Design Beyond UX: Exploring Graphic Design in Industry

There’s more to design than just Figma frames and user flows.

At Design Beyond UX, meet creatives working across graphic design, branding, typography, motion, editorial and visual storytelling, including designers from ABC News, and hear what these careers actually look like in industry.

If you’ve ever wondered what else you can do with a design degree, this is your chance to find out.

Come along to:

🎨 Discover creative career paths outside the usual UX/UI route

👀 See what graphic and visual design actually looks like in different industries

💭 Learn how professionals think about type, layout, colour, visual systems and creative judgement

⏱️ Hear how designers work with real deadlines, briefs and production constraints

💼 Understand how agency, in-house, broadcast, studio and freelance paths differ

🤖 Find out how AI is changing creative work and what skills will matter next

You’ll also get to see panellists break down a piece of their own work, sharing the decisions and thinking behind what you normally only see as the finished result.

We’ll finish with an open Q&A and networking, so you can ask questions, hear more about their careers and meet people already working across the industry.

If you’re curious about where design could take you outside the path you’re currently studying, come and see what else is out there.