I have been a huge proponent of the Design community in Bangalore coming together regularly and interact with each other. Often this happens only over projects, but the need to just come together more informally as well. Bangalore really needs a Design event that happens on a regular basis. There are two things that I am a part of and facilitate.
One is the movie+design nights that I host at my place from time to time, and the other is the Design Day event organized by Aashish Solanki and his team.
For those not familiar with the event, here is more about it.
Design Day is held on the third Saturday of every month, and a theme of Design is selected. There are two talks followed by a JAM session for an hour. The whole thing starts around 9:30 am and goes on till around 1:30 pm. The talks and JAM sessions are related to the theme.
The event is open to Designers and non-designers who share a passion on design and perhaps want to learn something about design.
The upcoming event is on the 18th of May and the theme this time is typography, something that I really enjoy!
You can register for the event here
It is FREE, though registration is must for arranging the logistics and arranging for passes to the Microsoft Accelerator office where it is held!
I spoke on the theme of Design Education at the last edition of Design Day. You can view my presentation from the same in this earlier blog post .
See you on the 18th!