The DM17 Conference will be held in The Principal Hotel's ballroom on Friday 13 October; a day - long conference of ideas and inspiration hosted by Patrick Burgoyne (Creative Review) and featuring internationally celebrated and influential speakers including
Factory lead architect Ellen Van Loon (OMA), North, Naresh Ramchandani (Pentagram), film production designer Alex McDowell, illustrator Emily Forgot, alongside Tash Willcocks (Hyper Island) and Lawrence Kitson (Co-op Digital).
He relates how he was in Budějovice in the Czech Republic and was told by the
architect he was collaborating with that Koh - I - Noor Hardtmuth, the pencil
factory, was nearby; he asked if they could make him a special hard
lead.