Introducing Cotton, an agency specialising in designing with code

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.

Talia’s talk will take place during the main Typographics conference on June 27–28, 2025, at Cooper Union in New York City. Conference registration is required to attend.

Talia Cotton joins the Typographics 2025 lineup with “Taming Chaos”

 holds an annual internal conference, “All Co All Day”—a full-day virtual gathering dedicated to creativity, learning, and cross-disciplinary connection.

This year’s event will feature an impressive roster of speakers including Ari Melenciano, 

, Elizabeth Goodspeed, and many more, with programming designed to inspire and educate teams across design, development, strategy, and beyond.

Talia’s talk, “Prototyping Beyond Figma,” will explore how creative coding can push interactive design forward—highlighting tools like p5.js and TouchDesigner as powerful extensions of the design process.

The event will take place online on Jun 23, 2025. The event is private to Instrument employees and not open to the public.

Talia Cotton will be speaking at Instrument's internal conference, covering "Prototyping Beyond Figma."

This Friday, Talia Cotton will take the stage at the City and Regional Magazine Association’s 49th Annual Conference in Denver to lead a session on one of the most pressing issues facing the design industry: AI ethics.

As part of the conference’s design track, Talia’s talk will examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping the creative process—and the ethical responsibilities that come with it. With AI-generated imagery, automation, and editorial tooling becoming embedded in magazine workflows, her session will ask: What does “authorship” mean now? Who is accountable for the outcomes AI produces? And how can designers lead in setting ethical standards within their organizations?