During our 2025 lecture series, we will dive into the interactions, artifacts, and environments which serve as muses for creation within our craft.
What’s the latest concept that lives rent-free in your head?
What moved you to explore a certain facet of the human condition beyond the minimum required for a project?
What was the story that influenced you to make a pivotal decision in service of the end user?
Why do you keep a particular chachki on your desk and what does it mean to you as a researcher, designer, strategist, or UX professional?
Upcoming Events
What I Learned About Writing a UX and Generative AI e-book using Generative AI with Patrick Neeman – virtual event
What I Learned About Writing a UX and Generative AI e-book using Generative AI with Patrick Neeman – virtual event
Patrick will discuss how he found using AI significantly accelerated the writing process—particularly in ideation and editing—but it still required a lot of his oversight for structure, tone, and coherence.
AI in Design, Preparing for Epic Creative Change With Matthew Rhoads – hybrid event
AI in Design, Preparing for Epic Creative Change With Matthew Rhoads – hybrid event
Join us for an inspiring session with Matt Rhoades as he shares key insights on the intersection of design, strategy, and innovation. He’ll explore how personal experiences shape creativity and problem-solving, and inspire you to apply design thinking to your own proj...
You don’t understand history until you’ve seen this with Jason Clauss – virtual event
You don’t understand history until you’ve seen this with Jason Clauss – virtual event
History is a complex web of intertwined forces acting together over time. Conventional methods of understanding history—text, line graphs, and maps—cannot convey complexity. For that, you need the Historigraph.
Past Events
Welcome to 2025 Social at Migration Brewing on N. Williams
Welcome to 2025 Social at Migration Brewing on N. Williams
Kick off the new year with good vibes and great company! Join us for a casual meetup at Migration Brewing to toast to a year and kick off our 2025 speaker series: Inspired to Create. Connect with fellow UX designers, share ideas, and have some fun—drinks are on you, b...
Impossible Futures and the Ethics of Hopelessness with Victor Udoewa – virtual event
Impossible Futures and the Ethics of Hopelessness with Victor Udoewa – virtual event
Many community groups and organizations hire a social impact designer or futurist to help create a more prosperous, flourishing future. However, the designer or futurist often creates a future the community doesn't want or own, and any initiative created from the work e...
Design Lessons from a Weird Life with Melissa Casburn – hybrid event
Design Lessons from a Weird Life with Melissa Casburn – hybrid event
For some, “Keep Portland Weird” is more than a bumper sticker. It’s a mandate, a clarion call, akin to the forces that guided many of us to the design community. It’s a directive to diverge from the mainstream and overcome functional fixedness. It also thrives o...
More like compelled to solve with Sean McSharry (lunch-time – virtual event )
More like compelled to solve with Sean McSharry (lunch-time – virtual event )
Autism has shaped Sean McSharry's life in ways that are difficult to explain. He has learned that understanding human psychology is the key to creating the most valuable solutions, to being inspired by their problems and compelled to solve them.
April’s Inspired to Create Social at Hi-Top Tavern
April’s Inspired to Create Social at Hi-Top Tavern
Join CHIFOO at the Hi-Top Tavern for a fun social gathering of UX professionals and enthusiasts as part of our 2025 Inspired to Create series! Connect with fellow UX designers, share ideas, and have some fun—drinks are on you, but the inspiration is on us!