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- March DA Conversations speaker or panel events
- May DA Women in Design
- June DA Pub Quiz
- June DA Matariki Kōrero
- July DA Portfolio Speed Dating Review
- August DA Women In Design
- September DA Conversations speaker or panel events
February 2020
A Queer Design Assembly – 2020 Auckland Pride Festival
Join us during the 2020 Auckland Pride Festival for an informal evening of drinks, nibbles and chats exploring what it means to be queer in the design industry. Thursday 13th February 6pm - 8pm Strange Haven 281 Karangahape Road Register for your ticket now A Queer Design Assembly is a welcoming event open to everyone, with a focus on creating space for LGBTQ+ designers to celebrate queer contributions to the design industry and visual culture, share their work, and connect…
Find out more »Auckland DA Event: Out of Office – Conversations on working inhouse
Join your fellow in-house designers and creatives as we hear from two leaders in the field, sharing their stories on how they balance the challenges and rewards of working in-house. Relight your creative spark and gain insights into the working with the demands of in-house design. Breakfast, coffee and tea will be provided. Register for your ticket now Speakers: Roxy Huntington - Design Lead, Trade Feeling at home In-house Over the last 20 years I've had the chance to work…
Find out more »March 2020
Auckland DA Workshop: Writing and Presenting for Designers
Who is the workshop for? Anybody who wants to learn more about how to get the most out of a client — and deliver the most when presenting back. You’ll likely take the most away from this course if you’re new to, or interested in, learning more about client service. What will you learn? Getting the right information out of a client isn’t always easy — and neither is presenting it back with confidence. So how do people make it…
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Auckland – Crash Course: A hands on introduction to user experience design
Get hands-on experience of a digital UX design project from start to finish in this intensive one day workshop. This course is designed to give you an understanding of the principles behind a modern user centered design process and practical experience of some of the most common activities you will encounter in a typical user experience project. The day is designed so you can apply what you learn immediately to your current projects and also use what you learn as…
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Christchurch – Crash Course: A hands on introduction to user experience design
Get hands-on experience of a digital UX design project from start to finish in this intensive one day workshop. This course is designed to give you an understanding of the principles behind a modern user centered design process and practical experience of some of the most common activities you will encounter in a typical user experience project. The day is designed so you can apply what you learn immediately to your current projects and also use what you learn as…
Find out more »DA Autumn Conversations – Design & Accessibility
Design Assembly is delighted to present our DA Conversations Autumn 2020 series taking place in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in March.
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Wellington – Crash Course: A hands on introduction to user experience design
Get hands-on experience of a digital UX design project from start to finish in this intensive one day workshop. This course is designed to give you an understanding of the principles behind a modern user centered design process and practical experience of some of the most common activities you will encounter in a typical user experience project. The day is designed so you can apply what you learn immediately to your current projects and also use what you learn as…
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Auckland – 2 Day Introduction to User Experience Design
Like our 1 day UX Crash Course this course gives you hands-on experience of a digital UX design project from start to finish, but it goes into more depth in each area. This course is designed to give you a more thorough understanding of the principles behind a modern user centered design process and more practical experience of some of the most common activities you will encounter in a typical user experience project. The day is designed so you can…
Find out more »April 2020
May 2020
UX Gym Workshop Wellington – 2 Day Introduction to User Experience Design
Like our 1 day UX Crash Course this course gives you hands-on experience of a digital UX design project from start to finish, but it goes into more depth in each area. This course is designed to give you a more thorough understanding of the principles behind a modern user centered design process and more practical experience of some of the most common activities you will encounter in a typical user experience project. The day is designed so you can…
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Auckland – 2 Day Introduction to Service Design
In this intensive, hands-on 2 day course we provide you with tools and techniques to better uncover and articulate user needs, build great service concepts, clearly articulate them and create compelling experience prototypes to test and develop your ideas.
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Auckland – Journey Mapping: Designing experience journey maps
Journey maps (sometimes called customer journey maps or user journey maps) are a powerful tool for understanding and communicating the experience of the people you are designing for. This course takes you through identifying when journey maps are appropriate, the process of creating them, and how to make sure your map is actually used to make better decisions for your customers or users.
Find out more »June 2020
UX Gym Workshop Wellington – User Research
Probably no other area of design has more impact on how successful your initial design decisions are going to be than user research. Most of us aren’t designing for ourselves, and a good understanding of who our users are and what their needs are is vital for successful design. This course teaches you how to identify the best type of research for a project, how to execute your research so you get the most useful results given the time and…
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Wellington – 2 Day Introduction to Service Design
In this intensive, hands-on 2 day course we provide you with tools and techniques to better uncover and articulate user needs, build great service concepts, clearly articulate them and create compelling experience prototypes to test and develop your ideas.
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Wellington – Journey Mapping: Designing experience journey maps
Journey maps (sometimes called customer journey maps or user journey maps) are a powerful tool for understanding and communicating the experience of the people you are designing for. This course takes you through identifying when journey maps are appropriate, the process of creating them, and how to make sure your map is actually used to make better decisions for your customers or users.
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Auckland – Information Architecture
Learning how to organise, describe and present the information in your website or app is one of the fundamental skills that makes up UX design. Information architecture is the glue that holds complex digital products together and enables users to navigate and make sense of them.
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Auckland – User Research
Probably no other area of design has more impact on how successful your initial design decisions are going to be than user research. Most of us aren’t designing for ourselves, and a good understanding of who our users are and what their needs are is vital for successful design. This course teaches you how to identify the best type of research for a project, how to execute your research so you get the most useful results given the time and…
Find out more »July 2020
DA Speed Dating Portfolio Review
One evening, 40 final year visual design students and 20 professionals… It’s speed dating for visual designers! A fast-paced evening of networking, portfolio reviews and feedback. As final year students, you will have the opportunity to meet and show your work to several seasoned industry professionals. In a round robin series of quick fire conversations, you’ll pull out your portfolio and give it your all. In return, you’ll be served with some short and sweet truths to help get that…
Find out more »UX Gym Workshop Wellington – Information Architecture
Learning how to organise, describe and present the information in your website or app is one of the fundamental skills that makes up UX design. Information architecture is the glue that holds complex digital products together and enables users to navigate and make sense of them.
Find out more »