Photo by Florian Ziegler Lauren Celenza had the one of the harder slots of the whole event: the very last talk, after two days of everything else. And she opened it with a confession that got a room full of raised hands. She was tired of he…
Right after the last Düsseldorf event I wrote about Brendan Dawes’ design for beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2026. His generative posters, one unique piece per speaker, the opening titles and all the wonderful things he created for me. Now De…
I am excited to announce the date for Düsseldorf 2027. Mark your calendars and join us on 19 and 20 April 2027. Grab your tickets early. Blind Bird Tickets went super fast after announcing them to our newsletter (newsletter hears it first,
Bramus Van Damme pitched me a talk. A clean, thorough introduction to View Transitions. All the ins and outs. And then, by his own account, he looked up what “beyond tellerrand” actually means. To look beyond the edge of your plate. At whic…
It’s genuinely lovely that Tom Arnold (Webrocker) is always part of beyond tellerrand. If not in person, then online and in his thoughts. Tom has published a German-language “running diary” of his trip to Beyond Tellerrand in Düsseldorf 202…
Piccalilli, Set Studio and standing your ground in the age of AI In this episode of the beyond tellerrand podcast, Marc sits down with Andy Bell, the founder of Piccalilli and the design and development agency Set Studio. The two caught up
Marjan van Aubel opened with a number that stopped the room. Every hour, enough sunlight reaches the earth to power the entire world for a year. One hour. And yet we are still digging into the ground for energy rather than looking up. That
Niels Leenheer has been sitting in the audience at beyond tellerrand for more than ten years. And as I wrote in his speaker introduction, having him step onto the stage that has inspired him all those years felt like exactly the kind of mom…
I’ve known André since the Flashforum days and it was genuinely wonderful to finally have him on the beyond tellerrand stage. As I wrote in his speaker introduction, André has spent three decades building tools that make music accessible to…
I have known Jared Ficklin for many years. He is one of those people who, whenever we meet, the conversation immediately goes off in five directions at once. From technology and product design, to skateparks, to building absurd things in a
Brendan Dawes and I go back a long way. I actually met him for the very first time 25 years ago at Flashforward 2001 in Amsterdam. This event actually also sparked my interest in running events as well, after a longer break of attending dem…
Martin Kraft is no stranger to beyond tellerrand. Long before he was the man behind the lens, he was part of the team on the ground – a volunteer who helped make the conference run smoothly year after year. A few years ago, he swapped helpi…