UXLx Talks

Every design organisation should continuously run initiatives that improve the circumstances for designers and increase the chances of good design happening. In other words: they should have a DesignOps practice.
In this talk, Peter will walk attendees through examples of DesignOps initiatives and how they were executed, as well as introduce his process to maintain a DesignOps roadmap, all based on experiences at Miro, ServiceNow, IKEA, and other organisations.

Most of us are familiar with accessibility requirements around color, support for screen readers, and basics for content structure. But what about more nuanced issues that impact users with cognitive and motor disabilities? 
In this talk, Devon will discuss ways to keep users with disabilities safe and included on the modern web with clear workflows, options for reduced motion, and interfaces that are user-friendly, not user-hostile.

Designing for AI in 2025 is similar to designing computer interfaces in the late 80s and early 90s, where designers need some knowledge of the medium to craft the right experiences since our tools are currently insufficient.
This talk will share how Klaviyo's AI team has been crafted to balance high-data literacy with designers that have more creative inspiration that gives our customers a feeling of magic.
I'll cover how I hire for and help train data literacy in the designers so they can work in close partnership with data scientists & engineers.

Sure, AI could help you write that tricky UX copy. But does it make the product work better for users?
The right UX text can speed up onboarding, increase engagement, and reduce support costs.
In this talk, Torrey provides practical UX text patterns to help you design faster, with better outcomes, and without spending AI tokens.

Your Multi-All-The-Things organization supports multiple products, brands, platforms, and modes. Your design system unlocks desperately-needed efficiency & consistency, which is great! But each product has its own unique design needs, so how can we provide the benefits of shared systems without forcing everything to look exactly the same?
The answer is design tokens! In this talk, you'll learn how design tokens help organizations strike the balance between consistency/efficiency and expression/innovation. Brad will share important design tokens concepts, architecture, and hard-earned best practices to help you successfully create and maintain a robust design token system to serve your Multi-All-The-Things organization.