Meet Cleo, The Economist, Method, Projects by IF and more

This August, you have a chance to meet product design teams from Cleo, The Economist, Method, Projects by IF, Bureau for Visual Affairs, TCS Interactive, Bros&Co and other leading product companies.

🤩 We invited all these teams to our UX & Product Design week to share their insights and secret sauces on:

• The fundamentals of digital transformation (or rephrased option)
• Building Design Metrics from the Ground Up
• Using GenAI for engagement products that drive long-term change
• Creating sustainable digital products
• And many more!

📍Where: London
📅 Dates: 6-9 August

Scroll down to meet the curator of the programme and learn all about the upcoming workshops and sessions ✍️ 👇

✨ Helen Le Voi, Executive Creative Director at Method.

👉 Has 20+ years of experience
👉 Heads up a talented team of designers (Interaction, UX, data and business) to research, innovate and develop new product and service experiences that balance the requirements of business and technology and meet the needs and desires of real people.

💼 Previously, worked with &G, BT, Hilti, Coca-Cola, Civica, Costa Coffee, and GSMA, Philips, Nokia, Samsung, P&G, Net-a-Porter Group, Art Basel, Barclaycard, Boots, Hitachi and BT.
⭐️ Led design teams at Fjord, Fitch, and Leo Burnett.
🏫 Taught design at BA and MA level for UCL and Ravensbourne, and managed design research programs for IoT and fair trade tracking.

Office visit — Method

💛 Method is a global strategic design and digital product development consultancy with 20 years history. Their team has more that 200 members based in 5 cities across the globe. Method create digital solutions from concept to launch for clients like McDonald, Renault, Lush, Elsevier, PepsiCo, Ubisoft and more. 

👉 Method's team will cover:

• How data can unlock value in a product design workflow. 
• How and where data can empower insights and improve outcomes in the creative process.

Office visit — The Economist

Discover a digital transformation behind The Economist, an independent global media. They launched the first daily edition in the company’s 171 year existence, designed for the smart phone consumer. The concept was a bite-sized daily news app for iOS & Android delivering a short, sharp shot of news in the morning.

👉 The Economist's team will share:

• The process behind turning product vision into a reality.
• Approaches to designing in the open.
• The role of prototyping to provoke reactions.
• The end-to-end journey of The Economist's app relaunch from prototyping to bringing it to life.

Office visit — Cleo

Cleo, a London-based AI scale-up, is building an AI financial assistant that coaches users to develop healthy money habits and become debt-free.

👉 Cleo's team will address:

• How to Build Design Metrics from the Ground Up.
• How to select and integrate initial performance indicators within a design framework.
• How to use these metrics for measuring customer satisfaction.
  

Projects by IF

Digital services are layers of data, technology, relationships and rights, but often they’re not transparent to the people that rely on them most. 

Projects by IF are the experts in design, regulation and policy, digital strategy, product and experience design who help companies build trust in their digital services. The clients include Google Open Source Security, DeepMind Health, Mozilla and more.

👉 Projects by IF's team will discuss:

• How to use GenAI in ways that enhance customers’ understanding and safety
• How design patterns can help you move from theory to practice

Office Visit — Bureau for Visual Affairs

Bureau for Visual Affairs is a design and technology team at home in London and Berlin which specialises in content-led design and technology for brands and institutions across both the cultural and commercial sector. Their clients were It's Nice That, Alexander McQueen exhibition at V&A and identity for the Lovie Awards among others.

👉 Bureau for Visual Affairs's team will discuss:

• Balancing product and branding
• The main principles behind the Behavioural Brand
• How to cohesively present brand strategies cohesively to audiences?

Bakken & Bæck

Bakken & Bæck is a design and technology studio that builds digital products, from zero to launch. They help clients to navigate change in their respective fields. They did products for IKEA Space10, Coinbase (+13000 institutional clients, Ruter (1M active users), På(fyll) and many more.

👉 Bakken & Bæck's team will uncover:

• How to create experiences and brand by merging physical and digital spaces
• The role of metaphor, narrative and visual language in the field of AI
• How to design natural interfaces by leveraging computer vision

TCS Interactive

TCS interactive Life Sciences delivers solutions for better patient engagement and makes a difference through technology. Leading the way in innovation for over 50 years, they build greater futures for businesses across multiple industries and 131 countries.

👉 TCS interactive's team will uncover:

• Tangible approaches that cover everything from hiring strategy to onboarding to project staffing.
• What happens when building a team is coinciding with your agency changing its name to fit within its parent company.

Office Visit — Bros&Co

At Bros&Co, a team of global designers come together to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: sustainability. As a design studio driven by a mission to create environmentally friendly products, services, and business operations for their clients, they are constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible. 

👉 Bros&Co interactive's team will uncover:

• How to overcome challenges and lead the way in sustainable design
• How create environmentally friendly products and processes

Immerse yourself into London tech and innovation industry, by connecting you with the most influential people in the industry and taking you to the offices of leading UK companies.

Each speaker will share their insights and will be able to answer any questions you might have.

Meet 30 other like-minded Heads of design, Experience Directors and designers like yourself, connect during specially planned activities for the cohort to connect and exchange experiences.

You’ll be able to visit secret London spots, view the city from the top of a skyscraper; visit the most exciting exhibitions of the year; and you’ll discover where London’s creative community spends their free time. In addition, you’ll get recommendations to guide your own explorations, with tips on the best places to eat, drink and relax in the capital of Great Britain.

Join UX & Product Design Week on 6th of August.

30 spots only (12 spots left).