Graphic Design Festival Scotland is back for a second year with a brand new programme of workshops, talks, exhibitions, competitions, murals and music taking place in the Lighthouse, Glasgow between Monday 19 – Sunday 25 October. The festival is run by James Gilchrist and Beth Wilson of Glasgow-based design practice, Warriors Studio.

The festival encompasses more than traditional graphic design with filmmaking, animation, advertising, coding and web design, print making and illustration offering something for creatives at all levels. Expect workshops from It’s Nice That (London), HelloMe (Berlin), Colophon (NY & London), Workhorse Press (Edinburgh), CodeBase (Edinburgh), The Rodina (The Hague) and Kate Moross/Studio Moross (London) to name a few.

The Live 2-Day project gives young designers the opportunity to work on a Live project, set by Danielle Pender of Riposte magazine, while receiving one-to-one advice and direction from 11 of Scotland’s top creative agencies before having your work reviewed by creative titans; It’s Nice That, Creative Review, Creative Scotland and Danielle herself.

Alongside the workshops and projects GDFS are teaming up with It’s Nice That to offer a night of music from a selection of record labels and promoters; ranging from up-and-coming artists through to well established international labels combined with a realtime visual performance on the Saturday night. Karl Toomey and Jamie McIntyre from It’s Nice That/INT Works, along with VJ and animator, Charlie Doran will be remixing and manipulating a body of visual work, live.

For those looking for an earlier night, the International Poster Exhibition, featuring the 100 top posters from GDFS International Poster Competition opens with music and drinks on Friday night. The competition this year received 3432 submissions from 83 countries and will be judged by Tony Brook (Spin), Adrian Shaugnessy, Erich Brechbuhl and Warriors Studio. The top 100 posters will be exhibited throughout GDFS at The Lighthouse until 7 November.

A conference and panel discussion with all studios running 2-Day workshops will be facilitated by Rob Alderson before an evening of drinks and music to end the weekend on Sunday afternoon.

Alongside the core programme at The Lighthouse, don’t miss Off Grid – a showcase of new work by multi-disciplinary artists/designers/makers/communicators on display at Southblock from 20 October – 17 November.

You can see the full programme of events online here and book here.

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Graphic Design Festival Scotland is a five day festival featuring workshops, competitions, talks, exhibitions and more running from 22-26 October. Based at The Whisky Bond, the inaugural festival seeks to provide a place for graphic design to become accessible to the public while creating a space for networking between designers, students and others working in the industry.

From 22 – 23 October, eight design studios will act as mentors while a group of participants work on a creative brief for the chance to win a placement with their mentor and the GDFS Best up-and-coming 2014 award.

There will be several one and two day workshops around creative processes, conceptual thinking, visual communication and professional practice with various design powerhouses including: 44 Flavours, STV Creative, Risotto, Recoat, Alexander Lis (Designbüro Frankfurt), OK-RM, Eike Konig-Hort and Freddy Taylor (Kesselskramer Outlet).

On 25 October, hear a series of 15 minute talks from designers and creatives throughout the evening while enjoying the musical stylings of So Weit So Gut, Tropical, Handpicked and The Dissolving Dancefloor. Catch curated music and live DJ sets at the Whisky Bond throughout the festival.

Finally don’t miss the International Poster Exhibition at 21 Stockwell Street from 25-27 October.

Watch this video for a full run-down of events:

Graphic Design Festival Scotland runs from 22-26 October. Find more information about the GDFS here.

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