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Arin Bhowmick

Reporting live from DesignUp Conference Day 2 in Bangalore! India is truly leading the design conversation! What a memorable start to the DesignUp™...more

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Srirama Chandra Murthy Kancherla

I got an opportunity from Jar to attend DesignUp™ Conference a couple of weeks back, and I thought I might be thrown in middle of the designers’ w...more

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Devi Bala Chandrasekar

#DesignUp2025 Day 2 kicked off with some great networking over coffee and conversations. The sessions started with an inspiring talk by Alex Skougarev...more

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Navneet Nair

Every year, DesignUp feels less like a conference and more like a homecoming. A reunion of ideas, yes. But more importantly, of people who remind you ...more

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Dhwani Shah

3 days of DesignUp™ Conference, 3 days of insane creativity 🤗 I have attended plenty of design events, but this was my first time attending on...more

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Mayur Chaudhary

A huge thank you to the DesignUp™ Conference team and the incredible speakers & community for learning and honest conversations. Grateful to everyon...more

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Anant Tambade

Last week there were more than 1300 design practitioners who congregated for the DesignUp™ Conference conference in Bangalore. I was massively impre...more

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Lauren Celenza

Thank you India and DesignUp™ Conference for inviting me to speak to 1400 people on what it means to be human, create art, and conduct business in a...more

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Abhimanyu Sirothia

I usually don’t do posts like these, but DesignUp™ Conference 2025 deserves one. TLDR: If anyone’s wondering whether it’s worth the price o...more

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Arin Bhowmick

If the night before hashtag#DUp25 looks this good, can’t wait to see what’s in store for the next two days. A feast of intellectual and hashtag#de...more

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Astha Goel

Go-MMT Design team at DesignUp™ Conference imbibing all that energy✨ Kapil, Abhinav, Ashish, U.K. Karan, Vineel, Anand, and Roshni behind the s...more

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Sheena Lakshmi

The past week was exhilarating and equally exhausting, as I fall on the introverted side of the social meter. Two days of hashtag#DesignUp25 and one d...more

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Chanchal R

Went to my first-ever DesignUp™ Conference, and honestly, I came back with a different mindset. As an introvert, it was really hard for me to com...more

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Roshni Chinubhai

It's been a few days since we wrapped up hashtag#DesignUp25, and I’m still carrying so many conversations and ideas from the week. This year's co...more

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Manali Mitra

Just got back from the DesignUp™ Conference’25. A regular since their first event in 2016, I missed the last two years due to travel. Being bac...more

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Madanmohan Rao

Entrepreneurship, inclusion, ecosystems – my takeaways from Day 3 of Design Up 2025. Get ready for the 2026 editions in Bangalore & Berlin! 🙏 ...more

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Anjali Aakanchha

💛 One energising week | Two design events | Two different roles 💛 This week felt like stepping into two worlds of design — one as a participa...more

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Rohit Koul

Two days. Countless takeaways. Endless inspiration. Wrapping up DesignUp™ Conference, and I’m walking away with a full heart, new connections, ...more

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Rahul Rabha

Rahul Rabha“If we replace empathy with efficiency, we lose more than we gain.” That line from Maria Rosala at DesignUp™ Conference’25 has b...more

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Vikas Vaishna

What an outstanding week connecting with the global design community at DesignUp 2025 in Bengaluru! I often look for conferences that balance the n...more

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Purva Parab

DesignUp™ Conference '25 felt like stargazing. Some experiences don’t just inspire they expand you! a galaxy of ideas, in every talk and every c...more

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Paridhi Gupta

🎉 Just wrapped up an incredible experience at the DesignUp™ Conference 25 — and I’m buzzing with inspiration! 🌟 Spending the last two d...more

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Adam Kallish

Day 3 at the DesignUp Conference provided a wide variety of hashtag#presentation hashtag#stories and meetings with good people. Katja Forbes was our h...more

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Prathik Chaudhri

#TheMirageCalledCurrency. Everyone who attended DesignUp™ Conference is sharing their experiences, words, reflections, emotions. I scroll through th...more

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Toshi

What an inspiring few days at DesignUp™ Conference 2025 in Bengaluru! From lightning talks to keynotes, this year’s theme — “The Design Curre...more

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Neha Saraswat

Last two days were almost like coming back to the core. Getting back to where it all started and the looking ahead far far far out in the horizon... ...more

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Navya Baranwal

quiet questions, ideas, and reminders that felt like small wake-up calls throughout the day 2 at DesignUp™ Conference Alex Skougarevskaya left m...more

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Gurucharan Ganesan

✨ The Stars I Reached... EP 01 // Location: DesignUp™ Conference'25 Khushboo, your sense of truth on why assumptions clearly fail user experie...more

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Soumyaraj Vishwakarma

Wrapping up DesignUp™ Conference 2025 with so much energy and inspiration! It really got me thinking about how important “Design Currency” is an...more

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Adam Kallish

Day 2 at DesignUp™ Conference was chock-full of hashtag#presentation hashtag#stories, meeting new people, and reconnecting with familiar ones. S...more

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Samina Rahman

Some conferences teach. This one brought me back to myself. Attending DesignUp™ Conference this week felt like exhaling after holding my breath ...more

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Sharmeen H

I recently attended DesignUp™ Conference 2025 in Bangalore (November 4‑5) and wanted to share a few reflections. First, I had heard a lot abo...more

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Ashwini Bapat

Evolving, responsible and authentic. 💫 DesignUp™ Conference this year brought together some of the most thoughtful voices on how design conti...more

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Krishnam Raju Akula

🌟 It’s officially open! Today marked the Workshop Day at DesignUp™ Conference 2025, and what an inspiring start it has been! 🎓 Morning...more

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Payal Chugh Vaidya

I’ve been living in major FOMO lately. Scrolling through posts, snippets, and reflections from this year’s DesignUp™ Conference, I felt that ...more

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Lucky H G

My love for motion design runs deep, it’s the thread that ties every project I touch. Whether it’s a digital campaign, a brand story, immersive w...more

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Shivendra Singh

Had an enlightening experience at the workshop on Designing the Invisible Infrastructure at DesignUp™ Conference by Sudharsanaa T and Sahibpal Singh...more

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Azhar Mahmood

Came back from Bangalore with a heart full of inspiration after an unforgettable two-day journey at DesignUp™ Conference 2025! ✨ Every time I a...more

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Raji Amula

Big thanks to the DesignUp™ Conference team and all the amazing speakers for creating such an inspiring space 🙏 Grateful to be part of the Design...more

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Megha Kowdley

Lauren Celenza asks — “How we build AI depends on the questions we ask. Are we asking the right questions?” hashtag#AI hashtag#noise hashtag#...more

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Jainulabudeen M

DesignUp™ Conference E1: The Story of a Mouse, an Elephant, and Why Human Research Will Always Matter Maria Rosala from the Nielsen Norman Group ...more

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Charvi Upadhye

Designing for the Worst Day of Your Customer’s Life 🧠 Sarika Goel completely reframed how I think about design, and about crisis readiness. He...more

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Lekhoni Gupta Banerjee

It has been an experience to listen to each and every speaker here. I wish I could relive every speech again. hashtag#designup25 hashtag#designup

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Charvi Upadhye

The Designer’s Edge: Storytelling in a Machine-Made World 🌟 "Context is Queen."- Lauren Celenza Lauren’s Talk didn't just discuss AI; it sp...more

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Rohit Kottalagi

Belonging. Value. Real Human Stories. 💛 hashtag#DesignUp 2025 opened my eyes not by titles, but by people — people whose work breathes purpose,...more

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Shivendra Singh

My mind was just blown by Katja Forbes's masterclass: Machine Customer Experience: Designing for AI That Buys! at DesignUp™ Conference 🤯 As AI...more

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Vinamra Agrawal

About Meetups, conversations and laughter at DesignUp™ Conference Madanmohan Rao Arvind Lodaya Manali Mitra Brandhero Design hashtag#Bengalu...more

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Madanmohan Rao

Storytelling, speculative futures – my takeaways from two workshops at DesignUp 2025. Sign up – it’s this week! 🦾 One of my favourite an...more

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Parul Singh

rue adventure lies in the journey, not the destination. Our book 'Be' seems to be finding its own way... like a river, carving its course, last wee...more

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Aravinth A C

#DesignUp2025 — where hashtag#TheDesignCurrency isn’t money, but human value, culture, and connection.

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Rishab Srikanth

@DesignUpConf 25 was so much fun. Learnt some valuable stuff and connected with some very talented designers. Crazy good experience

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Alex Skougarevskaya

✨Still buzzing from my first keynote at DesignUp™ Conference 2025, in Bangalore. Here's what I'm taking away: The best conferences create condi...more

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Asit Khanda

2025 has been the most *event*ful year for me in Bengaluru. Reflecting back on the year that taught me a lot through meeting people! 23 March - Att...more

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Gopal Meena

Our partnership with DesignUp™ Conference over the past two years as an academic partner and sponsor has been an incredible journey of reflection an...more

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Nandita Abraham

I am not going to say fabulous things about the DesignUp™ Conference 2025 - The Design Currency, - thats being done! I'm going to take the opport...more

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Jay Dutta

DesignUp 2025 WrapUp. Not today. Not yesterday. Same time. Last week. On a cool November evening. But given the hundreds of thoughtful posts, ...more

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Sandeep Karmarkar

𝗗𝗼 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴? This question has shown up at different points in my career. Sometimes loudly. Sometimes quietly. At Desig...more

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Eshwar Venkatesan

My first hashtag#DesignUp conference!!! As a design student, I always dreamed of attending DesignUp, so I'm incredibly grateful to have had the opp...more

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Catalina Estrada

"Nothing Can Replace Human Connection" Thank you, DesignUp™ Conference 🧡 Jay Dutta, Shiva Viswanathan, Hemant Suthar, Esha Mookerjee Dutta, Ra...more

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Khushboo Agrawal

Oh what an absolutely wholesome 3 days it has been at the DesignUp™ Conference! Very hard to put it into words, but I'll try my best 🥰 Firstl...more

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Arin Bhowmick

Day 3 at hashtag#DesignUp2025 continued the theme “The Design Currency” with an inspiring mix of keynotes and honest conversations about leadershi...more

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Hundreds of you have been sharing incredible posts, stories, and reflections. We have not posted anything—just soaking in your words, pics and love....more

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Vidhunnan Murugan

🎉 Back to DesignUp™ Conference — and somehow, it's a full-circle moment again! 2019 → My first DesignUp, my first company in Bangalore. 2...more

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Jayasmita Dutta

When Design Met Life (Sciences): Notes from an ‘Outsider’ Inside DesignUp™ Conference - I walked into DesignUp as an outsider. A life scienc...more

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Divya Mangal

✨ DesignUp’25 — Serendipity, Sketches & So Much Learning! This week at DesignUp were an absolute creative recharge — the kind that reminds yo...more

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Dia Sawlani

What do you do when someone mirrors your way of standing out? You stick together, and every connection scan leaves people twice as amused 🫵 (se...more

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Kimberly Rocha

This year began by challenging what I thought I knew about design; the endless possibilities that emerge in times of disruption and keeping up with ch...more

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Niklas Skovholt Mortensen

In a week I'll be taking the stage in Bengaluru for the sold-out DesignUp™ Conference. Independent, volunteer-led, community-first, I'm full of admi...more

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Kevin Gilboe

Unforgettable week in India re-proving that even in the AI age, nothing replaces human connection. Three takeaways while I wait for the plane home: ...more

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Adam Kallish

DesignUp™ Conference began today. Participants from India and many parts of the world have converged in Bangalore for three days of workshops, p...more

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Aishwarya Bharadwaj

This week, attended DesignUp™ Conference with the amazing Atlassian Design Team 💙 Love the serendipity that DesignUp creates. Ran into old me...more

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Heli Fajalia

6 months back when I joined Target, I had no idea time would fly by this fast. These months have been full of sharp learning curves, incredible opport...more

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Noyonika Banik

What an event! DesignUp™ Conference As a kid, I always dreamt of calling myself a designer someday. Time passed by, and I did become one as well...more

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Arkapravo Basak

✨ DesignUp™ 2025 — Where Design Meets Heart ✨ Still buzzing from DesignUp Conference 2025 — what a ride! This year wasn’t just about t...more

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Chippy Diac Vivekanandah

'It Shapes The Maker' I was at the DesignUp™ Conference this week and back home with a little creative-hangover. For a long time, I've avoide...more

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Jayasmita Dutta

The moment I walked into DesignUp™ Conference felt they stamped my passport (literally). What I didn’t realise then was that, this wasn’t just ...more

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Shreyaa Kumare

Day 2 of DesignUp™ Conference felt less like a conference and more like group therapy for designers, raw, honest, and incredibly grounding. Alex ...more

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Shivian Mittal

If I had to sum up the DesignUp™ Conference in one feeling, it would be clarity. Not the kind that comes from answers, but from asking the right qu...more

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Jigna Shah Oza

DesignUp 2025 — what an inspiring weekend! David, Noopur, Amit, Fonz, Katja, Niklas, Allen, Sarika, Maria, Aashish, Khushboo, Archana, Yash Every s...more

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Pranati Mathur

Had an incredible time at DesignUp™ Conference this year! ✨ So many inspiring sessions, meaningful conversations, and moments to learn, reflect...more

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Shivendra Singh

9 Years, Countless Friends, and the Only Currency That Matters - DesignUp™ Conference.

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Ramya Ahilan

Just back from DesignUp™ Conference, and it’s left me with a lot to reflect on and even in the age of AI, design is still deeply human. Across ...more

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Achyut Morbekar

Still recovering from a creative hangover, thanks to DesignUp™ Conference! Three days of non-stop design energy, mind-bending talks, and way too ma...more

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Shobhit Gautam

Every time I try to wrap hashtag#DesignUp25 into a post, I keep thinking, “Oh, I missed this… I should include that too.” Because honestly, ever...more

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Sachin Gupta

Reflections after DesignUp 2025 Walking out of the last session at DesignUp 2025, I found myself smiling the kind of quiet smile that comes when some...more

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Pooja Sanchala Chawada

A quick reflection from my recent trip to Bengaluru, attended DesignUp™ Conference one of the most energising design gatherings ever seen. The confe...more

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Yusuf Nazmi Rangwala

#Designup25 Like the music that we love sticks with us through days so is the Designup Conference. Sharing my takeaways from this year's conference be...more

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Aashish Manchanda

Just got back from DesignUp™ Conference 2025 in Bangalore, India. It was great reconnecting with the design team here at Cisco and catching up with ...more

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Katja Forbes

Welcome to the 200+ who just joined from DesignUp Bangalore! What an awesome conference and action packed 2 days! You're now in the room with Don S...more

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Kishan Vagale

After attending DesignUp™ Conference, it hit me how much the currency of curiosity has shaped my journey. Rewind to 2011, I was in college doing ...more

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Madanmohan Rao

Food for thought – my pick of 10 outstanding books at DesignUp 2025. Read, learn! 📚 Bangalore’s Atta Galatta bookstore had an outstanding ...more

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Akanksha Gupta

What if your next customer isn't human, but a machine? 🤖 Imagine this: you ask your AI assistant to "order groceries" or "book a flight." It doe...more

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Tonmoy Phukan

DesignUp™ Conference once again put up a stellar show, insightful, relevant, and full of perspective on where design is headed. A decade into my ...more

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Iti Seth

Gatherings are shaped by the conversations they nurture. I'm back from DesignUp™ Conference with my heart full of some precious ones that happened o...more

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Himanshu Goyal

DesignUp 25 Talks about AI, Sustainability, work ethics, empathy, emotions, operations, business, money, Art, patterns, travelling, culture, future...more

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David Dylan Thomas

Had the honor of speaking at DesignUp™ Conference last week and I have to say I was heartened by how many people took the Siksika notion that we are...more

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Joseph Augustine

When design speaks louder than words: Before a single talk began, DesignUp 2025 was already teaching a design lesson through its ticketing experience...more

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Jainulabudeen M

DesignUp™ Conference E3: Monetizing Creativity in the Digital Age In my first reflection from DesignUp, I wrote about how design creates change, ...more

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Jay Dutta

I haven't posted over the last one week. And there's more than one reason. DesignUp™ Conference kicked off last Monday, and as always - things get s...more

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Hardik Pandya

What a great day with Atlassian 🇮🇳 at the DesignUp™ Conference today in Bangalore! hashtag#AtlassianDesign Ritesh Rathi Monisha Pattana...more

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Bhakti Dudhara

𝗜𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲—𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂...more

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Neha Sao

✨ DesignUp™ Conference 2025- I’m still buzzing with the energy ✨ While most people arrived on 3rd November, my DesignUp started much earlie...more

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Oliver Duerr

I had the privilege and pleasure of attending the DesignUp™ Conference 2025 in Bangalore. It was a truly enriching experience to connect with local ...more

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Katja Forbes

Most conferences play it safe at year 10. DesignUp™ Conference is expanding to a new continent. I've just returned from DesignUp 2025 in Bengalur...more

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Maria Rosala

Last week, I had the pleasure of representing Nielsen Norman Group at the DesignUp™ Conference in Bangalore. The conference theme was "Design Curren...more

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Amit Patel

Back in London after what I can only describe as one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. An open letter... Being given the privilege...more

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Dev Bajaj

I had the opportunity to attend the DesignUp™ Conference earlier this week and boy did it give me some fresh perspective! Over the two days, I g...more

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Niklas Skovholt Mortensen

Back in Oslo and finally able to sit down and reflect on a whirlwind week in Bengaluru. DesignUp™ Conference delivered genuine conversations, ama...more

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Sanket Kundu

The last three days at DesignUp25 have honestly been a roller coaster—in the best way possible! From immersive masterclasses to lightning-fast talks...more

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Nandini Arora

The last 10 days had been crazy awesome for me, I was travelling to Goa on my birthday for BOSS and Bitplebs by Bitshala. The event was beyond amazing...more

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Ria Somani

Long post alert! (Because when a space moves you this much, it deserves more than a two-line summary) From “do I belong?” to “yes, I thin...more

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Madanmohan Rao

Creativity, AI, impact – my takeaways from Day Two of Design Up 2025. Sign up – Wednesday is the last day! 🦾 David Dylan Thomas began Day ...more

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Somnath M.

Okay, DesignUp™ Conference 2025 was pretty cool. Met the wonderful faces of Atlassian Design - Toshi .Muthukumar Rajamani likith reddy Sneh Sing...more

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Ayush Sethi

Over the last two days at hashtag#DesignUp2025, I was reminded why I fell in love with design in the first place and it’s not just about creating pr...more

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Mayur Chaudhary

The future of customer experience isn’t just digital, it’s non-human. I recently had the privilege of attending a meaningful session with Katja Fo...more

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Amit Kumar Tiwari

We explored the idea of “Dual Fluency” in a 3-hour workshop yesterday at the DesignUp™ Conference diving into how designers can speak both busin...more

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Fonz Morris, EMBA

‼ Back from DesignUp™ Conference 2025. This community stays sharp. My talk was direct. Creatives need to understand monetization. Designers nee...more

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Ritu Swami

Long post alert! I recently attended the DesignUp™ Conference in Bengaluru. It truly felt like a masterclass on current trends, what’s coming n...more

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Rajarshi Ray

Perhaps the only “non-designer” at DesignUp 2025 — and what a talk it was! Col. Dr. Navaz Shariff, from People For Animals India – Wildlife ...more

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Anand Karelia

During DesignUp 25, the importance of craft in design truly stood out. In our efforts to ‘fit in’ within larger organizations and align with busi...more

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Sweeta Daga

#DesignUp2025 — You Made It a Badass! 💥! It truly made me pause and reflect on my own currencies — values, depth, and grounding. It pushed ...more

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Diya Salil

t’s all sorts of liberating to watch Alex Skougarevskaya speak on stage. From starting out with deep design roots to Head of Design, Content, and D...more

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Muskaan Nahar

Get ready, Bengaluru! 🚀 𝐈'𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬...more

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Priyanshu Gupta

A weekend that shook my designer brain You know those moments when you step into a space and instantly feel small — not in a bad way, but in that...more

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Shreyasruti Sasmal

DesignUp™ Conference 2025: Here’s my Takeaway🚀 After two days at hashtag#DesignUp2025, one thing is clear - design conversations have evolved ...more

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Aanya Karnwal

✨ Last week at DesignUp™ Conference 2025 in Bengaluru, something quietly shifted in how I think about design and myself as a designer. Between the...more

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Astha Goel

"Design makes the mould, bakes the mould and then breaks the mould. If it's stuck with any one phase, it's not completing the loop." – Alex Skou...more

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Milap Shah

Hemant, Jay and the team at DesignUp™ Conference Every year, you come up with something completely new, and every time, we find ourselves saying,...more

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Somatirtha Ganguli

DesignUp 2025 | The Two Days That Shifted Something in Me Last week, I walked into hashtag#DesignUp2025 thinking on behalf of NetBramha - Global U...more

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Adil Hussain

First time at DesignUp™ Conference - and what an experience. From talks on designing for tough moments to workshops that pushed how we frame problem...more

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Ankita Gupta

✈️🎨 DesignUp hangover hit differently! Somewhere between turbulence, sky, and airport coffee, I ended up doodling again ...after ages! I th...more

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Zarna Doshi

For years, I have seen design not as an output but as a way of understanding systems, behaviours, and patterns, and shaping what they could become. ha...more

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Rahul Deshpande

Last week I attended DesignUp 2025 in Bangalore—a true immersion into the future of design thinking, innovation, and impact! 🚀 Taking a step b...more

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Navya Baranwal

the line-up at DesignUp™ Conference this year was honestly just… beautiful. Deep, encompassing, thoughtful, and kind of insanely inspiring. It had...more

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Navya Baranwal

David Dylan Thomas reframed something that I now can’t unhear; what would happen if we built a web that’s actually good for people? One that’s ...more

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Akta P

Another DesignUp™ Conference as a volunteer. Still reeling from the adrenaline!! Seeing the conference from a volunteer’s perspective is a com...more

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Rakesh Kumar

Two incredible days spent with brilliant minds and passionate people! Gained valuable insights, explored fresh perspectives, and had some truly inspir...more

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Arpit Verma

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Jainulabudeen M

So many insights, I’ve decided to start a mini-series! After two days at the DesignUp™ Conference here in Bangalore, my notebook is brimming wi...more

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Iti Seth

It was so insightful and engaging to be in the orbit of DesignUp™ Conference earlier this week, where brilliant hearts and voices from across differ...more

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Amit Kapoor

It has been eight years since my last DesignUp™ Conference in 2017. It was early days for the conference and my lens then was as a speaker in a smal...more

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