COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
Community is the cornerstone of Design Truth.
It allows us to nurture a new wave for industrial design to thrive as a fair, inclusive, diverse and transparent industry bursting with talent, opportunities and ideas.
From listening to the realities of industry life on our podcast to making genuine connections at our sold-out nationwide events, our unique network is growing and flourishing all the time.
Keep scrolling for more on Training, Events & Podcast.
Events
Training
Podcast
Events
Events form the foundation in bringing the community to life.
From bus or by Brompton, 150 designers turned up to the inaugural launch event #001 during a Tuesday-night tube strike in London, and we have not looked back ever since.
Since then we have sold out all of our first 10 events across four cities in Manchester, London, Cambridge & Bristol.
Over 1000 designers attended a Design Truth event in 2023.
Whether it is a catch up with old colleagues, a hazy trip down memory lane with alumni to forming new connections for that student placement, design internship, freelance contract or career opportunity - a Design Truth event provides the perfect backdrop for you to make things happen.
A ticket to a Design Truth event continues to be the most sought after ticket in the calendar.
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#015
May 22 / London
Capacity [150] / INVITE ONLY.
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The month is May.
A season comes to an end, the bank holiday itch returns & industrial designers do what they do best. Take pictures of chairs in Clerkenwell.
Why not have a night to remember?
Welcome to Design Truth #015.
Design Truth training is gold for your professional development.
Real-life, genuine insight from industry experts helping you or your industrial designers becoming the best they can be.
We understand the complexities and nuances of the profession like no other, providing a rich depth of training encompassing both the commercial and creative elements the industry desires.
Our training is delivered face-to-face in small, likeminded groups designed for maximum impact. This allows you to experience the insight from the trainer facilitating but also the peer-level perspective in the room.
TRAINING
YOUR FACILITATORS
From setting up or scaling a design agency to mastering industry-essential software like Keyshot or Solidworks - the depth of topics we cover on a Design Truth training combined with the access we have to industry is an exciting evolution to what is currently available on the market.
Click + for more info on course content, pricing and dates.
To enquire about attending or delivering a Design Truth training session, contact hello@designtruth.co.uk
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Founder - Momnt
Owner of visualisation agency Momnt, as well as a lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Liam provides a unique experience of consultancy life and modern day education.
Both with the KeyShot resources Liam’s making at Momnt and the content he teaches, Liam’s mission is to make product visualisation with KeyShot quick, effective, and enjoyable.
This one-day course will give you all the tools you need to graduate from being a KeyShot beginner, taking you through topics such as setting up creating custom lighting setups, organising scenes professionally, animating understanding how to create complex materials, and exporting renders with optimal settings.
After this course, you will have the skills to create efficient KeyShot files with attractive lighting, plus the knowledge to follow more advanced content online with confidence.
You will need to bring your own Laptop. Temp licenses for Keyshot 10 are available, but you do need to let us know before signing up.
Next Session: Q3
Cost: £300 + vatThis training has been completed by industrial designers at the likes of British American Tobacco, Brompton Bicycle, Tech21, Pentagram and many others.
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Founders - beta design office
Harry & Mark started beta. after many years working together at Sebastian Conran Associates.
Since then they have spent the last 2 years shaping their agency into a multidisciplinary studio with a core focus on industrial design.
Recent clients in Joseph Joseph, Mayku, and Formula E.
This one day session with the guys from beta. is a chance to openly discuss the do’s and don’ts of starting a design agency.
They’ll chat through some core fundamentals including billing, hiring, new business strategy, and running projects to bring in repeat work.
“We never felt design education gave us all the tools we needed to set up an agency.
Since then we have received great mentorship from various people in the industry and we’d love to pass this on.”
To find out more, drop a message to hello@designtruth.co.uk
Cost: £250+VAT
Location: London
Date: September 2023 [SOLD OUT.]
Group Size: 8
*Beta Design Office are offering this discussion day free of charge, the bulk of the fee cover venue and refreshment costs.
Liam Martin
Liam Martin
Harry Mitchell
Harry Mitchell
Mark Reilly
Mark Reilly
PODCAST.
Design Truth started as nothing more than a podcast back in April 2020.
A creative outlet designed to keep industrial designers connected during periods of lockdown, uncertainty and isolation.
Over 50,000 downloads later, the podcast is a vehicle to keep the community engaged with our initiatives and industry life.
We have spoken to the likes of Arrival, Blond, Morrama - covering topics about becoming a BCorp, starting a design agency, transitioning to service design, design education through to The Apprentice.
There is something for everyone.