Brand Talks
Brand Talks is the new rapid talk format on the second conference day. After the keynote by London-based branding expert Michael Johnson (johnson banks), talks change in a 30-minute cycle. The final talk gives Thomas Müller, Head of Design and Innovation at Fjord with his summary “The End of Branding As We’ve Known It”. Moderator of the Brand Talks: TYPO programme director Jürgen Siebert.

Julius Hui
Senior Type Designer, Monotype
Julius Hui joined Monotype’s Hong Kong office in 2015, having spent several years advising type foundries and brands on Chinese typeface design. After joining Dalton Maag in 2013 he collaborated with HP and Intel, all while advocating for the improvement of Chinese type design, which has included teaching and contributing…

Elvis Guo
Lead Designer, Tencent
Elvis joined Tencent in 2011 and worked as a brand designer at Tencent user research and experience design division, which is responsible for the design of the company's brand vision recognition system.

Yu Tao
Brand Manager, Tencent
Yu Tao joined in Tencent in 2012 and now he is the brand manager with Tencent corporate marketing & PR department, responsible for corporate identity system and visual identity system development and management.