The Design Gathering ⟡ Who are we designing for now?
One evening where Berlin's design communities come together to answer one question. Who are we designing for now?
AI answers before people reach the page, agents act on behalf of users, leadership picks the shiny thing before anyone tests it, and careers no longer move in straight lines. Every room on the night looks at that question from a different side.
What to expect
Talks, hands-on workshops and a closed room for design leads, running in parallel rooms on the 5th floor of The Delta Campus. Between and around the sessions, the foyer lounge is open all evening for networking, food and drinks, and tables from the partner communities.
The evening is free for everyone. Registration is required and approved, so we can keep a good mix of people in every room. Workshop seats are limited, and registration for the workshops opens one week before the event. We'll take photos during the evening. If you'd rather not appear in them, just tell the photographer.
Programme
17:30 Doors open, registration, food and drinks in the foyer lounge
18:20 Opening
18:40 Round 1
19:30 Break
19:45 Round 2
20:35 Closing, then drinks until 21:00
Rooms are colour-coded. Follow the colour on the signs to find your session.
Workshops have limited seats, one per person. Sign up for a workshop here
Pink room: Main hall, IxDF × Psychology × UX Talks
18:40 Andreas Krauss (Wikimedia Deutschland). Designing for users you'll never see
18:40 Adrien Hobt (gentle.systems). Creative Research
19:45 Nikolaus Stemmer. What if websites no longer have pages?
Blue room: Community sessions
18:40 Service Design Drinks Berlin with Rea Eldem (IN-VISIBLE). Not another Play Book, why Diversity Thinking can support a feminist working culture in Germany, in conversation with Christian Smirnow
19:45 Ladies That UX Berlin with Kate Nichol (Riverty). Company culture and making an impact inside organisations, moderated by Lucija Sičenica
Green and Orange rooms: Workshops (limited seats)
18:40 Aviad Cohen. AX Psychology Workbook
18:40 Kosar Moghanian (DKB Code Factory). Portfolio Storytelling, Defining Your Design Identity
19:45 Hooman Abbasi (Raise Studio). One Brand, Three Tools: build a consistent website with AI in Claude, Webflow and Framer. Bring a laptop and a paid Claude account
19:45 Friends of Figma Berlin. AI Won't Wear the Gloves, a step-by-step AI design process for beginners, with a live demo on a realistic emergency-services case. You take home every prompt and a checklist, no AI experience needed
Purple room: Usability Testessen Berlin
18:40 Usability masterclass. Principles of robust test designs for actionable results
19:45 Live usability testing in pairs on real websites (same group for both rounds)
Red room: Unblind UX
18:40 Abanoub Awny (SAP Signavio, Unblind UX). 70% Faster UX Research Synthesis. Laptop optional
Employed.world session
19:45 Darshan Gajara (Finom). Hiring Designers in FinTech, a live mock interview. How a hiring manager reads your CV and portfolio, with the red and green flags, moderated by Yashvir Chawla
Leads room: 18:40 to 20:35, a closed session for 21 design leads
Dimitris Kritsilis. The Cost of Looking Cool
By personal invitation, from the design leads who registered with the Lead & Head of Design ticket
Who it's for
Product and UX designers at every level, design leads, researchers, PMs, engineers, founders and anyone who works with designers. If you are between jobs or changing careers, you are very welcome.
Hosted by Employed.world and When Psychology Meets UX, together with IxDF Berlin, at The Delta Campus.
With Berlin's design communities: Service Design Drinks Berlin, Ladies That UX Berlin, Usability Testessen Berlin, Friends of Figma Berlin, Unblind UX, AI Designer Club and Bond AI. Supported by Survicate and Zeitgeist Zentrum.
More speakers and partner communities will be added here as they are confirmed.
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