• Rescheduled: UX Industry Hiring Trends

    Due to a scheduling conflict, this event has been rescheduled for October 23, 2025. The UX job market is shifting, and navigating it has never been more challenging. Whether you’re...

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  • Unpolished: UX Office Hours – Design in Progress

    What this is Unpolished: UX Office Hours is a monthly, in-person gathering for UX designers and researchers of all experience levels. There’s no formal speaker and no slides—just a light theme, optional co-working, and space to talk through real work with other UX folks in Austin. This month’s theme is Design in Progress. What to...

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  • Research in the Wild — Unpolished: UX Office Hours

    Unpolished: UX Office Hours is a monthly, in-person gathering for UX designers and researchers of all experience levels. There’s no formal speaker and no slides—just a light theme, optional co-working,...

    Free
  • UX / AX Designers & Researchers Meet Up

    Official SXSW 2026 event If you’re a UX designer, UX researcher, or working at the intersection of UX and emerging AI systems, come take a breather from the SXSW frenzy and connect with peers who care about how experiences actually work. This informal meetup brings together practitioners exploring both User Experience (UX) and Agent-based Experience...

  • AI in the Workflow – Unpolished: UX Office Hours

    Unpolished: UX Office Hours is a monthly, in-person gathering for UX designers and researchers of all experience levels. There’s no formal speaker and no slides—just a light theme, optional co-working, and space to talk through real work with other UX folks in Austin. This month’s theme is AI in the Workflow (What’s Actually Working). What...

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  • Career Crossroads – Unpolished: UX Office Hours

    Unpolished: UX Office Hours is a monthly, in-person gathering for UX designers and researchers of all experience levels. There’s no formal speaker and no slides—just a light theme, optional co-working, and space to talk through real work and real questions with other UX folks in Austin. This month’s theme is Career Crossroads. What we’ll focus...

  • Stakeholder Reality Check – Unpolished UX Office Hours

    What this is Unpolished: UX Office Hours is a monthly, in-person gathering for UX designers and researchers of all experience levels. There’s no formal speaker and no slides — just a light theme, optional co-working, and space to talk through real work with other UX folks in Austin. This month’s theme is Stakeholder Reality Check....

  • Portfolio & Storytelling Lab – Unpolished: UX Office Hours

    What this is Unpolished: UX Office Hours is a monthly, in-person gathering for UX designers and researchers. No speaker. No slides. Just space to work, reflect, and learn from each other. This month’s theme is Portfolio & Storytelling Lab. What we’ll focus on Strong UX work doesn’t always translate into a strong story. This session...

  • UX in the Gray Areas – Unpolished: UX Office Hours

    What this is Unpolished: UX Office Hours is a monthly, in-person gathering for UX designers and researchers in Austin. No formal talk — just thoughtful conversation and shared work. This month’s theme is UX in the Gray Areas. What we’ll focus on Not every UX decision is clear-cut. Sometimes we’re working with incomplete data. Conflicting...