Don’t miss out on the best price ticket! Join us on Saturday 30 May 2026, for an incredible lineup of speakers. It’s going to be a blast.

Now26 conference in Paris is a celebration of typography, featuring inspiring speakers from graphic design, web design, motion design, publishing, visual identity, communication, and type design.

Now25 conference room

Speakers & workshop instructors for 2026

Schedule

Schedule is to subject to change until Saturday 30 May 2026.

08:10 — 08:40
Check-in

We will give you your name tag and goody bag when you arrive! Thank you for being on time so that we can start in time. Check in is on the basement of the Novotel.

09:00 — 09:30
Welcome remarks

Véronique Marrier, CNAP, Ministère de la Culture, France

Biography ✚

09:30 — 10:00
No time, no budget

Marie Carrasco, France

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

10:00 — 10:30
Making scripts alive

Léon Hugues, France

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

10:30 — 11:00
Design as a playground

Özge Güven, Turkey

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

11:00 — 11:20
Break
Snack and beverage included.

11:20 — 11:30
Mid-morning remarks

Rachel Gogel, France–United States

Biography ✚

11:30 — 12:15
Inkling

Astrid Stavro, Great Britain

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

12:15 — 12:45
Type for life, from pencil to pixel

David Quay, The Foundry Types, Great Britain

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

12:45 — 13:15
Your brand has a type. How typography shapes our brands personalities.

Justine Suillaud+Margot Retif: Martine, France

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

13:15 — 14:45
Lunch

14:45 — 15:00
Afternoon remarks

Carolina Laudon, ATypI’s former president, Sweden

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

15:00 — 15:45
❤︎ Keynote speaker Typography
Of Subways & Offsidesalk

Tobias Frere-Jones, Frere-Jones Type, United States

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

15:45 — 16:15
From hand to handles, an improvised path through letters

Hélène Marian, France

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

16:15 — 16:45
Meaningful work

Filipe Carvalho, Portugal

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

16:45 — 17:10
Break
Snack and beverage included.

17:10— 17:15
Mid-afternoon remarks

Friedrich Althausen, Germany

More ✚

17:15 — 17:45
What if the work is the resistance?

Flavia Zimbardi, Brazil

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

17:45 — 18:15
When blockbuster meets auteur

Antoine Aillot+Guillaume Hugon+Marvin De Deus Ganhitas: Golgotha, France

Biography ✚   Interview ✚

18:15 — 18:45
Publishers in graphic design & type

Panel discussion

Moderation to be announced

▸ Eye Magazine, John Walters

▸ Slanted, Julia Kahl

▸ B42, Alexandre Dimos

Elliot Jay Stocks

18:45 — 19:00
Conclusion