“Wildly inspiring and useful to listen to people who have a vast amount of experience and have seen changes in design, platforms and trends.”
Yury Vetrov
Head of Design, Raiffeisen Bank
Product Design Week
Create experiences that people will fall in love with. Get inspiration for your current projects and advice on how to build a design team of your dreams. Find out the secrets of what makes products successful and what mistakes companies made when they were building new services.
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When
24-27 August 2021
Where
London
Spots available
30
Cost
£2,200
Subject to 20% VAT; if you are paying as an individual living in Europe, UK or if you are a UK business
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During a whole week you’ll immerse yourself into London's tech and creative industry exploring the hottest trends and latest inventions. You will have a chance to meet the teams behind the most ground-breaking products and learn how they approach design and UX strategy, work with clients and improve their services. This programme consists of keynote presentations, case studies. fire-side chats, roundtable discussions and mini-workshops all conducted at the actual company offices – that gives an even better perspective on how they work and collaborate.
Some people call our format a 'design safari', some say it's a VIP behind-the-scenes experience or a research trip. This is a very fresh way to learn and explore the industry. And the best part is – you will spend this week as a part of a small group of 30 like-minded entrepreneurs, UX designers and product managers from around the globe.
Who attends this programme
- Creative directors and heads of design departments
- Digital product designers, UX and visual designers
- Design managers and team leads
- UX researchers and analysts
- Service designers and product owners
What you will learn
- Best practices in conducting research, prototyping, testing, and product launch
- The role of DesignOps in the organisation
- How human centred design can help your projects
- How do the world’s best design team and companies work: processes, workspaces and culture
- Latest methodologies and tools for digital product design
- Product design trends for web, mobile, wearables, and IOT
- How to sustain a Design System
- How to grow and manage design teams successfully
- Best practices in creating a UX strategy for a multi-product company
Programme structure
Morning guest
The first activity of the day includes an informal talk to activate the brain and body to receive the creative stimuli of the day. You will interact with other participants, share your ideas, experiences and expectation for the day and meet local professionals to get to know more about the backstage of the innovation industry.
Morning session
It is the first session of the day, it will take the form of a lecture, fire-side chat or a workshop in one of London's top companies.
Lunch break
Between the morning and afternoon sessions we will have a short break when you will have an opportunity to have lunch and enjoy the surroundings of the day programme locations.Between the morning and afternoon sessions we will have a short break when you will have an opportunity to have lunch and enjoy the surroundings of the day programme locations.
Afternoon session
It is the second session of the day, where you will have a chance to visit another top London agency and listen to their team revealing tools and methodologies they use in everyday work.
Debrief and the city
After a long day of absorbing new ways of working, innovating and creative thinking we will debrief the content of the day to better organise them in our minds. This activity will be short and engaging and it will take place straight after the afternoon session in locations that we can then visit as cultural and social activities such as museums, galleries, event spaces or bars.
WEEK SCHEDULE
WORKSHOPS & OFFICE VISITS
VISITS TO THE BEST LONDON SPOTS
FINAL PARTY
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Programme curators
Yury Vetrov
Design Director at Raiffeisen Bank
Yury looks after brand and digital CX at Raiffeisen Bank Russia. Before this, Yury headed several design teams at Mail.ru Group, one of two largest Russian internet companies that developed 25 multi-platform products.
PROGRAMME
COST
AND ACCOMMODATION
£2,200
Subject to 20% VAT; if you are paying as an individual living in Europe, UK or if you are a UK business.
Price includes:
- all talks, office visits, discussions and workshops
- exhibition entries and planned cultural activities during the programme
- party/networking event at the end of the week
- certificates
Price doesn't include banks transfer fees, food, travel, visa, accommodation or any other extra expenses.
We recommend staying in the Shoreditch area, as most of the sessions will be held there. It's the most creative part of London, so there will be a lot to see as well. Nearest tube stations is Old Street.
We partnered with 2 great hotels to give you the best deals, please use the links below:
- M by Montcalm
Select: London Shoreditch Tech City or Royal London House - Premier Inn
Select London City Old Street
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Product Design Week
24-27 August 2021
Create experiences that people will fall in love with. Get inspiration for your current projects and advice on how to build a design team of your dreams. Find out the secrets of what makes products successful and what mistakes companies made when they were building new services.