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Draplin Design Co., North America
From Coast To Coast, Telling Our Story

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DDC 2023 Winter into Spring "Existential Rumblings" Tour:

01. Jan. 19, 2023, Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA, Virtual
02. Jan. 20, 2023, Impressions Expo 2023, American Apparel Booth, Long Beach, CA
03. Feb. 11, 2023, Contravent Workshop & Lecture, Salt Lake City, UT
04. Feb. 23, 2023, Dribbble Workshops, Two in one day! Virtual
05. Mar 6, 2023, Clark College, Vancouver, Virtual
06. Mar. 15-17,2023, SXSW Flatstock Poster Exhibition, Austin, TX
07. Mar. 17, 2023, Print+Addiction, Industry Print Shop, Austin,TX
08. Mar. 29-30, AAF Black Hills & Jackalope present, "DDC Workshop" and "Speaking Fiasco," Rapid City, SD.
09. Apr. 16, 2023, FITC Lecture & Workshop, Toronto, ON
10. Apr. 19, 2023, Suttle-Straus Print Production & Paper Show, Madison, WI
11. Apr. 20-21, 2023, Charlotte AAF, Lecture & Workshop, Charlotte, NC
12. Sept. 15-16, 2023, Camp Mograph, Elbert, CO

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We're slowly getting back out there. More dates will be added to this tour soon! Stay tuned! We're not listing the "tentative stuff" until the deal is inked!

We'll come to yer town, too! Try us. Our policy: "Go wherever they'll have you!" Hit us up here, and bring the DDC traveling roadshow to yer city/school/halfway house/vo-tech center/farm.

DDC 2022 Fall "Live-In-The-Moment Limited Schmimited Dates" Tour:

01. Sept. 22, 2022, UX Y'All/AIGA Raleigh Workshop, Raleigh, NC
02. Sept. 23, 2022, UX Y'All Conference, Raleigh, NC
03. Sept. 28, 2022, AAF Toledo, Toledo, OH
04. Oct. 7, 2022, AAFTC+DDC Tri-Cities Takeover Event, Richland, WA
05. Oct. 18-20, Adobe MAX, Los Angeles, CA

DDC 2019 Fall "It's Hard To Come Up With A Name For This Tour" Tour:

01. Jan. 8, 2020, Schoolhouse, Portland, Ore.
02. Jan. 29, 2020, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, Flor.
03. Jan. 30, 2020, AIGA Gainesvillle, Gainesville, Flor.
04. Jan. 31, 2020, Mama's Sauce Super Workshop, Orlando, Flor.
05. Feb. 1, 2020, AIGA Orlando Re:Solution Conference, Orlando, Flor.
06. Feb. 2, 2020, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, Flor.
07. Feb 3, 2020, Full Sail University, Orlando, Flor.
08. Feb 23-24, 2020, ThreadX, Scottsdale, Ariz.
09. Feb. 27, 2020, Rumpl & Swift Blanket Launch Party, Portland, Ore.
10. Mar 3, 2020, Virtual Talk, Adobe Creative Jam, San Jose, Calif.
11. Mar. 12, 2020, Virtual Talk, Adobe Creative Jam, L.A., Calif.
12. Apr. 2-4, 2020, Creative South, Columbus, Geor.
13. Apr. 14, 2020, Wichita State, Wichita, Kan.
14. Apr. 16-18, 2020, Crop Austin, Austin, Tex.
15. Apr. 20, 2020, FITC, Toronto, Ont.
16. Apr. 24, 2020, Have A Nice Idea Podcast, Portland Design Week
17. May 7, 2020, Upper Playground, Portland, Ore.
18. May 14, 2020, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
19. May 21-23, 2020, Semi Permanent, Sydney, Australia

UPDATE: We had to cancel a lot of gigs to the COVID-19 pandemic, but pledge to get back on the road as soon as it's safe to do so. Stay safe out there, friends!

Slayed Tours

DDC 2019 Fall "Old Haunts/New Haunts/Weird Haunts/Annual Haunts" Tour:

01. Sept. 5, 2019, Fluent 360, Chicago, Ill. (private event)
02. Sept. 7, 2019, "Danner x Timbers" Event Pop-Up,, Portland, Ore.
03. Sept. 12, 2019, Printed Threads Workshop & Talk, Dallas, Tex.
04. Sept. 14-15, 2019, MondoCon 2019, Austin, Tex.
05. Sept. 17, 2019, B-Spot, Denver Startup Week, Denver, Colo.
06. Sept. 18, 2019, DDC Workshops, Battery 621, Denver, Colo.
07. Sept 20, 2019, Design Leadership Days, Seattle, Wash.
08. Sept. 26-27 2019, Workshop & Talk, The Barn, Rapid City, SoDak.
09. Sept. 28, 2019, DDC Workshops, Contravent, Salt Lake City, Ut.
10. Oct. 4, 2019, DDC Workshop & Talk, Poulsbo, Wash.
11. Oct. 25-26, 2019, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.
12. Oct. 30, 2019, VSP Global, Rancho Cordova, Calif. (private event)
13. Nov. 1-2, 2019, The Quiet Life Pop-Up, Los Angeles, Calif.
14. Nov. 4-6, 2019, Talks & Big DDC Pop-Up, AdobeMAX, L.A., Calif.
15. Nov. 12, 2019, Google, Seattle, Wash. (private event)
16. Nov. 20, 2019, DDC Arbor Shop Takeover, Venice, Calif.
17. Nov. 22-23, 2019, DesignerCon, Anaheim, Calif.
18. Dec. 3-4, 2019, Berlin Marketing Underground, Berlin, Germ.
19. Dec. 5-8, 2019, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.
20. Dec. 11, 2019, Boston, Mass. (private event)

DDC 2019 Winter into Spring "Places Near, Far and Really Far" Tour:

01. January 23, 2019, Contravent, Salt Lake City, Ut.
02. January 24, 2019, Utah State University, Logan, Ut.
03. February 2, 2019, Graphika Manila, Manila, Phillipines
04. February 8-9, 2019, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.
05. February 13, 2019, Woodblock Chocolate, Portland, Ore.
06. February 18, 2019, Thread-X Conference, San Diego, Calif.
07. March 14, 2019, Capital One/VCU Brandcenter, Richmond, Virg.
08. March 15, 2019, Thrive Conference, Raleigh, No. Car.
09. March 21-22, 2019, Epicurrence Conference, Breckenridge, Colo.
10. April 3, 2019, AAF Jonesboro, Ark.
11. April 4-5, 2019, Creative Works Skill Camp, Memphis, Tenn.
12. April 9, 2019, WebaQuebec, Quebec City, Que.
13. April 12-13, 2019, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.
14. April 26-27, 2019, Art Show & Pop-Up, Mule Gallery, S.F., Calif.
15. May 11, 2019, Creative Works One-Day: Seattle, Merch Table
16. May 15, 2019, Mirren Live, New York City
17. May 22, 2019, AIGA LOU Lecture & Workshop, Louisville, Kent.
18. May 23, 2019, Interactive Social 5, Lexington, Kent.
19. May 24, 2019, James Spears Lecture + Workshop, Knoxville, Tenn.
20. June 8, 2019, By Design Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia!
21. June 14-15, 2019 Right Way Signs Workshop & Talk, Chicago, Ill.
22. June 18, 2019, Home Furnishings Assoc., Portland, Ore. (Private)

DDC 2018 Fall "Sure Is Hard To Leave The Shop" Tour:

01. Aug. 28, 2018, Rakuten, San Mateo, Calif.
02. Sept. 15, 2018, Print+Addiction!, Industry Print Shop, Austin, Tex.
03. Sept. 20, 2018, Advisors Excel Creative Retreat, Topeka, Kan.
04. Sept. 24, 2018, Denver Startup Week, Denver, Colo.
05. Oct. 1, 2018, UCDA Conference, Grand Rapids, Mich.
06. Oct. 3, 2018, Field Notes "End Papers" Launch Party, Coudal Partners, Chicago, Ill.
07. Oct. 5, 2018, Foundation Hotel, Talk & Workshop, Detroit, Mich.
08. Oct. 7, 2018, Phoenix Design Week, Phoenix, Ariz.
09. Oct. 10, 2018, RAMS documentary by Gary Hustwit, Guest speakers D'Wayne Edwards & Aaron Draplin, Portland, Ore.
10. Oct. 12-13, 2018, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.
11. Oct. 15-18, 2018, AdobeMAX, Los Angeles, Calif.
12. Oct. 25, 2018, Private Event, Portsmouth, N.H.
13. Oct. 26-27, 2018, Bay State Design Shop, Boston, Mass.
14. Oct. 30, 2018, Private Event, Boston, Mass.
15. Nov. 8, 2018, Blue Fish, Speaking Fiasco & Blistering Workshop, Mobile, Ala.
16. Nov. 16-18, 2018, DesignerCon, Anaheim, Calif.
17. Dec. 13-15, 2018, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.

DDC 2018 Summer "Just A Couple Places" Tour:

01. June 20, 2018, Freshbooks #IMakeALiving event, Portland, Ore.
02. June 26, 2018, Smashing Conference, Toronto, Ont.
03. June 28, 2018, "Three Missions" Field Notes Launch Party, Coudal Partners, Chicago, Ill.
04. June 30, 2018, MLB Connect Conference, Chicago, Ill.
05. July 14, 2018, Popular Mechanics "The Lodge", Portland, Ore.
06. Aug. 3, 2018, DDC merch table, TypeCon, Portland, Ore.
07. Aug. 16, 2018, Pop-Up Crop Portland, Portland, Ore.

DDC 2018 Winter Into Spring "Limited Engagements/Unlimited Awesomeness" Tour:

01. Jan. 19, 2018, High Point University, High Point, NoCar.
02. Jan. 25, 2018, Churchill High School, Eugene, Ore.
03. Feb. 1, 2018, Hudl Headquarters, Lincoln, Neb.
04. Feb. 9 & 10, 2018, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.
05. Feb. 16, 2018, Beaverton High School, Beaverton, Ore.
06. Feb. 22, 2018, Clemson University, Clemson, SoCar.
07. Feb. 26 & 27, 2018 High Five Conference, Raleigh, NoCar.
08. Mar. 2, 2018, Portland Cartography Symposium, Portland, Ore.
09. Mar. 28, 2018, AAF Lubbock, Lubbock, Tex.
10. Apr. 6 & 7, Design Days, Carbondale, Ill.
11. Apr. 17, 2018, Smashing Conference, San Francisco, Calif.
12. Apr. 24, 2018, OSU Brand Symposium, OSU, Corvallis, Ore.
13. May 4-6, 2018, Travel Portland's "You Can In Portland", London, England
14. May 10, 2018, Awwwards Conference, San Francisco, Calif.
15. May 12, 2018, DDC Pop-Up, St. Johns Bizarre, St. Johns, Portland
16. May 15, 2018, Dribbble Hangtime, Seattle, Wash.
17. May 18-19, 2018, TYPO Conference, Berlin, Germany
18. May 24, 2018, Explode Confernce, London, Ontario
19. May 29, 2018, DesignThinkers, Vancouver, B.C.
20. June 8-10, Birmingham Design Festival, Birmingham, England

DDC 2017 Fall "Pretty Much Everything Everything Book" Tour:

Coming to yer town in an orange van! A complete mobile command unit of DDC merch, DDC books, workshops and an iron will! More Fall Tour dates being added soon! Stay tuned...

66. Sept. 29 & 30, 2017, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.
67. Oct. 7, 2017, DDC Pop-Up Shop at Outlet, Portland, Ore.
68. Oct. 11, 2017, DDC Pop-Up Shop at Burlesque, Minneapolis, Minn.
69. Oct. 12 & 13, 2017, AIGA Design Conference, Minneapolis, Minn.
70. Oct. 18-20, 2017, Lecture & Pop-Up, AdobeMAX, Las Vegas, Nev.
71. Oct. 26, 2017, AIGA Wichita, Wichita, Kan.
72. Oct. 27, 2017, Design Expo: "Design 66", U of T, Arlington, Tex.
73. Nov. 2, 2017, AIGA Texas A&M, College Station, Tex.
74. Nov. 3, 2017, Crop Pop-Up, Austin, Tex.
75. Nov. 4 & 5, 2017, MondoCon, Austin, Tex.
76. Nov. 7, 2017, AIGA Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okla.
77. Nov. 8, 2017, Made in the Middle Mini at Plexpod, Kansas City, Mo.
78. Nov. 9, 2017, Mizzou, Columbia, Mo.
79. Nov. 10, 2017, AAF of Des Moines Conference, Des Moines, Iowa
80. Nov. 11, 2017, DDC Pop-Up Shop/Field Notes HQ, Chicago, Ill.
81. Nov. 13, 2017, 3M, St. Paul, Minn. (Private Event)
82. Nov. 14, 2017, Workshop and Speaking Fiasco, Sioux Falls, SoDak.
83. Nov. 16, 2017, Speaking Fiasco, AIGA Nebraska, Omaha, Neb.
84. Nov. 17, 2017, Create 308, Grand Island, Neb.
85. Nov. 18, 2017, DDC Pop-Up Shop, Battery 621, Denver, Colo.
86. Nov. 19, 2017, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.
87. Nov. 20, 2017, Pikes Peak Comm. College, Colorado Springs, Colo.
88. Nov. 21, 2017, Welcome Fellow, Colorado Springs, Colo.
89. Dec. 3, 4 & 5, 2017, Portland Night Market, Portland, Ore.
89. Dec. 8, 9 & 10, 2017, Portland, Bazaar, Portland, Ore.

DDC 2017 Winter "Pretty Much Everything Everything Book" Tour:

01. Jan. 20, 2017, AIGA Career Tools, Portland, Ore.
02. Jan. 20, 2017, Adobe Creative Jam, Portland, Ore.
03. Jan. 27, 2017, American Greetings Infusion Conf., Cleveland, Oh.
04. Feb. 4, 2017, WeMake "DDC Logo Workshop", Portland, Ore.
05. Feb. 9, 2017, Clark College, Vancouver, Wash.
06. Feb. 15, 2017, University of Idaho, Moscow, Ida.
07. Feb. 20, 2017, George Fox University, Newberg, Ore.

DDC 2017 Spring "Pretty Much Everything Everything Book" Tour:

The spring tour starts...in an ORANGE VAN....

08. Feb. 22, 2017, F.O.C. Creative Summit, Detroit, Mich.
09. Feb 23, 2017, Detroit Design Department/Vitamin T, Detroit, Mich.
10. Mar. 1, 2017, Oakland University, Rochester, Mich.
11. Mar. 2, 2017, DDC Book Talk, Mahall's, Cleveland, Oh.
12. Mar. 3, 2017, Workshop & Lecture, Commonwealth Press, Pitts., PA
13. Mar. 4, 2017, Workshop & Lecture, Kinship Goods, Charleston, WV
14. Mar. 7, 2017, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
15. Mar. 8, 2017, AAF Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa
16. Mar. 8, 2017, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
17. Mar. 9, 2017, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
18. Mar. 10, 2017, AAF Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
19. Mar. 13, 2017, Logo Workshop & Lecture, WNYBAC, Buffalo, N.Y.
20. Mar. 14, 2017, Stay Fresh Speaker Series, Syracuse, N.Y.
21. Mar. 16, 2017, MassArt, Boston, Mass.
22. Mar. 17, 2017, RISD, Providence, Rhode Island
23. Mar. 20, 2017, Workshop & Lecture, AIGA Maine, Portland, Maine
24. Mar. 21, 2017, New Hampshire Inst. of Art, Manchester, N.H.
25. Mar. 23, 2017, Workshop, AIGA Vermont/Hark, Burlington, VT
26. Mar. 24, 2017, UVM Snowboard Club, Burlington, Verm.
27. Mar 27, 2017, Workshop & Lecture, SUNY Adirondack, Q'bury, N.Y.
28. Mar. 28, 2017, Super Secret Variety Show, Brooklyn, N.Y.
29. Mar. 30, 2017, Manhattan, N.Y. (Private Event)
30. Mar. 31, 2017, School of Visual Arts, New York, N.Y. (Private Event)
31. Apr. 1, 2017, Steve DeCusatis Design/PhilaU, Philadelphia, Penn.
32. Apr. 3, 2017, AIGA University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
33. Apr. 4, 2017, Workshop & Lecture, House Ind., Wilmington, DE
34. Apr. 5, 2017, Workshop & Lecture, AIGA Richmond, Virg.
35. Apr. 6, 2017, Workshop & Lecture, AIGA Hampton Roads, Virg.
36. Apr. 7, 2017, The Saturn, Birmingham, Ala.
37. Apr. 12, 2017, Pensacola State College, Pensacola, Flor.
38. Apr. 13, 2017, AIGA Gainesville, Gainesville, Flor.
39. Apr. 14, 2017, DDC Book Talk, Mama's Sauce, Orlando, Flor.
40. Apr. 15, 2017, Mama's Sauce Workshop, Orlando, Flor.
41. Apr. 17, 2017, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, FL
42. Apr. 19, 2017, Redpepper Workshop & Lecture, Nashville, Tenn.
43. Apr. 20, 2017, Marketing United, Nashville, Tenn.
44. Apr. 23, 2017, FITC Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
45. Apr. 26, 2017, TheDesigners, St. Johns, Newfoundland
46. May 5, 2017, "Make A Logo The DDC Way", Milwaukee, Wisc.
47. May 5, 2017, Draplin Does Milwaukee, AIGA Milwaukee, Wisc.
48. May 6, 2017, Field Notes/DDC Super Pop-Up Shop, Chicago, Ill.
49. May 7, 2017, Volume One/Font Diner Event, Eau Claire, Wisc.
50. May 10, 2017, Asymbol Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyom.
51. May 11, 2017, Fact and Fiction Bookstore, Missoula, Mont.
52. May 16, 2017, Symantec Private Event, Portland, Ore.
53. May 25, 2017, FOGD PSU Show & Tell, Portland, Ore.
54. May 30, 2017, AIGA Orange County, Orange County, Calif.
55. May 31, 2017, Logo Workshop, Awwwards, Los Angeles, Calif.
56. June 1, 2017, Speaking Fiasco at Awwwards, Los Angeles, Calif.
57. June 8, 2017, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nev.
58. June 14, 2017, VMA Design Conference, San Francisco, Calif.
59. June 15, 2017, Tuleburg, Stockton, Calif.
60. July 12, 2017, Amazon.com, Seattle, Wash. (Private Event)
61. July 15, 2017, "The Lodge" by Popular Mechanics, Chicago, Ill.
62. July 29, 2017, Maker Faire, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich.
63. July 30, 2017, Making Midwest, Columbus, Oh.
64. Aug. 1, 2017, Curiosity 360 Advertising, Cincinnati, Oh.
65. Aug. 24, 2017, Brilliant Books, Traverse City, Mich.

DDC 2016 Fall "Pretty Much Everything Everything Book" World Tour:

01. Sept. 2, 2016, Festival de Antigua, Antigua, Guatemala (!!!)
02. Sept. 9, 2016, Circles Conference, Dallas, Tex.
03. Sept. 10, 2016, Tiny Bus Collective Workshops, Dallas, Tex.
04. Sept. 15, 2016, AAF Central Minnesota, St. Cloud, Minn.
05. Sept. 17, 2016, Connecticut Art Directors Club, Hartford, Conn.
06. Sept. 22, 2016, Webvisions, Chicago, Ill.
07. Sept. 26, 2016, P&G World Design Meeting, Cincinnati, Oh.
08. Sept. 27, 2016, School of Advertising & Art, Dayton, Oh.
09. Oct. 5, 2016, BGSU GD/AIGA Toledo, Bowling Green, Oh.
10. Oct. 6, 2016, TEDx Detroit, Detroit, Mich.
11. Oct. 7, 2016, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, Mich.

The "DDC Book Pretty Much Everything Tour" starts! In a van!

12. Oct. 10, 2016, Swivel Conference, Bend, Ore.
13. Oct. 11, 2016, AAF Spokane, Spokane, Wash.
14. Oct. 12, 2016, Wisetail Apex 4 LMS Conference, Bozeman, Mont.
15. Oct. 14, 2016, EO Entrepreneurs Organization, Denver, Colo.
16. Oct. 15, 2016, AIGA Colorado/DDC Pop-Up Shop, Denver, Colo.
17. Oct. 15, 2016, AIGA Colorado Springs, Colorado Spring, Colo.
18. Oct. 16, 2016, Welcome Fellow Workshop, Colorado Spring, Colo.
19. Oct. 19, 2016, Austin Init. for Graphic Awesomeness, Austin, Tex.
20. Oct. 20, 2016, Cosmic Dimensions, Industry Print Shop, Austin
21. Oct 22-23, 2016, MondoCon, Austin, Tex.
22. Oct. 25, 2016, AIGA El Paso, El Paso, Tex.
23. Oct. 26, 2016, Creative Startups, Albuquerque, New Mex.
24. Oct. 27, 2016, P.S. Studios/Phoenix Design Week, Phoenix, Ariz.
25. Oct. 29, 2016, UNLV/AIGA Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nev.
26. Nov. 1, 2016, LAdobe, Santa Monica, Calif.
27. Nov. 2-4, 2016, AdobeMAX, San Diego, Calif.
28. Nov. 5, 2016, UNIV Pop-Up Shop, Encinitas, Calif.
29. Nov. 9, 2016, UNT, Denton, Texas
30. Nov. 10, 2016, Few, Little Rock, Ark.
31. Nov. 11, 2016, AAF Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louis.
32. Nov. 14, 2016 Creative Works, Memphis, Tenn.
33. Nov. 15, 2016,AAF Montgomery, Montgomery, Ala.
34. Nov. 16, 2016, On Doers Episode 021, Switchyards, Atlanta, Geor.
35. Nov. 17, 2016, The Half and Half, Columbia, SoCar.
36. Nov. 18, 2016, GTCC Portfolio Day & Review, Greensboro, NC
37. Nov. 19, 2016, TopCon!!!, Chattanooga, Tenn.
38. Nov. 24, 2016, Creative Meetup London, The Bike Shed, Shoreditch, London, U.K. (Sold Out! Click link for Livestream!)
39. Nov. 28, 2016, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Mich.
40. Nov. 30, 2016, Little & Co., Minneapolis, Minn. (Private event.)
41. Dec. 2, 2016, Bloomington, Ind.
42. Dec. 3, 2016, DDC/Field Notes Super Pop-Up, Coudal Partners, Chicago, Ill.

DDC 2016 "Whatever We Can Squeeze In Before The Book Comes Out" World Tour:

01. Jan. 25, 2016, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Flor.
02. Jan. 28, 2016, Switchyards Downtown Club, Atlanta, Geor.
03. Feb. 11, 2016, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.
04. Feb. 12, 2016, AIGA Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
05. Feb. 22, 2016, FITC Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
06. Mar. 4-6, 2016, DDC x MULE x SF Art Show/Pop-Up, SF, Calif.
07. Mar. 12, 2016, Analog by American Greetings, SXSW, Austin, Tex.
08. Mar. 24, 2016, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
09. Mar 31, 2016, Texas A&M Creative Summit, Corpus Christi, Tex.
10. April 5, 2016, Disney Imagineering, Orlando, Flor.
11. April 7-8, 2016, Creative South, Columbus, Geor.
12. April 15, 2016, Crop Conference, Baton Rouge, Lou.
13. April 17, 2016, Artists For Bernie Poster Signing, 11am-1pm, New York, NY
14. April 21, 2016, Josh Higgins/WeMake, Portland, Oregon
15. April 27, 2016, AIGA/NY, New York City, New York
16. May 2, 2016, Middle of the Map Fest, Kansas City, Mo.
17. May 6, 2016, Struktur Conference, Portland, Ore.
18. May 18, 2016, Webvisions, Portland, Ore.
19. June 4, 2016, Powells City of Books Book Signing, Portland, Ore.
20. June 7, 2016, 1000 Watt Agency, Portland, Ore.
21. June 16, 2016, Front End Design Conference, St. Petereburg, Flor.

DDC 2015 "Almost Didn't Survive The Summer, Hoping To Survive The Fall" North American Tour:

01. Sept. 22, 2015, Camp Festival, Calgary, Alb.
02. Sept. 24, 2015, AIGA Upstate New York, Syracuse, New York
03. Oct. 02, 2015, Made By Few, Little Rock, Ark.
04. Oct. 03-04, MondoCON, Austin, Tex.
05. Oct. 06, 2015, AdobeMAX, Los Angeles, Calif.
06. Oct. 08-10, 2015, AIGA Command-X, New Orleans, Louis.
07. Oct. 14, 2015, Salt Lake City Design Week, Salt Lake City, Ut.
08. Oct. 23, 2015, Collide FITC, Halifax, No. Scot.
09. Nov. 03, 2015, An Event Apart, San Francisco, Calif.
10. Nov. 06, 2015, GDC Man. & New Media Man., Winnipeg, Man.
11. Nov. 07, 2015, CanUX Conference, Ottawa, Ont.
12. Nov. 10, 2015, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Io.
13. Nov. 12, 2015, AAF Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.
14. Dec. 2, 2015, Adidas Speaker Series, Portland, Ore.
15. Dec. 3, 2015, Hot Wheels/Mattel, El Segundo, Calif.

DDC 2015 "When We're Not On The Road, We're Making A Book All Summer Long" World Tour:

01. June 4, 2015, Future Insights Live, Las Vegas, Nev.
02. June 8, 2015, Starbucks Private Event, Seattle, Wash.
03. June 10, 2015, Stuck Private Event, Portland, Ore.
04. June 11, 2015, Facebook private event, Menlo Park, Calif.
05. June 12, 2015, Western Washington Univ., Bellingham, Wash.
06. June 15, 2015, GIANT Conference, Charleston, So. Car.
07. June 19, 2015, Dennos Museum, Traverse City, Mich.
08. July 30, 2015, Melbourne, Australia
09. July 31, 2015, Brisbane, Australia
10. Aug. 01, 2015, Sydney, Australia
11. Aug. 21, 2015, Hybrid Conference, Dublin, Ire.

DDC 2015 "Can't Believe We Get To Keep Doing This All Winter Long" North America & Germany Tour:

01. Jan. 9, 2015, Cal Poly University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
02. Feb. 12, 2015, Univ. of Akron Myers School, Akron, Oh.
03. Feb. 25+26, 2015, High Five Conference, Raleigh, N. Car.
04. Mar. 5, 2015, McMillan Advertising + Branding, Ottawa, Ont.
05. Mar. 12, 2015, Louisiana Tech, Ruston, Lou.
06. Mar. 19, 2015, Tulsa Art Directors Club, Tulsa, Okla.
07. Mar. 26, 2015, Springfield Creatives/Marlin, Springfield, Mo.
08. Apr. 2,"Bring Back Drap", Boise, Ida.
09. Apr. 9, 2015, UMBC Artist Lecture Series, Baltimore, Md.
10. Apr. 16-19, 2015, Austin Design Ranch, Austin, Tex.
11. Apr. 23, 2015, Triangle ADFED, Raleigh, N. Car.
12. Apr. 28, 2015, Smashing Conference, Los Angeles, Calif.
13. Apr. 30, 2015, GROK, Greenville, S. Car.
14. May 5, 2015, Travel Portland Breakfast, Portland, Ore.
15. May 8, 2015, HOW Design Live, Chicago, Ill.
16. May, 21-23, 2015, TYPO Berlin, Berlin, Germ.

DDC 2014 "Our Forty-First Fall" North American Tour:

01. Sept. 11, 2014, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Ore.
02. Sept. 13, 2014, American Field, Boston, Mass.
03. Sept. 24, 2014, St. Louis Design Week, St. Louis, Mo.
04. Sept. 30, 2014, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minn.
05. Oct. 2, 2014, AIGA Central PA, Lancaster, Penn.
06. Oct. 4, 2014, Creative Works, Memphis, Tenn. (I.C.!!!)
07. Oct. 6, 2014, Adobe MAX, Los Angeles, Calif.
08. Oct. 9, 2014, TBA Portland Design Week Event, Portland, Ore.
09. Oct. 24, 2014, Design Week Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.
10. Oct. 29, 2014, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
11. Oct. 30, 2014, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
12. Oct. 31, 2014, AIGA West Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich.
13. Nov. 6, 2014, DesignThinkers Conference, Toronto, Ont.
14. Nov. 8, 2014, ConvergeFL Conference, Jacksonville, Flor.
15. Nov. 12, 2014, O'More College of Design, Franklin, Tenn.
16. Nov. 19, 2014, HOW Interactive Design Conference, SF, Calif.

DDC 2014 "Crawling Out Of The Darkness / Sorta Winter / Plodding Into Late Spring" North American Tour:

01. Jan. 14, 2014, Symantec, Palo Alto, Calif.
02. Jan. 23, 2014, Facebook Design Lecture Series, Menlo Park, Calif.
03. Jan. 30, 2014, Mississippi State, Starkville, Miss.
04. Feb. 6, 2014, Univ. of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, Ariz.
05. Feb. 12-13, 2014, Tech Cocktail/Wedgies, Las Vegas, Nev.
06. Feb. 26, 2014, High Five Conference, Raleigh, N. Car.
07. Mar. 4-5, 2014, New World School of Arts, Miami, Flor.
08. Mar. 25, 2014, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Oh.
09. Mar. 27, 2014, AIGA Cleveland, Oh.
10. Apr. 2, 2014, FUZE Converence, Saskatoon, Sask.
11. Apr. 3, 2014, GDC Saskatoon, Sask.
12. Apr. 4, 2014, Hunt & Gather, Edmonton, Alb.
13. Apr. 11, 2014, TYPO SF, San Francisco, Calif.
14. Apr. 12, 2014, TEDx Portland, Portland, Ore.
15. Apr. 22, 2014, Sage College, Albany, NY
16. Apr. 24, 2014, AIGA Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisc.
17. May 1, 2014, Converge, Columbia, S. Car.
18. May 12, 2014, HOW, Boston, Mass.
19. May 21, 2014, Columbia, S. Car.
20. May 22, 2014, Augusta, Geor.
21. May 31, 2014, The Meat Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland
22. June 9, 2014, Friends of Graphic Design, PSU, Portland, Ore.
23. June 11, 2014, GIANT Conference, Charleston, S. Car.

DDC 2013 "This Fall We Turn Forty" North American Tour:

01. Sept. 11, 2013, Private event for Vans, New York City
02. Sept. 18, 2013, AAF Great Falls, Great Falls, Mont.
03. Sept. 18, 2013, Makerhaus - Make Good Society, Seattle, Wash.
04. Sept. 25, 2013, AIGA San Antonio, San Antonio, Tex.
05. Sept. 26-27, 2013, AIGA Houston: Design Week, Houston, Tex.
06. Sept. 28, 2013, AIGA Austin, Austin, Tex.
07. Oct. 3, 2013, School of Advertising Art, Kettering, Oh.
08. Oct. 4, 2013, AIGA Cincinnati: Cinci Design Week, Cincinnati, Oh.
09. Oct. 10, 2013, AAF Central Minnesota, St. Cloud, Minn.
10. Oct. 11, 2013, Pretty Much Everything Up To Oct.11, 2013 Gallery Show, Concourse Gallery, MCAD, Minneapolis, Minn.
11. Oct. 12, 2013, AIGA Head, Heart, Hand, Minneapolis, Minn.
12. Oct. 15, 2013, Go-For-Broke Party Down Sesh, Portland, Ore.
13. Oct. 17, 2013, Show and Tell, PSUGD, Portland, Ore.
14. Oct. 23, 2013, Honolulu, Hawaii (Cancelled due to family sadness.)
15. Oct. 25, 2013, Web Design Day 2013, Pittsburgh, Penn.
16. Nov. 9, 2013, Top Conference, Chattanooga, Tenn.
17. Nov. 14, 2013, Fort Wayne, Ind.
18. Nov. 16, 2013, Seek Conference, Dekalb, Ill.
19. Nov. 21, 2013, Oklahoma City, Okla.

DDC 2013 "Heavily Gold-Bonded Summer" North American Tour:

01. June 11, 2013, Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club, Portland, Ore.
02. July 12-13, 2013, Design Madison, Madison, Wisc.

DDC 2013 "Winter Right The Fuck On Into Spring" North American Tour:

01. Jan. 16, 2013, AIGA DC, Washington, D.C.
02. Jan. 17, 2013, Type Directors Club, New York City, NY
03. Jan. 24, 2013, Boise ADFED, Boise, Ida.
04. Feb. 15, 2013, SCAD, Savannah, Geor.
05. Feb. 18, 2013, Orlando AIGA InControl, Orlando, Flor.
06. Feb. 21, 2013, UTA, Arlington, Tex.
07. Feb 26, 2013, Bozeman, Mont.
08. Mar. 15, 2013, OTA Sessions, Sioux Falls, SoDak.
09. Mar. 19, 2013, AAF-ND, Fargo, NoDak.
10. Mar. 23, 2013, Screenland Brand Lab, Kansas City, Mo.
11. Apr. 5, 2013, AIGA Reno, Reno, Nev.
12. Apr. 10, 2013, New School of Architecture, San Diego, Calif.
13. Apr. 11, 2013, AIGA Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
14. Apr. 16, 2013, AAF-NB, Omaha, Neb.
15. Apr. 16, 2013, AIGA Nebraska, Omaha, Neb.
16. Apr. 18, 2013, SDAF, Sioux Falls, SoDak.
17. Apr. 20, 2013, FITC Toronto, Toronto, Ont. - A talk about things.
18. Apr. 24, 2013, R.I.T., Rochester, NY
19. Apr. 26, 2013, Converge SE, Columbia, S.Car.
20. Apr. 27, 2013, Columbus Creative Design Conf., Columbus, Geor.
21. May 2, 2013, AIGA Maine, Portland, Me.
22. May 4, 2013, Made By Few, Little Rock, Ark.
23. May 6, 2013, Adobe Max, Los Angeles, Calif.
24. May 14, 2013, AIGA Knoxville, Knoxville, Tenn.
25. May 15, 2013, AAF Lexington, Lexington, Kent.
26. May 16, 2013, AIGA Charlotte, Charlotte, NoCar.
27. May 17, 2013, Mail Chimp, Atlanta, Geor.
28. May 23, 2013, AIGA Wichita, Wichita, Kan.
29. June 6, 2013, Interlink, Vancouver, Brit.Col.

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