Design Party in Belgrade

May 21 at 7:00 PM in the Auditorium space we are holding a design party in Belgrade

We have been organizing design events in Serbia since 2023. We’ve run more than 13 meetups in Belgrade and Novi Sad. Speakers have come from Yandex, ivi, Sber, JetBrains, Plata, etc.

Theme of the party

We want to provide inspiration and practical value for designers. We’ll talk about how designers can create in these difficult times, how to use neural networks correctly, and how to engage users in product interactions.

Our speakers

Mitya Osadchuk

Design Director, B2C at Sber; former Design Director at ivi; former Creative Director at VK

Being a designer 24/7

About the talk:

• Design is really tough right now, so you need to find joy in design itself, both at work and outside of it.
• How not to break down under external pressure and not leave the profession.
• How to keep making great design no matter what it takes.
• I’ll share jokes, anecdotes, and design examples.

Kristina Misko

Team lead on an international classified product

View ≠ attention: how we deceive ourselves in product design

About the talk:

• Why a user can “view” or “use” a product and still not be engaged?
• We’ll talk about the gap between metrics and real behavior, consumption modes, and how products are designed for an ideal user who doesn’t exist.

Denis Shumov

Lead Product Designer at Yango Play

Neuro-knitting, or how I started using neural networks and rediscovered interest in the profession

Talk takeaways:

• How to integrate AI into a designer’s workflow without burning out
• Why vibe-coding matters even if you’re not a developer
• How a hobby project can protect you from burnout

Meetup schedule

• We start at 7:00 PM
• We listen to 3 great talks and chat with the speakers
• Plenary discussion where the speakers discuss questions and interact with the audience
• We wrap up at 10:00 PM
• If energy remains, we go to the afterparty

How it works

Each speaker gives a talk and then answers questions for 10 minutes. We give prizes for the best questions. After that we all go to the afterparty where there will be plenty of networking and mingling (including with the speakers).

Who the meetup is for

Product designers, game designers, graphic designers.

Venue

We have a great location — the cozy Auditorium space.
Vojvode Dobrnjca 48
It’s a cafe and lecture venue in the center of Belgrade.