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7-9 May 2026
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Milano
7-9 May 2026
Superstudio Village

Milano
7-9 May 2026

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OBJECT SUBJECT FORMâ„¢

A Live Podcast Recording by Simon Clowes

At DDD26, one of the most compelling conversations in the global creative community comes to life — live, on stage, in front of you.

Object Subject Form™ is a podcast exploring the human side of creativity at the evolving intersection of art, technology, and finance. Hosted by Simon Clowes — Managing Creative Director at Apple, Emmy® Award winner, and one of the most thoughtful voices on creativity in the industry — the show features in-depth conversations with creative leaders, artists, designers, and innovators about what it truly takes to perform, grow, and adapt as a creative professional in a world being reshaped by exponential technologies.

At DDD26, Simon records a live episode of Object Subject Form™ — an open, unscripted conversation that unfolds in real time, with the DDD community as its audience and witness. The live recording of Object Subject Form™ will take place on Friday May 8th, on the Aqua Stage at 2:00 PM. Admission is free and open to all attendees. Registration is not required.

THE GUEST

Wesley ter Haar is co-founder and Chief AI Officer of Monks, the global digital marketing and technology services company operating across 33 countries with 7,000+ people. He co-founded MediaMonks in 2001 in a basement in the Netherlands with the mission to "wage war on mediocre digital production." Over 25 years, Wesley grew the company from a scrappy production shop into a global creative powerhouse, merging with S4 Capital in 2018. Named an AI Trailblazer by Business Intelligence Group and an AdAge Creative All-Star, Wesley serves on the boards of The One Club for Creativity and MMA, and was inaugural president of Cannes Lions' Digital Craft jury, championing innovation at every industry transformation.

About the Show

Object Subject Form™ is not a tech podcast. It is not an industry report. It is something rarer: a space where creativity, identity, philosophy, and ambition are explored with honesty and depth — where the guests don't just talk about what they do, but about who they are, how they think, and why it matters.

The conversations that define the show are deeply stimulating, visionary, and oriented toward personal and collective evolution. Listening feels like being part of a dialogue that invites you to reflect on the great cultural, creative, and technological shifts of our time — while transmitting a powerful, contagious sense of hope.

The themes are wide-ranging and essential: the radical redefinition of success — no longer measured by financial wealth, but by the number of lives you positively impact, by the freedom to make your art without compromise, by the ability to draw new skills and relationships from every situation. The centrality of human intuition and emotion in creative work, even — especially — in the age of AI. The impact of digital assets and the new internet era on how we think about ownership, community, and culture. And above all, a profound, total optimism: a belief that the technological and social changes of our time are not threats to creativity, but multipliers of it — generating not just new tools, but new ideas, new art, new connections, new meaning.

To listen to Object Subject Form™ is to immerse yourself in conversations that unite philosophy, art, and innovation — and push you to see the future as something to move toward, not away from.

About Simon Clowes

Simon Clowes is Managing Creative Director at Apple and founder of Object Subject Form™. With over two decades crafting stories through film, animation, and visual effects, his work has earned an Emmy® Award for Apple TV+'s For All Mankind Season 3 Experience, and international recognition from D&AD, Art Directors Club, SXSW, and Promax/BDA. Born in London, Simon studied at Central Saint Martins before earning a BA from London College of Printing. His creative journey took him to Los Angeles, where he worked with Kyle Cooper at Prologue Films before joining Apple — where he has remained ever since.

The live recording of Object Subject Formâ„¢ at DDD26 will take place on Friday May 8th, on the Aqua Stage at 2:00 PM. Admission is free and open to all attendees. Registration is not required.