Designers in the age of AI meetup

Designers are job-hunting differently right now.
The market has shifted. Agencies are letting people go, in-house teams are shrinking, briefs are smaller and rarer, and on top of all that, AI is quietly rewriting what "being a designer" even means. If you're in the middle of it – freshly laid off, deep in applications, between contracts, or just questioning what's next – this is for you.
Designers Between Things is an open meetup for designers in transition. No talks, no panels, no portfolio reviews. Just an evening outside our Berlin space, a drink on us, and conversations that don't have to feel like networking.
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There's no agenda. But these are the topics already in the air: · what the market actually feels like right now (beyond the LinkedIn optimism) · what AI is doing to our profession – the honest version, not the hot-take version · specialising, pivoting, or switching industries entirely · rethinking freelance when the pipeline goes quiet · how to use the time between jobs without losing your mind
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This is for you if you're: · job-hunting after an agency, startup, or in-house role · freelancing through a slow stretch · figuring out whether and how to reposition yourself · just looking for people who are in the same boat
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We're Fired Up Space, a Berlin-based organisation for people in career transitions.