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Next Week: UX After Hours – August 22 at Velvet Hippo – DJRDU

Step away from the screens. Connect with your people.

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James Gartrell
August 14, 2025

Hi there,

It’s time to close the laptop and reconnect with the humans behind the wireframes.

UX After Hours is DJRDU’s end of summer social hour for Senior UX Designers and seasoned product folks to unwind, catch up, and share war stories without the pressure of a portfolio review. No slides. No sprints. Just good vibes, conversation, and community.

This event will replace the planned UX Design Summer Camp for August. We will return in September with hands on professional development programming.

Event details

🗓 Friday, August 22
🕓 4:30pm until ???
📍 Velvet Hippo, 119 Orange Street, 3rd Floor, Durham, NC
🚗 Closest parking: 326 E Chapel Hill St Public Parking Lot, about a 2 minute walk

Start a conversation

Icebreaker prompts

If you like, choose an ice breaker and bring it to the conversation that night.

  1. “The weirdest user feedback I’ve ever received was…”

  2. “The design trend I secretly can’t stand is…”

  3. “My biggest design mistake taught me…”

Bring a friend, bring a story, or just bring yourself. We would love to see you there.

-James 

👥 Bring a Friend + Join the Community

This event is open to friends and colleagues in UX, product, or adjacent spaces. If someone in your orbit would enjoy the vibe, bring them along — just make sure they’re on the list: ✉️ Subscribe to Design Jam RDU

💬 Design Jam RDU Slack

And if you haven’t yet, jump into our Slack so we can keep the conversation going before and after the event: