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DesignUp is a growing community of Designers and Product creators working with tech, across diverse industries, schools and non-profits. Join us, contribute, attend.

A Conference

DesignUp is also Asia's premier Conference for DesignInTech, and a series of diverse events bringing practitioners, leaders & learners together, fusing insights from East & West.

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DesignUpForACause is our response to the apocalyptic Covid 2nd wave in India. Some of the world’s most celebrated designers join forces to raise money for charity More >

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Understanding the State of Design-In-Tech,

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From DesignUp

Selected articles, updates, posts from our previous sold-out festivals in India, and Asia Conference in Singapore

▶️ Payal Arora

Digital Anthropologist, Author | Professor Erasmus University, Rotterdam ‘The Next Billion users and the rise of Irrational Design’ DesignUp, November 15-16, 2019, Bengaluru, India... Read More

DUp19: From Practice to Purpose

In his second YourStory post on DUp19, Madan says the Festival "raised the bar of excellence for the design community - from inner reflection to broader engagement, the annual conference rallied the designer community to explore new ground in a world of digital opportunity and challenges" Read More

▶️ Andy Budd

Founder Clearleft | Curator UxLondon & LeadingDesign Conferences ‘The Accidental (Design) Leader’ DesignUp, November 15-16, 2019, Bengaluru, India... Read More

▶️ Akash Chandan

Design & Research, Dunzo | Ex-Urban Fellow, IIHS ‘Runner-ups‘ DesignUp, November 15-16, 2019, Bengaluru, India... Read More

From a Conference to a Festival

Over 1350 attendees & 800+ visitors came to DUp19, which expanded to include Exhibits, Installations, Studio-visits and Stores - besides Masterclasses, Workshops, Panels, Keynotes and talks. A look-back at the 70+ speakers and multiple sessions that made the Festival special Read More

▶️ Dhruv Saxena

Co-Founder at Obvious ‘The Value Design brings to the Table‘ DesignUp, November 15-16, 2019, Bengaluru, India... Read More

“Data is in the Design”

In a pre-cursor to the DUp19 Festival, LiveMint took a bird's eye view of the Festival "at the intersection of Design and Technology" putting the spotlight on interesting speakers, tracks and off-beat themes like Craft, Design, Data - and "pièce de résistance - a large-scale exhibit by Japanese digital artist Takuma Nakata" Read More

The DesignUp Asia Conference: Singapore, June 2019

DUp19 wasn't just the India Festival: in June we had our Asia conference with over 250 attendees in Singapore. Weiman Kow beautifully captured some key takeaways and insights from the multiple speakers via her amazing sketchnotes (she was a DUp Fest scholar in Nov). Read More
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▶️ Recap: DesignUp 2018

DesignUp Conference 2018 was the biggest yet - full of all the things that you should expect from every DesignUp event - stellar speakers, varied topics, workshops, in-depth Masterclasses, great opportunities to network - and of course a great spread of food and delectable desserts! And that extra special buzz and energy! Read More

2018 Event Videos

Watch & listen to our speakers from the 2018 conference

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DesignUp 2017

A recap of our 2017 Conference at Bangalore, India

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Event Reviews

2017-2018

Pune, July 2017

Our Pre-event in Pune (in 2017) was DesignUp’s first event outside Bangalore and our first pre-event. The half-day event at the Hyatt had hands-on workshops, a lavish spread over tea/coffee and eclectic... Read More

Hyderabad, July 2018

DesignUp’s first visit to Hyderabad almost coincided with the opening of the first ever Ikea store in the city (Ikea plans got pushed out by a few days eventually). Shashank Upadhyay and... Read More

Chennai, July 2018

DesignUp’s first visit to Chennai in 2018 started off with an afternoon of workshops—followed by talks and dinner at a boutique Hotel in the heart of the city. A quick cup of coffee... Read More

Interview with Monika Bielskyte

Futurist, strategy and creative designer Monika Bielskyte says she never saw the world for what it was but what it could be made to be. This piece was originally written by Harshini Vakkalanka for The... Read More

An evening with Alan Cooper

Our first speaker of 2018 needed no introduction. On March 8th, over 125 attendees flocked to a packed room at ITC Gardenia, for a rare opportunity to hear and interact with one... Read More
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About Us

DesignUp started with the idea of raising the design agenda within tech companies and tech-led businesses. To make tech, businesses, products and services thoughtful, human and humane, by Design.

DesignUp is volunteer-driven and community led. There are no full time salaried employees—we all have our day jobs. For us, DesignUp is a passion and unifying force.

Core Team

DesignUp’s core team includes Abhishu, Anindita, Baisam, Dharmesh, Jay, Lucky, Manu, Nikita, Nitesh, Narayan, Prabin, Saloni, Sima, Supriya & Tuhina.

Advisory Board

DesignUp Advisory board, constituted in 2018, has Katja Forbes, Vandana Abraham and V Shivakumar on the team.

 

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