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Global design community! Improve your skills, make friends, and land jobs. Founder: @irungracepace ✨ Join 150,000+ other buddies 👇 + @cocreate.careers
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Fluffle is our friendly bunny mascot! 🐰 Fluffle is here to support your design adventures. Swipe through the carousel to learn more about Fluffle! - We'd also love to feature your own artwork of Fluffle! 🙌 You can share on social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter), tag us, and include #FluffleDesignBuddies. We will re-share! - ✍️ Carousel by: Grace (@candyleaf_) - 🐰 #Artist features: Grace, Hannah (@hannah_klink_designs), Yumi (@_mayuluh), Rashmeet (@gazal_gallery), Brian (@btothemoon), Makayla (@hanibeelicious_), Jeanette (@createdbyjz), and Denim(@denim32_)! - 🐰 Hop into our design community for more wholesome fun (link also in bio): https://discord.gg/designbuddies - 🎉 Also! We have our birthday party this weekend (Sun Apr 10, 5 PM PT (UTC-8)) - we are turning 2! RSVP: https://lu.ma/buddies-birthday-party taken in Worldwide by @design.buddies
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5 years ago
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Hosted our first @design.buddies CONFERENCE, Design The Future. We are making tech KAWAII ✨ We’re reclaiming boring corporate events and creating the future together~ THANK YOU: - Our organizing team at @joinlearners - Alec, @maybesandro , Maggi, Aleah, & Eve - Our sponsors @bezi_3d 3d (title sponsor), @hidovetail, @sitedesigntool, @splinetool, and @adobe - Our volunteers @lakshhtagram, @pravardh.mishra, @whoa_aurum, @kevjinnn, @emilyifang, @christabel_ae, @bp.rimal, @miya.always, Eli, Ruchira, and Francisco - Our speakers @ohmygong, @reshusaur, @jennifer.jingg, @dylan_rabin, @fedino82, @leonshouzhang, Daniel, Karen, and Cecilia - Our photographer @leonshouzhang - Gallery 308 Staff - The nearly 4,500 people who signed up (+ online) - Our whole @design.buddies community for making this all a success! I created Design Buddies 4 years ago when I was 22 years old having no idea what we would become. I am working to make design, tech, and professional development more fun and kawaii ✨ Go be yourself and don’t change to fit in to anywhere!! My 14 year old self is is beaming 🥺 I liked drawing anime and kawaii style art, played MapleStory, was bullied in school, and felt like a nobody. This is only the beginning 🚀 Design the future conference San Francisco taken in San Francisco, California by @design.buddies
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2 years ago
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THE CREATOR TABLE // LOS ANGELES // OCTOBER 14 putting this together with 🫧 @sanctuaryinla @thebasic.host @design.buddies @skydeas.ai @lucy.mellob @lanceding.mov @irungracepace @techweeka16z dm me for the invite! taken in San Francisco, California by @design.buddies
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9 days ago
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How I built a 100K+ community (@design.buddies on Discord) before building any products! Got to speak about how at the Assembling conference in front of hundreds of founders + takeaways: How I make money: brand partnerships/sponsorships, courses at one point, software products, digital products, public speaking, investing, and more How we got our first 100 members: posting on LinkedIn, sharing events as resources in design Facebook groups, hosting fun meetups that get members to invite their friends to join Design Buddies KPIs: meaningful connections made between members, fun, growth, money. No specific number, just vibes 100 -> 100K members: educational events, world tour, lowkey spamming “how to get a design job” events…. And most importantly an active community with great mods!! How I plan to get to 1 million members: endless experimentation, building software products with design x AI tools and getting feedback + building in public, design buddies global chapters? And more —— I also got to speak on a panel with other creators about how AI is impacting the creators economy along with @dear.kxtie @dear_corneliaaa @ssskrlet_ , Aiko, and Chloe! Overall takeaway: don’t stress about following trends, do what you wanna do and don’t use AI to make your content. Use AI to help you give feedback to improve! So yea AI is not gonna replace creators Thank you Jessica and Vicky for having me!! Honored to receive feedback that my talk was fun and practical and stood out at a tech conference!! Excited to event maxx this sf tech week & la tech week!! What else would you wanna learn about community building? 👀 [San Francisco creators, San Francisco founders, SF Tech Week, Bay Area content creators, San Francisco startup community, creator economy, community building, how to build a community, community growth strategy, community-led growth, building a community before a product, how to get your first 100 members, growing a community to 100K, how creators make money, community monetization, creator brand partnerships, creator-led businesses, building in public, AI for content creators, Design Buddies] taken in San Francisco, California by @design.buddies
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10 days ago
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Design life hacks featuring image effects, making cool text, stickers, and more! Using Adobe Express! Try here~ adobe.ly/ExpressSeptember26 @adobelive: [design hacks, graphic design tips, Adobe Express tutorial, photo sticker tutorial, text effects tutorial, Adobe Express tips and tricks, graphic design for beginners, social media design tips, Instagram carousel design, creative typography, curved text tutorial, photo editing tips, duotone effect, color palette ideas, digital collage tutorial, scrapbook design, custom photo stickers, background removal tutorial, drop shadow effect, invitation design ideas.] #AdobeExpressAmbassadors #Ad #HowToAdobeExpress taken in Los Angeles, California by @design.buddies
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19 days ago
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How are designers using AI in 2026? I’m replacing coding ^_^ using Claude code and OpenAI codex to build and check each other’s code. From Sam Altman’s advice with models talking to each other Thanks Jayneil @designuxjanine @izzababar Hector, Maahi @bfigas Peter for being in my interview! Yes finally getting around to editing videos from figma config, more coming soon, thanks for ur patience! [AI in design, designers using AI, AI design tools, AI design workflows, AI for designers, future of design, design in 2026, AI for product designers, AI for UX designers, AI for UI designers, design automation, AI replacing design tasks, AI and creativity, human vs AI design, product design, UX design, UI design, designer interviews, Figma Config, design community] taken in San Francisco, California by @design.buddies
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23 days ago
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Thank you everyone for coming to my birthday party in LA!! I appreciate you all!! We also celebrated @design.buddies 100K on Discord!! Hence the bunny theme Special thanks to @lanceding.mov @jess.ica.lam @gptjustin helping set up/clean up, @_jetlagged for the amazing carrot cake, @2hard2sleep for the makeup, @nicoleuscage for the photos, and everyone from coming!! So honored to have friends that also came from San Francisco and San Diego too!! Hosting another birthday party in San Francisco this fall too!! taken in Los Angeles, California by @design.buddies
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25 days ago
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How to quickly come up with your own original conference talk ideas using what you’ve already got! Using @meetgamma MCP in ChatGPT tutorial Get Gamma here: https://gamma.1stcollab.com/irungracepace #GammaPartner [creator tools, content creators, startup founders, tech founders, creator economy, personal branding, thought leadership, conference speaker, public speaking tips, conference talk ideas, speaker tips, AI content creation, ChatGPT tutorial, Gamma tutorial, Gamma, presentation tools, founder content, creator workflow, content strategy] taken in Los Angeles, California by @design.buddies
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a month ago
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Join us this Thursday Sep 3, 1 pm pacific time ONLINE to learn about how to get hired as a designer in the age of AI with Carl Wheatley @designrecruitercarl , design recruiter and 10+ years recruiting at Meta and designer!! Topics include: - The current market for UX, product, founding designer, and design engineering roles - How AI is shaping design roles and candidate expectations - Portfolio advice and common hiring signals - Remote, hybrid, on-site, relocation, and visa considerations - How to build recruiter relationships and navigate the job search - Live Q&A RSVP (free): https://luma.com/design-hiring Carl is also a Hop mentor. Hop is our new design mentorship & coaching platform by Design Buddies. Join us as a founding mentor (if you have 5+ years of professional design experience, you can host free, paid, and group sessions) or founding mentee! You’ll have the ability to join a secret community and influence our product: https://hop.designbuddies.community/ [UX design, product design, UX designer, product designer, design careers, design jobs, UX jobs, product design jobs, design job search, design portfolio, UX portfolio, design interview, design recruiter, design mentorship, AI for designers, AI in design, design engineering, founding designer, remote design jobs, breaking into UX] taken in Worldwide by @design.buddies
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a month ago
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How to make more content without having AI replace your creativity! Tutorial with @AdobeExpress. Check it out: adobe.ly/ExpressAugust26 What’s an important part of your content creation workflow? Follow @irungracepace for more design & content advice~! [Content repurposing, content creation tips, creator workflow, designer workflow, AI for creators, AI for designers, Adobe Express, social media design, short-form video, video repurposing, content strategy, personal branding, creative workflow, design process, caption writing, content scheduling, design productivity, creative entrepreneur, social media content] #AdobeExpressAmbassadors #Ad #HowToAdobeExpress taken in Los Angeles, California by @design.buddies
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2 months ago
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Launching the Design Buddies talent collective, now available on Hop! Hop is our new design mentorship & coaching platform that I stated building 5 weeks ago. You can join as a founding mentor or mentee! Join the waitlist here and we’ll send you the application to join shortly: https://hop.designbuddies.community/ Talent collective is open to everyone on Hop, whether you’re a mentor or mentee. As a founding mentor, you get to influence the product, join a community of senior+ design professionals + come to weekly design show & tells, do free or paid mentorship/coaching sessions, and help impact the next generation of designers! All mentors can also book sessions with other mentors too. As a founding mentee, you get to learn from the best mentors, influence the product, and meet peers on a similar journey as you. Anyone taking their design career advancement seriously is welcome! We have designers ranging from college to senior level looking to get into leadership, too. —— On our talent collective, we use the info you have on your Hop profile + additional questions (to help us match you with the best jobs) so you don’t have to fill in another application Tell us what you’re actually looking for. When a role comes through that genuinely fits, we reach out to you first, and we only refer you if you say yes. Your info stays private to the Hop team. It goes to a company only when we’re referring you for a specific role and you’ve agreed.  If you’re a hiring manager or recruiter and would like to access our talent collective, please email me at grace@designbuddies.community I read and approve everyone’s application on Hop! [UX designer, product designer, UI UX designer, design careers, UX careers, design mentorship, UX mentorship, design coaching, design community, UX community, design jobs, product design jobs, UX design jobs, design portfolio, portfolio review, design networking, design career growth, senior product designer, design leadership, design talent collective] taken in Worldwide by @design.buddies
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2 months ago
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The design job hunt sucks but here’s a life hack to save you time during your portfolio presentation interviews (what every designer must go through) Instead of making another deck from scratch, put your entire case study into @meetgamma and have Gamma do it for you in a few minutes! P.S Thank you Gamma for sponsoring this video Try Gamma here and let me know what you think: https://gamma.1stcollab.com/irungracepace What other design job hunting tips would you add? #GammaPartner [keywords: UX design, product design, UX designer, product designer, design career, UX career advice, product design career, UX portfolio, design portfolio, UX case study, portfolio review, UX design interview, product design interview, design interview tips, UX job search, how to get a UX job, how to become a product designer, Big Tech design job, design presentation, UX interview preparation] taken in San Francisco, California by @design.buddies
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2 months ago
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