DesignX August is happening on August 29th @ Datadog!

We’ll be talking all things collaboration  – learn how to bring teams together, engage key stakeholders, and help keep collaboration at the center of your design process. We have three stellar design leaders who share their insights on engaging stakeholders as well as team members for a truly collaborative design process

The kickass lineup of speakers for the evening:

Heather Phillips, Director of Design @ Abstract, Previously @ Designer Fund, Airbnb

Josh Brewer, CEO Abstract, Previously Principal Designer @ Twitter

Maggie Mckosky, Head of UX & Product Design, Shutterstock, Previously @ Fab

After the presentations, we have an hour carved out for more casual networking! Drinks & Food will be there to accompany you on the great conversations with your peers from NYC’s design community.

Abstract has offered to cover half of your ticket cost, so tickets are only $10!

Grab a spot now!

Full-day Workshops in New York, US. Learn the basic tools and advanced techniques.

4 great Workshops Taught by Meng To, creator of Design+Code:

- Sketch
- React
- Swift
- ARKit

In partnership with Francesco Bertocci and Design&Prototype.

Agenda (~3hrs):

– Sketch’s UI: What's obvious and what's a little more hidden, navigating folder structures and artboards.

– Styles: Text and Shapes.

– Symbols Overview: How to create them and when to use them.

– Symbols: Resizing, overriding and nesting.

– Libraries: Using Symbols from shared libraries and UI kits

– Plugins: Manage and leverage plugins for an efficient workflow (InVision CRAFT, Anima Autolayout and more)

– Anima's AutoLayout: building responsive layouts, grids, tables and more.

– Naming conventions and exporting to Zeplin

– Prototyping in Sketch

– 3pm to to 6pm

– Tuesday 4/17

Location:
The Creative Group (Training room, 3rd Fl)

125 Park Ave (entrance on 42nd st)

– Bring your laptop to follow along and pre-install Sketch 48 or higher (Free trial).

– Each workshop is tailored to needs and pace of the group.

– We require at minimum of 5 attendees, so spread the word! 

– Refunds: You can request a refund or save a spot for the following scheduled date. You can cancel anytime up to 48 our prior the event. 

💌 Shoot me an email! 😀

Beautiful interaction design. Right inside Sketch.

Special Design&Prototype 10% off:
Use code “DAPNYC” at checkout.

Offer ends on May 10th. 

Hey everyone - Beginex is running another cool event soon so I wanted to share it with you - please see details below.

Thu, March 29, 6:45 PM – 9:00 PM

Are you looking to become a UX designer? Even though demand for user experience professionals is quite high, it can be tough to break in. Join this interactive speaker panel event featuring UX practitioners from Publicis Media and ADP, who will talk about their journey, key roadblocks and how to overcome those to effectively transition into a UX role.

Details and registration 👇

This workshop is for for anyone that has already working experience with Sketch and would like to improve or master it.

You'll be learn about resizable Symbols, Plugins, Pattern Libraries and more.

Agenda (3hrs):

– Sketch’s UI: Shortcuts and plugins for navigating folder structures and organizing layers and artboards.

– Styles: Text and Shapes (import/export to share with others)

– Advanced Symbols: How to create nested symbols for creating Design Pattern Libraries (DPL) using Atomic Design principles

– Practical tips for DPLs (lessons learned)

– Managing projects and symbol libraries with Abstract or Kactus

– Naming conventions and exporting (including exporting to SVG)

– Plugins: Manage and leverage plugins for an efficient workflow (Runner, Rename it, Anima Autolayout, Launchpad and more)

– Anima's AutoLayout: building responsive layouts, grids, tables and more.

– 5:00pm to 8:00pm

– Upcoming Thursday (Date to be announced when we reach the quorum, spread the word and you both get $10 off!)
– Location: Either 135 Bowery or 26 Broadway or in SoHo.

Manhattan, NY. The exact location to be announced prior to the workshop.

– Bring your laptop to follow along and pre-install Sketch 48 or higher (Free trial).

– Each workshop is tailored to needs and pace of the group.

– We require at minimum of 5 attendees, so spread the word! Max 10 students per event.

– Refunds: You can request a refund or save a spot for the following scheduled date. You can cancel anytime up to 48 our prior the event. 

💌 Shoot me an email! 😀

This Sketch app workshop is customizable for any team or group either new to Sketch or that is ready to master it and take collaboration workflows to the next level and be more productive.

Agenda example (approximately 5-6hrs over 1 or 2 days):

– Sketch’s UI: What's obvious and what's a little more hidden, navigating folder structures and artboards
– Styles: Text and Shapes (import/export to share with others)
– Symbols Overview: How to create them and when to use them.
– Symbols: Resizing and overriding.

– Manage and leverage plugins for an efficient workflow (Runner, Rename it, Anima Autolayout and more)

– Anima's AutoLayout: building responsive layouts, grids, tables and more.

– Naming conventions and exporting Zeplin (including exporting to SVG)

– Libraries: Using Symbols from shared libraries and UI kits.– Advanced Symbols: How to create nested symbols for building Design Pattern Libraries (DPL) using Atomic Design principles

– Practical tips for DPLs (lessons learned)
– Managing projects and symbol libraries with Abstract

– Attendees should bring their laptop to follow along and pre-install Sketch 48 or higher.

– Each workshop is tailored to needs and pace of each group.

– Payment is due at the time of booking. You can reschedule anytime up to a week prior the event.

Cost varies based on number of attendees, location, travel time and overall team commitment.

💌 Shoot me an email! 😀

This workshop is for for anyone that has already working experience with Sketch and would like to improve or master it.

You'll be learn about resizable Symbols, Plugins, Pattern Libraries and more.

Agenda (3hrs):

– Sketch’s UI: Shortcuts and plugins for navigating folder structures and organizing layers and artboards.

– Styles: Text and Shapes (import/export to share with others)

– Advanced Symbols: How to create nested symbols for creating Design Pattern Libraries (DPL) using Atomic Design principles

– Practical tips for DPLs (lessons learned)

– Managing projects and symbol libraries with Abstract or Kactus

– Naming conventions and exporting (including exporting to SVG)

– Plugins: Manage and leverage plugins for an efficient workflow (Runner, Rename it, Anima Autolayout, Launchpad and more)

– Anima's AutoLayout: building responsive layouts, grids, tables and more.

– 5:00pm to 8:00pm

– Thursday January 18, 2018

Manhattan, NY. The exact location to be announced 3-4 days prior to the workshop.

– Bring your laptop to follow along and pre-install Sketch 48 or higher (Free trial).

– Each workshop is tailored to needs and pace of the group.

– We require at minimum of 5 attendees, so spread the word! Max 10 students per event.

– Refunds: You can request a refund or save a spot for the following scheduled date. You can cancel anytime up to 48 our prior the event. 

💌 Shoot me an email! 😀

This introductory Sketch app workshop is for anyone new to Sketch with or without prior experience with Photoshop or Illustrator. 

Agenda (~3hrs):

– Sketch’s UI: What's obvious and what's a little more hidden, navigating folder structures and artboards.

– Styles: Text and Shapes.

– Symbols Overview: How to create them and when to use them.

– Symbols: Resizing and overriding.

– Libraries: Using Symbols from shared libraries and UI kits

– Plugins: Manage and leverage plugins for an efficient workflow (InVision CRAFT, Anima Autolayout and more)

– Anima's AutoLayout: building responsive layouts, grids, tables and more.

– Naming conventions and exporting to Zeplin and InVision

– 5:00pm to 8:00pm

– Thursday January 25, 2018

138 Wooster Street, New York City

– Bring your laptop to follow along and pre-install Sketch 48 or higher (Free trial).

– Each workshop is tailored to needs and pace of the group.

– We require at minimum of 5 attendees, so spread the word! Max 12 students per event.

– Refunds: You can request a refund or save a spot for the following scheduled date. You can cancel anytime up to 48 our prior the event. 

💌 Shoot me an email! 😀

This event's topics:
- What is a Prototype?
- Discuss why it's good to prototype early and often
- Overview the panorama of prototyping tools
- Share favorite prototyping tools
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Hello Everyone, make sure to download the latest version of Fuse to follow along: https://FreeAndWilling.com/fbmore/Downloads--qa--Fuse