Speakers · Oddfield 27

[01] SpeakersODDFIELD 27

Twenty-four people who make images, type, tools and rooms for a living. Photographers, type designers, curators, engineers and one very patient animator.

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24 speakers

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11 countries

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640 proposals read

[24] SpeakersTwo days · three rooms

Twenty-four people who make images, type, tools and rooms for a living. Each one gets forty minutes and one question from the floor.

Portrait of Ilse Varga

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Ilse VargaD1 · 09:40

Lighting a face for a five-inch screen

Portrait of Tomas Holt

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Tomas HoltD1 · 10:20

Portrait of Amara Oyelaran

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Amara OyelaranD1 · 11:00

Album art after the album

Portrait of Rufus Brennan

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Rufus BrennanD1 · 11:40

Portrait of Leila Haddad

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Leila HaddadD1 · 12:20

Portrait of Kwame Asante

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Kwame AsanteD1 · 13:30

Why every render needs one mistake

Portrait of Sanne de Wit

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Sanne de WitD1 · 14:10

Portrait of Arjun Mehta

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Arjun MehtaD1 · 14:50

The design tool is now the client

Portrait of Nia Okafor

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Nia OkaforD1 · 15:30

Casting light instead of models

Portrait of Pieter Vos

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Pieter VosD1 · 16:10

Portrait of Mina Rostami

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Mina RostamiD1 · 16:50

Drawing slower than the machine

Portrait of Dario Benedetti

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Dario BenedettiD1 · 17:30

Portrait of Adaeze Nwosu

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Adaeze NwosuD2 · 09:40

Hanging a show nobody walks through

Portrait of Jonas Lind

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Jonas LindD2 · 10:20

Portrait of Elena Marchetti

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Elena MarchettiD2 · 11:00

One photograph, forty crops

Portrait of Marcus Adeyemi

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Marcus AdeyemiD2 · 11:40

Portrait of Yuna Takahashi

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Yuna TakahashiD2 · 12:20

Portrait of Henrik Aalto

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Henrik AaltoD2 · 13:30

Photographing buildings that aren't built

Portrait of Clara Bauer

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Clara BauerD2 · 14:10

Portrait of Samir Khalil

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Samir KhalilD2 · 14:50

What a button sounds like

Portrait of Priya Raman

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Priya RamanD2 · 15:30

Wall text for people who don't read wall text

Portrait of Luca Moretti

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Luca MorettiD2 · 16:10

Portrait of Freya Holm

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Freya HolmD2 · 16:50

Choosing the frame nobody shot

Portrait of Theo Laurent

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Theo LaurentD2 · 17:30

[03] DAY 1 · THURSDAY

Making the image

Open a card for the full profile, the talk and when to find them.

[01]D1 · 09:40

Portrait of Ilse Varga

Portrait photographer

Lighting a face for a five-inch screen

[02]D1 · 10:20

Portrait of Tomas Holt

Type designer, Holt Letters

A typeface that knows it lives on a watch

[03]D1 · 11:00

Portrait of Amara Oyelaran

Creative director, Fieldhouse Records

Album art after the album

[04]D1 · 11:40

Portrait of Rufus Brennan

Set designer for film

Building a room the camera only sees once

[05]D1 · 12:20

Portrait of Leila Haddad

Design lead, public transit

Signs you read at 40 km/h

[06]D1 · 13:30

Portrait of Kwame Asante

3D artist and director

Why every render needs one mistake

[07]D1 · 14:10

Portrait of Sanne de Wit

Editor, Pressmark Quarterly

Making a print magazine in 2027 on purpose

[08]D1 · 14:50

Portrait of Arjun Mehta

Product designer, tooling

The design tool is now the client

[09]D1 · 15:30

Portrait of Nia Okafor

Fashion photographer

Casting light instead of models

[10]D1 · 16:10

Portrait of Pieter Vos

Information designer

A chart is an argument with a y-axis

[11]D1 · 16:50

Portrait of Mina Rostami

Illustrator and animator

Drawing slower than the machine

[12]D1 · 17:30

Portrait of Dario Benedetti

Dario Benedetti

Brand strategist

Naming things people have to say out loud

[04] DAY 2 · FRIDAY

Showing the image

Open a card for the full profile, the talk and when to find them.

[13]D2 · 09:40

Portrait of Adaeze Nwosu

Curator, Kraanhal

Hanging a show nobody walks through

[14]D2 · 10:20

Portrait of Jonas Lind

Creative technologist

Shaders for people who hate maths

[15]D2 · 11:00

Portrait of Elena Marchetti

Elena Marchetti

Art director, Studio Porta

One photograph, forty crops

[16]D2 · 11:40

Portrait of Marcus Adeyemi

Motion designer

Easing curves are a personality

[17]D2 · 12:20

Portrait of Yuna Takahashi

Interaction designer

The interface you feel before you see

[18]D2 · 13:30

Portrait of Henrik Aalto

Architect and photographer

Photographing buildings that aren't built

[19]D2 · 14:10

Portrait of Clara Bauer

Head of design, a small bank

Trust is a spacing decision

[20]D2 · 14:50

Portrait of Samir Khalil

Sound designer

What a button sounds like

[21]D2 · 15:30

Portrait of Priya Raman

Exhibition designer

Wall text for people who don't read wall text

[22]D2 · 16:10

Portrait of Luca Moretti

Independent publisher

Selling 800 copies and calling it a hit

[23]D2 · 16:50

Portrait of Freya Holm

Photo editor

Choosing the frame nobody shot

[24]D2 · 17:30

Portrait of Theo Laurent

Film director

The closing talk: cut to black

[05] YOUR HOSTS

Two people keep the clock

Adaeze Nwosu hosts the Main Hall, Pieter Vos hosts Hall B. They pick the questions, keep time and introduce every speaker in one sentence.

Main Hall

Adaeze Nwosu

Curator at Kraanhal. Has hosted every Oddfield since 2022 and has never let a talk run over.

Hall B

Pieter Vos

Information designer. Keeps a stopwatch on the lectern and a spare pen for anyone who asks.

[06] ODDFIELD 28

Pitch a talk for next year

Send one title, three sentences and one image. We read every proposal, usually twice, and reply to everyone by the end of October.

How we choose

What we want

What we don’t

One idea you can explain in a sentence

A tour of your portfolio

Work you made, with the mistakes left in

A product demo

Something the room can argue about

A panel of four people agreeing

Slides you designed yourself

Slides from a template

[07] TICKETS

Meet them in the crane hall

Speakers stay for the break after their talk. Bring your question on the card from your seat.

Get tickets

See the programme

[13] ONE EMAIL, WHEN THE PROGRAMME PRINTS

Hear about speakers before the posters go up

Four emails a year: the first names, the full programme, the workshops and the week before the doors open. Nothing else.

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