Cotton Wins Best-In-Show at Communication Arts Typography Annual, And More

Under Consideration's First Round Conference returns to New York, with Talia Cotton as a speaker.

In Dallas, Talia Cotton to speak at the National Student Show & Conference

The 2025 International Assembly—running from November 6–21 in Glasgow, Scotland—brings together designers, technologists, artists, and big thinkers for a rich program of conference sessions, workshops, exhibitions, and more.

Talia Cotton will kick off the festival as one of this year’s headlining speakers, alongside Pentagram’s Emily Oberman, SuperHi’s Rik Lau, and Studio Dumbar’s Liza Enriquez.

Talia’s keynote will spotlight Cotton’s newest body of work, exploring how design and technology can serve as active tools for making change—visually, structurally, and beyond design. Drawing from recent projects that merge generative systems, brand strategy, and social storytelling, she will discuss how computation can deepen meaning, expand authorship, and reimagine the boundaries of contemporary design practice.

The all-day conference portion of International Assembly takes place on Friday, November 7, at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall, opening at 9:30 a.m. and running through 6:00 p.m. Beyond the keynote, the festival features weekend workshops, live-project challenges, an international poster exhibition, and social events—all designed for connection across disciplines and seniorities.

Registration is open now, and attendance is in-person only; sessions will not be recorded, emphasising live engagement and serendipity.

Talia Cotton announced as Keynote Speaker at the 2025 International Assembly Festival in Glasgow, Scotland.

CodeCrafted: Generative Design in Branding

 invites designers, studios and thinkers to explore how programming, algorithms and data-driven systems are reshaping brand identity—visually, conceptually and structurally.

Across 304 pages, the book presents cutting-edge examples of generative and parametric visual systems applied to branding—from printed matter and motion graphics to interactive, adaptive identities. It features work from leading studios such as DIA, DEPT® and LAVA, accompanied by essays from generative-design pioneers such as Patrik Hübner and Tim Rodenbröker.

Several of Cotton's projects have been featured, including their identities for Creative Week, Boundary Analytics, and Backslash.

 was officially released by Victionary in September 2025 and is available now through international booksellers.

Several of Cotton's projects have been featured in CodeCrafted: Generative Design in Branding

Talia Cotton to speak at the Innovation by Design Summit in Doha, Qatar.

Each year, Typographics brings together a global community of designers, educators, and thinkers to explore the evolving role of typography in visual culture and communication.

This year’s main-stage programming includes speakers from across the design spectrum—featuring talks from Jon Key, 

, and many others. The programming spans topics from indigenous design history to experimental gesture-based typography—pushing the boundaries of type, motion, interaction, and authorship. 

Talia Cotton joins the 2025 lineup with a talk titled “

,” examining how today’s creative technologies challenge traditional notions of control in design. In a medium shaped by randomness, data, and interactivity, Talia asks: what does it mean to design intentionally? Through real-world methodologies and project examples, she reveals how designers can build systems that guide unpredictability, and when it’s worth surrendering control entirely.