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Design Evenings LDN: Designing the Publishing Platform Behind Vogue and Beyond

Join us in London for a bold perspective on modern design. Tom Smith, Senior Director of Design at Condé Nast, reveals how the design systems powering brands like Vogue, GQ, WIRED, and Vanity Fair enable creativity at scale, transforming platforms into engines for world-class storytelling across some of the world’s most influential publications.

  • BrainStation London
  • Tue, Jun 17, 2025
  • 2025-06-17T17:00:00.0000000Z  –  2025-06-17T18:30:00.0000000Z

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  • Tom Smith

    Tom Smith

    Senior Director of Design

Tom Smith

Senior Director of Design

Condé Nast

Join Tom Smith, Senior Director of Design at Condé Nast, for a conversation on how powerful design platforms can unlock storytelling at scale. From supporting iconic brands like Vogue and WIRED to rethinking the invisible tools behind modern publishing, Tom will explore how designing for possibility, not just consistency, can create space for creativity, flexibility, and real editorial impact.

  • Tom Smith

    Tom Smith

    Senior Director of Design

    Tom Smith leads global design at Condé Nast, where he’s reimagining the digital foundations behind legendary editorial brands like Vogue, The New Yorker, and WIRED. With over two decades of experience across industries, from media to infrastructure, Tom brings a systems-thinking approach to building design platforms that empower storytelling at scale.

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In this talk, Tom shares how his team is designing the next generation of tools, systems, and platforms that make great storytelling easier, without sacrificing creativity

  • 01

    Designing for Scale, Not Just Screens

    How to build systems that flex for dozens of global titles, without losing their unique editorial identities.

  • 02

    Behind the Scenes of Modern Publishing

    A look at how core design capabilities support everything from daily workflows to real-time content delivery.

  • 03

    When Tools Become Storytellers

    How thoughtful platform design creates space for creative freedom, and why the right internal tools are often invisible to readers, but essential to impact.

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