Recordings

Event Recordings

Explore our collection of Chicago Camps’ most enriching design dialogues, from the concise, engaging dialogues of Tent Talks to the in-depth explorations at UX Camp, and the visionary perspectives at Leadership By Design.

Whether you’re revisiting a favorite session or discovering new insights, these recordings are your gateway to an ever-expanding world of design knowledge and leadership wisdom.

Discover, learn, and be inspired by the diverse voices that have shaped our vibrant design community.

Diana Sonis & Lis Hubert – Leave a Trail of Breadcrumbs: Designing Navigation with Customer Intentions

UX Camp Winter 2021 Leave a Trail of Breadcrumbs: Designing Navigation with Customer Intentions Navigation in complex websites and products is… well, complex. How do you help your users go from A → B → H when you’re putting...

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Amanda Weller & Megan Machamer – Remote Digital Ethnography: Understand Online Dating Behaviors Within the Digital Environment

UX Camp Winter 2021 Remote Digital Ethnography: Understand Online Dating Behaviors Within the Digital Environment Observing participants can present several challenges, yet still turns out invaluable data that informs our designs—so how in the heck can we observe thoroughly...

3 Min Read

Barkha Sharma – Usability: The Subset of UX

UX Camp Winter 2021 Usability: The Subset of UX UX and Usability are two words that are often used interchangeably and without much regard to their differences. Since usability is an important aspect of UX, we need to understand the...

2 Min Read

Carolyn Chandler – Remotely Human

UX Camp Winter 2021 Remotely Human Necessity is the mother of invention… and this year, have we had necessity! Many teams were suddenly forced to work entirely remotely, requiring major adjustments to work styles and tool sets. While most technology...

3 Min Read

Meena Kothandaraman – Unpacking Context During a Pandemic: Reflections & Tips

UX Camp Winter 2021 Unpacking Context During a Pandemic: Reflections & Tips Context has always been of importance to unpack and describe when understanding human realities. Context is anything and everything that brings meaning to human realities. Pre-COVID, qualitative researchers...

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Jeff Eaton – Your System is a Language

UX Camp Winter 2021 Your System is a Language Software development, component-oriented design, and content strategy practices all emphasize the idea of building a “shared vocabulary” to make communication between team members easier. But a vocabulary implies grammar, context, and...

2 Min Read

Maria Pereda – Don’t Let Ambiguity Be the Death of Your Design Project

UX Camp Winter 2021 Don’t Let Ambiguity Be the Death of Your Design Project It seems like everything is fast-paced and we don’t always have the luxury to get all the answers we need before we start diving into our...

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Ian Fenn – 8 Ways People Screw Up Their UX Portfolio

UX Camp Winter 2021 8 Ways People Screw Up Their UX Portfolio Portfolios are required for designers, researchers, strategists, and managers. Yet, most people in our field do not want to show off their work. In many respects, we...

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Margot Bloomstein – Design for Trust: Our Opportunity, Our Responsibility

UX Camp Winter 2021 Design for Trust: Our Opportunity, Our Responsibility Cynicism is easy. Hope takes work. Trust bridges the distance between them, and designers have a unique opportunity to foster it. In today’s economy, we need new strategies...

2 Min Read

Dani Nordin – Increase Your Design Influence By Understanding Your Organization’s Decision-making Style

UX Camp Fall 2020 Increase Your Design Influence By Understanding Your Organization’s Decision-making Style As designers, we like to think of ourselves as makers. When we’re working on large, wicked problems, the challenge is that “making” is no longer...

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