We could not be more excited that the Bend Design 2023 week is upon us. Attendees, keep an eye out for a ‘How-To’ Bend Design email. This will have helpful information on the schedule, parking, and more.
Tickets are still available, so don’t miss out on the fun and creativity!
2023 Speaker Lineup
Chuck McBride
CCO & Founder of Cutwater
Keynote: Creativity Means Business
Nishat Akhtar
VP of Creative at Instrument
Keynote: Notating and Noticing, a Design Practice
Cleo Barnett
Co-Creative Director at Amplifier
Keynote: Culture Wars: How One Organization is Using Open Source Artwork and Teaching Tools to Empower Communities, at Scale
Bernard Troyer
Nonprofit Director
Keynote: Building BLOCKS: Community Powered and Designed Solutions towards ending Homelessness
Pedro Ruíz
Futurist / Deep Learning Engineer at Iterate Labs
Keynote: Generative Artificial Intelligence Revolution: How Diffusion Models and Pre-Trained Transformers are Shaping the Future of Creative Expression
Phoebe Anderson-Kline
Social Worker and Program Director
Keynote: Building BLOCKS: Community Powered and Designed Solutions towards ending Homelessness
Sami Chohan
Educator (the-what-if-but-not-for-the-sake-of-it-kind)
Keynote: The world is changing, and so can architectural education
Josué Rivas
Indigenous Futurist
Workshop: The Power of Telling Your Own Story
Jason Sturgill
Illustrator/Art Director
Workshop: I Can’t Draw (Let Me Show You How)
Kait Kenobi
Brand Designer + Creative Consultant at Midnight Grim
Workshop: The Weirdest Person in the Room: How to Stand Out and Succeed by Harnessing Your Inner Weirdo
Claude Leco
Footwear Designer
Workshop: My Rapid Concept Development Process
Eric Moore
Leadership Coach
Workshop: Transforming Tough Talk: An NVC Workshop
Isabelle Poirier
Brand Designer + Founder at IP Design Studio
Workshop: Sensory-telling: Designing Impactful Zines
MOsley WOtta
2023 Bend Design Emcee
