August workshops, book giveaway, and more

Hi everyone-

We hope your summer is going well. Last week we wrapped up another of our AI + Design Thinking workshops, and we got some really nice testimonials along the way:

[The workshop] was very helpful. The prompting frameworks blew my mind!

I better understand how to use AI throughout the user-centered design process. I've already integrated some of what I learned into my workflow.

—Brian Carr, fmr. Staff Interaction Designer at Google

I had a great time, made some great connections, and learned a ton about how I might apply AI in my own design thinking process. The tools you shared were so helpful and I can't wait to apply them!

I particularly liked the conversation we had around synthetic personas - I have to imagine that's going to come up for a lot of folks as these models are more widely adopted at companies. Thanks for leaving space for that great conversation!

—Bianca Zongrone Jefferson, Director of Product Design and Research at CompanyCam

We’re now opening up two new AI+ Design Thinking workshop opportunities, including an in-person workshop in San Francisco on August 6th, and another remote workshop on August 27th.

We’ve still got a few discounted tickets for Design Better premium members, which you can find on the post here, or if you scroll to the bottom of this post. And if you become a premium member at the yearly level, please reach out to see if have any additional discounted tickets by sending an email to subscriptions@thecuriositydepartment.com.

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Design Better Happy Hour

Following the in-person workshop on August 6th, we will be sponsoring a happy hour for Design Better subscribers and the design community, hosted by our friends at the design studio Whipsaw in San Francisco.

The happy hour will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on August 6th. Tickets for the public will be $15, but are free for Design Better subscribers while they last (we have a limited capacity of 30 tickets in total). Note that if you’ve registered for the workshop, your ticket to the happy hour is included and you don’t need to register here:

(The link above should automatically apply the code “DBFREE” for a free ticket, but you can add it manually if not).

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Book giveaway: Design That Scales

We just released our interview with Dan Mall, founder of Design System University and author of Design That Scales.

We’re giving away 5 copies of his book to existing Design Better premium members, just fill out the form here and the first 5 respondents will receive a coupon code for a free copy. (note that currently free shipping only covers the US, but the code is also valid for a digital copy of the book if you live internationally).

We’re also giving away an additional 5 copies of the book to new premium members at the annual level, if you sign up just fill out the form here.

And speaking of books, if you’re a premium member you now have access to the first book reissued to our Design Better Library, the Design Thinking Handbook.

Thanks for your support, and hope to see you at one of our upcoming events!

-Eli, Aarron, and Bobby

Discounted access to workshops for Design Better premium members below