September saw 19 Dribbble Meetups in 13 countries and over 1,600 of you attended. September 2015 was one of our biggest months for Dribbble Meetups yet! Last month, Dribbblers enjoyed amazing presentations, participated in some really interesting Analog Playoffs, and spent time getting to know other designers.
Find out if there’s a meetup near you on the Dribbble Meetups page or start your own.
Amsterdam @ Present Plus
“Brthrs and Yummygum organized the Amsterdam Dribbble Meetup at the beautiful Present Plus office. The combination of nice people, Swinckels’ beer, pizza, and three super interesting talks resulted in an unforgettable evening. Special thanks to: Thijs Remie of Present Plus, Benjamin den Boer of Framer, and Benjamin De Cock of Stripe for their amazing presentations.”
Photos by Yummygum’s very own Davey Heuser.
Bucharest, Romania @ TechHub Bucharest
“Over 40 designers attended the first Bucharest Dribbble Meetup hosted by Creative Tim! Our friends at TechHub Bucharest helped us by providing the space and necessary tools. We also had some great sponsors: Designmodo, UXeria, HotJar, and TrackDuck provided web design tools and RedBull came along with energy drinks. We had an Analog Playoff and awesome presentations from Alex Paduraru, Tea Tomescu, Madalin Craciun, and Raul Taciu.”
Read more about the Bucharest on the Creative Tim blog and see all the photos on Facebook.
Riga, Latvia @ FROONT HQ
“Our 4th Dribbble Meetup was a great success and our biggest meetup so far—more than 150 people showed up! We had two great speakers. Marta Berzina shared how she uses Dribbble to get commissions and Gediminas Šiaulys shared details on a 3D animation movie that PetPunk is working on. Thanks to FROONT for sponsoring with the space, drinks, and pizza!”
Szczecin, Poland @ Technopark Pomerania
Szczecin had a successful first Dribbble Meetup, organized by Michał Łuczak. Szczecin Dribbblers listened to presentations by Marcin Kobiela and Anna Kawa, took part in design competitions, and networked with other designers.
Visit the DribbbleSZN Facebook page to see photos from the event and stay up to date on future Szczecin Dribbble Meetups. Photos by Oskar Blaszkowski.
Kharkiv, Ukraine
“On September 12, the Zajno Crew hosted the first Dribbble Meetup in Kharkiv, Ukraine. From the very beginning we’ve got tons of participation requests, so it was quite tricky to find a proper place to accommodate everyone. Finally, we’ve had an awesome event: ten speakers from all over Ukraine, hundreds of visitors from Kharkiv city and region—inspiring others, sharing their knowledge, and exchanging ideas. It’s a huge step to building a strong design community in our city. Hopefully will host another Dribbble Meetup in 2016. See more photos from the event on Facebook.”
Bhubaneswar, India
“We hosted our second Bhubaneswar Dribbble Meetup. We had 45 awesome designers attend. We divided into 7 groups and were given 7 problem statements to solve. Everyone had a great time and we had awesome results. Also invited a guest UX designer to speak about emotional design and we wrapped the meetup up with a small pizza party.”
Makati City, Philippines
“We had a great second Makati City Dribbble Meetup! The meetup was held at a cafe and was an intimate gathering that included a workshop.”
Chicago, IL @ Threadless HQ
The Dribbble and Threadless teams joined forces for a meetup to celebrate Artist Shops at the Threadless HQ in Chicago. Dribbblers participated in a head-to-head Analog Playoff drawing comic book characters and superheros! During the meetup, designers could be found shooting hoops, chowing down on food truck noms, making sweet flair with the button maker, hamming it up in the Action Booth, sipping on Threadless and Dribbble inspired cocktails, and more!
Washington, D.C. @ Fathom Creative
“We had a great DC Dribbble Meetup with more than 90 attendees. It was an energetic and fun night with a large part of the local DC design scene making an appearance. Attendees enjoyed ice cream on the Fathom Creative rooftop garden and had a blast meeting other people. We held a Dribbble Analog Playoff on our whiteboard meeting table with the theme of “Cool for the Summer” (we love that song in the studio!). There were 2 winners who picked up some sweet loot, including a ton of Canva, Creative Market, Slipstream, and Moo.com gift cards. We also displayed some local Dribbble shots (shared with #Dribbblescooop via Twitter) on a large screen in the main gallery space. Overall it was a really success night and we can’t wait to do it again!”
London, England @ The App Business
“Over 50 designers attended the London Dribbble Meetup at The App Business HQ. Dribbblers enjoyed presentations by Alex Deruette and Michael Flarup, battled each other on the PS4 and Sega Mega Drive, traded stories and advice, ate pizza, and took emergency selfies.”
See more photos from the meetup in Marco’s blog post.
Austin, TX @ Mondo Gallery
“It was fun to mix up our traditional location of a bar and have September’s meetup at Mondo Gallery, surrounded by the inspiring posters of the National Poster Retrospecticus. This meetup brought out a lot of new faces, and I had a great time meeting new people from IBM Design and The Iron Yard. Yet another meetup where I left feeling thankful for the friendliness of the Austin Dribbble community.
Special thanks to Mondo Gallery for being our hosts!”
Montreal, Canada @ Shopify
“We had a great Montreal Dribbble Meetup at Shopify. Over 50 people came over for beers and pizza. Our challenge for the Analog Playoffs this time around was drawing an emoji that we wish existed!”
Miami, FL @ WeWork
Miami had its fourth Dribbble Meetup organized by Luis La Torre and hosted in the new WeWork offices. The theme of the meetup was the typography process. There were three awesome presentations by Adriana Mazariegos, Fabio Perez, and Raul Flores. See more photos from the meetup on Facebook
Athens, Greece @ Tzaferi16
“More than 40 people attended the second ever #Digitized15 Athens Dribbble Meetup! The night’s schedule included 2 really interesting lightning talks on UX design and creativity, followed by a really successful Designer Speed Dating session! All attendees were separated to tables of groups of 6, and rotated until everyone sat and met with everyone. It was a few hours of fun and creativity, sponsored by Dribbble and Heineken!See more Dribbble Meetup photos on Facebook.”
Burgas, Bulgaria
Burgas had a great Dribbble Meetup organized by Provectus. Dribbblers listened to three great presentations, participated in sketching activities, and posed for photos with their awesome Dribbble pink basketball! See the rest of the Burgas Dribbble Meetup photos on Facebook.
Łódź, Poland @ Piwoteka Narodowa
“We had a great Łódź Dribbble Meetup. Fifty two designers gathered at Piwoteka Narodowa—a beer pub with a small craft brewery. We had some snacks and craft beers and of course lots of swag from Dribbble and other sponsors. First we had a small talk and then everyone did sketches of other people sitting in the place. We had a small competition and a few people won Dribbble yoyos and small gifts from sponsors. Then we started with a presentation about Dribbble, about community and meetups, and how are they important for us. The second presentation came from Czarek Stacewicz. He is a manager at Business Link Poland and he helps startups to find sponsors, some jobs, etc. The third presentation was from Grzesiek Sikora, a designer who is making many designs about our city, Łódź. The last presentation came from Studio Ładne Halo. They are designing and producing books for kids. Afterwards we spend some time getting know each other and it was really wonderful. We’re hoping to have another meetup in 2 months.”
Minsk, Belarus
“The first Minsk Dribbble Meetup, hosted by Agente, was successful with over 150 attendees and 4 speakers from 3 countries. This shows a big interest in UX/UI design in Belarus. We hope to try and make Dribbble Meetups regular events in Minsk!”
Meetups
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