Those are not words on our site or a policy statement. It’s not intent. It’s action: it’s what we do. Having lived and worked in many different cultures and countries, some of us have actually lived what it means to be ‘different’, what it means not to be part of a majority, to have a marginal voice. We understand.
And we want DesignUp to represent voices and perspectives that are different and diverse, non-conformist and non-majoritarian.
We had 45% women speakers in our first edition—our very first opening keynote was by a woman. We have had women CEOs and non-Designers: VCs and Engineers and Educators, present on our platforms. And we’ll continue to encourage diversity—gender, roles, organisations, races, regions, perspectives.
We try hard and make sure that all our events are accessible—if you have any special needs we’d love to hear from you and try our best to accommodate those.
