SketchCamp

Thanks to everyone who came out to SketchCamp! Thanks to all our sponsors and, especially, to our volunteers! We couldn’t have done it without you — and we were glad you all wanted to do it with us! SketchCamp 2011 is officially deemed a success!

A few photo galleries are already up on Flickr. This one from Daria Kempka (organizer of the original DrawCamp, Milwaukee.) We were incredibly lucky she was able to join us in San Francisco for SketchCamp:

(If the slideshow doesn’t come through, here’s a direct link to Daria’s photos)

Here’s another slideshow from one of our volunteers, Kathryn Storm:

(If her slideshow doesn’t come through, here’s a direct link to Kathryn’s photos)

We are proud to welcome our original Silver sponsor, DesignCaffeine, Inc. — the UX Design Business Consultancy specializing in creating abundant ROI with elegant web and mobile design solutions.

Greg Nudelman, Principal/CEO of DesignCaffeine, just finished his new book, “Designing Search: UX Strategies for eCommerce Success” now available on Kindle and for pre-order from Wiley and Amazon.

To get 40% off the cover price, pre-order it on Wiley.com and use the code UXDS1:

http://www.designcaffeine.com/designingsearch/

HotStudio is a premiere experience design company with offices in SF and NYC. HotStudio creates a perfect set of co-conspirators for your unique project by bringing together the right set of skills, experience, and personality.

Hot wouldn’t be Hot without you, and they are currently on the lookout for talented, seasoned professionals to join their team:

• HR / Office Manager ny
• Visual Designer sf
• Visual Design Intern sf
• User Experience Architect sf
• Senior Visual Designer sf / ny
• Director, Business Management sf
• Design Director sf
• Sr. User Experience Architect sf / ny
• Associate Visual Designer sf

See all Hot jobs: http://www.hotstudio.com/jobs

We are proud to welcome User Interface Engineering — the leading research, training, and consulting firm specializing in web site and product usability, led by Jared M. Spool.

Tickets to the UIE Web App Masters Tour in is on sale now:

• Seattle May 23-24
• Minneapolis June 27-28

Take a deep dive into:

• Mobile strategy
• Information visualization
• Design process
• Engagement, patterns and more

with Josh Clark, Luke Wroblewski, Noah Iliinsky, Kate Brigham, Stephen Anderson, Bill Scott, Julie Zhuo, Aviva Rosenstein, Steve Portigal, Mike Lee, and of course the incomparable Jared Spool.

Sign up now, tickets are going fast! UIE Web App Masters Tour >

SketchCamp is proud to be sponsored by JESS3 — a premiere creative agency that specializes in data visualization.  JESS3 creates amazing, industry-defining visualization work, and is currently looking for a few talented people:

• UX Designers
• Illustrators
• Flash
• Front End Developers
• Strategists
• Infographic Designers
• Project Managers
• Interns
• Account Managers

Read more at http://jess3.com/careers/ — Pop in and say hello!

We are proud to be sponsored by a premiere publisher of UX books — Rosenfeld Media.
Check out their fine line-up of recently released and upcoming books for UX sketchers:

• Storytelling for User Experience by Whitney Quesenbery & Kevin Brooks (Now available)
• See What I Mean by Kevin Cheng (Coming soon – pre-order now)
• Playful Design by John Ferrara (Coming soon – pre-order now)

…and many more! Check them out at http://rosenfeldmedia.com/

We are so happy to announce SketchCamp — the un-conference focused on using sketching techniques for UX design.  This year is our inaugural, and we are proud to be sponsored by ModCloth that generously made available their downtown San Francisco headquarters for the conference. We are working hard to bring together great speakers and organizing amazing sketching workshop sessions. We have only 75 spaces available, so register now!

We have some great sponsors this year. We are excited to have DesignCaffeine, Boxes and Arrows and the San Francisco Chapter of IxDA as sponsors. They are all great organizations and well-respected in the UX and design community. We are honored by their support.