Introducing Design Chatter
Although there have been periods over the past few years where I’ve worked as part of a team, I’ve mainly worked by myself, at home. My wife has a keen eye for detail and often has off-the-wall ideas. My clients are also wonderful, and they seem to appreciate my process, which involves talking every day and sharing work as it develops. But there have often been times when I’ve felt working mostly alone was isolating.
I know from speaking with friends that when working as a freelancer or solo designer on an in-house team, they often miss bouncing ideas off other designers. They miss talking about design problems and hearing feedback on how to solve them. They also miss seeing and learning from how other designers work. I frequently feel the same way.
So, today, I’m starting up Design Chatter. It’s a weekly one-hour Zoom call where a small group of no more than 20 designers can show their work in progress and talk about design challenges. There’ll be opportunities to give or receive constructive, friendly feedback, or if you prefer not to share, you can always sit back, watch, and learn.
- For freelancers, solo designers, and small in-house teams
- A weekly one-hour Zoom call with like-minded designers
- Show your designs or sit back, watch, and learn
- Give or receive constructive, friendly feedback
- Hosted by a designer with 25+ years experience
I want to keep the number of people in each week’s design chat low, so I’m limiting every chat to 20. I’d like to make the chats free to join, but I’m charging a nominal £5 per chat to avoid no-shows.
The first (pilot) Design Chatter is on 1st May at 3pm UK time. The website is now live, so I’ll hope you’ll join in.