Dan Brown

EightShapes Since 2006
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Together with Nathan Curtis, Dan Brown founded EightShapes in 2006. Though specializing in information architecture, user research, and design discovery, Dan’s career spans most aspects of UX design.

Dan wrote three books on the practice of user experience, including Communicating Design, widely considered essential to the UX canon. He writes articles on the messier side of design, speaks widely on discovery and collaboration, and occasionally creates decks of cards to help teams work on their issues.

Experience

Dan has lead design projects, consulted, and run workshops for:

Books

Blog

Dan posts articles to Medium.com on topics like information architecture, discovery, and collaboration.

Podcast

Lenses on Information Architecture is an ongoing interview series about the practice of information architecture.

Games

Recent Talks & Workshops

2021

  • Interact Global

2020

  • UX Australia

2019

  • UX New Zealand, Wellington
  • Confab, Minneapolis MN
  • Enterprise Experience, San Francisco
  • Pixel Up! Cape Town South Africa

2018

  • Enterprise UX, San Francisco
  • Centre Center, Chattanooga
  • UXLX, Lisbon Portugal
  • IA Summit, Chicago IL
  • Convey UX, Seattle WA

2017

  • Digital PM Summit, Las Vegas NV
  • EuroIA, Stockholm, Sweden
  • UX Cambridge
  • Interaction 17, New York NY

2016

  • UI21, Boston, MA
  • Fluxible, Waterloo ON
  • IA Summit, Atlanta
  • O'Reilly Design Conference, San Francisco

2015

  • Midwest UX, Pittsburgh
  • UXDC, Washington, DC
  • 18F Speaker Series, Washington, DC
  • IA Summit, Minneapolis

2014

  • IA Summit, San Diego
  • Interaction 14, Amsterdam

Podcasts and Other Appearances

2022

  • Content Strategy Podcast

2021

  • The Informed Life
  • Saving UX
  • Brave UX

2018

  • Voice of Design - Episode 4: People Are the Problem
  • Rosenfeld Review Podcast - Facilitation for Designers: A Talk with Dan Brown

2017

  • UX Podcast - Discovery with Dan Brown
  • Chicago Camps - Curiosity, Skepticism, and Humility: The Right Mindset for Design Discovery
  • User Defenders Podcast - Practical Design Discovery with Dan Brown
  • Non-Breaking Space Show - Dan Brown
  • Aurelius Podcast - Episode 5 with Dan Brown on Design Discovery
  • The Big Web Show With Jeffrey Zeldman - Practical Design Discovery with Dan Brown

2015

  • O'Reilly - Mindsets, Managing Designers, and Mastering Imposter Syndrome
  • MODEV - Modev Presents: Dan Brown

2014

  • DPM Radio Interview - Interview
  • UX Discovery Session - Dan Brown of EightShapes

2013

  • Project Management Podcast - Designing Together - Podcast Interview with Dan Brown
  • UX Radio - Surviving Design Projects
  • The Big Web Show With Jeffrey Zeldman - Works Well With Others
  • UIE Book Corner - Dan Brown's Designing Together

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Whether to set up office hours, a workshop, or explore a larger project, contact EightShapes to get started.

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