Makers Circles: “Between Worlds” with Naz Hamid
One of the most thoughtful voices in global design is Malaysian - and he's coming to KL! 🇲🇾
Naz Hamid is a design director and product designer with 26 years of experience. He founded Weightshift, a design studio that served clients including Adobe, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube. He later joined VSCO, where he built the product design team, launched subscriptions, redesigned the app and developed new features. Currently, he’s a design director at True Ventures and founding designer at AI education startup Uppercase.
Naz is based in San Francisco.
The perspective Naz will share
How do you design at a global scale while staying true to who you are? Naz and Shaza will explore maintaining cultural authenticity while building for everyone, balancing sustainable practices with commercial reality and staying human-centred when efficiency dominates.
Drawing from shaping Web 2.0 and now navigating AI's transformation, we'll unpack how Malaysian practitioners can leverage our "between worlds" positioning as a competitive advantage, not a limitation.
What he wants to learn about Malaysia
At the same time, Naz is genuinely curious about our ecosystem. Who's driving technology here? How do multicultural perspectives shape our products? Are we leveraging local aesthetics or homogenising for global markets? How has AI changed things—and what does it mean for us?
Want to join this discourse?
Agenda:
6.30 pm Pizza and mingle around
7.00 pm Welcoming
7.10 pm "Between Worlds" with Naz Hamid, hosted by Shaza Hakim
8.00 pm Community discourse
8.30 pm Networking and round two of pizza, if any slices remain :')
About Makers Circle
Small, thoughtful, all leaned in. Makers Circle is deliberately intimate. This being Makers, it packs a good cili padi punch.🥊
A rare chance to welcome one of design's biggest voices back to where it all began. Don't miss it!
About Stampede
Founded in 2006, Stampede helps forward-thinking organisations navigate complex challenges with clarity. We design and build solutions that work today and create your competitive advantage for tomorrow. https://stampede-design.com
About UOB (Venue Sponsor)
UOB (United Overseas Bank) is a leading bank in Asia, committed to providing quality financial services and products. With a strong presence across the region, UOB offers a wide range of solutions, including personal banking, business banking, and wealth management.
Remarks
🎫 Free tickets available for:
Students (subject to availability): Email us from your university email address with the subject title "Makers Circle Student".
People affected by layoff: Email us with your email address and the subject title "Makers Circle Community".
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Guide to UOB Plaza 1
🏢 UOB Multipurpose Hall is on Level M at UOB Plaza 1 (taller building at the back).
No lobby registration needed, just head to the lift available in front of lobby entrance.
📍Directions to UOB
LRT 🚈: Ride the Sri Petaling / Ampang line and head to Bandaraya station (5 mins walk)
Car 🚗: Park at the UOB Plaza 1 building basement car park. (Limited space. RM5 per hour, no cap)
Car & walk 🚙🚶: Park nearby the building, less than 10mins walk away. Parking rates vary:
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Thank you and looking forward to see you in the event!