Brian Collins
Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at COLLINS
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About
Brian Collins co-founded COLLINS, the brand design company behind work for Spotify, Target and Nike, in 2008, after about ten years running Ogilvy's design and brand innovation division. His talks argue that design should imagine better futures rather than decorate the present: Designing Tomorrow, Better at 99U and the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Bell Labs Shannon Luminary Lecture on what we desire from design, and What Comes Next at The Design Conference in Brisbane.
What Brian Talks About
The craft and business of brand identity design
Building and running an independent design company
Treating design as a tool to imagine better futures
How distinctive identity systems get made for major brands
Why design ambition matters to long-term brand value
What Comes Next: How We Can Shape the Future of Design
D&AD Festival
Technology Evolution and Brand Design Strategy
BRITE Conference
Designers Speak
Exploring Design Trajectories for a Better Future
Web Summit
Designing Tomorrow, Better
Designing Tomorrow, Better
The Future of Design: What We Desire
Design Indaba
Let's Face It, I'm Biased And So Are You
Brand Nieuwe Conference
What events has Brian spoken at?
12 events · 2016 to 2026 · 3 countries
| Event | Year | Location | Repeat appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Design Conference Australia 2026 | 2026 | Brisbane | |
| D&AD Festival | 2024 | London, United Kingdom | |
| FBIF Food & Beverage Innovation Forum | 2023 | Shanghai | |
| BRITE Conference | 2023 | New York | |
| Designers Speak | 2020 | Auckland | |
| 99U Conference | 2019 | New York | |
| Aspen Ideas Festival | 2019 | ||
| Web Summit | 2019 | Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Shannon Luminary Lecture | 2018 | Murray Hill | |
| Design Indaba | 2017 | Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Advertising Week New York | 2016 | New York | |
| Brand Nieuwe Conference | 2016 | Amsterdam |
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