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Design Circle

Inspiring design transformation, diversity and leadership.

The Design Circle is a collaboration of design leaders working together to drive positive impact on business, society, innovation, culture and design careers.

This group will provide leadership insights, valuable content, and advocacy on industry issues that matter most to designers and teams. These will be featured in authored pieces and webinars on this site, and at community events. We also strive to create more visibility for design as a career path and opportunities for youth entering the field, and have launched a scholarship and mentoring initiative to support this goal.

Our Members

Enrique Allen Co-founder Designer Fund
Tim Allen headshot Tim Allen VP of Design Airbnb
Irene Au Design Partner Khosla Ventures
Timothy Bardlavens Product Design Manager Facebook
Sarah B. Brooks Distinguished Designer IBM
Robert Brunner Founder/Partner Ammunition
Andy Budd Founder Clearleft Ltd; Leading Design; UX London
Daniel Burka Director of Product & Design Resolve to Save Lives
Antionette Carroll President & CEO Creative Reaction Lab
Liz Danzico Vice President, Design NPR
Katie Dill Design and Product Leader, Advisor
Jared Erondu Head of Design Lattice
Gus Granger SVP & Chief Creative Officer Cyxtera Technologies
Erika Hall Author, Co-founder Mule Design Studio
Yoojin Hong VP of Mobile UX Samsung
Fura Johannesdottir Chief Design Officer Huge
Jamie Myrold VP of Design Adobe
Sarah Parmenter Creative Director & Founder You Know Who
Cathy Pearl Head of Conversation Design Outreach Google
Billy Seabrook Global Chief Creative Officer IBM iX
Albert Shum CVP, Design, Experiences & Devices Microsoft
Jen Simmons Senior Designer & Developer Advocate Mozilla
Fabricio Teixeira Design Director Work & Co
Richard Ting Senior Director, Product Design Twitter
Khoi Vinh Senior Director of Design Adobe
Andy Vitale VP, Product Design & Content Quicken Loans
Conor Ward Director of Design BT

THE DESIGN CIRCLE

SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE

As part of this program, Adobe will award ten (10) annual college scholarships, up to $25k per year for each recipient (up to $100k total over four years).

The scholarship is ideal for students going into product design or experience design-related careers (i.e. digital, web, UX/UI, industrial design, or similar), with a focus on candidates who have been historically underrepresented in design, including but not limited to, first-generation college students, racial and ethnic minority students, students with disabilities, and those who identify as LGBTQ+.

The design leaders in our program will also offer mentoring opportunities to scholarship recipients to strengthen the impact of the scholarship, while providing real-world experience to the students during their education.

 

Learn more about the scholarship →

As designers, it is our ethical responsibility to reflect the world in our work—we do not create for ourselves, but in the service of others.

Timothy Bardlavens, Facebook

How to get involved

We’re still in the early stages of this program but have been overwhelmed by the interest from the design community to get involved. We’ll be sharing updates on this page and on our social media channels on how to get involved as a member or as a scholarship recipient. More detailed information will be made available soon, so please check back.  

 

 

Don’t just think about who you’re designing for: think about who you’re leaving out. And then ask yourself how to include them.

Cathy Pearl, Google

Featured Content

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Growth Design: Elevate Outcomes over Outputs

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The XD Meet the Makers series showcases today’s leading creators and innovators in UX design.

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Leadership Insights

Unlocking Design’s Full Business Potential

By Forrester

Forrester Guest Speaker Gina Bhawalkar will discuss the Benefits for Investing in a Design System.

Leadership Insights

For Design’s Sake: New Approaches for Recruiting and Fostering Diverse Talent

By Fura Johannesdottir

Ensuring diversity in teams starts with who and how you hire.

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By Sarah Brooks

Hear from U.S. Veterans on how a military mindset can help you cope during difficult times, and overcome…

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How to Build a Successful Design Team — Part 3: Structure & Strategy

By Conor Ward

Conor Ward talks about how structure and strategy contribute to a design team’s success.

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Webinars and Events

Design Community Live Meet-Up

APRIL 16, 2020 VIRTUAL MEET-UP

Adobe and R/GA want to share best practices, answer your questions, and discuss the state of design, during this unprecedented time of change.

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Unlocking Design’s Full Business Potential

OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 Webinar

Curious to know how other design teams are investing resources in 2020? Adobe commissioned Forrester to conduct a study and share recommendations that you can use to create, mature, and realize the benefits that come from investing in a design system. In this webinar, you will find out what investments leading design teams are making to their design systems to help their companies succeed.

Watch On-Demand

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