It's just one day to go - for #DesignUpForACause

6 weeks of lead time. Some of the world's most iconic designers. And a change of platform within a week of the go-live date. We're a little nervous.

And deeply thankful for your generosity and support. For believing when 6 weeks ago we started with just a wiki, an outline and an idea.

Donations (at the time of writing) are at INRs 40,34,227 - or 4.03 Million Rupees.

That's shy of our goal - but that's 4.03 Million more than what the charities had access to - when the site launched a little over 4 weeks ago.

📣 Breaking news: Adobe steps up, once again!

Adobe Inc has come on board to support both DesignUpForACause and the DesignUp Deconstruct study. Thanks to our trusted partner, for stepping up - yet again! ✊

Reminders, reminders....

⏰ If you haven't got your passes yet - please donate. Registrations close tomorrow (Fri, June 11) at 3:30pm ⏰

👩‍🎓 If you're a student - your donation level is much lower - just apply

🔔 And here's where you can check out the 6 day detailed schedule

How the DesignUp 2021 conference aims to raise Rs 1 Cr for COVID-19 relief work in rural India

What are the causes your donations will be supporting? What are the bigger patterns? What's the backstory - Madan from YourStory has the answers!

Speaker Spotlight

New frontiers in design, interaction, education – Environmental psychologist Adeola Enigbokan

"...students of graphic design have taught me a lot about what we can expect in terms of courage and voice from the emerging generation of designers, by taking on issues as diverse as Artificial Intelligence, Colonialism, Gamification, Gender Nonconformity..."

‘The world is ready for a Renaissance 2.0’ - Preethi Gopinath, Parsons School of Design

"...at the intersection of craft techniques (weaving, knitting, crochet, braiding, etc.), bio-materials, hi-tech materials, and making, where fabric science meets traditional textiles. I am exploring and investigating [...] potential application in the areas of biomedical uses, geo-textiles"

🎫 Catch them live at #DesignUpForACause | #DUp21 Virtual Conference June 11-20. Donations = Passes and 100% goes to charity…

👉🏼 Visit DesignUpForACause if you haven’t registered yet.

💉 Stay safe, healthy, and inspired…

@soosixty and @jdallcaps