Margate Festival of Design returns for 2024
The Margate School announces its ‘Design For All’ theme
Celebrate design and creativity this autumn with the Margate School’s annual Festival of Design, 26- 31 October 2024
The Margate School announces the third annual Margate Festival of Design is to take place this October. The Festival is a week of talks, workshops and exhibitions that invites you to discover inspiring design projects and innovations that can help create a better future for people and planet, in Margate, Thanet and beyond.
Design for All: This year’s festival will explore and celebrate inclusive and accessible design.
Festival producer and Margate School Tutor Rachel Kirk, says: “Good design must connect with everyone, regardless of ability, age, gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, culture, belief and individual circumstance.”
This years speakers include;
Karrie Fransman, comic illustrator and visual storyteller, creator of ‘Gender Swapped Fairy Tales’ (2020)
Michael Johnson, founder of socially conscious Design & Brand Agency, Johnson Banks
This years workshops include;
Fleet Architects will be holding a series of workshops inviting everyone, from kids to older people, to share their ideas on how Margate Seafront could be more inclusive and accessible for everyone.
Nick Morley (aka LINOCUTBOY) will be hosting a neurodiverse friendly lino-cut printing workshop.
The School's Visual Communication Design students will be opening their Graduate Show on Saturday 26th October to mark the launch of the festival, in the Margate School Gallery, from 17.00 - 19.30. Everyone is welcome.
Festival tickets are now available
For the latest festival programme information and to book tickets visit: margatefestivalofdesign.com Many workshops are FREE and pay what you can tickets are available for every event. Follow @margatefestivalofdesign on Instagram.
The Margate Festival of Design 2024 is supported by; Vattenfall, Guest House 42 Margate, Fleet Architects, Shepherd Neame and Kent County Council.
About the Margate Festival of Design:
The festival is produced by The Margate School, an independent art school founded on the principle that creativity, in all its forms, must connect with and benefit society and nature. We believe that designers and creative thinkers across all disciplines must play a vital, even radical role in bringing about the changes we need, starting in our community.
Eirinn Hayhow will produce a bio-materials workshop at the event. See our interview with Eirinn here.
