🗣 In this edition, we have three more wonderful speakers and talks from DesignUp 2019 edition in Nov (and many more coming soon). Plus the next episode of in the DesignUp Circuit - the "not-another-webinar" on May the 4th (tomorrow) + some interesting reads...

▶️ Simone Rebaudengo - Artisanal Intelligence — designup.io

Simone - the man behind a bunch of real & fictional Products, Founder of AutomatoFarm, Shanghai and Lecturer at CIID - talks of a different AI. Recorded at DesignUp 2019, Bangalore

▶️ Param Venkataraman: Being a Design Leader — designup.io

Chief Design officer at Fractal.ai, Param dives deeper into the leadership challenges. Recorded at DesignUp 2019, Bangalore

Andy Budd: The Accidental Design Leader — designup.io

Founder Clearleft and Curator UxLondon & LeadingDesign Conferences - talks about the journey and adventures of The Accidental (Design) Leader

Survive, Revive and Thrive — designup.io

Uncertainty is in the air – and anyone who makes a living from design is far from immune to it. 30 days ago, the most pressing questions were perhaps around the sudden popularity of Neomorphism, or on whether one preferred Sketch vs Figma: but today, designers everywhere are hastily throwing together spreadsheets. Based on a DesignUp panel on the Gig Economy vs Covid19 - Rahul Gonsalves, founder of Obvious, offers tips, takeaways, and hacks for harried founders, freelancers and studio managers!

Social distancing is a luxury not everyone can afford — www.fastcompany.com

Reuters collects location data from smartphones to show a powerful correlation between income and social distancing.

COVID and forced experiments — www.ben-evans.com

Everyone is now being forced to use a lot more remote and online tools, so what will change? Some things were very clearly already happening and will now happen faster, possibly much faster... But, not all of this adoption will stick once we do get back to normal. We’ll try everything, because we’re forced to, but not all of it will work. So, which is which?

Event: May 4, Mon | 5-6pm IST

Register now for this "strictly not-another-webinar" but a rapid round of lightning sharp presentations (inspired by the lightsaber fights) and a peek into the near future and futures far-far-away (actually not that far). Join 4 Gungans from the idyllic planet Naboo and the 4 humanoids from the Skywalkers home planet Tatoonie. You can also say 8 speakers ;-)

Prepare for some opinions, wild guesses, controversies and misfires as our guests look what the future holds - in the next 4 weeks, months, years and more... For this episode we will also have the furry Chewbacca join us. He doesn't have a speaking slot but he's going to be around...

if you want to read the back story and get a sneak peek - here's the YourStory story 👇

From ‘jugaad’ masks to urban design – how pandemics are shaping society around us — yourstory.com

The work-from-home (WFH) imperative has spawned a seemingly endless series of webinars, online panels, and meetings. This has spurred a number of creative responses to redesign online events and make them memorable as well as useful. Here's the DesignUp rethought response...

Stay home, stay inspired 🤟

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