OK - maybe I am missing something here. A women only group design group? Is design gender specific? What would be the need / benefit of such a group?
Also, to wit, would you be offended if there were a men only group? Cheers. On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:03:09, Kim Lenox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Wendy, > > This is a great question. I'm amazed it has sat for a day without a > reply from anyone. > > I have been looking for an industry design group for women ever since > Women in Multimedia was around back in the 90's. From what I can > tell, it sadly disappeared in early 2001. Having been the sole female > designer at design studios in the past (where the only other women in > the office were administrative staff), I understand why you might be > interested in finding a women-specific design group. > > The closest thing to women in IxD-specific design that I know of are: > http://owa-usa.org/ > http://www.awidweb.com/ > http://girlsgonegeek.tv/ > http://shesgeeky.org/ > http://www.blogher.com/ > > http://www.awidweb.com/pages/west.html - Bay Area group. > > Is anyone else aware of women's IxD or software design groups? And > specifically in the Bay Area? > > I am fortunate enough to work for Adaptive Path, a company in the Bay > Area where the staff is over 50% women!! The current design staff is > equally divided men and women too. We have a wonderful work > environment where gender is not an issue whatsoever. Maybe we can > have you over for lunch sometime to give you the opportunity to hang > with some amazing women (and men) in the industry? Email me directly > at k_lenox AT mac dot com if you're interested. > > Also I am one of the co-chairs of IxDA-SF. We're always open to > hearing ideas for future events in SF (are there women in the > industry you want to hear speak?). Our latest event is Indi Young > speaking about her upcoming book: > http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/417667 > > Good luck & please post again if you find a group that works for you. > > -Kim > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25244 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
