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DUp 🙌 Issue 150 > DUp & Shell mixer, DesignUp Clinic mentors, NYT games, costumes from Kinshasa's waste, questions for your mentor, and more!

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June 20, 2023

Hello hello! What are you looking forward to this week? In the 150th edition of this newsletter, we’re thrilled to announce an ✨✨ Experience Design Mixer in partnership with Shell’s Global Experience Design team! Read on below for more details, and sign up for an invite! ✨✨ This week there’s also the first session of the DesignUp Clinic, where organizations and individuals can opt for in-depth discussions with an expert panel of experienced operators and leaders! Take a look below at some of the mentors 🤩

đź“Ł DUp x Shell Experience Design Mixer

Join us for lunch, conversations and collaboration! In partnership with Shell’s Global Experience Team, DesignUp brings you an Experience Design Mixer on:
🗓️ Saturday, 1 July 2023
🕧 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM
đź“Ť Bangalore

✅ Spend the day connecting with design folks from the community and get a sneak peek into Shell’s own experience, their design careers, and how they do what they do! Limited spots, so sign up here!

 🙌 Say Hello to DesignUp Clinic Mentors!

✨ ICYMI - here’s the announcement on DesignUp Clinics. Held every month, DesignUp Clinic helps you discover answers, uncover clarity and find new shores - whether it’s for your career, your first job, your startup or maturing org!

✅ Make an appointment for the next Clinic sign up here!

🙌 You’ll remember Yonatan Levy from DesignUp 2018! Currently VP Product at WiseStamp, here he is talking to Shiva about Problem Hacking®:

Hack the Problem with Yonatan Levy

Shiva Viswanathan discusses problem hacking with Yonatan Levy, design leader, executive coach, author, and founder of the Problem Hacking® method for effective problem-solving.

🙌 Meet Dr Will Ramey, who’s on a mission to improve workplace culture. Owner of Shared Leadership LLC, Dr Ramey has been a leader in the U.S. Army, a Fortune 100 Company, and the US Federal Government!

Stay tuned for more!

🌏️ Around the Web

Thoughtfully Made: How We Make Games at The New York Times

Most of the games offered by The New York Times are handcrafted. Read on to see how an idea reaches players - from the concept phase, the design and planning phase, prototyping and beta testing phases.

Stable Diffusion Exaggerates Stereotypes

Bloomberg explores the extent of bias in Stable Diffusion, which they find, is much worse than reality.

AI: First New UI Paradigm in 60 Years

AI is introducing the third user-interface paradigm in computing history, shifting to a new interaction mechanism where users tell the computer what they want, not how to do it — thus reversing the locus of control.

🧰 Your Toolkit

Take 5: Research-Backed Tips for Scheduling Your Day

Kellogg faculty offer ideas for working smarter and not harder.

Questions You Should Be Asking Your Mentor

4 types of questions (and examples of each) to uncover your mentor’s unique perspective on topics relevant to you

đź’– Eye Candy

Explore Music Synthesiser History on Yuri Suzuki's Interactive Site

Yuri Suzuki pays a tribute to the Mini Moog synthesizer with a lovely web experience inspired by retro video games and 90s sites.

Fulu Act Turns Kinshasa’s Rubbish into Costumes

Kinshasa’s Fulu Act makes a statement by turning waste into performance costumes, also highlighting our human capacity for a creative response to an ominous situation.

gif by @alessiodevecchi

🍀 Stay sharp and stay curious,