A Letter from Molly Holzschlag
Many of you know that Big Design 2014 has already came and went. We had our biggest year ever with more speakers, sponsors, and attendees.... Read More
Web Accessibility Review Offered to Big Design 2014 Attendees
Knowbility is offering a 15 minute accessibility review of the page of your choice for attendees of Big Design Conference 2014.
Casino Night is September 5th at Big Design 2014
It’s Vegas, baby! On Friday, September 5th, you can challenge your friends to a friendly set of games in our annual Casino Night. We will... Read More
Win $1,000 in the Water Cycle Design Contest
Addison’s Sustainability Program, in partnership with The Big Design Conference, is looking for local designers/artists to design a piece of art, a model or display... Read More
Top 10 Reasons to Get a Room at Big Design 2014
Here are 10 reasons to get a hotel room for Big Design Conference 2014: You do not miss any networking opportunities. You are within “staggering”... Read More
Creating Contagious Content by Brian Sullivan
In this presentation, I talk about how some of my content has went viral online. In some cases, the story was just so compelling that... Read More
Designing a Killer UX Portfolio by Ian Fenn
Portfolio required: two words that fill UX designers, new and experienced, with dread. We’re often experts at telling our client’s story, but find it difficult... Read More
Sept 4: Free Resume and Portfolio Workshop
This is a free event to help you get your resume and portfolio reviewed before the Big Design Conference on September 5 and 6. In... Read More
101 Different Amazing Engaging Content Ideas
Internet marketing is more than writing blogs. Way more. Bernadette Coleman will share her “Complete List of Engaging Content Ideas” and her secret sauce for... Read More
Breaking Into UX by Brian Sullivan
Learn about resumes, portfolios, and networking tips in the light-hearted view of Breaking into UX. Walter White would be proud. Enjoy! Breaking Into UX from... Read More
Dr. Jose Briones Talks Frugal Innovation at Big Design 2014
80% of humanity lives on less than $10/day. If you are part of the world’s lowest socioeconomic level you may be living in a house... Read More
Completely Ridiculous Speakers in the Design Track
You need to get a seat in the Design track on Saturday, September 6th. We have pulled out all of the stops with a set of... Read More
Single Most Important Talk at Big Design 2014
The single most important act any citizen can do is to vote in an election. Bonds, US Presidents, school boards, laws, and business depend upon... Read More
Kickstarter Superstar Speaks at Big Design 2014
Sandy Petersen (author of the original Call of Cthulhu role-playing game) made a triumphant return to tabletop games publishing (after a quarter century in “the digital wilderness”) with Cthulhu... Read More
Long-Distance Collaboration: Case Study of Google Fiber by Doug Fox
It’s a bit of challenge to design something that you cannot have yourself, and the only people that do have it are 1,800 miles away,... Read More
How to Evangelize UX: The ABCDs of UX by Matthew Doty
We all know UX is HOT! Its clear that there are few people who do it (and even fewer who do it well). As a... Read More
Bringing UX into a Corporate Intranet by Andrew Day
Consumers have come to expect that websites and apps will put their needs first – and when this doesn’t happen, they take their business elsewhere.... Read More
Scientist to Storyteller by Eric Swayne
It’s uncomfortable for Eric Swayne to admit this: Analysts aren’t paid for the elegance of their Python, the resplendence of their R, or even the complexity... Read More
A Designer’s Workflow for HTML Emails in a Rails App by Tyler Lee
Writing HTML emails can be a mundane and super hard task. Over the past few years, Tyler Lee has created a designer’s workflow to overcome many... Read More
Early Bird Registration Extended to July 14 for Big Design 2014
Early Bird Tickets have been extended to July 14th for Big Design 2014! Buy today! Your Keynote Speakers You are going to love the keynote... Read More