Summer design lab with AND Digital

Welcome to the Design Lab Community.

We're a friendly bunch! We are a community of designers that get together to talk shop, share ideas and designs, and get to know one another. This month we are supported and hosted by the awesome team at AND.Digital (https://and.digital/)

🎟Ticket information
You must have an Eventbrite ticket to attend. Get yours here ➡️https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer-design-lab-london-tickets-69745760447

🏆Raffle & Giveaways
Thanks to our sponsors at Sketch we will be giving away two FREE Sketch licenses in a raffle. Show up, collect your lucky number raffle ticket and the winners will be announced at the end.

Do you want to donate or gift something to the community for a raffle? Maybe a conference ticket, maybe some lush stationery, maybe a puppy (only joking, puppies are for life, not just for raffles). Then give us a shout and we'll add it to the raffle.
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Please be on time. No entry past 7 pm.

🗓Schedule 🗓

6:00 - Open for arrivals & drinks
6:55 – Welcome & introduction
7:00- Talk one
7:25 - Q&A
7:30 - Talk two
7:55 - Q&A
8:00 - Open Mic Session*
8:10 - Raffle & close event
8:15 - Networking and food.
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Talk one: Knowledge of the Magicians: How close-up magic can inform our understanding of human behaviour

There are some fundamental UX principles that are important to keep in mind and harness when designing digital products. Magic, as a performance artform, can shed some light and hence further our understanding of some of these principles, by revealing ways that humans behave (and how magicians take advantage of these behaviours). This talk will cover three areas in particular: storytelling, attention and wonder.

Speaker: Paavan Buddhdev

Paavan works as a Product Analyst at AND Digital, focussing on design and user experience. In his spare time he performs magic professionally and enjoys gardening. For more info visit paavandesign.com and paavanmagic.com.

https://twitter.com/p44v9n

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Talk: Mind the map

What is a map? How are they designed? Where are they heading? And can you imagine the world without them?

Humanity has had a long and obsessive relationship with maps. Through history we’ve used maps as works of art, for visual metaphors, to navigate the world, and used to illustrate scientific models.

To me, maps are the constant, bewitching possibility of exploration and communication. And design always played a big role in it.

Speaker: Kat Roskova

I am a Product Designer, designing for mobile apps at IG (fintech company). I moved to London around two years ago after finishing my design studies in Copenhagen where I worked for smaller digital and marketing agencies along my studies.

I’m very passionate about clean intuitive design and improving my overall design and user knowledge every day.

http://whoiskat.com

https://twitter.com/kataestrophe

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-roskova-66b933a2

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⭐️ Our Hosts and Sponsors

AND Digital is on a mission to close the world’s digital skills gap. To do that, they accelerate the digital capabilities of ambitious organisations, blending tech strategy and craft skills with an award-winning approach to talent development.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AND_Digital
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/and_digital/
Instagram: and.digital

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🎤Open Mic Session

Here is where you put your big, brave pants on and jump on stage. This is a safe and open space for you to speak to your fellow designers. Perhaps you’re looking for feedback, partnership or advice on a project you’re working on or simply have a question. Well, this is your moment to shine! You can ask the group and further the conversations in the social after.

✍️Contact designlab@novoda.com if you are interested in speaking, hosting or volunteering.

🐥Follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/DesignLabMeetup

Thanks for listening and see you at the event!