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DesignUp ⏳ Issue #131 - Registrations open for DesignUp'22, speaker spotlight, your design toolkit, delightful eye candy and more!
⏳ 40 days to go for DesignUp 2022 in Bangalore, our first in-person conference after the pandemic! If you haven't checked out the website yet, go for it! Registrations are open, and our Super Early Birds got sold out in no time.
When we started planning for the event, "Reloading" was the theme that we kept returning to. Over the last couple of years, all those little sips of online chatter didn't quite add up to meaningful conversations - the ones that really replenish our design souls. So here's the event for us to gather in person - to expand our minds beyond UI/UX, get actionable insights that can be applied any time to our lives/work/communities, and get a mega-creative recharge! So come to network, connect with teammates and mentors, and soak in the unique energy at the event! See you there!
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Register now for DesignUp'22
Register for DesignUp 2022, the most anticipated in-person design conference this year. Browse our list of speakers, conference schedule and videos of past events to get a taste of what it's like.
Reloading the inspiring talks that made us reflect on Design and its unintended consequences. Relive 'Beyond the Screen' by Alysha Naples at DUp'17.
🤩 Speaker spotlight
Acclaimed designer and founder of The Busride Design Studio and Lab, Ayaz Basrai is a speaker at DesignUp 2022. Here are his thoughts on the potential of imagination and creativity in deploying tech.
Why is our approach to construction and deployment of technology so unimaginative, even when the past shows that beautiful solutions are possible? Can Chand Baori inspire solar plants of the future?
🔖 Around the web
Mark Hurst, founder of Creative Good, has been writing non-toxic tech news since 1997. Here he writes about the recent decline of Facebook revenue and usage, and is this the sunset of social media as we know it?
Tim O'Reilly cautions against using back-dated metaphors for new tech, and suggests, what if, instead of thinking of the metaverse as a set of interconnected virtual places, we think of it as a communications medium?
🧰 Your toolkit
Entrepreneur and author of No One Succeeds Alone: Learn Everything You Can From Everyone You Can, Robert Reffkin honed his approach to mentorship over many years by carefully observing what helped him connect more deeply with individual people.
Everyone knows getting buy-in from stakeholders and leadership for user research is an uphill task. Sean Bruce and Brian Swift share some practical advice for this strategic communication.
New designers fresh from college are unprepared for the industry. How can design leaders help set them up for success? Finlay Stevens-Hunt shares actionable takeaways.
💖 Eye Candy
French illustrator and art director Olivier Bonhomme's rich imagery and vibrant color palettes bring this personal project to life.
Studio Dennis drew inspiration from Le Corbusier's futuristic master plan for Chandigarh for the branding & design for Chandigarh Café, a restaurant in Barcelona that pays homage to the modernist heydays of the 1950s.
🫶 See you soon
DesignUp 2022 is an awesome learning opportunity - 2 full days of conference talks, and keynotes, and now also includes the networking dinner, and over a weekend so it won’t require any time off from work. If you want to attend with a team, it's a great opportunity to build your brand - become a DesignUp🌟Community Partner🌟 and get more conference passes, visibility at the event and on social media, and preferential rates for stay! More questions? Check out the FAQs or reach out here.
Let's catch up at DesignUp 2022!
⏳ See you soon,