Meet up and smell the coffee

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Hi IxDF London, let’s meet up and network over coffee! Share UX design insights and resources, discuss UX problems you are facing now, or just chat about anything else. It’s going to be an informal, cozy meetup with fellow designers!
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Meet up and smell the coffee

Coffee Meetup

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Coffee Matters

157 Bethnal Green Rd, E2 7DG

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View Per Kvalvaag

by Per Kvalvaag

Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss Meet up and smell the coffee held on Mar 8, 2023. Feel free to ask questions about the place, date and time, agenda of the meeting, or anything else.

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  1. View Alice Vulliamy

    by Alice Vulliamy

    Hi, Per! Thanks for setting this up. I would love to attend but will be working at the time. Perhaps we should set another up for a weekday evening for those of us who can’t make it in the daytime.

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  2. View Michael Donlea

    by Michael Donlea

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    A London IDF meetup sounds like a great idea.

    But 11am on a weekday? I’m guessing this is an idea that is more geared towards freelancers.

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  3. View Gurdeet

    by Gurdeet

    Just to confirm it’s at coffee matters and not Pret.

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    View Per Kvalvaag

    by Per Kvalvaag

    Thanks Gurdeet - yes it’s at Coffee Matters!

    157 Bethnal Grn Rd, London E2 7DG

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  4. View Calin Sisman

    by Calin Sisman

    Hey Per, 11-12 on a weekday is indeed a tough one, will try to join.

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  5. View Jim Barrow

    by Jim Barrow

    Great work Per. Please keep them coming as I won’t be able to attend this one but certainly will in future

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    by Mads Nybo Jorgensen

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    As it is in my neighbourhood, I will try my best to make it - all depending on whether clients wants me to do something else.

    Adding, there is a few Costa coffee shops close by Shoreditch High Street Station. They have bigger coffee cups and comfortable seating :-)

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    PS: It says 1st of March on the email promotion, and 8th of March at the top of this page?
    Might need a UX person to fix that one ;-)

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    by Per Kvalvaag

    So, thank you Gurdeet for attending the meetup! 😅🎉 It was really interesting to hear about your research projects and your Notion portfolio is awesome.

    My apologies to anyone who may have gone to Pret instead (the original venue). I understand that if you had added the event to your Google calendar the location would not have updated when I changed it. You live and learn.

    On that note something we now know is that Coffee Matters is a great venue, so I’m keen to organise more meetups there. Probably evening time though. And when there’s no sleet coming down.

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    by Per Kvalvaag

    Morning all, I’m very much looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. I note that there are no responses to my last messages and I’m starting to wonder whether people will actually turn up tomorrow. I’m new to the IDF and the meetups so I’m unsure how it normally works, but can I just ask you all to update your status so we all know who will be attending?

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    by Per Kvalvaag

    Hi all, I'm delighted to say I've found what looks like the perfect place to meet, and to smell coffee. I've reserved the downstairs room at Coffee Matters in bethnal Green Road.

    © Interaction Design Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0

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    by Per Kvalvaag

    Hi all, I’m very much looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday. I will be finalizing the venue in the next 24 hours and will update you here.

    I don’t have much of an agenda so I’d like you all to answer the following question in this thread:

    What would be a great outcome of this meetup?

    To me, it’s just to get to know some fellow designers, hear some stories, and learn from people. Specifically, I’m curious to hear if anyone can share their experience of using storytelling in their work.

    How about you?


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    Hi Per, I’ve got this in my diary for Wednesday. Can you confirm if it’s 1st or 8th please?

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    View Per Kvalvaag

    by Per Kvalvaag

    Hi Gilmar, My apologies for this very late response; it’s the 8th (thankfully as we would all have missed it otherwise…;-)

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    by Per Kvalvaag

    Thanks for the excellent response; I feel I need to limit the numbers but can’t find a way to do it…

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    by Keerti Yagik

    It would be great if we can attend via online too ?

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    View Per Kvalvaag

    by Per Kvalvaag

    Thanks for that Keerti; yes I agree in principle but doing a hybrid event in a public place is just too difficult!

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  14. View Per Kvalvaag

    by Per Kvalvaag

    So yeah, I just joined IDF recently and haven’t found any meetups in London so I’m thinking (helped by the nudge from this platform; nicely done!) why not set one up myself?

    It’s guaranteed to be small and informal, and unless I find a different venue the coffee won’t be amazing. But meeting new UX practitioners and hearing your stories will!

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