About us
Open UX Design is , an online community of designers, researchers, product owners and social tech entrepreneurs, who believe in sharing and developing their craft whilst considering problems affecting people across the globe.
At Open UX events we share learnings, support each through peer mentoring and help each other improve their impact.
Open UX events are free to join. You can find out more at https://community.openux.design/
Featured event
From freelance to studio UX, with Fran Cook
In our next Open UX Design meetup we’ll be meeting and hearing from Fran Cook.
Fran designs with people and organisations who want to create positive change. She's the founder of Francesca Cook Studio, a brand and digital design collective working for positive change through projects on health & wellbeing, women, social justice and climate. She's also a design partner with Hertech, a female-led digital agency, and a freelance designer with Outlandish, working on data dashboards, funding portals and digital infrastructure projects.
In this session we'll be talking about Fran's learnings from a range of design settings, how she keeps developing as a designer, what it's like starting collectives and studios, and the processes that she finds invaluable.
Reserve your spot for free by signing up at Open UX Design.
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From freelance to studio UX, with Fran Cook
·OnlineOnlineIn our next Open UX Design meetup we’ll be meeting and hearing from Fran Cook.
Fran designs with people and organisations who want to create positive change. She's the founder of Francesca Cook Studio, a brand and digital design collective working for positive change through projects on health & wellbeing, women, social justice and climate. She's also a design partner with Hertech, a female-led digital agency, and a freelance designer with Outlandish, working on data dashboards, funding portals and digital infrastructure projects.
In this session we'll be talking about Fran's learnings from a range of design settings, how she keeps developing as a designer, what it's like starting collectives and studios, and the processes that she finds invaluable.
Reserve your spot for free by signing up at Open UX Design.
223 attendees
#22 When UX has no power: Designing without influence
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So many of us have been there: hired as the UX expert but decisions are already made. Research is ignored, timelines are fixed and your role becomes delivery rather than direction.So how do you actually practice UX when you don’t have influence?
This is a 1 hour roundtable discussion and thinking space for working freelance + solo UX/UI designers.
Come swap stories and learnings about:
- Times when you knew the right thing to do but couldn’t make it happen
- Where to find actual points of influence on a project (title, trust, timing, relationships)
- Small moves to shift decisions, even slightly
- When is it better to push… and when is it better to let go?
Plus "what do we do about it?", exploring:
- Concrete tactics for increasing influence
- A clearer sense of what’s in our control vs not
There are no presentations, invited experts or gurus just a lightly facilitated conversation among peers. Bring your own stories, frustrations and hacks. (And snacks.)
Who's it for?
Working freelance designers - or UX-ers working in a team of one - with real-world experience in delivery and client work.How to take part
- Visit the Open UX Design #22 event page at Open UX Design
- Sign up
- RSVP (Note: when the video call begins, only 20 places are available!)
28 attendees
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