Thursday 12. November 2026, Glasgow
International Assembly is an unmissable design and creative festival, kicking off with our all-day creative conference. Join us for a day of inspiration with some of the most exciting thinkers and makers in graphic design, branding, coding, animation, art, advertising and beyond. The event will be live and will not be recorded. Be there, or risk serious FOMO.
This year's conference will take place in Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall in their spacious and comfortably-seated auditorium. Connected to the auditorium is an all-day bar and festival marketplace where you can explore pop-up stores, connect with our partners and socialise.
08:00 Doors Open, 09:30–18:00 Conference
COLLINS is a transformation consultancy with offices in San Francisco and New York City. We help companies at critical points define, design and move into new futures.
Eva Cremers is a 3D Artist and Animation Director from The Netherlands. Her playful, graphic CGI style combines with my unique design sensibility to create charming, joyful worlds of fun.
Bráulio Amado is a Portuguese Graphic Designer and Illustrator currently living in New York City. He works for clients such as André 3000, Harry Styles, A24, Robyn, Apple, HAIM, Frank Ocean and many more.
Coding Systems is an avant-garde, hybrid design practice led by Tim Rodenbröker and Martin Lorenz. Operating at the innovative intersection of creative coding and flexible visual systems, the studio rejects traditional, rigid corporate branding in favor of custom code that generates living, highly adaptable visual identities. Rather than acting as a clinical, data-driven agency, Coding Systems positions human intuition, artistic experimentation, and critical thought far above algorithmic optimization.
FISK is a full-service creative studio rooted in the belief that design shapes how we experience the world, adding meaning and depth to the spaces, objects, and stories we encounter every day. We provide a full spectrum of creative and design direction, with expertise spanning branding, typography, digital, image-making, packaging, curation, and physical experiences, all in close collaboration with clients, artists, and community.
Shamma Buhazza is a graphic designer and art director working internationally across typography, visual identity, and creative direction. Her work moves between cultural and commercial projects, often combining storytelling and contemporary graphic design with experimental approaches to typography and visual systems. Alongside professional work, she maintains an ongoing interest in design discourse, academia, and visual research. Before founding her own studio and practice, she worked full-time at Apple and Adidas.
Harriet Richardson is a London-based performance artist who bridges the medium of digital and physical expression. Often inviting audience participation, her work navigates intimate themes of love, sex, connection, and addiction. Beyond the personal, she ventures into the political, shedding light on the subject of class structures, conflict, the climate crisis, and the power of conceptual protest.
Vlad Boyko is a freelance graphic designer and art director born in Ukraine and based in Antwerp. For Vlad, graphic design is a tool for discovering his emotional landscape and reflecting on the world around him, while his work is an ongoing exploration of constantly evolving motifs and ideas.
GF Smith is a historic independent British paper company founded in 1885, renowned for supplying the world's finest and most distinctive creative papers to designers, brands, and creatives globally.