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David Simpson
Boston, MA Founder @ Designed.org Joined almost 11 years ago via an invitation from Allan G. David has invited Nelson Joyce, Smit Patel
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- Designed.org has a new Managing Director: Sara Vilas! (medium.com)
- Designed is giving away a MacBook Pro to help a designer pursue their craft
- Designed is giving away a Macbook Pro, enter for a chance to win! (figma.com)
- Designed.org community is now on Slack (designed.org)
- Research for Design Event Board
- Discover the story behind today’s Mister Rogers Doodle (google.com)
- Celebrating Mr. Rogers by @googledoodles on Youtube (youtube.com)
- "Someone to watch over you", finding a design mentor at Designed.org (commarts.com)
- Where do you look for upcoming design events? (big and small)
- Free Career Posting board at Designed.org (app.designed.org)
Posted to Designed is giving away a MacBook Pro to help a designer pursue their craft, May 16, 2020 Posted to How to Get a UX Mentor (or any kind of mentor, really), May 12, 2020 Check out designed.org/our-mentors
Posted to Looking for a mentor, May 12, 2020 Check out designed.org/our-mentors
Posted to DesignerJobs 2.0, Apr 16, 2020 Or save money and post to designed.org/jobs :)
Posted to What do designers need?, Sep 19, 2019 That is something we are constantly thinking about at Designed.org. We are building a non-profit that is dedicated to providing tools and resources that enable designers (right now mentors and job postings). We don't move as fast as bigger design communities, but we are free and focused on individual empowerment not monetization.
Posted to What does success as Head of Design look like?, Nov 21, 2018 If you are ready for some next level thinking around managing design teams, here is a must watch, https://vimeo.com/297967955
Todd has experience at large scale and is building out career ladders with some of the leading companies on the West Coast.
Posted to How do you find open source projects to contribute to?, Nov 03, 2018 Designed.org is a non-profit that is always looking for design volunteers
Posted to ASK DN: Where should I go for design feedback?, Oct 02, 2018 We are building out discussion tools at Designed.org specifically for this! We have some other product launches in front of that, but hopefully it won't be to long!
Posted to "Someone to watch over you", finding a design mentor at Designed.org, Aug 31, 2018 Fantastic article from CommArts Magazine. Designed.org was interviewed with AIGA about how we can improve mentoring to empower and encourage aspiring designers around the world
Posted to How to be a Great Design Mentor and Where to Find one for Yourself, Aug 31, 2018 Designed.org is a great place to look for a mentor, we have over 320 globally. We are a non-profit building a design education from the ground up.
- How do you find open source projects to contribute to?
- ASK DN: Where should I go for design feedback?
- How to Cultivate Culture in Online Communities (sitebuilderreport.com)
- A seat at the table.
- Announcing Design Leadership Forum by InVision—a community helping design leaders learn together (invisionapp.com)
- Let’s bury the hustle (m.signalvnoise.com)
- Design Forward Fund (invisionapp.com)
- Alternatives to DN
- Helen Tran — Product Designer (helentran.com)
- Within 2018 — A leadership retreat for women in design (gowithin.co)
Next up we are giving away a Thunderbolt Display, iPad Pro and iPhone!