☀️🧑🏫 August Design Talks with Daniela Ocana and Arix King 🤓🗽
Join us for a night of talks and meeting fellow designers at BrainStation in Manhattan! This event is supported by BrainStation, the global leader in digital skills learning. There will be some food provided by Askable. About BrainStation: Founded in 2012, BrainStation works with industry leaders from the most innovative companies, developing cutting-edge digital education that has empowered more than 100,000 professionals and some of the largest corporations in the world. BrainStation's courses provide students with the skills employers are looking for in today’s job market. From the stunning SoHo campus, BrainStation trains thousands of professionals across New York every year, preparing them for the fastest-growing jobs in technology. About Askable: Askable helps product and design teams get real human insights — fast enough to actually use them. Recruit verified participants, run moderated or AI-led studies, and surface findings in seconds. ⏱️ Schedule 6:30pm: Check-in and mingle, food provided by Askable7:00pm: Event kickoff and intros7:05pm: Designing for Relationships: Inclusive UX for Dual-User Experiences with Daniela Ocana7:30pm: Break7:35pm: Leveling Up Beyond Design with Arix King8:00pm: Continue networking at Vig Bar 🎙️ Talk 1: Designing for Relationships: Inclusive UX for Dual-User Experiences by Daniela Ocana Many digital products aren’t designed for just one person, they’re designed for relationships. Whether it’s parents and children, patients and providers, or teachers and students, the experience depends on meeting the needs of multiple users with different goals. Drawing from my experience as a UX Researcher at NaviRae, I’ll share how designing a dual-user experience challenged traditional design thinking and reinforced the importance of inclusive research. Rather than focusing on a single case study, this talk will explore practical UX principles for designing products that create meaningful experiences for interconnected users. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies for conducting more inclusive research, balancing competing user needs, and designing products that work for the people who use them together. Daniela Ocana is a UX Researcher and Designer passionate about creating inclusive, human-centered digital experiences. Her work spans UX research, interaction design, and accessibility, with experience designing products that support meaningful interactions between children and parents. She enjoys translating research insights into thoughtful product decisions that make technology more intuitive, equitable, and impactful. LinkedIn | Portfolio 🎙️ Talk 2: Leveling Up Beyond Design by Arix King Things to learn beyond design that will make you a better designer. Arix King is a New York based product designer with a career spanning several consumer products. He currently does Product Management at ReciMe. X | Website By attending our events, you are entering an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. We foster curiosity and connections through our events and are a harassment-free zone 💜 Tag and follow us @bkproductdesign on LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube Archives | productdesign.community/brooklyn | brooklyn@productdesign.community
