imperfect index: conversations on graphic design

Back for our third instalment of imperfect index, featuring a series of short talks from graphic designers with diverse practices, followed by an open conversation and Q&A.

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Online sales have now finished. There are a handful of tickets still available on the door!

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Amaya Segura (amayasegura.com) is a graphic designer and creative director working across music and visual culture. Her practice moves between brand, sound and screen, building identities and campaigns for artists and institutions. At Sony Music, she worked with performers including Jazmine Sullivan, Rosalía, Doja Cat and Givēon, while her wider collaborations span VH1, Nickelodeon, Radio Disney and independent publications like Hand/Eye and Remezcla.

Alternative School of Economics (alternativeschoolofeconomics.org) is a collaboration between artists Ruth Beale and Amy Feneck, using conversation, collective learning and feminist economics as tools to reimagine how we relate to money, work and value. Their projects centre lived experience, challenging dominant economic narratives through research, publishing and social practice. Working with schools, activists, union organisers and communities, they approach education as both method and medium.

Pali Palavathanan (templo.co.uk) is a graphic designer and strategist exploring how design can serve as a tool for justice, repair and visibility. With Anoushka Rodda, he is co-founder of Templo, a cause-led branding studio working with organisations such as the UN, Amnesty and the DEC. Growing up as a refugee in London, his approach brings together personal narrative and global storytelling.

Marwan Kaabour (marwankaabour.com) is a graphic designer, artist and writer working at the intersections of visual culture, activism and queer Arab identity. His practice spans editorial design, teaching, publishing and archiving, with a focus on cultural resistance and diasporic memory. He is the founder of Takweer, a platform dedicated to documenting queer narratives in Arab history and pop culture. His first book, The Queer Arab Glossary, was published in 2024.

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imperfect index 2025 will be hosted alongside our second book launch: a reference document, a non-linear, imperfect guide to a more expansive understanding of graphic design. Published by SOLD OUT Publishing, the index features pieces from Jodi Hunt, Oliver Gabe, Paul Soulellis, Kaiya Waerea, Rose Nordin, and many more! (📸  Ruby Turner)

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FAQs

More information about previous events and publications can be found at imperfectindex.com.
If you have any additional questions about the event drop us a line at hello@imperfectindex.com or DM us @imperfectindex.

Schedule – Doors open from 5.30pm / Speakers 6–7.30pm / Break / Conversations and Q&A 7.45–8.30pm.

Access Information – The Watershed is an inclusive and accessible space, the customer facing staff have received basic BSL and Deaf awareness training. They provide both gender neutral and gender specific toilets as well as two accessible toilets. For further access information visit watershed.co.uk/

This event will be supported by BSL interpreters who will be in person and streamed online. Online has the option for closed captions, and will be recorded and circulated to online ticket holders – if you attend in person and would like a recording following the event, drop us an email.

Free Tickets  – Tickets are being sold on a sliding scale for varying financial circumstances, as well as a limited number of free tickets to ensure all that would like to attend are able to. Drop us an email to enquire about free/discounted tickets. 

Getting Here – The nearest train station is Bristol Temple Meads, a 20 minute walk or 12 minute bus journey. The nearest bus stops to Watershed are on 'The Centre', no more than a 2 minute walk away from the venue. For further public transport information visit travelwest.info

The closest car parks are Millennium Square Car Park and Trenchard Street NCP parking. There are two Blue Badge parking spaces to the rear of Watershed on Canons Road.

Food and Drink – There is a bar available at Watershed serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and snacks. The bar is separate from the event space. For more information visit watershed.co.uk/cafe-bar

imperfect index: volume 02 – imperfect index volume 01 and volume 02 will be available to purchase on the night, in person. For all those attending online and eager to get your hands on a copy, both publications will be available online via our publisher.