This year's theme is Transparency. It's about sharing challenges and lessons to create an honest community within our industry. At NDF, we aim to break down barriers by encouraging the sharing of experiences. By making them visible, we hope to normalise struggles, foster understanding, and unite through shared experiences.
Join us between 15th and 17th May in Lancaster City Centre for NDF2025: Transparency.
The Festival in Your Words
“As a self taught designer, struggling to find community was a big barrier - NDF provided a non judgmental space to both meet other visiting designers and hear their perspective, whilst also providing space to experiment and learn about the craft itself”
- Anonymous
"This was a fantastic initiative by these young folk and just the right sort of energy we need up here in the North. As a Preston based creative studio we often travel to Manchester and London for larger events so having another creative pull to add to our pot here in Lancashire is surly a good thing."
- Andy Walmsley - Founder & Creative Director, Wash Studio
"Being a post-grad from a London-based uni, I didn’t know other designers who lived up north and related to the struggles creatives face here. Also, I wanted to work on more collaborative live projects. 5 months later, I have achieved tenfold my original goals by having a stronger sense of community and working on fun stuff collaboratively thanks to NDF."
- Anonymous