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DUp 162 💖 Best of 2023: Recaps & WrapsUps, BounceBack & StepUp & More...

DUp 162 💖 Best of 2023: Recaps & WrapsUps, BounceBack & StepUp & More...

DesignUp Conf
December 29, 2023

Hello hello to the last newsletter of 2023! And what a year it has been - from the magic and tensions of AI, slowdowns across the tech world, layoffs, the (almost) death of WFH, Twitter drama, OpenAI, Gaza, China and the solar supply chain, India’s EV hubs, Crypto-fraud, Slack re-design, and does anyone remember Threads?

Across 2023, we wrote 7,800+ words in this newsletter and got over 51,800 impressions across multiple countries - our top three being USA, India and the UK. And that’s not counting this issue.

Here at DesignUp, it was all about what the community needed this year:

💖 Bounce Back BootCamp - March 2023

When there's chaos all around, human beings have to adapt, grow, and learn - and when we choose to work together, we always get through it.

Three cheers to everyone who made it to the Bounce Back Bootcamp last Saturday, in Bengaluru 🙌
It was a huge success, all thanks to the passion and enthusiasm of our speakers, volunteers and attendees - we couldn't have done it without you💙
— DesignUpConf (@DesignUpConf)
Mar 7, 2023

💖 DesignUp Local Communities

Local chapter meetups began this year in Pune, Chennai, and Singapore:

Let's throw it back to our SG Local MeetUp in Mid-March this year🔥
Hosted by #AlephxDesignUp and local CL @Poonimator, it was an evening of creativity and good vibes only - perfectly encapsulated in this beautiful video by @aleph_labs 💙
Here's to many more in #Singapore!
— DesignUpConf (@DesignUpConf)
Mar 31, 2023

💖 DesignUp & Shell Mixer - June 2023

A great post from Rasagy Sharma, click through to see his ✨ marvellous sketchnotes ✨

💖 DesignUp Clinics

Held every month, DesignUp Clinic helped you discover answers, uncover clarity and find new shores - whether it’s for your career, your first job, your startup or maturing org!

StepUpTo24

You asked, we answered - and StepUpTo24 was not another ‘UI/UX’ Conference-as-usual! Read the Wrap-ups and Recaps here:

DUp 🎁 Issue 161 > ByeBye Binary, Call for Students, Murakami illustrated, Stochastic Parrot, WrapUp & More

💥 Design & Ux tips, insights, interestingness, actionables, inspiring talks, events, reads, vids & much more 🖖

DUp 🎁 Issue 160 > Reveals & Recaps > StepUpTo24 > What you (might have) missed

💥 Design & Ux tips, insights, interestingness, actionables, inspiring talks, events, reads, vids & much more 🖖

And finally, a huge thanks to our volunteers, community leaders, speakers, friends and family of DesignUp -

gif by @matvoyce

✨ Best of the Year

The most read stories in our newsletter this year were around our careers and AI - Trying to understand AI, and in the age of AI, what is the value of Design, and how does our practice and process evolve -

2023 Design in Tech Report: Design and Artificial Intelligence

Simplicity and AI: Think of how to use Al to get rid of things you don't want to do, so that you have more time to do more of what you love to do.

Research Killers & Killer Research

At the recent RoohSearch, Ripul Kumar and Parameswaran Venkataraman talked about the things killing user research today, and a few antidotes that could be applied to create more impact in our work.

The UX Odyssey: From Pixels to Possibilities - Jay’s talk at UX Lighthouse

So you want to be a UX Designer? Jay’s talk traced a circuitous route across 120 years to today - speculating about what the future of the UX profession holds, creating the frameworks to ask the questions that would define our evolution, and of what we today call UX.

Five takes on AI from OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Greg Brockman

It’s been five months since GPT-4 launched, so Reid Hoffman has cut five video clips from the Possible interview with OpenAI CXO’s Sam Altman and Greg Brockman. Click Through to see what their takes are!

Design work from within our community was popular!

Sri Mandir UX Audit

An informative overview by Dharmesh Ba on the Ux of Sri Mandir, an app that aims to digitise and personalise faith.

Girish Dalvi’s talk at DesignUp2022 made the complex world of type design accessible, getting a standing ovation from the packed audience.

3 Ways to Scale Design in your team

Creating strategic long-term value can be difficult when design leaders are firefighting with a lean design team. Soo Basu shares some of her learnings working with cross-functional teams in her inimitable visual style.

Tata Neu App by Liquidink Design

Liquidink collaborated with Tata Neu to build a unique vision for their app, reimagining the experience on shopping online, with a distinctive color palette and rich illustrations.

Want to catch up on the popular issues?

DUp 🚀 Issue 154 > Remote work: Charms & Perils, Pixels & Possibilities, Building Threads, How to be design-led, and more!

💥 Design & Ux tips, insights, interestingness, actionables, inspiring talks, events, reads, vids & much more 🖖

DUp 🚀 #148 🦋 Jay on career reinvention, Sri Mandir UX audit, Research killers, Urban Revamp Design Challenge and more!

💥 Design & Ux tips, insights, interestingness, actionables, inspiring talks, events, reads, vids & much more 🖖

🍀 Here’s to better, stronger, wiser in 2024!

@soosixty & @jdallcaps