Conference speaker
I’ve presented about art direction and digital design to over 25,000 web professionals since 2005. I’ve given over 85 talks at conferences on almost every continent and have delivered design masterclasses to hundreds of professional designers.
- An Event Apart
- Beyond Tellerrand
- Smashing Conference
- SXSW
Would you like to inspire your audience with how to make better work for the web? I’m available to speak in 2026. For political reasons, I’m unwilling to speak in Israel or the United States.
Upcoming events
Design It. Build It.
Edinburgh, ScotlandWeb design inspiration from retro wresting
Previous talks
Webinale
- Berlin, Germany
- The designer’s scrapbook: Rethinking AI as a creative tool
Design It. Build It.
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Art Direction for the Web
Genesys Tech
- Lagos, Nigeria (online)
- Art Direction for the Web
Contao Conference
- Duisburg, Germany
- Art Direction for the Web
State of the Browser
- London, UK
- Art Direction for the Web
Web Teaching Day
- Manchester, UK
- Art Direction for the Web
Webinale
- Berlin, Germany
- Art Direction for the Web
SydCSS
- Sydney, Australia
- Art Direction for the Web (book preview)
Talk.CSS
SydCSS
- Sydney, Australia
- CSS Custom Properties for Inspired Style Guides
- Media
UX Australia
YOW West
Directions
Mixin
Frontend Conf
Talk Web Design
- Greenwich, UK
- Imaginative grid systems
- Media
Port 80
- Newport, UK
- Imaginative grid systems
- Media
Design Exchange
- Nottingham, UK
- Imaginative grid systems
- Media
MK Geek Mental Help Night
- Milton Keynes, UK
- Don Draper's depersonalisation disorder
Smashing Conference
- Barcelona, Spain
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
Shropgeek (R)Evolution
- Shrewsbury, UK
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
Smashing Conference
- New York, USA
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
Smashing Conference
- Santa Monica, USA
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
SydCSS
Respond
- Sydney, Australia
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
Reasons to be Creative
- London, UK
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
UX Brighton
- Brighton, UK
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
Beyond Tellerrand
- Berlin, Germany
- Counting stars: Predictability vs creativity
- Media
The Web Is…
- Cardiff, UK
- Geek Mental Help Week panel discussion
- Media
Making Web
- Oslo, Norway
- The Modern Designer's Canvas
Smashing Conference
- Oxford, UK
- The Modern Designer's Canvas
- Media
Milton Keynes Geek Night
An Event Apart
- Atlanta, USA
- The Modern Designer's Canvas
- Media
Manchester McrFRED
- Manchester, UK
- Take your stinking paws off my design you damn dirty developers
- Media
Handheld Conference
- Cardiff, Wales
- How to call your client an idiot without getting fired
- Media
#TIDE2013
- Scarborough, UK
- How to call your client an idiot without getting fired
- Media
Accessibility Day
- Oslo, Norway
- Designing an atmosphere of accessibility
- Media
Smashing Conference
- Freiburg, Germany
- Encouraging better client participation
- Media
An Event Apart
- Austin, USA
- Bringing A Knife To A Gunfight
- Media
What Do You Know
- Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, Australia
- On The Grid
- Media
An Event Apart
- San Francisco, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
An Event Apart
- Washington DC, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
An Event Apart
- Atlanta, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
@media
- London, UK
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
An Event Apart
- Boston, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
An Event Apart
- Seattle, USA
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Media
Geek Ninja Battle Night
- Brighton, UK
New Adventures in Web Design
- Nottingham, UK
- Once Upon A Time On The Web
An Event Apart
- San Diego, USA
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
An Event Apart
- Washington DC, USA
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
Web Teaching Day
- Manchester, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
@media
- London, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
An Event Apart
- Boston, USA
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
DIBI
- Gateshead, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
An Event Apart
- Seattle, USA
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
CSS3 Online Conference
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
Speak the Web
- Manchester, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
Speak the Web
- Leeds, UK
- Hardboiled Web Design
- Media
Web Directions East
- Tokyo, Japan
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
Web Directions East
- Tokyo, Japan
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
An Event Apart
- Chicago, USA
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
FOWD Roadshow
- Belfast, Ireland
- Extreme Makeover Typography Edition
@media
- London, UK
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
An Event Apart
- Boston, USA
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
An Event Apart
- Chicago, USA
- Walls Come Tumbling Down
- Media
Fronteers
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
@media
- London, UK
- Underpants Over My Trousers
An Event Apart
- New Orleans, USA
- Think Like A Mountain
- Media
Future of Web Design
- New York, USA
- "User Experience v Brand Experience" with Steve Pearce
- Media
Future of Web Design
- New York, USA
- An Interview With Josh Williams and Jeffrey Zeldman
Voices That Matter
- San Francisco, USA
- Think Like A Mountain
- Media
Web Directions South
@media
- London, UK
- Royale With Cheese
- Media
@media (America)
- San Francisco, USA
- Royale With Cheese
Future Of Web Design
- London, UK
- Designing for developers
- Media
The Highland Fling
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Beyond progressive enhancement
- Media
SXSW Interactive
Web Directions North
Bloc
- Caernarfon, Wales
- Sharing and Collaboration Creates New Opportunities
AOL Design Team
- New York, USA
- Creating Inspired Design
- Media
Fundamentos Web
Web Directions South
@media
WWW2006
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- No Web 2.0 Without Responsibility
- Media
IceWeb
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Feeding Creativity Without Compromising User Needs
- Media
IceWeb
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- How To Be A Web Design Superhero
- Media
SXSW Interactive
@media
- London, UK
- Anatomy Of A Mouse