| Check-in & Chill | Grab your badge, coffee, and a selfie at the photo wall. Get comfy — the design x dev collab begins soon! |
| 🎬 Kickoff: Design Wrapped Opens | Welcome note, intros, and what’s in — a sneak peek. |
| Nothing great is made alone! — Shivangi C | 🌱 90’s pixelated character with a passion for designing experiences, interfaces, strategies, and data. She combines cross-disciplinary expertise to design impactful, globally used products. |
| From Pixels to Production: Designing & Delivery with Figma and AI. — Chaturthi Kamat, Ashik Prasannan, and Masira Inamdar | In this session, the design team from HotCup will take you behind the scenes of how Figma Make, Dev Mode, and AI-powered workflows are reshaping the way designers and developers collaborate — creating faster, smarter, and more human-centered experiences powered by Figma and AI.
🔑 Key takeaways: Connecting ideas, design, and delivery | Bringing clarity and speed with Make | Effortless handoff through Dev Mode | How AI enhances ideation and precision | A glimpse into the future of design |
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| Mind the Gaps: Re-wiring Design Thinking for an AI World — Saranic Banerjee | In this talk, Saranic shares real Figma workflows, shows where AI accelerates (and where it falls short), and offers practical methods to expand creativity, strengthen design–dev collaboration, and keep design human-centered.
🔑 Key takeaways: AI's influence in the Double Diamond | Human gaps vs. machine speed | Rethinking design for an AI future. |
| Panel: Makers at the Crossroads: Where Design, Business, and Tech Align | A thought-provoking panel exploring how design leaders and entrepreneurs are redefining mindsets, tools, and culture shifts shaping how products are built in the era of AI.
🎙️ Meet Our Panel: Adit Gupta
Founder, BookStates | Previously, Director of Product Design at ServiceNow.
Siddharth Kabra
Founder & CEO, Monsoonfish Inc. UX & UI Design agency | Author.
Sanjay Reddy
Founder, Redtin Studio | Co-Founder, Designland | Author | Podcaster.
Abhishek Shankhdhar, Lead Designer at Candescent | Co-Founder, Designland | Mentor.
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| Lunch (Culinary Partner - Toscano) | Fuel up. Meet someone new. Or just talk Figma shortcuts over pasta — fill yourself up for what's coming next! |
| The Human Handshakes Behind Great Products — Abhishek Shankhdhar | Ever wonder what truly makes a product great in a world dominated by automated workflows and AI-driven production? In this session, Abhishek explores how we can move beyond transactional collaboration to create transformational impact—aligning not just in process, but in purpose. |
| Bridging Design and Development with Figma — Jake Albaugh | Dive into design-to-code workflows with Jake A., Developer Advocate at Figma.
Curious how design and code can work seamlessly together? Jake dives into Dev Mode, Code Connect, and AI-aided workflows that help teams turn design intentions into production-ready components. Learn how design tokens, reusable components, responsive layouts, and live code previews make collaboration faster and smarter for designers, developers, and product teams alike. |
| Figma Make-a-thon | Introducing the ⚡ Figma Make-a-thon ⚡ — a fast-paced, fun challenge!
How it works: Spin the generator → get two random words. Design in Figma Make → Present your idea. Mix up, mash up, and make something A-Make-zing!
🤝 Meet our Judges:
Siddharth Kabra
CEO, Monsoonfish Inc. UX & UI Design agency.
Sharmilee Sarkar
Content Designer & Artist.
Sanjay Reddy
Founder, Redtin Studio | Co-Founder, Designland | Author | Podcaster.
Our panel of experts will be scoring your Makes based on creativity, relevance, impact, and storytelling.
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| Designing a Second Brain: Clarity for the Creative Mind — Aashna Shrivastava | In this session, Aashna explores how designers and developers can balance creativity and structure by building their own Second Brain — a personal system that helps ideas flow and burnout fade.
🔑 Key takeaways: What a Second Brain is (and why it matters) | Balancing structure and spontaneity | Simple shifts to think clearly and stay inspired. |
| Wrap-Up | Winners announced, group photo, and some hugs (or high-fives or high-figs!). |
| OOO - After-party (Social partners—Moonshine and Element) | We head out for relaxed conversations — the perfect time to unwind, keep the ideas flowing, and celebrate the day. |
