SOFTER was born from a longing for a community and learning space where we could see ourselves and our values reflected. Our community hosted events encourage volunteer peer-to-peer learning and the soft exchange of knowledge, ideas and skills. 

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Open-source tools include custom typography editors, visual effects renderers (dithering, pixelating, gradients etc.) and drum machines, just to name a few.

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We’ll also foster open dialogue, encouraging you to carry this mindset into your creative practice beyond the workshop and to reimagine how technology can embody care, curiosity, and collaboration.

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No design or coding experience necessary.

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Featuring talks from Christie Morgan on Softer Digital Futures, Nadia Piet on alternative AI practices and Calum Bowden on collaborative system change. Followed by Workshops that invite collective exploration, concluding with a final reflection.

We are happy to help with all and any kinds of projects, but are also more than welcome to absolute beginners. If you do not have a project to bring, you can also be matched with a learning project or tutorial that fits with your interest and goals. Bring a laptop

You will get to try your hand at using the basic building blocks of programming to draw and animate with code! The event is suitable for absolute beginners, but we can also try to accommodate if you come with more experience and are looking for inspiration for the next steps in your learning. Bring a laptop.

You will get to try your hand at using the basic building blocks of programming to draw and animate with code! The event is suitable for absolute beginners, but we can also try to accommodate if you come with more experience and are looking for inspiration for the next steps in your learning. Bring a laptop.

The session will start with a story of how she got into tech (spoiler: it's all about finding and building supportive communities) and how she navigated building a career in software and teaching. The session will end with a roundtable discussion of your individual experiences finding a footing in the technical realm and how we can support each other to belong here.