DEFUSE - DESIGN FOR USE

Come join the Dublin design community for a night of inspiration, innovation and insight as some of Ireland's leading experts in the field of Interaction Design share their stories and highlight some of the most compelling design challenges they face.

Defuse - Design for Use

IxDA Dublin and Service Design Ireland will host an evening with 12 of Ireland's design experts who have just 5 minutes and 20 slides to present their most compelling ideas about design. The event will also include an amazing design competition with fantastic prizes up for grabs!

The Ignite presentation format is a 5 minute long presentation with 20 slides and with the slides advancing automatically every 15 seconds.

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Intelligent Design

Are we the designers? Or is someone designing us? Do our tools do our will? Or will they steal our jobs? Intelligent design means knowing the zeitgeist, honing your craft, and perhaps most importantly - watching your back! Defuse 2023 is a chance to explore augmentation of authorship, fascination with flare, and the destiny of design in times like no others...