Design Hack Night: Prototyping Workshop

About the Event

Welcome to our 3rd Design Hack Night, an evening of conversation, making, and feedback. Inspired by the Tinderbox Hack Night (https://www.meetup.com/tinderbox/), Design Hack Night is a chance to share your insights and learn from your peers.

This special edition of Design Hack Night features a product story prototyping workshop by Garen Checkley, a full-time prototyper at YouTube. We’ll discuss what a product story is, when to use it, and understand how to approach it with a prototyping mindset. We’ll do a low-fidelity product story prototyping exercise for just over an hour, followed by networking. No supplies needed, just yourself and a sense of

If you have a lightning talk you'd like to give that fits the theme of "prototyping", feel free to send me an email at rob@atomidesign.com .

Serving food and plenty of drinks as well!

About the Speaker

Garen Checkley is an advocate for prototyping as a mindset in addition to a skillset. He is a full-time prototyper at YouTube where he works on product design for Emerging Markets. He’s been at Google for over 4 years and has a background in lighting design for contemporary dance.

Location

Carbon Five (http://carbonfive.com) @ 585 Howard St, 2nd Floor, San Francisco (https://www.google.com/maps/place/585+Howard+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94105/@37.7869762,-122.397583,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8085807ce834c1af:0xecc815bb30f644bc)

Carbon Five is located in the SoMa neighborhood of downtown San Francisco and is approximately a 7 minute walk from Montgomery St BART/Muni station. While taking public transportation is encouraged, there’s a paid parking lot at the Red Cross building @ 85 2nd St (https://www.google.com/maps/place/85+2nd+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94105/@37.7890142,-122.4071319,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80858062c78faaa3:0x52654877163e93ed) and other nearby garages if necessary.

Please check parkme.com (http://www.parkme.com/map?lat=37.7869762&lng=-122.397583) for additional nearby parking options.

Schedule

6:00p-6:30p Networking, food/drinks
6:30p-8:00p Product Story Prototyping Workshop
8:00p-8:30p More networking and wrap up

Sponsors

Thanks to all our awesome sponsors for helping putting together Design Hack Night!

http://carbonfive.com
http://neon-lab.com
http://atomidesign.com

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Interested in becoming a sponsor? Send an email to rob@atomidesign.com to get in touch!