Best of Graphic Design Conferences 2014: Connect, collaborate and be forever changed: Grab your the ticket to WMC Fest!

Best of Graphic Design Conferences 2014: Connect, collaborate and be forever changed: Grab your the ticket to WMC Fest!

Three Days that Will Change Your Life: the best of graphic design conferences 2014 is upon us!

When your head is down and nose is to the grindstone, it’s easy to feel disconnected from the world, from your fellow creatives. As projects pile up, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and to even lose that fire you once had as a designer, artist, musician, entrepreneur, maker, doer, dreamer.

What if I told you you have the opportunity to breathe again?

Attend our 5th annual Weapons of Mass Creation Fest (running August 15 – 17) and you’ll experience three days of inspiration on overdrive: three days surrounded by folks just like you, who have all the passion in the world, yearning to become better than they once were. They’ll want to hear your successes, your struggles, to collaborate and connect. They’ll help you see life and work with new eyes. They’ll ask nothing in return.

And you? You’ll leave feeling recharged, focused, energized like never before. You’ll leave with incredible bonds only created through mutual respect and understanding. You’ll be an integral part of a movement, a part of something bigger than yourself. You will be forever altered.

Promise.

If you’d like to be a part of three life changing days, you can grab your Early Bird ticket now by:

clicking here.

For more info.

The Weapons of Mass Creation Fest team is overjoyed to announce the first wave of speaker, artist and band announcements! Check ’em out over at wmcfest.com!

Speakers include:

Jolby & Friends is a collaborative studio based in Portland, Oregon dedicated to telling stories through design and illustration.
Jolby & Friends is a collaborative studio based in Portland, Oregon dedicated to telling stories through design and illustration.
Sonnenzimmer is the art studio of Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi
Sonnenzimmer is the art studio of Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi
Keenan Cumming is a NYC based product designer.
Keenan Cummings is a NYC based product designer.
Cuban-American Designer & Artist. Creating culturally rooted, story-driven work in the arts, publishing, & wine industries.
Cuban-American Designer & Artist Veronica Corzo-Duchardt. Creating culturally rooted, story-driven work in the arts, publishing, & wine industries.

…more to come!

Bands include:

Mr. Gnome is a indie/psych/rock duo from the magical land of Cleve
Mr. Gnome is a indie/psych/rock duo from the magical land of Cleve
Comprised of four Cleveland rock music scene vets and fronted by Erika Lauren from WMMS’ “The Alan Cox Show” and MTV’s Real World DC, HAWKEYE has the chops and ain’t afraid to prove it.
Hawkeye: Comprised of four Cleveland rock music scene vets and fronted by Erika Lauren from WMMS’ “The Alan Cox Show” and MTV’s Real World DC, HAWKEYE has the chops and ain’t afraid to prove it.
Good driving and hard rock from Cleveland, OH
Black Puddle Noise: Good driving and hard rock from Cleveland, OH
Backyard / Suicide Pop Rock And Roll
Teddy Boys: Backyard / Suicide Pop Rock And Roll
Dolfish is American singer-songwriter Max Sollisch
Dolfish is American singer-songwriter Max Sollisch
Oldboy (not to be spelled "Old boy") is a rock-folk band whose music runs the gamut from wistful to epic folk to downright heavy rock and roll. Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, a city known to be a part of the rust belt of America, Oldboy really shines - out loud.
Oldboy (not to be spelled “Old boy”) is a rock-folk band whose music runs the gamut from wistful to epic folk to downright heavy rock and roll. Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, a city known to be a part of the rust belt of America, Oldboy really shines – out loud.
Texas Plant: Folk/Americana from Cleveland
Texas Plant: Folk/Americana from Cleveland
These Knees collaborates with musicians across the country incorporating acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, and percussion.
These Knees collaborates with musicians across the country incorporating acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, and percussion.
Midnight Passenger is a Cleveland based rock-band.
Midnight Passenger is a Cleveland based rock-band.

…and more to come!

Artists include:

JP Boneyard is a person from Boston, MA who designs, does front-end development, and produces art and music events.
JP Boneyard is from Boston, MA. He designs, does front-end development, and produces art and music events. He’ll be bringing us his National Poster Retrospecticus
The Bubble Process is a two-man design and illustration firm built on this foundation: good food, good music, good times
The Bubble Process is a two-man design and illustration firm built on this foundation: good food, good music, good times
Landland is a very small graphic design & illustration studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota that was started by Dan Black, Matt Zaun & Jessica Seamans in early 2007.
Landland is a very small graphic design & illustration studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota that was started by Dan Black, Matt Zaun & Jessica Seamans in early 2007.
Meghan Minior is an artist, event coordinator, and musician living in the woods of Leverett, Massachusetts.
Meghan Minior is an artist, event coordinator, and musician living in the woods of Leverett, Massachusetts.
Scott Williams is a Chicago-based graphic designer who has been making things around town a little more beautiful since 1996.
Scott Williams is a Chicago-based graphic designer who has been making things around town a little more beautiful since 1996.
Jason's work has appeared in numerous exhibits and publications. A selection of his posters are part of the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Denver Art Museum.
Jason Munn’s work has appeared in numerous exhibits and publications. A selection of his posters are part of the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Denver Art Museum.
Printmakers JW & Melissa Buchanan
Printmakers JW & Melissa Buchanan
Product designer and owner of studio and blog Pinegate Road
Product designer and owner of studio and blog Pinegate Road, Kelsey Cronkhite

…and more to come!

Learn more about our line-up on wmcfest.com and be sure to stay tuned to upcoming artist, designer and musician announcements as well as more information about workshops and events!

P.S. August 15 – 17 will be a busy weekend in Cleveland. Be sure to book your hotel now!