The Futures of Finance: Insights from FXD 2021
In a system mired by frustrations, complexities, regulations, and shifting priorities, we have no shortage of obstacles to overcome. Leaders across the financial ecosystem are trying to understand and define what the future of finance holds. By tapping into Futures Thinking, a design strategy that prompts practitioners to reveal what could happen in the future due to decisions, actions, and issues occurring in the present, we can begin to unravel possible future horizons. At FXD, we challenged our leaders to imagine their own preferable futures of finance (plural because there is not one single future) by digging deep into the weight of history, push of the present, and pull of the future and the systems, barriers, and opportunities that each carries with it.
Healthcare + Design = HXD 2021
HXD is a two-day event hosted by Mad*Pow’s Center for Health Experience Design that attracts more than 500 health visionaries — people from health, design, technology, business, and government – to create solutions to the challenges of today’s health system. It is a mix of inspiring presentations, workshops, and discussions amongst those designing healthcare solutions. We discuss some of the themes and highlights from this year’s event.
3 More Chances to Attend An Event Apart in 2018
Ok, so this is a bit of a lie since the Special Edition in Washington D.C. is July 30 to August 1 (next week!) so grab your ticket now. For those of us in need of more planning time, there are events in Chicago, Orlando, and San Francisco in August, October, and December respectively. An […]
Prepare for Design and Content with a Speaker-Inspired Reading List
The Design & Content Conference is three weeks away. This multi-disciplinary conference looks at the intersection of design disciplines. Hear from industry leaders about crafting experiences and telling stories that shape the future of the web. This year’s speakers include designers and content strategists from InVision, Vox, Dropbox, Shopify, Google, and more! To help you prepare, here’s a roundup of writings by five of this year’s speakers.
Three questions with An Event Apart speakers
An Event Apart speakers Jen Simmons, Kate O’Neill, Jason Grigsby, and Jeremey Keith took a moment to answer a few of our questions on what inspires their work and how to be a better UX designer.
Design & Content Conference announces the DCC Fund
The Design & Content Conference is continually working to make the event more diverse and inclusive. New for 2018, the DCC Fund, supported by Shopify, is designed to eliminate barriers for underrepresented groups to attend the conference. The fund will cover costs associated with accomodation, travel, workshop and conference fees for the selected applicants to attend Design & […]
IA Summit 2018 Recap: Convergence reflections
This was my first and last IA Summit, but that’s purely due to exciting news. The IA Summit will henceforth be the IA Conference. Along with that change comes a change in responsibility as ASIS&T will no longer be underpinning the conference. Instead, the IA Conference will be truly by and for those in the […]
Lessons Learned from An Event Apart Denver
An Event Apart just finished its first event of 2018 in Seattle. UX Booth columnist Jess Vice highlights some of the biggest takeaways from last year’s AEA Special Edition featuring Jeffrey Zeldman, Luke Wroblewski, Cassie McDaniel, Derek Featherstone, and Gerry McGovern.
Lessons Learned from An Event Apart Denver
An Event Apart just finished its first event of 2018 in Seattle. UX Booth columnist Jess Vice highlights some of the biggest takeaways from last year’s AEA Special Edition featuring Jeffrey Zeldman, Luke Wroblewski, Cassie McDaniel, Derek Featherstone, and Gerry McGovern.
Day Three at An Event Apart DC
Yesterday was the third and final day of An Event Apart DC! UX Booth representative Karen Kitchens shares her takeaways for the third day.