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Talia Cotton joins the Typographics 2025 lineup with “Taming Chaos”
Typographics
June 2025
Talia Cotton will be speaking at Instrument's internal conference, covering "Prototyping Beyond Figma."
Instrument
June 2025
Talia Cotton to speak on AI ethics at the 49th Annual CRMA Design Conference in Denver
CRMA
June 2025
"Unsolicited Advice": Talia Cotton on the Front & Center Podcast. Listen now on Spotify.
Front & Center
May 2025
Cotton wins Creative Review's "Creative Innovation" Award for Brocade
Creative Review
May 2025
Cotton's very own Noah Schwadron will be speaking at What Comes Next at Parsons School of Design. Tickets are free.
May 2025
Talia Cotton to lead a week-long workshop for the Media & Interaction students at ÉCAL in Lausanne, Switzerland.
ecal
May 2025
Radim Malinic dives deep into a conversation with Talia Cotton on creative code, emotional truths, and the power of optimism as a limitless design strategy.
May 2025
Cotton has been shortlisted for Creative Review’s prestigious Annual Awards 2025 for our work on The Brocade Unknot under the Creative Innovation category.
May 2025
Talia Cotton to teach a weekend workshop to MFA Graphic Design students at MICA alongside Kiel Mutschelknaus.
May 2025
Cotton welcomes its newest member, Sewon Bae. Formerly at Pentagram, Sewon is a project manager with expertise in brand identity and digital systems—and a rare ability to make complex projects feel seamless. Welcome to the team, Sewon!
April 2025
Noah Schwadron will be repping Cotton the AIGA Design Portfolio Reviews 2025—an opportunity for young designers to showcase their work, receive constructive feedback, and network with industry professionals.
AIGA
January 2025
The Young Ones competition identifies emerging creative talent across diverse disciplines. Talia Cotton joins a jury of esteemed judges for the 2025 edition.
The One Club for Creativity
January 2025
“Very simple, very good. Very legible, very memorable.” Brand New audiences weigh in on the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance brand identity.
Brand New
January 2025
Cotton Wins Best-In-Show at Communication Arts Typography Annual, And More
Communication Arts
January 2025
Fast Company taps Talia Cotton among other industry leaders to forecast their predictions on design trends in 2025
Fast Company
December 2024
Trends to Die in 2025: Talia Cotton challenges the "AI Aesthetic" in Fast Company’s look-back on 2024 trends.
Fast Company
December 2024
Creative Review ranks 2024's best magazine covers, and Cotton's New York Times Sunday Opinion cover gets noticed for its stress-inducing (by design) generative illustration that uses code to spawn exponentially.
Creative Review
December 2024
Talia Cotton invited to celebrate the Pantone Color of the Year unveiling at Wix Studio's VIP Brunch at Manhatta in New York
Pantone × Wix Studio
December 2024
Talia Cotton to teach Harvard GSD course on generative AI and design fiction alongside Sankalp Bhatnagar
Harvard GSD
November 2024
Talia Cotton to speak to Boston University Graphic Design students. Open to the public.
Boston University
November 2024
Talia Cotton to speak at Pratt's Fall 2024 Design Lecture Series
Pratt
November 2024
Talia Cotton set to judge the UK's Creative Review's 25th Annual Awards
Creative Review
November 2024
Talia Cotton will join Elizabeth Goodspeed for a live Q&A at November’s Nicer Tuesdays in New York.
Nicer Tuesdays
November 2024
Talia Cotton to speak at Toronto's Meridien Hall for RGD Canada's DesignThinkers event—Canada’s largest graphic design conference.
RGD Canada
November 2024
Talia Cotton announced as speaker in the inaugural Paradiso festival in Yucatan, Mexico with 50+ of the industry's most esteemed creatives, including Paula Scher and Stefan Sagmeister
Paradiso Festival
October 2024
Talia Cotton presents at Kikk, a four-day-long creative festival hosted in Namur, Belgium.
Kikk Festival
October 2024
In Basque country, Spain, Talia Cotton is the closing speaker at Basquerville festival.
Basquerville Festival
October 2024
"We don't have the luxury of mistakes." At Collins' exclusive BTS night, Talia Cotton presents her behind-the-scenes formula for running an operation with no room for errors.
Collins × Molly
October 2024
Talia Cotton to judge the ADCC 75th Annual design awards, Canada's oldest design organization, alongside Kemp Attwood, Chris Cyran, Max Ottignon, and jury president Astrid Stavro.
ADCC
September 2024
Defying norms at -21°: how Cotton Design weaved technology and art into Backslash’s visual language
The Brand Identity
September 2024
"This brilliant font is made entirely out of backslashes A new branding system by Cotton Design for Cornell Tech’s art organization uses a single shape."
Fast Company
September 2024
"Overall, this is most definitely unconventional and possibly infuriating to some but as far as honoring the organization’s MO — which is celebrating and supporting art that is “nonlinear, unconventional, unexpected, adventurous, intense, surprising, questionable” — this is unequivocally successful." Brand New reviews Cotton's identity for Backslash.
Brand New
September 2024
Wix Playground’s quarterly series dives into the ever-expanding world of web design. Speakers Talia Cotton, Rich Tu and Hezi Jacob unpack their creative process and the challenges of taking beautiful designs to digital experiences.
Wix Playground
July 2024
Talia speaks about design and code at Bump Festival, a one-day creative conference in Kortrijk, Belgium, alongside fellow speakers Gavin Strange, Ksawery Komputery, and others.
Bump Festival
June 2024
Future London Academy's Ekaterina Solomeina talks with Talia Cotton about starting an agency after leaving Pentagram for their Design Leadership series.
Future London Academy
June 2024
In Creative Review's latest Creative Leadership Spotlight, Aimee Mclaughlin chats with Talia Cotton about innovation, female role models, and empowering the next generation of creatives.
Creative Review
May 2024
Women at Work Podcast goes deep with Talia Cotton to discuss her path of resilience to building a creative agency from scratch
Women at Work
May 2024
At Canva Create, Talia Cotton speaks on rebranding at scale.
Canva Create
May 2024
Cotton's very own Noah Schwadron wins the coveted Young Ones awards for his data-driven generative wine packaging project, 'Kajab'.
ADC
May 2024
Talia Cotton to speak at Toronto's FITC festival about breaking through creative boundaries.
FITC Toronto
April 2024
"This is a fun break from SaaS conventions and clichés that pushes the boundaries visually, which, in turn, would give an indication of how the company does the same when it comes to translating data insight." Brand New reviews Cotton's identity for Backslash.
Brand New
April 2024
In Lima, Peru, Talia Cotton talks about Designing What Doesn't Exist yet at the Latin American Design Festival: Latin America's largest design fest.
Latin American Design
April 2024
Inspiration report: Wix Studio spotlights Talia Cotton’s keynote at OFFF Festival as a standout on pushing the boundaries of playful and interactive design.
Wix Studio
April 2024
Tim Rodenbröker chats with Talia Cotton about creative freedom, agency life, and bridging design with technology.
Tim Rodenbröker
April 2024
Talia Cotton to judge the Digital Design category of the 2023 Latin American Design Awards, alongside Thomas Hervé and Kim Boutin.
Latin American Design Awards
February 2024
Talia Cotton, Yehwan Song, Chelsi Alise Cocking, and others featured in TYPEONE’s Issue #01: The Creative Code Issue (Now Sold Out)
TYPEONE
February 2024
In the wake of recent layoffs, Fast Company asked Talia Cotton to offer advice to other designers who are now going freelance.
Fast Company
February 2024
Talia Cotton speaks to D&AD China about Creating Meaning Through Code. 通过代码创造意义 | 英国D&AD大奖直播
D&AD China
January 2024
Cotton welcomes its newest member, Noah Schwadron. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Noah is a designer/coder with extraordinary ability to create virtually anything with code. Welcome to the team, Noah!
December 2023
Talia Cotton to speak at the TYPEONE Magazine Launch in New York City at The One Club for Creativity
TYPEONE
October 2023
Talia Cotton to speak at MIT Media Lab's Lunch Lecture series
MIT Media Lab
September 2023
"Pushing Design Possibilities Through Coding": Talia Cotton Talks Code and Creativity with Envato
Envato
September 2023
Cotton welcomes summer intern Chris Kim. Chris is an overwhelming talent in motion design and coding, and a recent grad from Parsons School of Design. Welcome to the team, Chris!
June 2023
Talia Cotton to lead "Coding from Scratch" workshop through Typelab at Typographics in NYC.
Typographics Conference
June 2023
Interview mit Talia Cotton: »Code can solve the problem of design bias«
Page Magazine
June 2023
"Will AI Take My Design Job?" Wix Playground asked founder Talia Cotton to offer her prediction as an industry expert in Frontend Design.
Wix Playground
May 2023
Morning Buzz's Adam Izen chats with Talia Cotton on using code to design with impact, and common myths to bust around coding, and starting a studio.
The One Club for Creativity
February 2023
Cotton welcomes newest member James Macry as Studio Coordinator. James is a veteran with an impressive background in fine arts.
February 2023
OFFF Festival in Barcelona announces Talia Cotton as a speaker at its 24th edition in Barcelona.
OFFF Festival
February 2023
Talia Cotton guest lectures at Carnegie Mellon University.
Carnegie Mellon University
February 2023
Talia Cotton leaves Pentagram to launch her new agency, Cotton. From It's Nice That.
It's Nice That
February 2023
Introducing Cotton, an agency specialising in designing with code
LS:N Global
February 2023
The Brand Identity interviews Talia Cotton about working on two teams at Pentagram, teaching, and the expansive, experimental and exciting nature of code.
The Brand Identity
November 2022
