Join us for our last event of 2026! We look back on some of the standout moments from the year, and what we'd like to see more of in 2027

GLUG LONDON PRESENTS: 🎁 GLUG WRAPPED 2026 🎁

THE CREATIVE CHRISTMAS PARTY

2026 What a year it's been! For our final Glug of the year, we’re wrapping things up by asking three brilliant studios to do the exact opposite!

Top genre: Deadline-driven brilliance

Most played: “Can we just jump on a quick call?”

Revision rounds survived: 1,284

Coffees consumed: 40,000

Directions left on moodboards: More than we’d like to admit

So welcome to GLUG WRAPPED. Part creative confessional, part Christmas party, and one big celebration of the people who make this industry what it is.

We’ve invited some of the industry’s finest creative minds to unwrap their year, share a few secrets and send us into 2027 with some fresh inspiration.

And because it’s Christmas, we’ll be turning up the festivities too.

Expect brilliant talks, excellent company, plenty of drinks and the kind of conversations that remind you why getting together in person beats another seasonal Zoom call.

🎄 WHAT'S IN STORE

🎤 Three brilliant creative studios sharing the stories behind their year.

🧠 Fresh perspectives and honest insights to take into 2027.

🍻 Free drinks to get the festive spirit flowing.

🍕 Free pizza slice because creative thinking is hungry work.

🤝 Proper notworking with London’s finest creative humans.

🎄 One big Christmas celebration to see out the year in style.

And, knowing Glug, probably a few surprises along the way. 👀

🍻 WHAT THE HELL IS GLUG?

Glug is the creative industry’s favourite notworking event.

Since 2007, we’ve been bringing together designers, makers, thinkers, founders, studios and generally interesting humans for nights of inspiration, conversation and the occasional questionable hangover.

Yes, there are talks. Yes, you’ll probably learn something. But Glug has never really been about sitting quietly in rows while someone clicks through 84 slides about their career. It’s about meeting people, swapping ideas, finding collaborators, making friends and remembering that the creative industry is at its best when we actually spend time together.

Less networking. More notworking.

And what better excuse than Christmas?

Whether you’ve been coming to Glug for years or this is your first time, we’d love to see you there.

One final night. One creative community. One hell of a way to wrap up 2026.

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Event Details

📅 Thursday 26th November 2026

📍 The Bersey Warehouse, 293 Old St, London EC1V 9LA (Canva Event Space)

🕡 Doors Open: 6:30pm

🕙 Kick-Out: 10pm

🍻 PUB!: 10pm-11:30pm

Nearest tube: Shoreditch High Street, Old Street (about a 5 min walk)

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🎟️ Grab your ticket, bring someone interesting and come celebrate with us.

See you at the bar. 🍻

Glug London x

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Line-up

Koto (https://koto.com/)

Koto is a global creative company building ambitious brands through strategy, design and digital experiences.

With studios spanning London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles and Sydney, they’ve helped shape the identities of some of the world’s most recognisable names, including Amazon, Instagram, Microsoft and Tripadvisor.

Known for their bold thinking, exceptional craft and ability to make brands impossible to ignore, Koto brings a refreshingly optimistic approach to creativity.

For Glug Wrapped, we’re inviting them to put the polished case studies aside and share the stories, surprises and lessons that shaped their 2026.

Reed Words (https://www.reedwords.com/)

Reed Words is an independent verbal branding agency based in London, on a mission to make brands and businesses stronger through language. Their team crafts words like no one else, using them to enrich and unify everything a business does.

Your brand is your name, your campaigns, your website, your app. It’s your conversations with customers – online and in person. Your all-hands meeting. The way you hire. Language is the thread that weaves all these things together. The stronger the thread, the stronger the weave. That’s what Reed Words is all about.

The agency works with clients big and small, in all sectors and around the world, to deliver strategic, creative language that works. Collaborative by nature, they partner seamlessly with in-house teams and partner agencies alike.

We’re looking forward to hearing what 2026 has taught the people who make a living finding exactly the right thing to say.

Accept & Proceed (https://www.acceptandproceed.com/)

Accept & Proceed is an independent creative studio that believes design should do more than make things look good. It should make things better.

Working across branding, technology, culture and innovation, they’ve collaborated with the likes of Nike, NASA, IBM and Vans to create work that challenges convention and pushes boundaries.

As a certified B Corporation, they’re committed to using creativity as a force for positive change, combining bold ideas with genuine purpose.

For our final event of the year, we’re

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