Season's Greetings ?

This time of year it's important to slow down, reflect, and remember what's most important: designing scalable, usable interfaces that create meaningful value for both users and businesses.

Or, maybe upon your reflection, you'll decide this is the year to give up your big city tech job to go work at your uncle's Christmas tree farm in rural Pennsylvania. You'll meet the love of your life, save the small town's last bookstore using your user-centered design skills, and no longer need to worry about KPIs, OKRs, or SMART goals. We love that arc for you.

But if that doesn't happen, we look forward to seeing you at our events in 2025. At the risk of sounding as vague and as bold as your hometown DJ: BIG THINGS COMING SOON ??

Holiday Party Recap ??

We ate, we drank, and we certainly were merry at our last event of the year. Want to relive the holiday magic through photos? Join the SDXD Community on LinkedIn to see them! (Yes, we know, we are really pushing the LinkedIn Group lately)

Sponsors

The holiday party would have been a lot colder and hangrier if it wasn’t for our incredible sponsors (Pactto, ?DDX, FreshForm, Monterey Technologies, Design Forward Alliance, and Figma) who made it possible for us to book our private rooms and buy a whole heck of a lot of pizza. Stick around until the end of the newsletter—we have some special offers from some of our sponsors!

2025 ??

Get in, losers. We’re going... into this next year with some changes (and more to come later!)

What’s OUT for SDXD in 2025 ??

• The SDXD Slack Community
• Hybrid events

What’s IN for SDXD in 2025 ??

• The SDXD LinkedIn Community (pls join)
• In-person events
• You signing up to host a talk or workshop with SDXD

Links From Our Sponsors ??

Pactto

Watch this video to learn more about Pactto and start a free account!

DDX

DDX'25 San Diego will be held on September 18th, 2025!

Innovation Meets Impact—Discover pathways to design outcome-driven digital innovation.

https://www.ddxconference.com/sandiego

Promo Code: FRESHFORM35 = 35% OFF (Good until Dec 31st)

$149.50 (a $400 Value)

DDX / FreshForm Masterclass

Elevate your leadership and gain relevant insights to shape the future of design and innovation.

Deadline for Applications is December 18th!

https://www.ddxconference.com/masterclass

Happy holidays to the realest ones out there (all of you!!),

- The SDXD Team