Welcome:
Veronica D’Souza
(Host)
Day 1 - Sep 27
Day 2 - Sep 28
Overview
Detail view
9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
Intro to Design Matters 23
9:30-10:00
Talk:
Katherine Zhou
(Design Ethically)
10:00-10:30
Talk:
Marina Nakagawa
10:30-11:00
Talk:
Sophie Tahran
(The New Yorker (Condé Nast))
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
11:30-12:00
Talk:
Ida Håkonsson & Rebekka Valdmanis Mørken
(NRK)
12:00-12:30
Talk:
Zeynep Akay
(Dalton Maag)
TRACK 2
2x networking sessions
11:30 12:30
In-person activity
Anamaria Dorgo
(Butter)
Online activity
Jed & Sophia Lazar
(Cozy Juicy Real)
12:30-13:30
Lunch break
13:30-14:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
13:30-14:00
Talk:
Mara Pometti
(Mckinsey & Company)
14:00-14:30
Talk:
Ayla Newhouse
(Nordea Bank)
TRACK 2
2x workshops
13:30 14:30
In-person workshop
Kei Arima
(GEMINI Laboratory)
Online workshop
Jess Goldsmith
(Women of Type)
14:30-15:00
Coffee break
15:00-16:00
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
15:00-15:30
Talk:
Setor Zilevu
(New York University)
15:30-16:00
Talk:
Or Yogev
(Wix)
TRACK 2
1x workshop
15:00 16:00
In-person workshop
Lauren Pak
(QuantumBlack)
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-17:00
Talk:
Lena Hammes
(Storytel)
17:00-17:30
Talk:
Mick Champayne & Casey Hudetz
(Google | DocuSign)
17:30-19:30
Food & drinks
19:30-20:00
Evening Talk:
Rahul Lindberg Sen
(Volvo Cars)
20:00-20:30
Evening Talk:
Tommy Siegel
20:30-21:00
Music Performance:
MALU
21:00-21:30
Music Performance:
Sonic Girl
9:00 - 9:15
Veronica D’Souza
Host
Welcome to Design Matters 23
9:15 - 9:30
Intro to Design Matters 23
9:30 - 10:00
Katherine Zhou
Designer & Creator
Design Ethically
Design Ethically: From Imperative to Action
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Design Ethically: From Imperative to Action
Join Kat, creator of the project, as she dives into how she created an ethical design framework for product teams and the lessons she learned from piloting her methodology with teams at various companies and universities across the world. She will also chart the course of how our industry got to where we are today, looking at the rise of manipulative design patterns and the like. Finally, she will discuss what scaling the tech ethics movement entails for individual employees, companies and/or startups, as well as the entire industry.
10:00 - 10:30
Marina Nakagawa
Motion designer, 3D artist
The journey to discovering your unique design style
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The journey to discovering your unique design style
Do designers need their own art style? It's a question that often arises in creative circles. In this presentation, Marina will share her personal journey of finding her passion for creating captivating character animations through personal projects. She'll reveal how uncovering and nurturing her unique art style had a positive impact on her career. Drawing from her own experiences, she'll provide practical insights into her crafting process and offers tips to help you find your own artistic voice.
10:30 - 11:00
Sophie Tahran
Director of Content Design
The New Yorker (Condé Nast)
Designing with Words: Content Design at The New Yorker
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Designing with Words: Content Design at The New Yorker
Content design communicates what visuals cannot, adding clarity, credibility, and consistency. In this talk, Sophie will discuss ways to think strategically about the words in your designs, from onboarding flows to UX writing for field labels, using real-life examples from The New Yorker. You’ll learn what makes great writing great—and ultimately, how to design words that create a seamless experience.
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
11:30 - 12:00
Ida Håkonsson & Rebekka Valdmanis Mørken
Senior Digital Product Designer | Senior UX Designer
NRK
Fun and delight as ingredients in design: What we learned from designing for children
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Fun and delight as ingredients in design: What we learned from designing for children
Ida, Rebekka and their team created a truly unique log in experience for children by using elements of gamification, nudging and storytelling, and adding lots of fun throughout. This talk will inspire you to think unconventionally and creatively about even the most mundane parts of your product, regardless of who you’re designing for.
12:00 - 12:30
Zeynep Akay
Creative Director
Dalton Maag
How a typeface is made: the craft behind the transformation of our library
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How a typeface is made: the craft behind the transformation of our library
Over the past few years Dalton Maag added several new typefaces to their collection, showcasing the creativity and versatility of their design team. Zeynep will tell the story of how new type designs originate and the clever briefs that sparked designers’ imaginations.
TRACK 2
2x networking sessions
11:30-12:30
12:30
Anamaria Dorgo
Head of Community, Learning Experience Designer
Butter
Networking Session
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Networking Session
Make new friends and expand your international network! Anamaria will help you connect with new people in a series of interactive and fun activities
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this workshop.
11:30-12:30
12:30
Jed & Sophia Lazar
Board Game Designers & Founders
Cozy Juicy Real
Connect Deeply with the Design Matters Copenhagen Community
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Connect Deeply with the Design Matters Copenhagen Community
Network and connect deeply with the Design Matters Copenhagen community through a fun gaming experience. Cozy Juicy Real is played by the world’s most successful teams - including Google, Adobe and Hubspot - to kindle fun, authentic, and connecting conversations.
Online only
Only live-stream ticket holders can attend this workshop.
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
13:30 - 14:00
Mara Pometti
Associate Design Director
Mckinsey & Company
Human-Centered AI: from principles to practice
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Human-Centered AI: from principles to practice
Good design is good business. Even more so today: good AI design is good business. Designing for AI is crucial to render people’s intents into meaningful applications of AI that are valuable for users and organizations. Too often, users’ problems, business intents, and models’ trustworthiness are treated as afterthoughts because organizations don’t have frameworks to translate principles into technical requirements. Human-centered methods help frame AI use cases through the lens of human needs and surface potential risks ahead of implementation.
14:00 - 14:30
Ayla Newhouse
Experience Director
Nordea Bank
Alignment vs Allowable chaos
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Alignment vs Allowable chaos
Is alignment in design even possible in today’s complex digital landscape? Where are the edges, and how should we think about aligning our work, both at the pixels, and holistically across an org? Where should we care about alignment and what can we reframe as “allowable chaos”? This talk is a equal parts a salve for those of us who feel like alignment may never come, and a pragmatic guide to how we might improve, no matter what chair we sit in.
TRACK 2
2x workshops
13:30-14:30
14:30
Kei Arima
Director
GEMINI Laboratory
MATERIAL- PLAYGROUND
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MATERIAL- PLAYGROUND
In this workshop you are invited on a innovative exploration at the intersection of generative AI, augmented reality, and sustainable design. In this cutting-edge workshop, you will create unique, intricate digital material textures by using creative tools like generative AI and superimpose these designs onto any surface using augmented reality (AR).
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this workshop.
13:30-14:30
14:30
Jess Goldsmith
Lettering artist & illustrator
Women of Type
Unleash your playfulness
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Unleash your playfulness
Make sure you bring sketching/drawing materials of your preference and/or crafting, collaging or other creative materials before this session! With Jess you will go through 5 exercises in nurturing your creative inner child.
Online only
Only livestream ticket holders can attend this workshop.
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
15:00 - 15:30
Setor Zilevu
Lead User Experience Researcher & Professor
New York University
Human Intelligence Reimagined: UX Meets AI—the Next Frontier in Societal Technology
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Human Intelligence Reimagined: UX Meets AI—the Next Frontier in Societal Technology
Explore how AI and UX can work together to enhance user experience in industries like education, retail, and healthcare. Discover how the innovative Z Methodology can seamlessly integrate human and computational intelligence to reveal and augment tacit human knowledge and behavior. Education, retail, and healthcare are three significant global areas that could greatly benefit from the merger of user experience research/design and artificial intelligence.
15:30 - 16:00
Or Yogev
Senior Illustrator
Wix
Glocal Story - A Personal Story Becomes Collective
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Glocal Story - A Personal Story Becomes Collective
In his lecture Or shares his artistic journey, inspired and fueled by his family’s roots. His diverse work reveals a passion for the female form, reflecting its evolving social perceptions during the past decades. Through his own figures he expresses himself on global social issues, emphasizing the responsibility illustrators carry with every creative choice they make and the power they hold in shaping the collective narrative.
TRACK 2
1x workshop
15:00-16:00
16:00
Lauren Pak
Technical UX Designer
QuantumBlack
Design Thinking for Machine Learning model design
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Design Thinking for Machine Learning model design
Machine Learning models are designed to optimize for model performance. In this interactive, participatory workshop, together with Lauren you will invite friction - including divergent thinking - into the model development process. You will work through a Machine Learning business challenge together and explore interdisciplinary methods for designing models. You’ll learn about model setup and where design can provide a layer of powerful insights to define the Machine Learning use-case.
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this activity.
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
Lena Hammes
Head of Product Design
Storytel
Don’t like the voice? Switch it! Behind the scenes designing an ai alternative to the human voice
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Don’t like the voice? Switch it! Behind the scenes designing an ai alternative to the human voice
We believe that there is no more powerful thing in the world than a good story well told. We allow listeners to fiddle with the volume, adjusting the speed and now switching the voice. AI voices and human voices. At Storytel we knew for a long time that one of the most important criteria for choosing an audiobook is the voice of the narrator. People have varying degrees of sensitivity to voices and preferences vary greatly from person to person. Now that the quality of AI generated voices has gotten to the point where it is almost impossible to differentiate between human or machine, we decided to give users the choice. Designing for AI enabled functionality comes with a set of challenges. A short story about designing avatars, swiping voices and solving a real user need. Or did we just think so?
17:00 - 17:30
Mick Champayne & Casey Hudetz
Senior Visual Designer | Senior Product Design Manager
Google | DocuSign
Text-to-________. What Generative AI Means for Designers
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Text-to-________. What Generative AI Means for Designers
With the proliferation of new generative AI tools such as GPT-3, Midjourney and DALL-E, the design community is faced with a host of new opportunities, risks and questions. Join Mick Champayne and Casey Hudetz as they explore how we can use the power of this new technology to improve design processes, generate new ideas and build inclusive digital experiences for all.
17:30 - 19:30
Food & drinks
19:30 - 20:00
Rahul Lindberg Sen
Head of Mobile UX
Volvo Cars
Why So Serious?
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Why So Serious?
Designers possess superpowers that are meant to be a force for good and positivity in the world. They are blessed with processes, tools, empathy and an eye for simplifying the complex. But these superpowers also have the potential to become a ‘kryptonite’ – a weakness, a curse. Rahul will address designers' challenges and debunk some myths about being superhuman.
20:00 - 20:30
Tommy Siegel
Cartoonist
COMICS AND CURES FOR THE 21st CENTURY: Navigating the pitfalls of making art in the social media era
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COMICS AND CURES FOR THE 21st CENTURY: Navigating the pitfalls of making art in the social media era
After achieving hundreds of thousands of followers, this exhausted and internet-addled cartoonist was left with a nagging question: how do you sustainably create art in the social media area without being destroyed by it? Tommy will talk about comment section trolls, algorithms, drawing for the New Yorker, and his best attempts to safely navigate the maelstrom of Mark Zuckerberg’s strange universe, while accompanied by his ascerbic and witty comics.
20:30 - 21:00
MALU
Music Artist
A soulful universe balancing contemporariness and nostalgia
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A soulful universe balancing contemporariness and nostalgia
In her universe of pop melodies, soulful tunes and R&B sensations, MALU sings her way out of her identity crisis, through stories of dreams, heartaches and insecurities.
21:00 - 21:30
Sonic Girl
Music Artist
A futuristic pop party from Danish hyperpop wonder
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A futuristic pop party from Danish hyperpop wonder
Sonic Girl is both a nostalgic pop icon and a rebellious anti-superstar, and she is a bright hyperpop star on the Danish music scene. With clever concepts, elements of performance art and lots of big pop hooks, she draws the listener into a futuristic soundscape.
Overview
Detail view
Overview
Detail view
8:30-9:00
Check-in & Breakfast
9:00-10:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
3x talks
9:00-9:30
Talk:
Preston So
9:30-10:00
Talk:
John Teo
(Adidas)
10:00-10:30
Talk:
Jessica Bjoeredahl
(Whatfix)
TRACK 2
3x talks: Danish Design Scene
9:00 10:30
Talk:
Hans Høite Augustenborg
(Birdie)
Talk:
Lena Friberg
(Coloplast)
Talk:
Søren Clausen
(Podimo)
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TALK 1
3x talks
11:00-11:30
Talk:
Pirijan Ketheswaran
(Kinopio)
11:30-12:00
Talk:
Patrycja Radaczyńska
(Babbel)
12:00-12:30
Talk:
Rasmus Sanko
(Charlie Tango)
TRACK 2
2x workshops
11:00 12:30
In-person workshop
Jan Toman
(Supernova.io)
Online workshop
Emmi Salonen
(Studio Emmi)
12:30-13:30
Lunch break
13:30-15:00
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
3x talks
13:30-14:00
Talk:
Enrico Furfaro
(komoot)
14:00-14:30
Talk:
Mercedes Lorenzo & Andrés Clúa
(Terra)
14:30-15:00
Talk:
Ade-Lee Adebiyi
(SoPost)
TRACK 2
2x workshops
13:30 15:00
In-person workshop
Vanessa Carpenter
(Gagarin)
Online workshop
Adilice Sanches
(Pleo)
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-16:00
Talk:
Michelle Chin
(zeroheight)
16:00-16:30
Talk:
Megan Bednarczyk & Edwin Bodge
(Duolingo Max)
16:30-16:45
See you next year!
16:45-19:00
Party:
Afterparty hosted by Terra
8:30 - 9:00
Check-in & Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
3x talks
9:00 - 9:30
Preston So
Author of Immersive Content and Usability
Human machines and machine humans
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Human machines and machine humans
What does it mean for a machine to become human? Are AI personas and virtual assistants a true reflection of humanity or a mere imitation? Do avatars truly represent the richness of our world, or only a narrow subset of it? In this session, Preston will talk about how design must evolve in the age of generative AI, and immersive technologies to address new challenges of usability, accessibility, and equity. He’ll discuss how we’ve inadvertently introduced biases.
9:30 - 10:00
John Teo
Design Lead
Adidas
The Story of No: Turning Rejections into Innovations
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The Story of No: Turning Rejections into Innovations
In every design journey, the word ‘No’ surfaces as a barrier – a restriction on our creative flow. But what if these limitations held the key to innovation? Through the story of the Priority Access feature, we’ll explore the moments when embracing these challenges and constraints can lead to creative solutions. Join John as he gives an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how the team turned a familiar territory of ‘No’ into a ‘Yes’. It’s an opportunity to gain Priority Access (pun intended) on how the team transformed constraints into innovative breakthroughs.
10:00 - 10:30
Jessica Bjoeredahl
Senior UX Writer/Strategist
Whatfix
UX for the World: Considerations for internationalization, localization, and a multinational market
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UX for the World: Considerations for internationalization, localization, and a multinational market
The world has been shrinking for the last few decades, and tech companies are now operating on a global scale. To really make a product global, we need to internationalize and localize it. You might think that’s solely the translator’s job, but to really make a product for everyone in the multinational market, UX writers, designers, and developers should get involved to. In this talk, Jessica Bjoeredahl, Senior UX Writer at Whatfix, will discuss what she’s learned in her company’s internationalization efforts and how all members of a team can help with these efforts.
TRACK 2
3x talks: Danish Design Scene
9:00-9:30
9:30
Hans Høite Augustenborg
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Birdie
The Cleverness of Dumb Design
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The Cleverness of Dumb Design
Occupied by with concepts like storytelling, simplicity and humour in design, Hans will talk about how to find creative ways to solve problems of the modern world with intuitive and inspiring solutions. With offset in his own product, Birdie, Hans will illustrate how simple products can be more effective and explore the power of letting the user take control over technology and not the other way around.
9:30-10:00
10:00
Lena Friberg
Head of Branding and Design
Coloplast
Designing for emotional resonance
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Designing for emotional resonance
How can we design for all cultures within a single brand strategy? How can we help a global company stand united as one voice across all touchpoints, from a website to a simple customer message? Connecting emotionally with the target audience is absolutely central in building strong brands today, especially at Coloplas. Lena will discuss how to stay relevant while touching upon private topics surrounding their users who have lives with very intimate and often stigmatized issues.
10:00-10:30
10:30
Søren Clausen
Product Design Lead
Podimo
Meet code- Enabling a new generation of designers
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Meet code- Enabling a new generation of designers
Design tools have long played a vital role in visualising the experience we wish to create, but are they truly empowering us to create the best experiences? Søren will discuss how design tools today are limiting our abilities to create the best experiences, and how to fix this.
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TALK 1
3x talks
11:00 - 11:30
Pirijan Ketheswaran
Founder, Designer, Engineer, Artist
Kinopio
The First Four Years of Kinopio
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The Business of Craft
Come join me on a whirlwind tour of the origins and ideas behind Kinopio, the visual thinking tool for new ideas and hard problems. As well as how it’s design evolved and changed over the years, and lessons learned from over a decade of building products and communities. Whether you’re a jack of all trades solo-creator, or a design specialist on a large team, this talk will give you a new perspective on designing and evolving your own products and interfaces.
11:30 - 12:00
Patrycja Radaczyńska
Principal Design System Engineer
Babbel
The journey of bridging the gap between design and engineering
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The journey of bridging the gap between design and engineering
Patrycja will share her experience in building connections between design and engineering while introducing design tokens at Babbel. A history behind current structure of tokens including a quick look into the legacy that they had to take into consideration. How they build our pipeline to be able to deliver tokens to different platforms. What they’ve learnt on the way and how it brought them closer together.
12:00 - 12:30
Rasmus Sanko
Chief Strategy Officer
Charlie Tango
Unlocking Accessibility
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Unlocking Accessibility
Have you ever taken a moment to think about how different individuals might use your designs? Inclusive and accessible digital design is not only a necessity for some, but a benefit for all. Rasmus will explore how designers can ensure that our solutions align with the needs of all users; right from the initial stages of concept and design to the phases of development and technical implementation.
TRACK 2
2x workshops
11:00-12:30
12:30
Jan Toman
Director of Design
Supernova.io
Setting up a Design System for Success and Scale
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Setting up a Design System for Success and Scale
Design systems are a vital long-term investment in design and engineering resources. In the fluctuating landscapes of today’s markets, the need to build a design system that quickly provides value to the company while minimizing the risk of failure is more critical than ever.
In the workshop “Setting up a Design System for Success and Scale,” you will explore how to identify the optimal initial challenges for a design system to tackle, formulate effective planning strategies for the design system, and communicate persuasively with key stakeholders to gain strong support for the design systems work.
Additionally, you will delve into the importance of tracking design system health metrics. Tracking these metrics over time not only establishes a solid foundation for the design system but also fosters its growth, empowering it to thrive and adapt with strength.
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this workshop.
11:00-12:30
12:30
Emmi Salonen
Founder, Designer & Author
Studio Emmi
Creative Ecosystem Workshop
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Creative Ecosystem Workshop
In this Creative Ecosystem workshop, Emmi Salonen (Studio Emmi) will bring you on a journey to uncover processes, practices and rituals that help fuel your inspiration across all areas of life. We’ll do this through prompts, reflection, exercises and discussion within the group.
Work is often so focused on output that when people aren’t intentional about input as well, it can lead to burnout and a lack of creative energy. Inspired by the Finnish ecosystems Emmi grew up in, she saw the opportunity to help others reconnect with their creativity, purpose and excitement for their work. Ecosystems are all interconnected and interdependent, seamlessly flowing together. Similarly, creativity cannot happen in isolation. The Creative Ecosystem model is based on balancing your creative output with nurturing input areas to sustain your creative wellbeing. “My intention is for this to be a nourishing and inspiring experience for you, and I hope you can take this as ‘time for you’.” - Emmi
Online only
Only live-stream ticket holders can attend this workshop.
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
3x talks
13:30 - 14:00
Enrico Furfaro
Senior Product Designer
komoot
Why antagonize the Business? Leverage your Design skillset to bridge the Value Perception Gap
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Why antagonize the Business? Leverage your Design skillset to bridge the Value Perception Gap
In the tech field, there is often a disconnection between the value that we can provide as Designers and the perception of that same value. It’s a fact. So, what can we, as Individual Contributors, do about it? Can we affect change in a practical way by leveraging our strategic skillset? Consider this talk in between a manual and a reality check. Enrico will share the story of how Workshops, UX research and Branding can make your life as a Designer easier while moving the needle toward user centricity and innovation in your company.
14:00 - 14:30
Mercedes Lorenzo & Andrés Clúa
Creative Director | Director of Technology
Terra
Creativity and Process: A Love Story
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Creativity and Process: A Love Story
In this talk, Mercedes and Andres will explore how a radical change to their design and web development methodology has allowed their teams to tackle projects of increasing scale and complexity. By introducing a design system and global components, you too can save time and avoid repetition while exploring new and exciting strategies.
14:30 - 15:00
Ade-Lee Adebiyi
Head of Design
SoPost
Embrace Your Creative Badassery: Defeating Doubts and Fueling Fun in Design
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Embrace Your Creative Badassery: Defeating Doubts and Fueling Fun in Design
Stifled by perfectionism or grappling with imposter syndrome? Join the club. You’ll dive into these common creative hurdles and explore strategies to overcome them. You’ll learn how to transform self-doubts into positive affirmations and fears into opportunities for growth.
TRACK 2
2x workshops
13:30-15:00
15:00
Vanessa Carpenter
Chief Innovation Officer
Gagarin
Designing for Meaningfulness in future products, services and experiences
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Designing for Meaningfulness in future products, services and experiences
In this workshop, we will use a series of worksheets alongside rapid prototyping tools and methods, to ask ourselves how our products or services might be designed for people to achieve meaningfulness in their lives. We will develop early prototypes which exemplify the Mechanics and Manifestations of Meaningfulness which you have decided are most relevant for a product you co-create with others during the workshop. Designing for Meaningfulness has been developed at FORCE Technology in Denmark as part of a PhD entitled Designing for Meaningfulness in Future Smart Products and has been used with over 50 companies throughout the Nordics and Canada to help them design for better futures.
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this workshop.
13:30-15:00
15:00
Adilice Sanches
Staff Product Researcher
Pleo
Redefining human roles in an AI future
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Redefining human roles in an AI future
2023 started full of uncertainty, but what no one could predict was how AI would be the topic taking the year by storm. Individuals, companies, and institutions are exploring applications for this new technology in a race that could be compared to the gold rush era. In this workshop, you'll examine with Adilice historical examples, discuss potential scenarios and ideate on how society, ethics and technology could carve brand-new paths for human-centric professionals.
Online only
Only live-stream ticket holders can attend this workshop.
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Michelle Chin
Design Advocate
zeroheight
Decolonizing Your Design System: Unveiling Biases and Revolutionizing Inclusion
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Decolonizing Your Design System: Unveiling Biases and Revolutionizing Inclusion
Prepare to confront the truths of design systems in this talk on decolonization. This talk will expose the inherent biases and limitations that hinder inclusivity within traditional design frameworks, challenging you to question the status quo. Attending this talk will give you a renewed sense of urgency, and empower you with the tools and mindset needed to evolve your design system and make real strides toward a more inclusive future.
16:00 - 16:30
Megan Bednarczyk & Edwin Bodge
Design Lead | Principal Product Manager
Duolingo Max
Designing with AI: Building the flagship GPT-4 language product
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Designing with AI: Building the flagship GPT-4 language product
This talk will cover their experience building Duolingo Max with the newest AI technology, GPT-4. They’ll discuss their approach, mistakes, lessons learned, and give perspective on how generative AI can transform the way they design products and shape the future of education.
16:30 - 16:45
See you next year!
16:45 - 19:00
Afterparty hosted by Terra
Sep 28
Time to get loose!
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Time to get loose!
After 2 long days of talks and workshops, it’s time to have fun! Thunderfoot will turn the workshop room into a party room and welcome all conference attendees to join.
Overview
Detail view
Day 1 - Sep 27
Day 2 - Sep 28
Day 1 - Sep 27
Day 2 - Sep 28
Overview
Detail view
9:00-9:15
Welcome:
Veronica D’Souza
(Host)
9:15-9:30
Intro to Design Matters 23
9:30-10:00
Talk:
Katherine Zhou
(Design Ethically)
10:00-10:30
Talk:
Marina Nakagawa
10:30-11:00
Talk:
Sophie Tahran
(The New Yorker (Condé Nast))
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
11:30-12:00
Talk:
Ida Håkonsson & Rebekka Valdmanis Mørken
(NRK)
12:00-12:30
Talk:
Zeynep Akay
(Dalton Maag)
TRACK 2
2x networking sessions
11:30 12:30
In-person activity
Anamaria Dorgo
(Butter)
Online activity
Jed & Sophia Lazar
(Cozy Juicy Real)
12:30-13:30
Lunch break
13:30-14:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
13:30-14:00
Talk:
Mara Pometti
(Mckinsey & Company)
14:00-14:30
Talk:
Ayla Newhouse
(Nordea Bank)
TRACK 2
2x workshops
13:30 14:30
In-person workshop
Kei Arima
(GEMINI Laboratory)
Online workshop
Jess Goldsmith
(Women of Type)
14:30-15:00
Coffee break
15:00-16:00
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
15:00-15:30
Talk:
Setor Zilevu
(New York University)
15:30-16:00
Talk:
Or Yogev
(Wix)
TRACK 2
1x workshop
15:00 16:00
In-person workshop
Lauren Pak
(QuantumBlack)
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-17:00
Talk:
Lena Hammes
(Storytel)
17:00-17:30
Talk:
Mick Champayne & Casey Hudetz
(Google | DocuSign)
17:30-19:30
Food & drinks
19:30-20:00
Evening Talk:
Rahul Lindberg Sen
(Volvo Cars)
20:00-20:30
Evening Talk:
Tommy Siegel
20:30-21:00
Music Performance:
MALU
21:00-21:30
Music Performance:
Sonic Girl
9:00 - 9:15
Veronica D’Souza
Host
Welcome to Design Matters 23
9:15 - 9:30
Intro to Design Matters 23
9:30 - 10:00
Katherine Zhou
Designer & Creator
Design Ethically
Design Ethically: From Imperative to Action
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Design Ethically: From Imperative to Action
Join Kat, creator of the project, as she dives into how she created an ethical design framework for product teams and the lessons she learned from piloting her methodology with teams at various companies and universities across the world. She will also chart the course of how our industry got to where we are today, looking at the rise of manipulative design patterns and the like. Finally, she will discuss what scaling the tech ethics movement entails for individual employees, companies and/or startups, as well as the entire industry.
10:00 - 10:30
Marina Nakagawa
Motion designer, 3D artist
The journey to discovering your unique design style
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The journey to discovering your unique design style
Do designers need their own art style? It's a question that often arises in creative circles. In this presentation, Marina will share her personal journey of finding her passion for creating captivating character animations through personal projects. She'll reveal how uncovering and nurturing her unique art style had a positive impact on her career. Drawing from her own experiences, she'll provide practical insights into her crafting process and offers tips to help you find your own artistic voice.
10:30 - 11:00
Sophie Tahran
Director of Content Design
The New Yorker (Condé Nast)
Designing with Words: Content Design at The New Yorker
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Designing with Words: Content Design at The New Yorker
Content design communicates what visuals cannot, adding clarity, credibility, and consistency. In this talk, Sophie will discuss ways to think strategically about the words in your designs, from onboarding flows to UX writing for field labels, using real-life examples from The New Yorker. You’ll learn what makes great writing great—and ultimately, how to design words that create a seamless experience.
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
11:30 - 12:00
Ida Håkonsson & Rebekka Valdmanis Mørken
Senior Digital Product Designer | Senior UX Designer
NRK
Fun and delight as ingredients in design: What we learned from designing for children
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Fun and delight as ingredients in design: What we learned from designing for children
Ida, Rebekka and their team created a truly unique log in experience for children by using elements of gamification, nudging and storytelling, and adding lots of fun throughout. This talk will inspire you to think unconventionally and creatively about even the most mundane parts of your product, regardless of who you’re designing for.
12:00 - 12:30
Zeynep Akay
Creative Director
Dalton Maag
How a typeface is made: the craft behind the transformation of our library
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How a typeface is made: the craft behind the transformation of our library
Over the past few years Dalton Maag added several new typefaces to their collection, showcasing the creativity and versatility of their design team. Zeynep will tell the story of how new type designs originate and the clever briefs that sparked designers’ imaginations.
TRACK 2
2x networking sessions
11:30-12:30
12:30
Anamaria Dorgo
Head of Community, Learning Experience Designer
Butter
Networking Session
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Networking Session
Make new friends and expand your international network! Anamaria will help you connect with new people in a series of interactive and fun activities
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this workshop.
11:30-12:30
12:30
Jed & Sophia Lazar
Board Game Designers & Founders
Cozy Juicy Real
Connect Deeply with the Design Matters Copenhagen Community
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Connect Deeply with the Design Matters Copenhagen Community
Network and connect deeply with the Design Matters Copenhagen community through a fun gaming experience. Cozy Juicy Real is played by the world’s most successful teams - including Google, Adobe and Hubspot - to kindle fun, authentic, and connecting conversations.
Online only
Only live-stream ticket holders can attend this workshop.
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
13:30 - 14:00
Mara Pometti
Associate Design Director
Mckinsey & Company
Human-Centered AI: from principles to practice
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Human-Centered AI: from principles to practice
Good design is good business. Even more so today: good AI design is good business. Designing for AI is crucial to render people’s intents into meaningful applications of AI that are valuable for users and organizations. Too often, users’ problems, business intents, and models’ trustworthiness are treated as afterthoughts because organizations don’t have frameworks to translate principles into technical requirements. Human-centered methods help frame AI use cases through the lens of human needs and surface potential risks ahead of implementation.
14:00 - 14:30
Ayla Newhouse
Experience Director
Nordea Bank
Alignment vs Allowable chaos
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Alignment vs Allowable chaos
Is alignment in design even possible in today’s complex digital landscape? Where are the edges, and how should we think about aligning our work, both at the pixels, and holistically across an org? Where should we care about alignment and what can we reframe as “allowable chaos”? This talk is a equal parts a salve for those of us who feel like alignment may never come, and a pragmatic guide to how we might improve, no matter what chair we sit in.
TRACK 2
2x workshops
13:30-14:30
14:30
Kei Arima
Director
GEMINI Laboratory
MATERIAL- PLAYGROUND
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MATERIAL- PLAYGROUND
In this workshop you are invited on a innovative exploration at the intersection of generative AI, augmented reality, and sustainable design. In this cutting-edge workshop, you will create unique, intricate digital material textures by using creative tools like generative AI and superimpose these designs onto any surface using augmented reality (AR).
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this workshop.
13:30-14:30
14:30
Jess Goldsmith
Lettering artist & illustrator
Women of Type
Unleash your playfulness
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Unleash your playfulness
Make sure you bring sketching/drawing materials of your preference and/or crafting, collaging or other creative materials before this session! With Jess you will go through 5 exercises in nurturing your creative inner child.
Online only
Only livestream ticket holders can attend this workshop.
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
2x talks
15:00 - 15:30
Setor Zilevu
Lead User Experience Researcher & Professor
New York University
Human Intelligence Reimagined: UX Meets AI—the Next Frontier in Societal Technology
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Human Intelligence Reimagined: UX Meets AI—the Next Frontier in Societal Technology
Explore how AI and UX can work together to enhance user experience in industries like education, retail, and healthcare. Discover how the innovative Z Methodology can seamlessly integrate human and computational intelligence to reveal and augment tacit human knowledge and behavior. Education, retail, and healthcare are three significant global areas that could greatly benefit from the merger of user experience research/design and artificial intelligence.
15:30 - 16:00
Or Yogev
Senior Illustrator
Wix
Glocal Story - A Personal Story Becomes Collective
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Glocal Story - A Personal Story Becomes Collective
In his lecture Or shares his artistic journey, inspired and fueled by his family’s roots. His diverse work reveals a passion for the female form, reflecting its evolving social perceptions during the past decades. Through his own figures he expresses himself on global social issues, emphasizing the responsibility illustrators carry with every creative choice they make and the power they hold in shaping the collective narrative.
TRACK 2
1x workshop
15:00-16:00
16:00
Lauren Pak
Technical UX Designer
QuantumBlack
Design Thinking for Machine Learning model design
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Design Thinking for Machine Learning model design
Machine Learning models are designed to optimize for model performance. In this interactive, participatory workshop, together with Lauren you will invite friction - including divergent thinking - into the model development process. You will work through a Machine Learning business challenge together and explore interdisciplinary methods for designing models. You’ll learn about model setup and where design can provide a layer of powerful insights to define the Machine Learning use-case.
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this activity.
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
Lena Hammes
Head of Product Design
Storytel
Don’t like the voice? Switch it! Behind the scenes designing an ai alternative to the human voice
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Don’t like the voice? Switch it! Behind the scenes designing an ai alternative to the human voice
We believe that there is no more powerful thing in the world than a good story well told. We allow listeners to fiddle with the volume, adjusting the speed and now switching the voice. AI voices and human voices. At Storytel we knew for a long time that one of the most important criteria for choosing an audiobook is the voice of the narrator. People have varying degrees of sensitivity to voices and preferences vary greatly from person to person. Now that the quality of AI generated voices has gotten to the point where it is almost impossible to differentiate between human or machine, we decided to give users the choice. Designing for AI enabled functionality comes with a set of challenges. A short story about designing avatars, swiping voices and solving a real user need. Or did we just think so?
17:00 - 17:30
Mick Champayne & Casey Hudetz
Senior Visual Designer | Senior Product Design Manager
Google | DocuSign
Text-to-________. What Generative AI Means for Designers
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Text-to-________. What Generative AI Means for Designers
With the proliferation of new generative AI tools such as GPT-3, Midjourney and DALL-E, the design community is faced with a host of new opportunities, risks and questions. Join Mick Champayne and Casey Hudetz as they explore how we can use the power of this new technology to improve design processes, generate new ideas and build inclusive digital experiences for all.
17:30 - 19:30
Food & drinks
19:30 - 20:00
Rahul Lindberg Sen
Head of Mobile UX
Volvo Cars
Why So Serious?
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Why So Serious?
Designers possess superpowers that are meant to be a force for good and positivity in the world. They are blessed with processes, tools, empathy and an eye for simplifying the complex. But these superpowers also have the potential to become a ‘kryptonite’ – a weakness, a curse. Rahul will address designers' challenges and debunk some myths about being superhuman.
20:00 - 20:30
Tommy Siegel
Cartoonist
COMICS AND CURES FOR THE 21st CENTURY: Navigating the pitfalls of making art in the social media era
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COMICS AND CURES FOR THE 21st CENTURY: Navigating the pitfalls of making art in the social media era
After achieving hundreds of thousands of followers, this exhausted and internet-addled cartoonist was left with a nagging question: how do you sustainably create art in the social media area without being destroyed by it? Tommy will talk about comment section trolls, algorithms, drawing for the New Yorker, and his best attempts to safely navigate the maelstrom of Mark Zuckerberg’s strange universe, while accompanied by his ascerbic and witty comics.
20:30 - 21:00
MALU
Music Artist
A soulful universe balancing contemporariness and nostalgia
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A soulful universe balancing contemporariness and nostalgia
In her universe of pop melodies, soulful tunes and R&B sensations, MALU sings her way out of her identity crisis, through stories of dreams, heartaches and insecurities.
21:00 - 21:30
Sonic Girl
Music Artist
A futuristic pop party from Danish hyperpop wonder
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A futuristic pop party from Danish hyperpop wonder
Sonic Girl is both a nostalgic pop icon and a rebellious anti-superstar, and she is a bright hyperpop star on the Danish music scene. With clever concepts, elements of performance art and lots of big pop hooks, she draws the listener into a futuristic soundscape.
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8:30-9:00
Check-in & Breakfast
9:00-10:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
3x talks
9:00-9:30
Talk:
Preston So
9:30-10:00
Talk:
John Teo
(Adidas)
10:00-10:30
Talk:
Jessica Bjoeredahl
(Whatfix)
TRACK 2
3x talks: Danish Design Scene
9:00 10:30
Talk:
Hans Høite Augustenborg
(Birdie)
Talk:
Lena Friberg
(Coloplast)
Talk:
Søren Clausen
(Podimo)
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TALK 1
3x talks
11:00-11:30
Talk:
Pirijan Ketheswaran
(Kinopio)
11:30-12:00
Talk:
Patrycja Radaczyńska
(Babbel)
12:00-12:30
Talk:
Rasmus Sanko
(Charlie Tango)
TRACK 2
2x workshops
11:00 12:30
In-person workshop
Jan Toman
(Supernova.io)
Online workshop
Emmi Salonen
(Studio Emmi)
12:30-13:30
Lunch break
13:30-15:00
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
3x talks
13:30-14:00
Talk:
Enrico Furfaro
(komoot)
14:00-14:30
Talk:
Mercedes Lorenzo & Andrés Clúa
(Terra)
14:30-15:00
Talk:
Ade-Lee Adebiyi
(SoPost)
TRACK 2
2x workshops
13:30 15:00
In-person workshop
Vanessa Carpenter
(Gagarin)
Online workshop
Adilice Sanches
(Pleo)
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-16:00
Talk:
Michelle Chin
(zeroheight)
16:00-16:30
Talk:
Megan Bednarczyk & Edwin Bodge
(Duolingo Max)
16:30-16:45
See you next year!
16:45-19:00
Party:
Afterparty hosted by Terra
8:30 - 9:00
Check-in & Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
3x talks
9:00 - 9:30
Preston So
Author of Immersive Content and Usability
Human machines and machine humans
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Human machines and machine humans
What does it mean for a machine to become human? Are AI personas and virtual assistants a true reflection of humanity or a mere imitation? Do avatars truly represent the richness of our world, or only a narrow subset of it? In this session, Preston will talk about how design must evolve in the age of generative AI, and immersive technologies to address new challenges of usability, accessibility, and equity. He’ll discuss how we’ve inadvertently introduced biases.
9:30 - 10:00
John Teo
Design Lead
Adidas
The Story of No: Turning Rejections into Innovations
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The Story of No: Turning Rejections into Innovations
In every design journey, the word ‘No’ surfaces as a barrier – a restriction on our creative flow. But what if these limitations held the key to innovation? Through the story of the Priority Access feature, we’ll explore the moments when embracing these challenges and constraints can lead to creative solutions. Join John as he gives an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how the team turned a familiar territory of ‘No’ into a ‘Yes’. It’s an opportunity to gain Priority Access (pun intended) on how the team transformed constraints into innovative breakthroughs.
10:00 - 10:30
Jessica Bjoeredahl
Senior UX Writer/Strategist
Whatfix
UX for the World: Considerations for internationalization, localization, and a multinational market
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UX for the World: Considerations for internationalization, localization, and a multinational market
The world has been shrinking for the last few decades, and tech companies are now operating on a global scale. To really make a product global, we need to internationalize and localize it. You might think that’s solely the translator’s job, but to really make a product for everyone in the multinational market, UX writers, designers, and developers should get involved to. In this talk, Jessica Bjoeredahl, Senior UX Writer at Whatfix, will discuss what she’s learned in her company’s internationalization efforts and how all members of a team can help with these efforts.
TRACK 2
3x talks: Danish Design Scene
9:00-9:30
9:30
Hans Høite Augustenborg
Co-Founder and Creative Director
Birdie
The Cleverness of Dumb Design
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The Cleverness of Dumb Design
Occupied by with concepts like storytelling, simplicity and humour in design, Hans will talk about how to find creative ways to solve problems of the modern world with intuitive and inspiring solutions. With offset in his own product, Birdie, Hans will illustrate how simple products can be more effective and explore the power of letting the user take control over technology and not the other way around.
9:30-10:00
10:00
Lena Friberg
Head of Branding and Design
Coloplast
Designing for emotional resonance
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Designing for emotional resonance
How can we design for all cultures within a single brand strategy? How can we help a global company stand united as one voice across all touchpoints, from a website to a simple customer message? Connecting emotionally with the target audience is absolutely central in building strong brands today, especially at Coloplas. Lena will discuss how to stay relevant while touching upon private topics surrounding their users who have lives with very intimate and often stigmatized issues.
10:00-10:30
10:30
Søren Clausen
Product Design Lead
Podimo
Meet code- Enabling a new generation of designers
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Meet code- Enabling a new generation of designers
Design tools have long played a vital role in visualising the experience we wish to create, but are they truly empowering us to create the best experiences? Søren will discuss how design tools today are limiting our abilities to create the best experiences, and how to fix this.
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Choose a Nerd Track
TALK 1
3x talks
11:00 - 11:30
Pirijan Ketheswaran
Founder, Designer, Engineer, Artist
Kinopio
The First Four Years of Kinopio
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The Business of Craft
Come join me on a whirlwind tour of the origins and ideas behind Kinopio, the visual thinking tool for new ideas and hard problems. As well as how it’s design evolved and changed over the years, and lessons learned from over a decade of building products and communities. Whether you’re a jack of all trades solo-creator, or a design specialist on a large team, this talk will give you a new perspective on designing and evolving your own products and interfaces.
11:30 - 12:00
Patrycja Radaczyńska
Principal Design System Engineer
Babbel
The journey of bridging the gap between design and engineering
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The journey of bridging the gap between design and engineering
Patrycja will share her experience in building connections between design and engineering while introducing design tokens at Babbel. A history behind current structure of tokens including a quick look into the legacy that they had to take into consideration. How they build our pipeline to be able to deliver tokens to different platforms. What they’ve learnt on the way and how it brought them closer together.
12:00 - 12:30
Rasmus Sanko
Chief Strategy Officer
Charlie Tango
Unlocking Accessibility
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Unlocking Accessibility
Have you ever taken a moment to think about how different individuals might use your designs? Inclusive and accessible digital design is not only a necessity for some, but a benefit for all. Rasmus will explore how designers can ensure that our solutions align with the needs of all users; right from the initial stages of concept and design to the phases of development and technical implementation.
TRACK 2
2x workshops
11:00-12:30
12:30
Jan Toman
Director of Design
Supernova.io
Setting up a Design System for Success and Scale
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Setting up a Design System for Success and Scale
Design systems are a vital long-term investment in design and engineering resources. In the fluctuating landscapes of today’s markets, the need to build a design system that quickly provides value to the company while minimizing the risk of failure is more critical than ever.
In the workshop “Setting up a Design System for Success and Scale,” you will explore how to identify the optimal initial challenges for a design system to tackle, formulate effective planning strategies for the design system, and communicate persuasively with key stakeholders to gain strong support for the design systems work.
Additionally, you will delve into the importance of tracking design system health metrics. Tracking these metrics over time not only establishes a solid foundation for the design system but also fosters its growth, empowering it to thrive and adapt with strength.
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this workshop.
11:00-12:30
12:30
Emmi Salonen
Founder, Designer & Author
Studio Emmi
Creative Ecosystem Workshop
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Creative Ecosystem Workshop
In this Creative Ecosystem workshop, Emmi Salonen (Studio Emmi) will bring you on a journey to uncover processes, practices and rituals that help fuel your inspiration across all areas of life. We’ll do this through prompts, reflection, exercises and discussion within the group.
Work is often so focused on output that when people aren’t intentional about input as well, it can lead to burnout and a lack of creative energy. Inspired by the Finnish ecosystems Emmi grew up in, she saw the opportunity to help others reconnect with their creativity, purpose and excitement for their work. Ecosystems are all interconnected and interdependent, seamlessly flowing together. Similarly, creativity cannot happen in isolation. The Creative Ecosystem model is based on balancing your creative output with nurturing input areas to sustain your creative wellbeing. “My intention is for this to be a nourishing and inspiring experience for you, and I hope you can take this as ‘time for you’.” - Emmi
Online only
Only live-stream ticket holders can attend this workshop.
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00
Choose a Nerd Track
TRACK 1
3x talks
13:30 - 14:00
Enrico Furfaro
Senior Product Designer
komoot
Why antagonize the Business? Leverage your Design skillset to bridge the Value Perception Gap
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Why antagonize the Business? Leverage your Design skillset to bridge the Value Perception Gap
In the tech field, there is often a disconnection between the value that we can provide as Designers and the perception of that same value. It’s a fact. So, what can we, as Individual Contributors, do about it? Can we affect change in a practical way by leveraging our strategic skillset? Consider this talk in between a manual and a reality check. Enrico will share the story of how Workshops, UX research and Branding can make your life as a Designer easier while moving the needle toward user centricity and innovation in your company.
14:00 - 14:30
Mercedes Lorenzo & Andrés Clúa
Creative Director | Director of Technology
Terra
Creativity and Process: A Love Story
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Creativity and Process: A Love Story
In this talk, Mercedes and Andres will explore how a radical change to their design and web development methodology has allowed their teams to tackle projects of increasing scale and complexity. By introducing a design system and global components, you too can save time and avoid repetition while exploring new and exciting strategies.
14:30 - 15:00
Ade-Lee Adebiyi
Head of Design
SoPost
Embrace Your Creative Badassery: Defeating Doubts and Fueling Fun in Design
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Embrace Your Creative Badassery: Defeating Doubts and Fueling Fun in Design
Stifled by perfectionism or grappling with imposter syndrome? Join the club. You’ll dive into these common creative hurdles and explore strategies to overcome them. You’ll learn how to transform self-doubts into positive affirmations and fears into opportunities for growth.
TRACK 2
2x workshops
13:30-15:00
15:00
Vanessa Carpenter
Chief Innovation Officer
Gagarin
Designing for Meaningfulness in future products, services and experiences
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Designing for Meaningfulness in future products, services and experiences
In this workshop, we will use a series of worksheets alongside rapid prototyping tools and methods, to ask ourselves how our products or services might be designed for people to achieve meaningfulness in their lives. We will develop early prototypes which exemplify the Mechanics and Manifestations of Meaningfulness which you have decided are most relevant for a product you co-create with others during the workshop. Designing for Meaningfulness has been developed at FORCE Technology in Denmark as part of a PhD entitled Designing for Meaningfulness in Future Smart Products and has been used with over 50 companies throughout the Nordics and Canada to help them design for better futures.
In-person only
Only in-person ticket holders can attend this workshop.
13:30-15:00
15:00
Adilice Sanches
Staff Product Researcher
Pleo
Redefining human roles in an AI future
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Redefining human roles in an AI future
2023 started full of uncertainty, but what no one could predict was how AI would be the topic taking the year by storm. Individuals, companies, and institutions are exploring applications for this new technology in a race that could be compared to the gold rush era. In this workshop, you'll examine with Adilice historical examples, discuss potential scenarios and ideate on how society, ethics and technology could carve brand-new paths for human-centric professionals.
Online only
Only live-stream ticket holders can attend this workshop.
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Michelle Chin
Design Advocate
zeroheight
Decolonizing Your Design System: Unveiling Biases and Revolutionizing Inclusion
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Decolonizing Your Design System: Unveiling Biases and Revolutionizing Inclusion
Prepare to confront the truths of design systems in this talk on decolonization. This talk will expose the inherent biases and limitations that hinder inclusivity within traditional design frameworks, challenging you to question the status quo. Attending this talk will give you a renewed sense of urgency, and empower you with the tools and mindset needed to evolve your design system and make real strides toward a more inclusive future.
16:00 - 16:30
Megan Bednarczyk & Edwin Bodge
Design Lead | Principal Product Manager
Duolingo Max
Designing with AI: Building the flagship GPT-4 language product
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Designing with AI: Building the flagship GPT-4 language product
This talk will cover their experience building Duolingo Max with the newest AI technology, GPT-4. They’ll discuss their approach, mistakes, lessons learned, and give perspective on how generative AI can transform the way they design products and shape the future of education.
16:30 - 16:45
See you next year!
16:45 - 19:00
Afterparty hosted by Terra
Sep 28
Time to get loose!
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Time to get loose!
After 2 long days of talks and workshops, it’s time to have fun! Thunderfoot will turn the workshop room into a party room and welcome all conference attendees to join.
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