From 2005 to 2015 Clearleft ran the dConstruct event here in Brighton (with one final anniversary event in 2022).
I had the great pleasure of curating dConstruct for a while. I’m really proud of the line-ups I put together.
It wasn’t your typical tech event, to put it mildy. You definitely weren’t going to learn practical techniques to bring back into work on Monday morning. If anything, it was the kind of event that might convince you to quit your job on Monday morning.
The talks were design-informed, but with oodles of philosophy, culture and politics.
As you can imagine, that’s not an easy sell. Hence why we stopped running the event. It’s pretty hard to convince your boss to send you to a conference like that.
Sometimes I really miss it though. With everything going on in the tech world right now (and the world in general), it sure would be nice to get together in a room full of like-minded people to discuss the current situation.
Well, here’s the funny thing. There’s a different Clearleft event happening next week. Research By The Sea. On the face of it, this doesn’t sound much like dConstruct. But damn if Benjamin hasn’t curated a line-up of talks that sound very dConstructy!
- Every minute you are here by Steph.
- What happens when we listen to the birds? by Tamsin.
- Picking up the pieces by Cennydd.
- Considering intersectionality and lived experience in inclusive design by Priyanca.
- In defence of refusal by Michael.
Those all sound like they’d fit perfectly in the dConstruct archive.
Research By The Sea is most definitely not just for UX researchers—this sounds to me like the event to attend if, like me, you’re alarmed by everything happening right now.
Next Thursday, February 27th, this is the place to be if you’ve been missing dConstruct. See you there!
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