nida Fatima, Vancouver Film School
    • Karin Fong, Imaginary Forces
    • Theo Gibson, Cossette
    • Maria Giudice, Hot Studio
    • Erika Hall, Mule Design Studio
    • Sagi Haviv, Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
    • Blake Howard, Matchstic
    • Grace Hwang, Microsoft
    • Andy Chen & Waqas Jawaid, Isometric Studio
    • Nicole Kankam, United States Tennis Association
    • Kenjiro Kirton, Hato
    • Adam Kurtz
    • Meg Lewis, Ghostly Ferns/DarnGood
    • Gilbert Li RGD, The Office of Gilbert Li
    • Pavi Logeswaran, Shopify
    • Justin Lortie, Wedge
    • Bobby Martin Jr. & Jennifer Kinon, Champions Design
    • Bruce Mau, Massive Change Network
    • Susan Mavor, Public
    • Matt May, Adobe
    • Debbie Millman
    • Wael Morcos
    • David Nuff, Nuff
    • Emily Oberman, Pentagram
    • Fredrik Ost, SNASK
    • Pali Palavathanan, TEMPLO
    • Berkeley Poole, Whitman Emorson
    • Anicka Quin
    • Mustaali Raj
    • Alice Rawsthorn
    • Josh Richards, john st.
    • Paloma Rincon
    • Erin Sarofsky, Sarofsky Corp.
    • Oliver Siegenthaler, S&Co.
    • Leta Sobierski & Wade Jeffree, Wade and Leta
    • Zia Somjee, ZAK
    • Robert Smith RGD, Greenmelon
    • Tina Smith
    • Laura Stein RGD, Bruce Mau Design
    • Jennifer Taback RGD, Design de Plume
    • Jakob Trollback, The New Division
    • Sara Wachter-Boetcher
    • Michelle Wilkins RGD, Pilot Coffee Roasters
    • Forest Young, Wolff Olins
    • Stephanie Yung
    • Zipeng Zhu, Dazzle Studio
       
  • DesignThinkers Toronto 2019

    DesignThinkers 2019 TO

    October 24-25, 2019

    Meridian Hall

     

    Design Partner: Concrete

     

    Speakers

    • Cey Adams
    • Susanna Nygren Barrett, The Studio
    • Brian Collins, COLLINS
    • McLean Donnelly, The Makery Group
    • Greg Durrell, Hulse & Durrell
    • Vanessa Eckstein RGD, Blok Design
    • Tina Roth Eisenberg
    • Ben Fry, Fathom
    • Verònica Fuerte, Hey Studio
    • Natasha Grand, INSTID
    • Maria Giudice, Hot Studio
    • Yurko Gutsulyak RGD, Gutsulyak.Studio
    • Nicola Hamilton RGD
    • Lauren Hom, 
    • Michelle Hopgood RGD, Hopgood Creative
    • Glen Hougan
    • Blake Howard, Matchstic
    • Natasha Jen, Pentagram
    • Meena Kothandaraman, twig+fish
    • Adam J. Kurtz
    • Jeremy Leslie, magCulture
    • Matt Luckhurst, The New Company
    • Isabel Meirelles
    • Prof. Rebeca Méndez
    • David Nuff RGD
    • Jason Pamental
    • Laura Piché RGD
    • Jayson Oertel, Adobe
    • Jenn & Ken Visocky O’Grady
    • Karin von Ompteda
    • Hamish Smyth & Jesse Reed, Order
    • Lorna Ross, Why Design
    • Alana Ruoso RGD, Benefit Cosmetics
    • Anthony Green and Noura Sakkijha, Mejuri
    • Josh Silverman, Etsy
    • Eric Snowden, Adobe
    • Liza Enebeis & Merijn van Velsen, Studio Dumbar
    • Jay Wall RGD, Rally Rally 
    • Cap Watkins, Primary
    • Collin Whitehead, Dropbox
    • Nancy Wynn
  • DesignThinkers 2019 VAN

    May 28-29, 2019

    Vancouver Playhouse

     

    Design Partner: Concrete

     

    Speakers

    • Jessica Bellamy, GRIDS
    • Karin Fong, Imaginary Forces
    • Cheryl Heller, Designer, Author and Educator
    • Kit Hinrichs, Studio Hinrichs
    • Sarah Hyndman, Type Tasting
    • Austin Kleon, Writer, Artist, Speaker & NYT Bestselling Author
    • Leland Maschmeyer, Chobani
    • Hillel Cooperman and Jenny Lam, Oracle
    • Moira Cullen, Method
    • Mike Monteiro, Mule Design
    • Yah Leng Yu, Foreign Policy Design Group
    • James Victore, Author, Artist, Designer
  • DesignThinkers 2018 TO

    October 24-25, 2018

    Sony Centre, Toronto

     

    Design Partner: Zulu Alpha Kilo

     

    Speakers included:

    - Mauricio Alarcon

    - Kemp Attwood, AREA 17

    - Dominic Ayre RGD, Hambly & Woolley

    - Angela Bains, TransformExp

    - Jessica Bellamy, GRIDS

    - Michael Bierut, Pentagram

    - Ayse Birsel, Birsel + Seck

    - Clare Brown, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

    - Julian Brown RGD, ON THE CHASE! Design + Motion Studio

    - Robert Brunner, Ammunition

    - Anthony Burrill

    - Pearce Cacalda, Jackman Reinvents

    - Alex Center, Center

    - Ian Chalmers RGD, Pivot Design Group

    - Emily Cohen, Business Consultant

    - Martha Cotton, Fjord

    - Mohini Datta-Ray, North York Women’s Shelter

    - Michelle Dougherty, Imaginary Forces

    - Kat Downs Mulder, The Washington Post

    - John Furneaux RGD, Projektor Inc.

    - Alison Garnett RGD & Carolina Soderholm, Field Trip & Co.

    - Mitch Goldstein, Rochester Institute of Technology

    - Tosh Hall, Jones Knowles Ritchie

    - Dawn Hancock, Firebelly Design

    - Josh Higgins, Facebook

    - Jessica Hische

    - Grace Hwang, Carrot Inc

    - Wade Jeffree & Leta Sobierajski

    - Jean-Pierre Lacroix RGD, Shikatani Lacroix

    - Natalie Lam, Google

    - Michael Lejeune, LA Transit

    - Bruno Maag, Dalton Maag

    - Matthew May, Brightworks

    - Brenda Mills, Adobe Systems

    - Fidel Peña RGD, Underline Studio

    - Irene Pereyra & Anton Repponen, Anton & Irene

    - Erin Sarofsky, Sarofsky Inc.

    - Adrian Shaughnessy

    - Bonnie Siegler, Eight and a Half

    - Lisa Smith, Chobani

    - Matt Spangler, Compass

    - Laura Stein RGD, Sid Lee

    - Jay Wall RGD, RallyRally

    - Forest Young, Wolf Ollins

    - Zolty, BREAKFAST

  • DesignThinkers 2018 VAN

    May 29-30, 2018

    Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver

     

    Design Partner: Zulu Alpha Kilo

     

    Speakers included:
    - Angela Bains, TransformExp
    - Angele Beausoleil, Rotman School of Management
    - Pia Betton, Edenspiekermann
    - Krys Blackwood, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
    - Aaron Draplin, Draplin Design Co.
    - Greg Durrell, Hulse & Durrell
    - Stephen Gates, InVision
    - Ian Grais RGD, Rethink
    - Bob Hambly RGD, Hambly + Woolley
    - Josh Higgins, Facebook
    - Brian Hill, Aritzia & Ryan Holmes, Hootsuite
    - Randy Hunt, Artsy
    - Grace Hwang, Carrot Inc.
    - Vida Jurcic, Hangar18
    - Michael Lejeune, LA Metro
    - Meg Lewis, Ghostly Feathers
    - Ellen Lupton
    - Gemma O'Brien
    - Sebastian Padilla, Anagrama
    - Judy Snaydon, Capilano University
    - Carson Ting, Chairman Ting
    - Samantha Warren, Adobe
    - Forrest Young, Wolff Olins

  • DesignThinkers 2017 TO

    November 7 - 8, 2017

    Sony Centre, Toronto

     

     

    Design Partner: Rethink

     

    Speakers:

    - Kelli Anderson, Independent Arts & Crafts Professional

    - Nicholas Blechman, Art Director of The New Yorker

    - Jan Chipchase

    - Emily Cohen, Consultant to Creative Professionals

    - Scott Dadich, Godfrey Dadich Partners

    - Douglas Davis, The City College of New York

    - Chris Do, Blind, Inc.

    - Maria Doreuli & Ekaterina Kochkina, Contrast Foundry

    - Christian Ervin, Tellart

    - Pum Lefebure, Design Army

    - Jonathan Ford, Pearlfisher

    - Stephen Gates, Citibank

    - Ralph Gilles, Fiat-Chrysler

    - Timothy Goodman

    - Jeff Greenspan, SideProject

    - Val Head, Adobe

    - Nigel Holmes, nigel holmes explanation graphics

    - Blake Howard, Matchstic

    - Robin Honey RGD

    - Sarah Hyndman, Typetasting

    - Michael Johnson, Johnson Banks

    - Jessie Kawata

    - Reesa Merchant

    - Emily Oberman, Pentagram

    - Mike Rigby, R/GA

    - Dewey Reid, CNN

    - Nicolas Roope, Poke

    - Paul Sahre, Office of Paul Sahre

    - Anne Swan, Siegel + Gale

    - Robert Smith RGD, Greenmelon

    - Astrid Stavro, Atlas

    - Mimi Valdés

    - Robert Vargas, Art Director at Bloomberg Businessweek

    - Susan Weinschenk, The Team W

  • DesignThinkers 2017 VAN

    May 30 - 31, 2017

    Vancouver Playhouse Theatre

     

     

    Design Partner: Rethink

     

    Speakers

    • Casey Caplowe, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of GOOD
    • Scott Dadich, Co-CEO, Founder of Godfrey Dadich Partners and Creator and Executive Producer of Abstract: The Art of Design
    • Ralph V. Gilles, Head of Design, FCA - Global 
    • Maria Giudice, VP, Experience Design at Autodesk
    • Timothy Goodman, Designer, Illustrator & Art Director
    • Tinker Hatfield, Vice President, Design & Special Projects, Nike, Inc.
    • Chip Kidd, Award-Winning Graphic Designer and Writer
    • Emily Lessard, Chief Creative Officer of Bellweather
    • Min Lew, Partner, Creative Director and Managing Director at Base
    • Craig Mod, Writer and Photographer
    • Alex Schleifer, VP of Design at Airbnb
    • Dana Tanamachi, Creative Director at Tanamachi Studio & Tanamachi Goods
    • Cap Watkins, VP of Design at Buzzfeed
    • Ellen Wong and Mark Beechy, Executive Creative Directors at RED Interactive

     

     

  • DesignThinkers 2016

    November 3-4, 2016

    Sony Centre, Toronto

     

    Design Partner: Deloitte

     

    Speakers

    Keynotes: 

    Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture & Design / Director of Research & Development The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

    Jake Barton, Principal and Founder, Local Projects

    David Carson, Designer

    Leland Maschmeyer, Chief Creative Officer, Chobani

     

    Breakout Sessions: 

    Glenn John Arnowitz, Director of Creative Services, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare

    Ashleigh Axios, Creative Director and Digital Strategist, White House Office of Digital Strategy

    Connie Birdsall, Global Creative Director, Lippincott

    Stefan G. Bucher, Author / Designer

    Bob Calvano, VP of Design and UX, A+E Networks

    Emily Cohen, Consultant

    Cory Doctorow, Co-editor, Boing Boing

    Rob Duncan, Owner and Creative Director, Mucho

    Tobias Frere-Jones, Type Designer

    Bob Hambly RGD, Hambly & Woolley

    Kenya Hara, Graphic Designer / Curator

    Steven Heller, Author

    Michael Hendrix, Partner, IDEO

    Tim Irvine, Regional Design Director for North America, Fjord

    Erik Kessels, Co-founder, KesselsKramer

    Emily Lessard, Chief Creative Officer, Bellweather

    Meg Lewis, Founder, Ghostly Ferns

    Dan Makoski, VP of Design, Walmart

    Rod McDonald RGD, Type Designer

    Lotta Nieminen, Designer / Illustrator

    Eddie Opara, Partner, Pentagram

    Fredrik Ost & Erik Kockum, Creative Directors, Snask

    Steve Powers, Author and Artist

    Barry Quinn RGD, Chief Creative Officer, Juniper Park TBWA

    Anton Repponen & Irene Pereyra, Anton & Irene

    Erin Sarofsky, Founder & Executive Creative Director, Sarofsky Corp.

    Albert Shum, CVP of Design & Content Publishing, Microsoft

    Loni Stark, Senior Director of Strategy & Product Marketing, Adobe

    Lee Steffin, Designer / Photographer

    Matt Willey, Art Director, The New York Times Magazine

     

    Partners:

    Software: Adobe

    Career Development: Creative Niche

    Celebration: Fjord

    Digital: The Pixel Shop

    Airline: Porter

    Signage: Resource Integrated

    Paper: Rolland Enterprises Inc.

    Print: Somerset Graphics

     

     

  • DesignThinkers 2015

    November 11-12, 2015

    Sony Centre, Toronto

     

    Design Partner: Overdrive

     

    Speakers

    Keynotes: 

    Frank Chimero, Designer

    Josh Clark, Founder, Big Medium

    Austin Kleon, Artist

    Karim Rashid, Designer

    James Victore, Graphic Artist

     

    Breakout Sessions: 

    Justin Ahrens, Rule29

    Keira Alexandra, Partner, Work Order

    Adam Antoszek-Rallo RGD, Founder, Catalyst Workshop

    Annie Atkins, Designer

    Emilie Baltz, Experiential Artist

    Christina Beard, Senior Product Designer, Collective Health

    Coralie Bickford Smith, Graphic Designer for Penguin Books UK

    Art Chantry, Designer

    Andy Chen, Partner, Isometric Studio

    Emily Cohen, In-House Consultant

    Chris Dixon, Design Director, Vanity Fair

    John Furneaux RGD, Founder, Projektor

    Paddy Harrington RGD, Founder, Frontier

    Hjalti Karlsson, Founder, karlssonwilker inc.

    Diti Katona RGD, Chief Creative Officer at Concrete Design Communications

    Sanjay Khanna, Futurist-in-Residence, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Lejeune, Creative Director, LA Metro

    Sascha Lewis, CEO and Co-founder, Flavorpill Media

    Manuel Lima, Information Designer

    Andy Mangold, Co-founder, Friends of the Web

    Josh McInerney RGD, Partner, Modu Design

    Felipe Memoria, Founding Partner, Work & Co

    Jamie Myrold, Senior Director of Experience Design, Adobe

    Sebastian Padilla, Co-founder, Anagrama

    Jean Francois Porchez, Founder, Typofonderie

    Christopher Simmons, Principal and Creative Director, MINE 

    Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art 

    Roopa Unnikrishnan, Center10 Consulting LLP

    Cap Watkins, VP of Design, BuzzFeed

     

     

  • DesignThinkers 2014

    November 5-7, 2014

    Sony Centre, Toronto

     

    Design Partner: TAXI

     

    Speakers

    Keynotes: 

    Charles Adler, Co-founder, Kickstarter 

    Andrew Deitchman, Co-founder and CEO, Mother New York

    Debbie Millman, President, Design Division, Sterling Brands

    Paula Scher, Partner, Pentagram

    Erik Spiekermann, Creative Director, Edenspiekermann

    Richard Turley, Senior VP of Visual Storytelling and Deputy Editorial Director, MTV

    Steve Vranakis, Executive Creative Director, Creative Lab, Google

    Jessica Walsh, Partner, Sagmeister & Walsh

    Todd Waterbury, Executive Creative Director and Senior VP, Marketing, Target

     

    Breakout Sessions: 

    Philippe Apeloig

    Irma Boom, Founder, Irma Boom Office

    Frederic Bonn, Executive Creative Director, JWT 

    Aaron Draplin, Founder, Draplin Design Co.

    Joseph Duffy, Co-founder and Design Director, Duffy & Partners 

    Andy Epstein, Invangelist, The BOSS Group

    Wesley Grubbs, Founder, Pitch Interactive

    Sibylle Hagmann, Founder, Kontour 

    Henry Hobson, Dounder, Bootmaker Films 

    Dave Holston, Author,The Strategic Designer

    Mary Lewis, Creative Director and Partner, Lewis Moberly

    Ellen Lupton, Curator, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum

    David Macy, Innovation Director, Experience Design, Adobe

    Javier Mariscal, Founder, Estudio Mariscal

    Karen McGrane, Managing Partner, Bond Art + Science

    Marty Neumeier, Director of Transformation, Liquid Agency

    Willy Wong, Lead, Brand Stewardship, NYC & Company

    Andrew Zolty, Co-founder and Creative Director, BREAKFAST

  • DesignThinkers 2013

    November 6-7, 2013

    Metro Toronto Convention Centre

     

    Design Partner: orangetango

     

    Speakers

    Keynotes

    Christopher Chapman, Global Creativity & Innovation Director, The Walt Disney Company

    Robert Fabricant, VP Creative, Frog Design

    Nicholas Felton, Co-Founder, Daytum

    Karin Fong, Co-Founder & Creative Director at Imaginary Forces 

    Michael Gough, VP of Experience Design, Adobe  

    Dmitri Siegel, VP of Global E-Commerce & Executive Creative Director, Patagonia 

    Alex Trochut, Illustrator and Typographer

    Morag Myerscough, Founder, Studio Myerscough

     

    Breakout Sessions

    David Berman RGD, Author and Consultant 

    Pierre Bernard, President and Partner, orangetango

    Matteo Bologna, Founding Partner & Principal, Mucca Design

    Emily Cohen, Creative Consultant

    Ricardo Crespo, Chief Creative Officer, Thi3teen

    Darhil Crooks, Creative Director, The Atlantic

    Chloe Gottlieb, Senior VP and Executive Creative Director, R/GA

    James Griffin, Head of Mobile Design, Thomson Reuters

    Cyrus Highsmith, Senior Designer, Font Bureau

    John Kieselhorst, Founding Partner & Chief Design Officer, Made Movement 

    Lara McCormick, Author, Playing With Type 

    Justin McGhie, President, Strategy Group at Sterling Brands 

    Peter Mendelsund, Associate Art Director, Alfred A. Knopf Books

    Bruce Nussbaum, Professor of Innovation & Design, Parsons New School of Design

    Elizabeth Pastor, Co-Founder, Humantific 

    Shawn Petersen, Creative Director, Instrument

    Jenn & Ken Visocky O'Grady, Co-Founders, Enspace Design 

     

    Partners

    Airline: Porter

    Software: Adobe

    Bindery: Anstey

    Paper: Cascades

    Media: Designedge Canada

    Web & Mobile Development: The Pixel Shop

    Printing: Somerset

    Envelopes: Supremex

    Signage: Moveable

  • DesignThinkers 2012

    November 8-9, 2012

    Metro Toronto Convention Centre

     

    Design Partner: City of Mississauga In-House Team

     

    Speakers

    • Sean Adams & Noreen Morioka
    • Glenn John Arnowitz
    • Susan Bradley
    • David Butler
    • Nadine Chahine
    • Tom Eslinger
    • Justin Ferrell
    • Francesco Franchi
    • Bryony Gomez-Palacio
    • Chris Hacker
    • Julia Hoffmann
    • Randy J. Hunt
    • Jake & Pum Lefebure
    • Harry Pearce
    • Stefan Sagmeister
    • Gabor Schreier
    • Christopher Simmons
    • Kris Sowersby
    • Lisa Strausfeld
    • Sophie Thomas
    • Jason Tselentis
  • DesignThinkers 2011

    November 2-3, 2011

    Metro Toronto Convention Centre

     

    Design Partner: Parcel Design

     

    Speakers

    • Deborah Adler
    • David C. Baker
    • Ivan Chermayeff + Tom Geismar + Sagi Haviv
    • Brian Collins + Leland Maschmeyer
    • Steve Edge
    • Rob Giampietro
    • Stanley Hainsworth
    • Allan Haley
    • Jessica Hische
    • Rei Inamoto
    • Chip Kidd
    • George Lois
    • Grace Lee & Robert Priest
    • Bobby Martin Jr. & Jennifer Kinon
    • Craig Mod
    • Christoph Niemann
    • Eddie Opara
    • William Poundstone
    • Eric Ryan
    • Richard Morrison
    • Christian Schwartz
    • Aaris Sherin
    • Todd Simmons
    • Robert Wong
  • DesignThinkers 2010

    November 11-12, 2010

    Metro Toronto Convention Centre

     

    Design Partner: Juniper Park

     

    Speakers

    • Marian Bantjes
    • Jonathan Barnbrook
    • John Bielenberg
    • Andrew Blauvelt
    • Chris Chapman
    • Jim Coudal
    • Scott Dadich
    • Tony Davidson
    • Allan Haley
    • Jeni Herberger
    • Lee Jacobson
    • Paul Lavoie
    • Roger Martin
    • Emily Oberman + Bonnie Siegler
    • Dmitri Siegel
    • Scott Thomas
    • David Turner
    • Khoi Vinh
    • Jenn + Ken Visocky O'Grady
    • Armin Vit
    • Helen Walters
    • Alina Wheeler
  • DesignThinkers 2009

    November 3-4, 2009

    Metro Toronto Convention Centre

     

    Design Partner: Hambly & Woolley

     

    Speakers

    • Dana Arnett
    • Warren Berger
    • Michael Bierut
    • Ben Blumenfeld
    • John Bredenfoerder
    • Robert Brunner
    • Matthew Carter
    • Valerie Casey
    • Emily Cohen
    • Kyle Cooper
    • Vanessa Eckstein RGD
    • Monique Gamache
    • Steven Heller
    • David Labistour
    • Jean-Pierre Lacroix RGD
    • Marty Neumeier
    • Terry O'Reilly
    • Pam Scott
    • Daniel Schutzsmith
    • Nathan Shedroff
    • V. Sunil
    • Gael Towey & Stephen Doyle
    • Luke Williamson
  • DesignThinkers 2008

    October 27-30, 2008

    Metro Toronto Convention Centre

     

    Design Partner: Amoebacorp

     

    Speakers

    • Marc Alt
    • Ilise Benun
    • Lauren Connolly
    • Nancy Duarte
    • Louise Fili
    • Steff Geissbuhler
    • Chris Hacker
    • Jeannette Hanna
    • Luke Hayman
    • Lee Jacobson
    • Maira Kalman
    • Kris Kiger
    • Tali Krakowsky
    • Ji Lee
    • Daniel Libeskind
    • Rick Poynor
    • Scott Stowell
    • Masamichi Udagawa
    • Tucker Viemeister
    • Veronique Vienne
    • Massimo Vignelli
    • Jenn & Ken Visocky O'Grady
    • Bettina von Stamm
    • Brett Wickens
  • DesignThinkers 2007

    October 17-19, 2007

    Metro Toronto Convention Centre

     

    Design Partner: q30 design

     

    Keynote Speakers

    Hillman Curtis, Designer + Filmmaker

    Marc Gobe, President, CEO and Executive Director for Desgrippes Gobe

    Greg Hoffman, VP of Global Brand Design at NIKE

    Grant McCracken, Author of Culture and Consumption

    Abbott Miller, Partner at Pentagram

    Karim Rashid, author of Design Your Self: Rethinking the Way You Live, Love, Work and Play

    Stefan Sagmeister, Founder of Sagmeister

    Patrick Whitney, Director of the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

     

    Concurrent Session Speakers

    Tom Brown

    Jorge Calleja

    Colin Drummond

    Tony Fish, author of Mobile Web 2.0

    Louis Gagnon, Founder of Paprika

    Grant Gordon, Creative Director of Key Gordon Communications

    Garrick Hamm, Creative Partner of Williams Murray Hamm

    Dale Hart, Partner & Creative Director at Methodologie

    John Hlinko

    Janine James, Creative Director at The Moderns

    Zoa Martinez

    Chaz Maviyane-Davies

    Debbie Millman, Founder of Design Matters

    Andrea Siodmok

    James Victore

    Jenn + Ken Visocky O'Grady

    Don Watt RGD

    Alexander W. White, Author of Advertising Design and Typography

     

  • DesignThinkers 2006

    October 31 - November 3, 2006

    Varsity Cinemas

     

    Design Partner: karacters

     

    Speakers

    • Sean Adams & Noreen Morioka
    • Neville Brody
    • Bill Cahan
    • Nadine Chahine
    • Brian Collins
    • Alan Dye
    • Ian Grais
    • Adam Greenfield
    • Sam Harrison
    • Kit Hinrichs
    • Jane Hope
    • Erik Kessels
    • Eero Miettinen
    • Peter Phillips
    • Rich Roat
    • Paul Rowan
    • Dan Saffer
    • Ellen Shapiro
    • Jakob Trollback
    • Jan White
    • Margaret Youngblood
  • DesignThinkers 2005

    October 27-29, 2005

    Varsity Cinemas

     

    Design Partner: Mindshape

     

    Speakers

    • Gail Anderson
    • David Baker
    • Joe Duffy
    • Peter Girardi
    • Minda Gralnek
    • Chris Hacker
    • Dimitri Jeurissen
    • Chip Kidd
    • Anita Kunz
    • Paul Matthaeus
    • Bruce Mau
    • Dave Norton
    • Harry Rich
    • Geordie Stephens
    • Lisa Strausfeld
    • Massimo Vignelli
    • Ken Wong
  • DesignThinkers 2004

    October 21-23

    The Design Exchange

     

    Design Partner: Maximum 60

     

    Speakers

    • Edward Burtynsky
    • Kyle Cooper
    • Jessica Helfand
    • Robert Bringhurst
    • Luba Lukova
  • DesignThinkers 2003

    October 2-3, 2003

    The Design Exchange

     

    Design Partner: Pylon Design

     

    Speakers

    • Bill Buxton
    • Dr. John Kao
    • Prof. Ian Noble
    • Paula Scher
    • Simon Waterfall
  • DesignThinkers 2001

    October 19

    Science Centre

     

    Speakers

    • Pam Scott
    • Dan Boyarski
  • DesignThinkers 2002

    October 25-26, 2002

    St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

     

    Design Partner: Blok Design

     

    Speakers

    • Dana Arnett
    • Gerry Cupchik
    • Hillman Curtis
    • John Furneaux RGD
    • Claire Hassid
    • Michael Johnson
    • Jean-Pierre Lacroix RGD
    • Sabaa Quao
    • Lee Shupp
    • Barb Woolley RGD + Bob Hambly RGD
  • DesignThinkers 2000

    October 13, 2000

    Hart House

     

    Speakers

    • Rolf Jensen
    • Peter Dixon