Sep 18-19_Copenhagen

Talks, videos & articles

Talk · 2019 · Toca Boca

Creating inclusion in play

Petter shares how Toca Boca started to define what they mean with diversity in their products. He also shares some other types of support structures they use in their mission to create apps that feel inclusive to kids all over the world.

Talk · 2019 · Figma

Open Design

This talk explores how Figma has been embracing open design, and how it could define the future of the design industry.

Talk · 2019 · Virtue by VICE

Meet Q, The First Genderless Voice

In the options for digital voice assistants, there is only binary choice, which isn’t an accurate representation of the complexities of gender. That’s why Virtue, The creative agency by VICE, created Q – the world’s first genderless voice for voice AI.

Talk · 2019 · Slack

Designing like a writer: how language can elevate your work

In this talk, Andrew looks at how storytelling, prose, and a conversational approach to design can elevate your work as a whole.

Talk · 2019 · International Magic

Design Systems & Aesthetics in the Modern Era

International Magic engineered a complete digital design system for the renowned magazine and apparel brand 032c. The result is a raw, well considered brutalist platform with a highly flexible and recognisable visual aesthetic.

Talk · 2019 · Mediamonks (Adidas)

Doing it for the kicks

Using Adidas’ radically retro Yung 90s campaign as a case, Kjegwan shows how he has handled a creative ‘carte blanche’, and created a unique yet nostalgic design that won over people’s hearts.

Talk · 2019 · Unity

Let Me Think: why workflows matter

Nikoline shares how designers at Unity design workflows that inspire and allow creatives to achieve their vision. The application of designing for flow and creativity goes way beyond the creative industries.

Talk · 2019 · Co-Star

This Emptiness Is Normal

Astrology has helped humans make sense of the world for 2,500 years, but it’s never been as popular as it is today. Andrew explains how Co–Star has translated this spiritual practice into approachable tools to better relate to each other.

Talk · 2019 · Behance by Adobe

The Deliberate Practice of Boredom

Jeannie defines the kind of boredom that will help you design better. Also, she provides practical suggestions on how to consciously schedule in non-work, non-play time, so that you can find value and empathy in wait-times.

Talk · 2019 · WeTransfer

We do more than Transfer

WeTransfer is used by millions of people. With numbers that high, how do they make sure they don’t lose connection on a personal level? Thomas explains how WeTransfer is trying to bring their value across, and what role design plays there.

Talk · 2019 · Girlboss

The Power of Authenticity

Crafting a message that sticks requires a motive, an identity, and an honest approach. Sydney reflects on how visual storytellers have the power to guide the narrative in a modern landscape overflowing with communication.

Talk · 2019 · Ushahidi

Read the crowd

Since 2008 Ushahidi has built tools for crisis response, election monitoring, and humanitarian work. In this talk, Eriol shows how they turn insights into specific design decisions that shape digital products for marginalized populations.

Talk · 2019 · CIID

Climate Adaptation, Design at the Front Lines

Francesca spearheads a venture to use digital design to help communities adapt to a changing climate. She explains how to incorporate Natural Sciences into design work, and let design amplify other disciplines.

Talk · 2019 · Design Systems International

New Algorithmic Approaches to Graphic Design

Martin discusses the area where graphic design and programming languages intersect. He explores how the discipline of graphic design has evolved from static media to digital products.

Talk · 2019 · Andreas Refsgaard

Playful Machine Learning

Andreas Refsgaard describes how machine learning has become an integrated part of the design practice. He also presents a few of his projects, where he seeks unconventional connections between inputs and outputs with simple machine learning techniques.

Talk · 2019 · Duolingo

Design Language: How Duolingo Learned to Teach Everyone

Beth Chasse took the participants of Design Matters 19 behind the scenes to see how Duolingo turns to Design to solve intractable business problems.

Talk · 2019 · Fox & Sheep

SHINE and what to consider when attacking a T-Rex with a torchlight

In 2018 Fox & Sheep wanted to try something new. They left their comfort zone made of cute characters and bright colors to set out to a new adventure: a mindful app that doesn’t feed on the player’s dopamine levels.

Interview · 2019 · Future technologies

The Future of UI is Quiet, Passive Listening Technologies

Technologies, user interfaces, and companies should help and protect people, instead of invading their privacy. Designer Rune Madsen explains how.

Article · 2019 · Illustration

Queer Illustrators You Need to Follow Now

To celebrate Pride Week in Copenhagen we selected our best-loved queer illustrators from all over the world who support LGBTQ+ rights, gender equality, and body positivity.

Article · 2019 · Design Activism

5 Activist Organizations that Are Reshaping Society

Designers have always had the power to impact society through their work, be it in a subtle, or more provocative way. We are now assisting to a rapid shift of activism into a digital dimension.

Interview · 2019 · Collaboration Tools

How New Collaboration Tools Are Changing the Role of the Designer

UX Designer Rahul Sen sheds light on how new ways of collaborating are shaping work processes and organizations.

Article · 2019 · Astrology

How the Design of the Astrology App Co-Star Is Conquering the Masses

In a world where technology is omnipresent, Co-Star has managed to create a peaceful app that helps people connect. What's its secret? We asked Andrew Lu, Lead Designer at Co-Star, about his take on tech and digital overload.

Interview · 2019 · Typography & Accessibility

Typeface Designer Bruno Maag on Typography and Accessibility

Typeface designer Bruno Maag specializes at Dalton Maag in creating finely-crafted typefaces for big international brands. We discussed Typography and Accessibility with him.

Article · 2019 · Brutalism

3 Loud and Brutalist Designs We Love

Brutalist design is a great way to appeal the hippest audiences. Many brands use it to make sure their presence doesn’t go unnoticed. But does Brutalism have a future? We definitely think so!

Interview · 2019 · Ethics

Oliver Reichenstein from iA, on the need for an ethical and philosophical approach in digital design

We met Oliver for a discussion on the ethical problems digital users and companies are facing today - and tomorrow.

Article · 2019 · Japan

What Digital Product Designers can learn from the Japanese Culture

We spent five days in Tokyo to find new perspectives on digital design and discover what we could learn from Japanese design and culture.

Article · 2019 · Design Matters

New design. No whitespace. No rules!

Mia Stigsnæs, Lead Designer, explains our new identity for Design Matters 19

Article · 2019 · Typeform

Interview with Typeform’s UX Lead and Chief Design Officer

We met up with Typeform in Barcelona to get an update on conversational UI’s and where Typeform is heading in the future.

Article · 2018 ·

Interview with Keith Shore, the man behind the Mikkeller beer labels

We asked Art Director Keith Shore about, how he entered the world of designing beer labels and came to illustrate an entire brand.

Article · 2018 ·

Interview with Amazon Design Director, Masuma Henry on Design for Change

To make a change as a designer, Masuma Henry believes that you need to shift your focus from the user to the system.

Interview · 2018 · Amazon

Interview with Masuma Henry

About new technologies, "Design for change" and the changing role of the designer.

Interview · 2018 · charity: water

Interview with Alyson Nakamura

About the changing role of the designer and "Design for change" as the next movement in digital design.

Interview · 2018 · Minecraft

Interview with Tobias Ahlin

About how new technologies are changing the role and skills of the designer. He's also suggesting playfulness to be the next movement in digital design.

Talk · 2018 · Headspace

Ancient Methods for New Interfaces

Vicki Tan and Christine Cha unfold, how the Headspace design team uses the unique brand and science-based methods to connect to a modern audience.

Interview · 2018 · Medium

Interview with Ben Hersh

Design Lead at Medium talks about how there are no shortcuts to create trust.

Interview · 2018 · Dropbox

Interview with Anisha Jan

Design Director of Dropbox talks about the confidence to speak up and how important it is to do as a designer.

Interview · 2018 · Shopify

Interview with Kyle Peatt

Director of UX at Shopify talks about the impact of digital design and the responsibility of the designer.

Interview · 2018 · Headspace

Interview with Vicki Tan & Christine Cha

Product designers at Headspace about the importance of making designs that are not just temporary and taking responsibility.

Interview · 2018 · The Outline

Interview with Jack Kokolus

Designer at The Outline talks about how designers should push themselves more and be bolder.

Interview · 2018 · Dalton Maag

Interview with Bruno Maag

Swiss Typeface Designer and a Chairman at Dalton Maag talking about how designers should break out of their traditional thinking.

Interview · 2018 · Tobias Røder Studio

Interview with Tobias Røder

Danish independent Graphic Designer talking about what's so great about going against the trends.

Interview · 2018 · Magic Leap

Interview with Lorena Pazmino

Lorena leads the UX Visual Design team for the OS and Core apps at Magic Leap. She talks about, adapting to new programs and techniques such as 3D and AR.

Interview · 2018 · McKinsey Design

Interview with Ben Sheppard

Ben leads McKinsey & Company’s Product Development and Design practices in the United Kingdom. He talks about our responsibility to create impact!

Interview · 2018 · IBM Design

Interview with Alfredo Riuz

Design Lead at IBM Design talks about the potential of code, 3D modeling, game-stuff and the changing role of the designer.

Interview · 2018 · Inland

Interview with Mariana Salgado

Design Lead and researcher at Inland talks about the importance of ethics combined with efficiency in design.

Interview · 2018 · Netflix

Interview with Alex Bronkie

Mobile product designer at Netflix talks about VR and AR, and how it's changing designers into content creators.

Interview · 2018 · Tik Tok

Interview with Vanessa Li

Product designer at Tik Tok talks about how we should learn from each other and share knowledge throughout the design community.

Interview · 2018 · Hands on Games

Interview with Dori Adar

Game designer is arguing that the role of the designer won't change since everything we do is about creating impact.

Interview · 2018 · Independent designer

Interview with Val Head

Web animation expert is talking about, how we should start to consider design more spatially.

Interview · 2018 · N26

Interview with Akarsh Sanghi

Product lead at N26 talks about the importance of designers bringing unique insights and ideas to the table.

Talk · 2018 · Dropbox

How Small Learnings can Add Up to Big Changes

Anisha Jan shares how the process of learning has lead big changes at Dropbox, including re-branding, gender-balanced team, and more humane ways of working.

Talk · 2018 · Minecraft

Where Did All the Feelings Go?

Tobias Ahlin discusses how UI design is approached fundamentally differently in games and apps, and what the two camps can learn from each other.

Talk · 2018 · charity: water

Reinventing Charity with Design

Alyson Nakamura takes you through how charity: water has designed the donor experience to inspire generosity and engagement, and make visible the impact!

Talk · 2018 · Shopify

Designing for Business without Losing Your Soul

Kyle Peatt shares his design philosophy in relation to Shopify, and discusses how you can make designing for businesses fun, interesting, and impactful.

Talk · 2018 · Studio Tobias Røder

Designing Against the Trends

Get inspired by Tobias Røder's rebellious design approach and dive into the process of creating iconic and provocatively simple identities.

Talk · 2018 · Dalton Maag

Mind Your Typography

Bruno Maag explores how Variable Fonts creates new opportunities for optimized presentations of written words in UI's. Dive into the future of typography!

Talk · 2018 · McKinsey Design

The True Value of Design

Ben Sheppard previews the results of a global study by McKinsey Design and reflects upon, how this can help leaders understand the true value of design.

Talk · 2018 · TeYosh

You Have 12 New Followers!

Sofija & Teodora are curious about how our social lives move to virtual spaces and reshape our behavior and language, so get ready for an explosive cocktail of pop fun!

Talk · 2018 · The Outline

Designing New Aesthetics

Jack Koloskus explains, how the designers at The Outline creates eye-catching compositions with distorted, weird and colorful elements, and challenges our understanding of what is good taste.

Talk · 2018 · Medium

Every Product has a Voice

Benjamin Hersh proposes a series of simple principles to help us design better with words. He finds lessons in neuroscience, fairy tales.

Talk · 2018 · N26

Designing a Bank

Akarsh Sanghi reflects upon how design has played an essential role in empowering him and the team at N26, to rethink the concept of banking.

Talk · 2018 · TikTok

Reducing Friction in Design

Vanessa Li tells the story of how musical.ly (now TikTok) became a worldwide sensation, and what role design played in this.

Talk · 2018 · Netflix

Designing Cinematic Experiences for Mobile UI

Alex Bronkie shares her learning on designing for immersion, the challenges that the team faced in designing this new feature.

Talk · 2018 · Animation designer

Elevate Your Designs with Animation

Val Head reflects upon where animation can best inform UX and how to build more sophisticated interactions for web and beyond.

Talk · 2018 · IBM

Immersive Xperience and the Next Generation of Enterprise Solutions

Alfredo Ruiz talks about finding the right balance between the real and the virtual, 2D and 3D to make the best transition of experiences.

Talk · 2018 · Magic Leap

Adding a New Dimension to the Designer’s Toolbox

Lorena Pazmino talks about the challenges of designing for MR, the UX principles and the reasons behind the Visual Design approach of LuminOS and it’s core applications.

Talk · 2018 · EA SPORTS FIFA

Crafting Emotional Journeys in FIFA

Felix Lai talks about how to identify the right emotions to deliver, and on how to make sure these moments are meaningful contextually.

Article · 2017 ·

Conversational UI’s:  What’s all the fuzz about?

Explore how to design for conversational UI’s, and how to create digital personalities and trustworthy AI’s.

Article · 2017 ·

Spreading the Product Design DNA

Design is not just a logo. It's a tone, a personality and a language, that is to be recognized in each ‘cell’ of the product.

Article · 2017 ·

Embrace Failure!

Even though you might have heard this before, we say ”Embrace Failure!” at Design Matters 17.

Talk · 2017 · Netflix

Learning from failure to be a better designer

Sam Horner about Netflix's design approach: "The fear of failure is not a good enough reason not to try".

Interview · 2017 · Dalton Maag

Interview with Bruno Maag

A talk about mobile being outdated and believing that mixed realities is the next big thing!

Interview · 2017 · Information Designer

Interview with Nicholas Felton

About how data can be perceived as describing the world and about the lessons to take away from failed projects.

Talk · 2017 · Uber

How Uber Builds Trust in Self-Driving Cars

Molly Nix presents the methodologies and principles in designing for the future of transportation.

Interview · 2017 · IDEO

Interview with Karoline K

About "Circular design" and "The designers role" & New Movements in Digital Design".

Interview · 2017 · LinkedIn

Interview with Katy Tsai & Maria Iu

Katy and Maria about redesigning LinkedIn for mobile UI and creating a design system for the team to apply.

Talk · 2017 · Spotify

The End is the Beginning

Rahul Sen about the role as a manager of a multi-faceted design team, and how to embrace failure in the design process.

Talk · 2017 · Vox Media

Is your design flexible?

What to do, when you need to create consistency thought out 350 websites across eight different brand DNA's?

Interview · 2017 · Uber

Interview with Molly Nix

Answering questions about "The future of trust" and "Conversation" & New Movements in Digital Design.

Talk · 2017 · Feltron

Art vs. Product

Nicholas Felton reflects on what worked and didn't, as he attempts to incorporate these lessons into a new tool.

Talk · 2017 · Former Alexa Designer

Designing Voice UI’s: from Blank Page to World Stage

Cheryl Platz: "How does your process with user insights translate to a brand new product using only voice?"

Talk · 2017 · Dalton Maag & BBC

Designing a Typeface for the BBC

Bruno Maag & David Bailey give an in-depth look into the process of creating a new typeface for the BBC.

Interview · 2017 · Netflix

Interview with Sam Horner

About the importance of having a mentor, the role of failure, and new movements in Digital Design.

Design Salon · 2017 ·

Alexa, SPACE10 & Typeform: Conversational UI’s

A moderated discussion about conversational UI's. The audience asks the questions.

Talk · 2017 · SPACE10

Do you speak human?

What if we could interact with technology the way we interact with people?

Talk · 2017 · Typeform

A Tale of Conversational Data Collection

Discovering what "conversational" really means to customers in digital interfaces.

Design Salon · 2017 ·

Uber, Feltron & Vox Media: Embrace Failure!

A moderated discussion about 'Embracing failure'. The audience asks the questions.

Talk · 2017 · LinkedIn

Designing for Scale at Scale

Designing for 500 million members - The IA, a new design language, and working across the company.

Talk · 2017 · Design Matters

Welcome to Design Matters!

Introducing the themes for Design Matters 17: Conversational UI's, Spreading the Product Design DNA and Embrace Failure!

Talk · 2017 · ustwo

Designing for Play vs. Product

Martina Gobec and Michael Rozenberg share stories and failures from a two year journey spanning over ten projects.

Talk · 2017 · Zendesk

Communicating designs that appeal to the business

The key is to validate ideas quickly, avoid “design-speak” with stakeholders, and deliver evidence.

Talk · 2016 · MailChimp

Designing tools for a multi-faceted audience

Todd Dominey discuss the importance of voice and tone across all facets of the brand.

Talk · 2016 · Slack

Design and the lifecycle of a feature at Slack

The balance of trade-offs, wild ideation, self-imposed constraints, saying what you mean, and being wrong.

Talk · 2016 · NYU

Programming Design Systems

Rune Madsen: "A designer is now a creator of digital systems, so should design and engineering be two distinct fields?"

Talk · 2016 · Microsoft

Cracking the code of what users want

The art, design, and science behind humanizing technology and crafting digital experiences.

Talk · 2016 · Google

Designing future experiences exponentially

Andrew Doherty about preparing ourselves and our products for a future where visual interfaces may no longer exist?

Talk · 2016 · Khora VR

Virtual Reality is here!

The latest trends in Virtual Reality, and how they can be designed and come to life.

Talk · 2016 · Philips

A Design System for the Internet of Things

Tying various health care solutions together in one design system that provides insights about people's health.

Talk · 2016 · REFUNITE

Designing for Refugees

Ida Jeng talks about how they do human centered design in the struggling refugees camps all over the world.

Talk · 2016 · eloomi

Danish Entrepreneurs

Klaus Skytte about designing a system that simplifies and combines both learning and performance management.

Talk · 2015 · Airbnb

Opportunities for design changes

How user research helps identify opportunities for design changes by meeting the needs of travelers.

Talk · 2015 · MailChimp

Simple processes

Eric Muntz, VP of Product at MailChimp: “Something poorly executed is never gonna be awesome”.

Talk · 2015 · Volvo

Q&A Session

Joakim Christoffersson shares some of his learnings with Volvo's digital user experience.

Workshop · 2015 · Think Digital

How to pitch design

If you ever need to pitch design (as a designer, UX'er or manager) - don't miss this.

Talk · 2015 · Danish Design Center

Catalysing game-changing design for society

Christian Bason: "What does it take to build a powerful design ecosystem for an entire country?"

Talk · 2015 · Clue

Designing for Women

Mike LaVigne: "We believe technology will profoundly affect family planning globally!"

Talk · 2015 · Drivr

The (hidden) design

"Sometimes no interface is the best interface at all... Especially when driving a cab"

Talk · 2015 · PauseAble

Meditation app

An app, that's designed to improve our inner skill of paying attention in an incredibly simple way.

Talk · 2015 · MobilePay

Disrupting Banking

Peter Gregersen: "We worked as a small start-up, not as a integrated part of the bank"

Talk · 2015 · tiimo

The journey behind the product

Helene Nørlem about helping children, who need extra support and structure in their everyday lives.

Talk · 2015 · Planday

Designing Planday

Revolutionizing the way small companies manage hourly-based employee workforces.

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