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

Offer ends on May 10th. 

Thu, April 5, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Are you looking to find a new UX role or break into the field? Do you know how hiring managers really look for, evaluate and select candidates and what is going on in their mind during the hiring process? It is quite important to understand that to be able to prepare and have an edge over many other candidates in a competitive job market. We invited a seasoned UX leader from Idean (a global design firm that works with the world's leading companies like IBM, Volkswagen and Samsung) to share those insights in a talk that will be followed by an interactive fireside chat.

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! 😀

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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.

– 4:30pm to 7:30pm

– May 3rd 2018 (spread the word and you both get $10 off!)

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 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 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 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
...

Hello everyone and happy new year!

I am very excited for what the new year will bring us! So much happened in 2017 in the UX/UI Design and Prototyping space!

Here are some of the things you should check out in case you missed them. A big one for me was the evolution of symbols in Sketch and design systems as well as collaboration among team members, and easier handoffs and if you work with React, lots of exciting things there too.

The last 6 months of 2017 I was pretty busy with a job out of town so I could not organize as many events but I am planning to start the year strong and we'll have events in NYC around:
– "Why it's good to prototype early and often" an event on the (crowded) prototyping space and. Good if you are new to the group/space. This an updated presentation I based on
– Timeline by Anima App (just released!)
– Fuse Tool's improved UI
– Framer Studio
– InVision Studio
– Figma 2.0

Other big announcement was AdobeXD for Windows

Tons of products now have "Studio" in their name as they all rush to become the all-in-one tool to designers. 🚀

Sketch Workshops in January:
– Basic if you are starting now
– Advanced if you want to learn more advanced workflows or techniques.

Depending on availability, I organize custom workshop for teams. 

What would you like to learn or improve in 2018?

💌 Shoot me an email and let me know! 😀

Ciao,

Francesco 

Hello everyone and happy new year!

I am very excited for what the new year will bring us! So much happened in 2017 in the UX/UI Design and Prototyping space!

A big one for me was the evolution of symbols in Sketch and design systems as well as collaboration among team members (❤️ Abstract!), and easier handoffs and if you work with React, lots of exciting things there too.

I'll be running a few Sketch Workshops in January:
– Basic if you are starting now
– Advanced if you want to learn more advanced workflows or techniques.

Depending on availability, I organize custom workshop for teams. 

What would you like to learn or improve in 2018?

💌 Shoot me an email and let me know! 😀

Ciao,

Francesco 

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! 😀

We're back! This month we're talking the future of voice applications. Join us!

Hello Everyone, make sure to download the latest version of Fuse to follow along: https://FreeAndWilling.com/fbmore/Downloads--qa--Fuse

Hello everyone! I am very excited about this one! I have tested Fuse a few years ago as I loved their promise, simple UX-focused code that could empower...

This group has been opened for anyone interested in creating mobile apps with Fuse, a Multiplatform tool to develop native mobile applications with markup, JavaScript and real time preview on your dev

Davo will be teaching this workshop. You can watch Framer tutorials here.

As usual if you are a student or can’t afford the ticket let me know and I’d be more than happy to sponsor you. Reach out at francesco@freeandwilling.com

For more info and tickets.... 👇

Watch Framer tutorials here: https://FreeAndWilling.com/fbmore?go=Framer-Tutorial-Videos