DesignUpConf

🚀 Super Early Birds = SOLD OUT. The speed. The love. The clicking. You all are wild 💛 Missed out? Early Bird passes open May 28. Bookmark: 26.designup.io Bangalore this October is going to be massive ✨

⏳ 20 weeks to go. The DesignUp 2026 website is officially live: 26.designup.io 👀 Bookmark it. Wake up your group chats. 🎟️ Super Early Bird tickets drop next Thursday. 10 years of design, detours, and community. We’re just getting started. ✨

⏳ Final hours. DesignUp 2026 speaker applications close today. Not a designer? Good. We want product, engg, founders, CXOs. Pitch up to 2 ideas. Single-track stage. Full room. No excuses. sessionize.com/designup26/

Missed “Behind the Curtain”? Here’s your cheat sheet to get on the DesignUp 2026 stage 👇 ✅ Lived experiences > theory ✅ Actionable frameworks ✅ Broad appeal (not just designers) ⏳ Apply by May 3 👉 lnkd.in/dbG37fP4 Your voice. Our stage.

DesignUp's newsletter is back. New home on Substack. 10 years, 3 moves, and still going. Subscribe 👉 designup.substack.com/p/issue-193-di…

Call for Speakers is LIVE for DesignUp 2026 (Bangalore, Oct 1-4). Last year: 300+ entries from Nigeria to Netherlands, Iran to Ecuador. This year we want more richness—perspectives, regions, lived experiences on Design at Crossroads. Submit: lnkd.in/dbG37fP4 @jdallcaps

After Berlin's heartbreak, we're moving forward. Design matters when things aren't easy. Tomorrow: Call for Speakers opens for DesignUp Festival Bangalore (Oct 1-4, 2026). Looking for honest, diverse voices on Design-at-Crossroads. Let's gather & rebuild together. @jdallcaps

We've been called "The Conference with a Heart"—and today, we're heartbroken. After deep deliberation, DesignUp Europe 2026 is officially cancelled. With airports closed and flight paths in flux, we cannot risk our community's safety. Full refunds for all. We'll return stronger.

The West Asia conflict has engulfed flight paths affecting a third of @DesignUpConf Europe attendees, speakers & organisers. Our hearts with the innocent—killed, displaced, stranded. We're monitoring closely and prioritizing safety above all. Choose peace. — Jay Dutta @jdallcaps

Complex systems don't yield to intuition alone. They need curiosity, context & care. Hertje Brodersen (ex-Head of Product Design @Zalando) explores the paradox of human-centered mindsets in growth environments at #DesignUpEurope Berlin: lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ #DesignAtCrossroads

Service design isn't a department. It's a mindset 🌐 Marc Stickdorn (founder & CEO of Smaply, author of This is Service Design Doing) shares how to embed human-centric systems, bridge silos & manage experiences at scale at #DesignUpEurope Berlin: lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ

Type can tell a story before a single word is read 📖 Kimya Gandhi is a Mumbai-born type designer in Berlin, specializing in Devanagari scripts for Škoda, Audi, Google & Apple. She's reimagining vernacular typography at #DesignUpEurope Berlin: lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ

Electric mobility isn't just about speed—it's about experience, delight & design that powers change. @BikashJyoB (Head of Design @Ather Energy) leads India's EV revolution from sleek scooters to intuitive apps at #DesignUpEurope Berlin: lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ #DesignAtCrossroads

AI isn't just about code. It's about culture, trust, and humans 🧑💡 .@tey (ex-Head of McKinsey Design Europe) has led AI implementations across 5 continents. He knows why 5% succeed where 95% fail. Catch him at #DesignUpEurope Berlin: lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ #DesignAtCrossroads

A career pipeline shouldn't feel like a maze. Yet here we are. .@amitpateluk (founder of Experience Haus) brings 20+ years of design wisdom to #DesignUpEurope Berlin. His take: education, hiring, and expectations need a serious redesign 🎓 Tix: lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ

Why is AI so confusing? .@bensauer tackles this at #DesignUpEurope Berlin (Apr 24): every general purpose tech—electricity, microwaves—sparks the same questions. The past holds clues for building humane AI. Use code Ben_DUpEU15 for 15% off! lnkd.in/g7qCM5pA

When design stops being about process and starts being about people, transformation happens 🔄 @gerrycircus built the world's #1 HCD podcast (1.7M downloads). See him at #DesignUpEurope 👉 lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ

Good intentions don't fix broken systems. Better structures do. Elyce Cole is speaking at #DesignUpEurope about design at a crossroads — where power, incentives, and org design decide what's possible (and for whom) 🧩 lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ

@luckykat doesn't improve CX—she picks a fight with it and wins. Turning traditional corporate cultures into momentum machines with human-centered design + AI. Speaking at #DesignUpEurope Berlin. Grab early bird tix: lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ #DesignAtCrossroads

Early Bird passes for #DesignUpEurope are gone — but regular tickets are now live! Berlin is calling with bold ideas and cross‑disciplinary conversations. Secure your spot and join the next chapter of #DesignAtCrossroads 👉 lnkd.in/ev-icxbJ