Themes

The design landscape is shifting fast. Staying relevant means adapting, learning, and embracing new tools—but which ones truly matter? This theme explores how designers can prepare for the future, embrace change, and adapt by filling our toolbelts with the necessary skills to stake our claim in an evolving industry.

Designers hold incredible power, shaping life, experiences, and society—and that responsibility can not be ignored. 

This theme tackles ethics, sustainability, and inclusivity, urging designers to move beyond good intentions and actively create accessibility, equity, and sustainability for ALL. How do we design for a greener future? And how do we embed DEI and sustainability into the very core of our work?

Designers are born with an incredible instinct that can’t be taught or artificially created. This theme will honor the magic in the details, the warmth, the personality, the style, and the originality that designers possess -their human touch. Covering how the attention to little things is what makes great designers craft good designs.

Great brands balance authenticity with adaptability. This theme explores how brands can honor their local heritage while scaling to a global audience, creating meaningful connections across cultures.

*This theme is guest-curated by Kontrapunkt