Designing for the Real World: Impact Beyond the Design Process | ADPList NYC 🇺🇸 (Powered by General Assembly and LottieFiles).
🌟 Join us for the inaugural launch of the official ADPList NYC community!
Hosted at the General Assembly office in NYC!
Come together with fellow ADPeople for an enlightening evening focused on Designing for the Real World: Impact Beyond the Design, featuring an insightful panel discussion led by seasoned leaders in design.
Main Takeaway: As a designer (seasoned or new!), adhering strictly to popular methodologies like design thinking or the double diamond can sometimes stifle creativity and limit the true potential of your impact. This panel will explore how designers can move beyond these (sometimes) cookie-cutter approaches to craft unique, adaptable design processes that truly meet business goals and user needs.
Our seasoned panelists will share their experiences, challenges, and insights on creating a flexible and responsive design approach tailored to specific projects and contexts. You'll will learn practical strategies for defining and refining their methods, as well as effective ways to communicate their individualized processes to stakeholders, clients, and collaborators.
This event is perfect for:
Professional designers across all disciplines (UX, graphic, industrial, etc.)
Design students and recent graduates looking to expand their impact
Creative leaders and design managers seeking to inspire their teams
Product managers and developers interested in integrating design thinking
Anyone passionate about the role of design in shaping a better world
Come ready to engage with thought leaders, network with like-minded professionals and the ADPeople community, and leave inspired to elevate your design practice to new heights of influence and impact.
🤝 Agenda
6:00 PM: Doors Open - Community Pre-Networking
6:30 PM: Event Introduction by City Host
6:40 PM: Sponsor Presentation - LottieFiles
6:45 PM: Sponsor Presentation - General Assembly
6:50 PM: Panel Discussion - "Designing for the Real World: Impact Beyond the Design Process"
8:00 PM: Closing Remarks by City Host
8:10 PM: Community Networking
💬Panellists:
Laura Pedrosa – Lead Design Consultant at ZENDA
Jeanine Guido – Exec. Director Experience Strategy at JPMorgan
Wooi Chè — Senior Product Designer at M&T Bank
Ashley Billera – Senior Product Designer at JPMorgan
Big thanks to the ADPList NYC Ambassadors for organizing and hosting this event!
🏆 City Host: Joey Kilrain
🏠 Venue Lead: Shivam Gupta
💬 Speaker Lead: Christopher Costes
🎨 Creative Lead: Jamon Sin
🍕 Nourishment Lead: Morgan Kuin
About ADPList
ADPList is a global community of mentors and learners, founded in 2021 with a mission to democratize mentorship for all. It has since grown to 25,000+ mentors who have mentored more than 100 million minutes in 141 countries across the globe. Our meetups are great opportunities to meet new people, build community, and talk shop.
Our Partners
All ADPList Chapter Events are free and accessible to all, thanks to our generous sponsors.
🌎 Our Global Partner is LottieFiles
🚀 LottieFiles is a platform to create, collaborate and implement animations. Trusted by 9M+ designers and developers, LottieFiles simplifies motion design from integrated tools such as Figma to real-world apps. Plus, access the world's largest Lottie animation library. 👉 Become a Figma to Lottie expert here!
🇺🇸 Our Local Partner is General Assembly
Since 2011, General Assembly (GA) has launched the technology careers of tens of thousands of diverse individuals and cultivated emerging tech talent pipelines for hundreds of the world’s leading employers. As featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Times, GA offers bootcamps, digital upskilling, apprenticeships, and other career onramps into today’s most in-demand jobs in web development, data, design, and more. View courses and enroll today.
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