DBU is a Silver Sponsor
We are happy to announce that the College of Business at DBU is a Silver Sponsor of the 2020 Big Design Conference. The College of... Read More
From Zero to Award-Winning: How Design Thinking Changes Corporate Culture
Sara Conklin is a collaborative and results-driven design leader. She drives business results by transforming organizational culture. She has spent her career creating business success... Read More
Mentoring a New Generation of Digital Product Creators
Sanjay Shah is a product designer at Dialexa and creator of 20TWENTY. He is going to lead a panel discussion on an education initiative on... Read More
Navigating UX Burnout to Sustain a Meaningful Career
Sarah Hoaglan is a designer and strategist who is passionate about solving complex problems through technology, business intelligence, and user experience. She has spent 12... Read More
Cariloop is a Silver Sponsor
We are happy to announce that Cariloop is a Silver Sponsor of the 2020 Big Design Conference. The company’s mission is to help take care... Read More
Seat at the Table: Cannot Spell Executive without UX
Rima Campbell is an accredited UX professional with a focus on developing world class customer experiences and leading businesses to achieve the maximum returns. For... Read More
Meet the Big Design 2020 Organizers
No conference is possible without the hard work and dedication of the conference organizers. At the Big Design Conference 2020, we want to take a... Read More
New Ticket Price for Furloughed Workers
We have added a new ticket price for attendees, who have been furloughed, laid off, and anyone who does not have access to a professional... Read More
Socially Distanced Research: How To Collaborate On & Conduct Remote User Research
Remote research is now a requirement with the impact of COVID-19 on how companies create/update their products and services. In the new normal, we must... Read More
The Creative Group is a Gold Sponsor
We are pleased to announce The Creative Group, a Robert Half Company, is a Gold Sponsor for the 2020 Big Design Conference. We enjoy partnering... Read More
Keynote: Creative Careers and the Future of Work with Diane Domeyer
Diane Domeyer is executive director of The Creative Group (TCG), a specialized staffing service placing creative, digital, marketing, advertising, and public relations professionals. As a... Read More
Portfolio Essentials: Showing the Best Version of Yourself
Ian Fenn is a Senior Product Designer at tails.com. Since 2014, he has been advising other designers on how to represent their value effectively to potential... Read More
Announcing Big Design Scholarships for UNT and UT Dallas
Design leaders build future design leaders. Big Design conference organizers are pleased to announce the creation of two permanent scholarships for students at local DFW universities:... Read More
Design for Cognitive Bias: Using Mental Shortcuts for Good Instead of Evil
People take shortcuts to get through the day. Usually, they’re harmless–even helpful. But what happens when they’re not? David Dylan Thomas’ forthcoming book Design for Cognitive Bias forms the... Read More
Grannie Goes Virtual: How COVID-19 Impacts Older Users
Jennifer Keene-Moore is a Principal User Researcher who has specialized in studying older consumers. For the past three years, she has presented at the Big... Read More
Sense-Making in Digital Spaces: Site Structure, Taxonomy, and Navigation for Many Audiences
Kavita Singh works in the interdisciplinary field of web strategy at NVIDIA. She leverages principles and practices from information architecture, content strategy, interaction design, UX... Read More
Uncharted Waters: Why it’s Important to Design for Newcomers
Priyama Barua is an Experience Strategy Director at Mad*Pow, a strategic design agency. In her efforts to improve people’s experiences, Priyama employs a range of... Read More
Conference Theme: Building a Future Legacy
Ths year’s conference theme is about building a future legacy. With the impact of COVID-19 and social justice movements, the conference theme about building a... Read More
The Iowa Idea: Building a Future Legacy with Collaboration
The first talk at this year’s Big Design Conference is about the Iowa Idea by Matt Arnold. First conceived in the 1920s at the University... Read More
July 15th Panel: Building Transformative Products with Design Thinking
Everyone wants to build innovative solutions to solve wicked problems for their customers. Design thinking is a framework that offers you the ability to unleash... Read More