Past Events

  • 2017 Feb 19

    The HarvardxDesign Conference

    8:00am to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Business School (Spangler Center), Batten Way, Boston, MA 02163

    The HarvardxDesign Conference is an annual exploration of all things design. Launched in 2012, the conference is a collaborative effort between student groups at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard Business School, and Harvard College - and the only cross-school event of its kind. The event brings together creative thinkers, design luminaries, experts from a variety of backgrounds, and students to engage in and reinterpret the design process. 

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  • 2017 Feb 18

    World IA Day Boston 2017, by The Information Architecture Institute

    8:00am to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    HubSpot, 2 Canal Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141

    WIAD is an annual event to celebrate the practice and education of Information Architecture. This is a FREE design conference that celebrates organization and structure for understandability and accessibility. The goal for this day is to promote the practice and education of Information Architecture so you will find it useful if you are involved in: User Experience Design, Visual Design, Development, Content Strategy, Product Design, Service Design, Project Management, Product Management, Digital Strategies, and any other innovation driven industry.

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  • 2017 Feb 17

    World IA Day Boston 2017 Kick-off Party

    6:00pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    GA Boston, 125 Summer Street 13th Floor, Boston, MA 02110

    It is that time again! On February 17th, join us in kicking off World IA Day Boston 2017 at General Assembly. Meet local thought leaders in the Boston design community and join us in welcoming top speakers visiting from around the globe. We are also excited to announce a special guest- local design enthusiast, Adam Connor. Adam is VP of Organizational Design & Training at Mad*Pow, Author of Discussing Design, and Illustrator of doleful monsters. Come for a drink, get inspired with Adam, meet new friends, and get energized for Saturday's event on the HubSpot campus.

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  • 2017 Feb 09

    Designers and Geeks: Designing for Health

    7:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

    EF Education First - Boston Office,  2 Education Circle,  Cambridge, MA 02141

    Delivering innovative services in healthcare can be complicated. As designers, how do we balance the needs of the users and the needs of the system? As innovators how far can we push the envelope before advanced solutions leave people behind? Through human-centered design and modern technology, we can build better options and help people manage their health. In this session of Designers + Geeks, we'll look at the design lessons & process of PillPack, one of the most thoughtful companies designing for healthcare.

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  • 2017 Feb 07

    UXPA Boston February Meeting: Solving Complex UX Challenges at Scale with TripAdvisor

    6:30pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    TripAdvisor, 400 1st Avenue, Needham, MA 02494

    Join UXPA Boston for our monthly meeting at TripAdvisor. A clean and consistent user experience can be challenging to develop and evolve, especially given the breakneck pace of change in technologies, devices and processes. Our panelists will discuss TripAdvisor’s approach to solving these complex challenges on a global scale — focusing on how Research, Design/UX and Product teams work collaboratively to formulate hypotheses, test assumptions and implement updates to deliver an ideal web and app-based experience.

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  • 2017 Feb 03

    interaction design education summit 17

    Fri - Sat, Feb 3 to Feb 4, 5:00pm - 5:30pm

    Location: 

    School of Visual Arts, 209 E 23rd St, New York, NY 

    Design education happens everywhere. The 2017 Interaction Design Education Summit explores learning design broadly, considering it from its most traditional to most unexpected, from its current state to its future possibility. The Summit asks how does context and collaboration influence learning? No longer is design education something that happens only in a place — a room, a particular building, or through a website. Instead it’s a lifelong pursuit across contexts. Join us at the Interaction Design Education Summit to explore these themes through a mix of inspirational talks,...

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  • 2017 Jan 31

    Crowdcast: Managing Large Design Teams & Designing for Different E-Commerce Platforms with Jyoti Shukla

    7:30pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    Online

    Join Designer Hangout and Jyoti Shukla, Senior Director of User Experience at Nordstrom, one of the largest department store chains headquartered in Seattle, WA with over 70,000 employees. Jyoti will discuss and answer your questions about managing large design teams and projects as well as different approaches for designing a seamless shopping experience on different platforms.  

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