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Design Evenings LDN: The New Responsibilities of Modern Designers

During our evening with Tom Smith, Senior Director of Design at Condé Nast, he explored how the role of designers was evolving beyond producing screens and artefacts toward shaping systems, decisions, and meaningful outcomes within organisations.

  • BrainStation London
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  • May 12, 2026
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  • Tom Smith

    Tom Smith

    Senior Director of Design

Tom Smith

Senior Director of Design

Condé Nast

“Design used to be defined by what we made. It’s now increasingly defined by what we influence.

 

- Tom Smith, Senior Director of Design at Conde Nast

  • 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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