Over 1,000 of you attended Dribbble Meetups in September—with 17 meetups in 14 countries! Big shout-out to IconFinder who helped sponsor and organize meetups in Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Dribbble Meetup organizers wrote some fantastic wrap-ups of their own, so make sure to check out the links below.
Ready to start your Dribbble Meetup? Or get pumped for upcoming meetups in Birmingham, Prague, Baton Rouge, and more. More info at Dribbble Meetups.
Copenhagen, Denmark @ Falcon.io HQ
“Copenhagen Dribbble Meetup was organized by Iconfinder at Falcon.io headquarters and gathered around 100 attendees from city’s design and development community. We had three great talks by Koen Bok from Framer, local designer hero Michael Flarup, and Sketch’s founder Pieter Omvlee. We also ran a fun icon sketching game, where people drew icons representing Copenhagen. Throughout the night we enjoyed beers and snacks, chatted with our peers, and made some great new friends. Shoutout to our sponsors for helping to make this happen!”
Read the full recap on the Iconfinder blog.
Manila City, Philippines @ Canva Manila
“It was a pleasure to organize the second Manila Dribbble Meetup and it was an absolute success! Held last September 1, 2016 at the amazing office of Canva Manila. It was a night of fun, learning, networking, opportunities, and awesome food!”
Read the full recap on Medium.
Austin, TX @ Mondo Gallery
“ATX Dribbble is back at it! We took a short little break but this past September, the community got together to catch up with old friends, get to know new ones, and drink beer–all while being surrounded by awesome posters. Thanks to Mondo Gallery and The National Poster Retrospecticus for having us!”
Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ B.Amsterdam
“The Iconfinder & Dribbble Meetup Amsterdam at B.Amsterdam was a blast. We had about 120 people attend the meetup. Also a designer came all they way from Slovenia to attend the meetup. Sebastiaan de With and Martin LeBlanc gave very inspiring talks about failure and designing for agencies versus single product companies. We also played an icon sketch game, the result will get illustrated by an icon designer and will get printed an a t-shirt.”
Kathmandu, Nepal @ Moksh, Jhamsikhel
“The 2nd Kathmandu Dribbble Meetup was held on September 4, 2016 at Moksh, Jhamsikhel. There was presence of 132 participants from 37 different companies. The event was divided into 2 section, speaker session and networking. The speakers of the meetups were Swapnil Acharya, Anjan Shrestha, and Anil Chitrakar.
The co-founder of Dribbble, Dan Cederholm, also sent message to all the dribbblers of Kathmandu. Participants then were moved to networking session with beer pong, selfies, photo booths.
The event was sponsored by Expresiv Studio and Cheers. The co-sponsors were Photodoko, Butta, Leapfrog Academy and Kathmandu Beer.
See the recap video below.
São Paulo, Brazil @ FAUUSP
Greg Milani
Self-taught Designer | Meme & Emoji sommelier 👻
Head of Design at Pipo Saúde | Ex Designer @taqtileBR
“The São Paulo Dribbble Meetup was a success! Designers met and chatted at USP on the campus of FAU. There was a panel with three guest designers which focused on the role of designers within companies and the day-to-day challenges. Thanks to Wagner Veloso from R/GA, Igor Bertolino from Loggi and Erick Mazer from Nubank. This meetup was in partnership of Taqtile and NEU - USP Entrepreneurship Center.”
Miami, FL @ Starthub
“We wanted to do an event around the idea of getting criticism and positive feedback. So we gathered together and sketched for 20 minutes, then we posted to Dribbble using the local tag, in our case Miami Dribbble. We commented on each other post some good feedback, then we talked about each other shots and hopefully we learn a thing or two. We hope that other designers kids from other cities take our idea and use it as well, if they are looking for some feedback to grow as designers.”
Warsaw, Poland @ The Place
“Summer is over, so we’re back with a Dribbble Warsaw Meetup! On the 20th of September over 80 designers met in the brand new venue, the Warsaw Spire.
We had three great presentations: Piotr Kmita from EL Passion talked about coding for designers, Magda Boheńska from La Wonderlab approached user-friendly design, and Stanisław Eysmont from GOG.com explained the whiteboard challenge.
As always, there also was beer and a great afterparty. We’re already planning the next meetup with EL Passion and Daftcode, but first we invite everyone to Design Encounters Conference in November.”
See all of the photos on Facebook.
Athens, Greece @ Found.ation
“More than 30 designers attended the 3rd Athens Dribbble Meetup, in the Found.ation collab space, in Athens, Greece. The event was part of the Digitized Digital Design Conference networking events. It was also generously sponsored by E-food.gr and BIOS5 beer. The crowd enjoyed four ten-minute presentations on topics such as self-promotion, personal projects, UI animations and design learning.”
Penang, Malaysia @ Piktochart
The Piktochart + Dribbble Meetup was a success. Besides the cool swag and the wacky photo booth, there was also the Analog Playoff competition. We loved the idea of helping creative people express themselves, so we encouraged attendees to draw out their ideas of a ‘Designer’s Nightmare’ and an ‘Emoji You Wish Existed’! This was an idea inspired by previous Dribbble Meetups from other parts of the globe.
The other highlights of the meetup were the sessions by 3 different industry superstars: Amy Ng, a self-taught illustrator who manages Pikaland; Eureka Foong, a PhD student at Northwestern University; and Jay Lim, the creative director for CUTOUT Magazine Malaysia. Each were specially handpicked by our planning team for their valuable stories and years of expertise.
See the full recap on the Piktochart blog.
Cape Town, South Africa @ Isoflow
The 5th Cape Town Dribbble Event on the 14th of September was the busiest yet, with excellent speakers, eager competition participants, a few new faces and plenty of popcorn, beer and pizza.
We started off the evening’s talks with an entertaining and thoughtful exploration of the fundamentals of UX and how they’ve been applied to Physical Computing from TouchFoundry’s Managing Director, Fabio Longano. Then Stephan Pretorius and Gert Schoeman, Creative Directors at Makers Company, shared an awesome visual presentation on icons.
We also hosted our evening ‘analog competition’ where meetup attendees got the chance to try their hand at designing their own icon.
Read the full recap on Medium and see the photos on Facebook
New Orleans, LA @ Eiffel Society
“We laughed, drank, doodled and talked the night away in a very intimate setting.”
See all the photos on Facebook.
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires @ Indie Coworking
“The first Mar del Plata Dribbble Meetup was a success. There were about 30 designers in attendance who enjoyed a design presentation and an Analog Playoff.”
See all of the photos on Facebook.
Valencia, Spain @ Flywire HQ
“For the first Valencia Dribbble Meetup, we had about 15 people attend. It was a small crowd, but it was great in terms of quality. I gave a talk about ‘Giving better feedback’ and we had a great conversation after that. Everyone shared personal experiences from the past or recent jobs and it was a great time for the people to connect. Everyone left with a good impression and looking forward to the next one so I guess this is the beginning of something good!”
Meetups
The following Dribbble Meetups are happening soon. For the full list of upcoming meetups, visit our Meetups page.
Find more Meetups stories on our blog Courtside. Have a suggestion? Contact stories@dribbble.com.
