Design Trends 2021

With every new year, comes an array of new trends, ways of thinking and designing. This SODA Social will be uncovering what’s hot and what’s not for Design trends in 2021. This event will give you the opportunity to engage with design professionals and determine how you can incorporate a modern edge in your creative design in 2021.

Join our panel discussion (6 PM): https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XnhCPX48Rl-ky-10xE5ahw

Join our networking discussion (7 PM):
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88615785206

Our Panel:
– Lloyd Hulme – Host, SODA Social
– Nur Karadeniz – Chair, Head of Experience and System Design at Brilliant Basics
– David Siren Eisner – Senior Director of User Experience Design at Audible, an Amazon Company
– Niamh Harman – Creative Director at Spectrum.Life
– Julie Kennedy – User Experience Director at Saint-Gobain

Nur Karadeniz
Nur currently works as the head of UX and System Design at Brilliant Basics, design & innovation studios by Infosys. Nur has a wealth of experience in UX and Service Design, worked across industries and innovation centres globally to apply digital transformation in practice. She has been managing multidisciplinary design teams and creative processes to tackle challenges that people and businesses face today.

David Siren Eisner
David is a Product Design leader with over 20 years of experience working on subscription, B2C, B2B, and healthcare products. He is currently the Head of User Experience Design at Audible, an Amazon company, where he leads a team of visual, UX, and voice designers working across all aspects of Audible’s global services.

Niamh Harman
Niamh is a Creative Director with Ireland’s largest provider of employer health & wellness, Spectrum.Life. Niamh works to create digital innovative products to promote positive social impact in mental health, fitness & nutrition for large global brands. She is a UX/UI Design Mentor on ADPList & Designed.org, an active volunteer of Dublin Simon Community, and is always looking for new ways to promote social positive change through design. A graduate of Visual Communication in NCAD 2012, UX Design from the UX Design Institute 2019 and winner of the 2021 Design Management Diploma Scholarship with WhyDesign and Design Skillnet, she is passionate about combining design, creativity and technology to change people’s lives.

Julie Kennedy
Julie has had over 20 years of digital experience working across a wide range of industries covering, e-commerce, telecommunications, gaming, media, fintech and currently building manufacturing and distribution. She has successfully built and managed multidiscipline teams across multi-channels for top UK and Global brands, such as Amazon, Vodafone, Betfair, DMG Media, Capital One and currently Saint Gobain. Julie is also a regular conference speaker and events organiser in the UX industry.